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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-08-31

Hon w. II Raglan was with
Bluff City friends Sunday,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-08-31

The DEENCRAT will CONTINUE
to give its readers all local
printable news.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-08-31

Order your ice at McClintic
& Donley's store.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-08-31

A pint can of Chinamel will
cover nearly double the amount
Of surface that any ordinary
tinish covers Wood Bros.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-08-31

II. II Lawless was a Gem
City visitor Saturday
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-08-31

Earl Mudd aud Andy Grimm
were Hannibal visitors Satur-
day.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-08-31

Miss Sallie Christian went to
Ely Saturday to visit friends.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14
THE DEMANDS OF FRIENDSHIP.
Steadfast Effort Is at the Base of Every
Noble Relation.

SteadfaSt Effort is al the Base OF EVERY
Noble Relation.
Life, after all, is compact not OF
things, not yet Of activities, tasks and
pleasures, but, above all else, Of the
intricate relations in which we stand
to other men; many and various, ma
jor and minor as these may be, there
yet remains not only an aspect Of con-
duct suitable to each, but definite
choice as to the plane OF eXaltatlon
upon which relationship shall be held
EXaltatiOn is a level many fear, and,
like all heights, it has its dangers;
the vision may easily swim and the
thoughts grow heady, but when we
contemplate the sordidness and COM
monplaces which paint in dull drab
the recurrent days Of average life, we
grow to feel that even fall from a
dizzy height may be better than the
weary dragging Of the feet across a
dusty plain.
Probably the first condition Of q
noble relation is effort. No one has
ever yet drifted into nobility. No one,
sad as it may seem, has ever achieved
a fine and lasting friendship, COM
plete marriage, a close and helpful
bond of parent and child, without
conscious struggle. For q fine rela
ton shoots out beyond the necessary
and the obvious duties, decorates it.
self with works Of supererogatiOn.
These are the tasks that man in love
instinctively performs. That is
state of divine enthusiasm where the
set limits Of duty seem q hopelessly
meager expression Of the surplus emo
ton. But being in love, like all en-
thusiasm, Is Of the spirit, and the
wind Of the spirit bloweth where it
listeth, and cannot be counted upon to
abide. The gift of such visitation of
emotion is a chance and casual conner
to poor mortality, though doubtless if
this were paradise each human being
would perennially be in some such
fervent frame of mind toward every
other being. But under earthly con-
ditions it sets the nerves to irritated
tingling, and by it's very unwontedness
sets the brain to inventing rhymes.
TO follow Eros for his loayes and
fishes is not feasible as q permonent
pursuit and the true task is to turn
the spontaneous glow Of feeling into
a steady current of ready sympathy
and acceptable service.-Harper'
Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14

eloquent appeal to the other jealous
Wings convinced them that they
should not swerve from their plan Of
carrying the rock to a place in the
town square.
1.-THE portion that first fell to the
ground belongs to u.s." he cried; land
that we will transport with all care
and diligence to its proper home"
Twenty yoke of oxen drew the Wing
section Of Plymouth Rock up the hill,
amid the shouts Of the throng that
pushed forward around the liberty pole
which was to mark the new site. The
ceremony Of dedicating the rock in it's
new position was very impressive, and
the people stood with barred heads, and
in reverent tones chanted their high
pitched psalms in token Of thanksgiv-
ing.
In the town square this part of Ply
half a century, when a committee Of
the council resolved to move it back
to it's original position, and join 1t, as
best they could, to the other half. Ac-
cordingly in 1884 on the morning Of
the Fourth Of July, the Plymouth Rock
had been reunited in all seriousness to
it's ng-estranged portion, and the
union made complete by mixture Of
cement and mortar.
To-day four granite columns support
a canopy Of granite that offers Ply
mouth Rock an Indifferent protection
against the rain and the sun, and
serves to keep back, in some measure
the thousands Of sightseers that come
to Plymouth with only one object in
view, namely, to press up around the
iron bars, and to gaze through them
at the revered rock, on which they
see the single inscription, cut in the
middle O. it's face in long, plain fig
ures, 1920"
The rock is surrounded by a high
iron railing composed Of alternate boat
hooks and harpoons, and inscribed
with the illustrious names Of the forty
men who drew up the Pilgrims COM
pact on board the MaydoWer that No
vember day as they sighted the coast
that henceforth was to be their home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14
wOMEN'S MEN IN fiction.
"nat the Feminine Reader Thinks
OF the Various Heroes.

| "naC the Feminine Reader Thinks
or the Various Heroes.
what women like In men has been
discussed by various Of our readers,
primarily regarding fiction and it's he-
roes, but in reference also to real life
says Golfers Weekly. One warns MS
not to confuse the attractions OF TO.
nance with the qualities which attract
in living beings. Speaking of George
Elfot's "Romola," she says: "In real
life l believe a man like Tito would
attract a girl on account Of his super
fetal qualities, while in the book the
strength of the author has shown them
up in such a true light that girl of
IL could not fail to see the danger sig
nal and take to cover"
In novels strength is always reQui'
site in the hero and weakness cannot
be redeemed by head or heart. No
Dobbin for her. This lady, who halls
from Texas, thinks William Ashe "de.
serves all he got" When she was Ia
the hero Of "The First Violin" disturb.
ed her f1uttering heart To her. as ia
many Of her sex, Scott is obnoxious,
partly on account Of the kind Of WON.
an he preferred. On her favorable
list are Adam Bede, Monsieur Beau.
caire, Peter Sterling, John Storm, John
Halifax, Colonel Newcome, The Little
Minister, John Alden, Jacob in Lady
Roses Daughter" Tome Of 1.-THE Mill
on the Floss" and the hero Of ITO
Have and to Hold" Such men as
David Copperield, Richard Carvel and
Hugh Wynne have little interest for
our Texas beauty, and the Egoist,
Charley Steele, and Alec D'Urberville
represent her view of the repellant.
A girl from Missouri, who is all for
strength, as are most of our lady COR
respondents, is strong for Felix Holt,
with the same authors Doctor Lydgate
standing high. Rochester Is strong
all along the line, although one dame
thinks his power is too Grass and mix.
ed too freely with the cruel. Such
reservations bother not her for whom
Petruchio reaches the highest mark
Of male attractiveness. Gentle men,
she thinks, women love "as we love
month-old babies-Colonel Newcome
and Give, for instance" '"rhe Vir-
ginian" for her. Isn't it with strong
desire to stand in Molly's shoes that
we turn to the beginning of the book
and read it againY She doesn't object
to Rob Roy, among Scott's heroes, and
in George Eliot Felix Holt would pass
If he used comb and necktie. Caleb,
in Haggard's Pearl Maiden" she
would have seized upon three days af-
ter finding him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14
We Usually Find Our Level.

Do not hypotiZe yourself with the
idea that you are being kept down.
Do not talk such nonsense. Nobody OF
any sense would believe it. People will
only laugh at you. Only one thing is
keeping you down, and that is your
self. There Is probably some trouble
somewhere with you. Of course, there
are employers who are unjust to their
help; there are instances in which en-
ployes are kept back when they should
be advanced; but, as a rule, this is
only temporary, and they usually find
their level somewhere.-Success Maya
zine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14

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Although there are no locomotives
in the part Of Africa to which a GER
tain missionary is returning, and no
| railroad crossing nor suburban sta
tons, one Of the most cherished tro-
phies Of a visit to America which the
missionary is now carrying back with
him, says the New York Press, is an
engine-bell which has changed from
one end Of New York state to the
other.
A few weeks ago the missionary,
Arthur w. Simpson, was explaining
to congregation the good work a bell
had done at his station.
"It is no bigger than a turnip," he
said, "but it is invaluable When it
was first placed on the mission the
natives used to gather around and
stare at it in wonder. After a while
they began to understand why it was
rung. Often on Sunday, when they
were en- route to work, we would point
to the ringing bell as a reminder that
1t was the Lords day, and many Of
them would return to their homes.
"a chief Of neighboring tribe tried
to buy the bell. We told him it was
not for sale. Then he offered to fight
for it. He offered ten head Of cattle
for it. Then he offered crops. Finally
he said we might have his two wives
If we gave the bell to him. The bell
is not big enough for the mission now,
and I am going to- buy a new one be-
fore | return"
In the congregation was the presi-
dent of a railroad. The next morning
Mr.. Simpson received q letter from
this man, telling him to go to the re-
pair shops Of the road and pick out
any bell he liked, and have it mounted
there. So the old bell which has long
been a warning to wayfarers to "get
off the track" will henceforth clamor-
ously urge the jungle Africans to get
on the right track and stay there.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14
WHAT EXCITED THE ELEPHANTS

The Buried Bones of Fellow Source
of Uneasiness.
The great skull of Topsy, the bad"
elephant eXhumed at Luna Park re-
Gently, solved the mystery which for
weeks has invested the conduct Of the
Thompson & Dundy herd Of elephants,
says the New York Tribune. They
knew the bones Of one Of their kind
were under the earth, and they stead
tasty refused to approach the spot.
Topsy was killed by electricity In
Luna Park three years ago. Her rec
ord Of death and destruction was long
and black. The Museum OF Natural
History carried away her skin and
relic hunters took most of the bones:
The skull, which weighed close to 300
pounds was buried back of the stables
and the incident was thought closed.
Half a dozen elephants were sent
from the Hippodrome to Luna Park
early in July, in charge of "Pete" Bar
low, trainer. They are an obedient
and docile herd and Barlow was non
PAuoOu VIGIL tHCy olIVSIttt, tTuulDGLcQ
and would not bulge every time they
neared the piece Of ground which
looked no different from the rest Of
the scanty patch on which the horses
daily exercise.
Their reluctance remained topic Of
curious discussion until yesterday,
when Barlow, with suDerstitious fore
bodings aroused, nervously told the
story to Frederick Thompson.
The senior member Of the firm medi-
tated a moment, and then burst into
laughter. He led the way to the spot.
dig" he instructed a stableman.
The shovel hit an end of the elephants
skull six inches from the surface, and
half an hours effort revealed the en-
tire imbedded set Of bones.
Alice, Fanny and Jenny, three mem.
bers Of the herd who had been close
ly watching the proceedings, shrieked
mournfully as the skull was lifted out,
whitfield it for several minutes and then
walked silently to their quarters.
Barlow sent the skull to his home
in Huntington, T.. l., and the hole 1t
occupied was filed in. The elephants
seemed to show relief. as they moved
willingly over the former grave.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14
highways

knowledge comes, but wisdom lin
gers is a conclusion confirmed by the
United States census, and just an
nounced in treatise devoted to school
teachers. There are a lot more Of them
than there used to be- Twenty years
ago the average size of a class was
137-the pupils ranging between the
ages of and %. When the last cen
sus was taken the average size of a
class was seventy-one. There were so
many more teachers in proportion to
the population-those members Of the
population between the ages OF and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14
Saving 1t Politely.

A professor in Columbia College of
Law was lecturing on contracts" to
a class which obviously did not care
to listen. The young men, says Ar
gonaut, shuffled their feet, and appar,
emily only waited for the clock to
strike their deliverance.
At last the minute hand pointed to
twelve and the hour was up. With a
simultaneous movement they rose
from their seats and started toward
the door.
Zone minute, pleasew called the lee
turer. Zone minute, please! Keep
your seats. I have still a few more
pearls to cast"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14
PLYMOUTH ROCKS CRACK.
Its Origin Involves a Unique and Ri
dicu1ous Bit of History.

Its Origin Involves Unique and Ri
dicu1ous Bit of History.
Plymouth has been called the cradle
Of New England. It is on the coast,
thirty-eight miles south Of Boston. and
is thriving and prosperous New Eng
land town, with good schools and
churches, and town hall, and shops of
all kinds, and comfortable homes.
On the fiat strip Of land that runs
for miles up and down the shore of
the bay, the diminutive white houses
Of the fishermen are crowded close to-
gether. In the center of the same
fiat land-strip, fianked on both sides
by the fshermen's homes, is a large.
open square forty yards from the wat
er front. Here stands Plymouth Rock.
the first sight of which gives one a
mental shock, for, no doubt, fancy has
pictured an immense boulder rising
grandly out Of the sea; but instead. the
visitor sees only an oblong, irregularly
shaped gray sandstone rock twelve
feet in length and five feet In width
at the widest point and two at the
narrowest. Across one part runs n
large crack which has beep filed with
cement, and which gives to Plymouth
Rock a highly artificial appearance
The origin OIL this crack is a bit Of
unique history, and bears evidence TO
the early differences that at times di-
yided the inhabitants into two fac
tons.
For a long time there waged spirited
and bitter wrangling between the on
posing parties, and it even settled
down upon the much-cherished Ply
mouth Rock, which one party declared
ought to be removed to a more worthy
position in the town square, and the
other wranglers protested it should
not be moved an inch from its posi-
ton. even though they had to guard
1t with their pixies and guns.
Finally, the stronger faction drew
up their forces around Plymouth Rock.
md in attempting to move it up the
hill split it asunder, which seemed a
bad omen for those who had attempted
such a thing, until an ardent Wing
leader fourished his sword. and by an
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14
A Troubiesom interim.

Every one was heard of the Irish
man who was injured, not by falling
from the roof, but by "stoppin' SO
sudden" when he struck the ground.
Possibly he was related to the lille
girl who figures In bit OF dialogue
in the Washington Post.
Dorothy" asked her aunt one day,
'do you like to go to SCHOOL,"
Eyes, ma'am," replied dutiful Doro-
thy II like going and like coming
back. It is staying there between
times that sticks me-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14
A College Robin.

Brought up in the society of the
learned members Of the faculty Of q
Western university, Marie has been
accustomed all her short life to hear
ing her father and his guests dignity
each other with full academic honors
She was out in the yard one day,
watching a pair of birds busy with
their nest-building.
Marie" called her mother, what
are you DOING"
"Just sitting out here" she replied
watching Doctor and Mrs. Robin"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14

2o-for teaching is supposed to ba un-
necessary after % and impracticable
before 5. And it is interesting to dis
cover that most Of these teachers are
daughters and sons Of foreigners who
have come to the United States to set
tie. Most Of them are the daughters,
for the proportion Of female teachers
is always on the increase. There are
three women teachers to one man,
while twenty-five years ago they were
almost equally divided. The cities
have more teachers to the population
than have the country districts and
small towns. The public school sys-
TENS are better developed in the cen
tiers Of population. Eighty per cent of
the city teachers are women. The fig
ures show. too, that the average age
Of the women teachers is more than
formerly. A vital point untouched by
the treatise is that these women teach
ers, as rule, are poorly paid and do
more work for less money than any
other class Of workers in the country.
Some day, when decency gets show,
they will get justice-which means ap-
probation and more money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14


The international prison congress re-
Gently in session at Budapest consid-
cred, among other important questions
that Of convict labor. What with the
abuses Of the contract system, prOduc
ing in some States practical peonage,
the objections to unrestricted comped-
ton Of convict with free labor, and
the recognized evils of idleness in pent-
tentiaries the problem Of proper en-
ployment for social delinquents is
vexed and complex indeed. Professor
S. e. Baldwin Of Yale, who has
thought and written much on So
Geological subjects, read an interesting
paper before the congress in which he
advocated the employment of convicts
in the open air on great works Of pub
lie Improvement, such as drainage and
irrigation. Governments, he thought,
would find it profitable to purchase
vast tracts Of poor and wild land and
reclaim it through the work Of we'll
directed cOnvicts, for such lands could
subsequently be sold at q good profit.
OF course, the plan would be even
more economical where the State or
national government has its own bar
rem and idle domain that is not abso-
lutely irreclaimable. The experience
fessor Baldwin as partially corrobora-
tive Of his idea. In that State So per
cent of the convicts are rural labor
ers, and the plan Of putting most Of
them at road labor and other public
improvement has been successfully par
sued. The trouble with that policy is,
in Professor Baldwin's view, that the
convict is constantly in the public eye
and feels himself degraded and
scorned. Pioneer work at a distance
would be more uplifting, and to society
not less advantageous. 1t is manifest
that the plan could not be applied, ex-
cept on a very limited scale, in densely
populated and fully developed and set
tied countries. In new and undevel-
oped countries Professor Baldwin'S
idea should receive sympathetic con-
sideration. There is another subject
which deserves the attention of prison
congresses and societies. The New
Jersey commissioner Of charities re-
Gently suggested that when man of
family is imprisoned the work he per
forms ought to go for the support Of
his innocent wife and children, who,
deprived Of their only source of in
come, have in many cases to be sent to
the almshouse. Cannot modern society
evolve a better system than the pres
ent one-one that will not visit the
sins Of a man upon his family and add
to the burdens Of the community? per-
tinently asked the commissioner. In
commenting on the New Jersey propo-
sition a contemporary remarked that
"even the moral effect on the convict
himself from the consciousness that
he was performing at least one Of the
duties Of manhood would be a suffi-
cient reason for a sincere endeavor to
carry it out" This and other aspects
Of the plan should commend them
selves to enlightened students Of cor
rection and penology.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14
Remembering the fate OF the wild

Remembering the fate Of the wild
pigeon and the buffalo, interested So
cieties are again warning America of
the danger of determination which
they say besets terms and gulls along
our coasts. Egg hunters and plume
hunters have reduced the numbers of
the sea fowl to an extent which has
caused alarm among lovers of birds,
and 1t is proposed to increase the num-
Der Of wardens stationed near the
breeding places to protect the brood
ing birds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14

Two thoroughbred stations fighting
ling spectacle presented to a number
3of farmers on the outskirts Of Railway,
N. j. George Heno Of Millburn was
driving fine bay Hambletonian to q
when, as he reached a field on the
Clark farm, he was aroused by chal-
longing neigh from big chestnut stall
lion grazing in the field. His own
steed answered the challenge with a
note Of defiance, and before Heno
knew what was happening the chest
nut was over the fence and the battle
was on. So sudden was the onslaught
that Heno was thrown out Of the
wagon and his shoulder dislocated. The
bay tore itself loose from its harness,
and the conflict between the maddened
beasts ragged furiously. The loud noise
they made drew several farmers and
farm hands to the scene, and the fight
ers were finally separated by the lib
eral use Of pitchforks. Great strips
Of skin and flesh were torn from their
breasts and tanks in the battle, while
the road wagon was considerably
damaged and the harness Of Heno's
horse wrecked. When the combat was
at it's height party Of men and
women in a large auto touring car
came along the road. At the sight Of
the struggling animals with blood
streaming from their bodies the women
In the automobile screamed from fright
and one of them tainted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14

The long series Of fatalities result
ing from automobile racing is arous-
ing public opinion to the point where
1t Is disposed to say that this insane
speeding must be stopped 1t is ad-
mitted by those best qualified to judge
and by those interested pecuniarily
and otherwise in promoting this ques.
tonable sport that it has been car
r1ed too far and should be abolished, or
30 regulated as to be less a gamble
with death. It's popularity has had,
among other undesirable results, that
of encouraging others, who are not
racers, to exceed reasonable speed linn
its wherever they may be and thus In
crease the already great danger to Pc
destrians and others on the streets and
highways.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14
Too Much.

Doctor-You must take q quarter of
an hours walk before every meal.
Stout Patient-But, doctor, YOU sure.
" don't want me to walk all day long!
Translated for Tales from Fliegende
Blaetter.