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Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH.

The Sabbath school of the Baptist
Church will hold their entertainment
on Saturday night. consisting Of dec
l~amations, dialogues. music and other
exercises. a Christmas tree will be
n of the most interesting features SO
far as the children are concerned, as
gifts and well filed sacks of good
things to cause vivid dreams of Santa
Claus will be distributed, and no one
that has been a pupil in the school
will be forgotten.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22
AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

Sunday morning at the Sabbath
school hour the congregation of the
Christian Church will hold a regular
Christmas service with exercises ap-
propriate for the occasion. The chill.
dren of the Sunday school will be
properly cared for at the conclusion
OF these exercises.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Have you read it? Read what?
Why, NJ. l.. 1oachimi's list OF prices
IN this issue OF the Democrat.
Mule buyer Meyers this week pur-
chased ten head OF young mules from
Sam Ramer OF Walnut Grove for which
Mr.. Kramer received $40 a head,
making a total OF 500 for the lot.
This is a pretty fair showing for Nor
gan County mules.
DR.. K. ]. Callicotte, who is attend
ing school in Kansas City, will be in
Versailles on December 26 and will
remain until the first OF the year.
Any one wishing veterinary services
may call on him during that time.
One half fare plus 50 for one way
tickets (ninlmum fare $1,000 to all
points west and southwest in home
seekers territory FIRST and third Tues
days in January and February. Also
greatly reduced round trip rates via
the Rock Island.
Harry Mills is home from Fulton.
having arrived here iast Saturday to
spend the holidays with his parents,
Mr.. and Mr.. !. w. Mills. This is
Harry's second year at Westminster
College and he is getting along nicely
in his educational work.
Mrs. Stella Manning departed on
Tuesday afternoon for Gainesville.
Texas, where she will remain during
the winter visiting relatives. Her
daughter, Mss Maud. is already there
the guest Of her uncle and wife, Mr..
and Mrs. Q. II. K~avanaugh.
George Troutwine, who has been
employed at the Leader Office for
some time, left Monday for Caliior-
MIA, Mo-, to accept a job on the Mon
ltcau County Herald. ''Shorty" will
probably be one OF the stars in the
California ball team next season,
S. Lester Nelson, who had been
here for several days looking after the
sale of the Nelson property, lett las,
Monday evening for his home in St.
Louis. His mother, Mrs. Ada Neil.
son, after a few weeks visit with rcla.
ives and friends, will go to St. Loui.
where she will reside with her son.
A letter received this week from
our former citizen, James McNair, b,
some OF his Versailles friends, state.
that he is now enjoying the cold eli
mate OF the far Northwest, as he is il
Juneau, Alaska, making a visit Will
his son, Hal. McNair, who holds !
government position at that point.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22

WANTED TO ExCHANGF--A S75 col
tage Organ for cord wood or ma
wood. Organ in tirst-class conditioV
suitable for home, church or lodal
Price S25. Apply at Democrat of!
for particulars.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22
THE OOLORFD CHURCHES.

Both the colored Methodist and
Baptist congregations will hold Christ.
mas exercises with appropriate pro-
grams 70 be CARRIED out at THEFT
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22

Let us prove to you that we cad
you money on your Lumber AMI
Building Materials when you repa|
the old or build a new house or barn
ANTwEn.ER 4 HARDY, u
The lMinbermen, \
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22
Christmas is Coming

And you will find everything you
want for your Christmas dinner at the
Palace. Call and te convinced.
w. N. GILsoN,
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22
Hides ! Hides.

We will pay you more than anybQd
else for your hides. \
Mason & PRICE, The Only Butcher
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22

Chas. W. kavanaugh the Abstracter
would like to write your deeds,
mortgages, contracts, etc.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22

Och, are you hurt? Then trade
where you viii be treated right and
you viii stop s~quealing.
MASON & PACE.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22
CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.

Next Monday is Christmas, and as
it is the annual Yulc-tide when honor
is bestowed upon the ''babc in the
manger,' and the children must be
fittingly remembered, and when true
happiness should overshadow all other
feelings to show that ''pcace on earth
good will toward men" abounds, the
patrons of the Sabbath schools are
preparing to celebrate the occasion in
an appropriate manner. Following is
a summary Of the exercises:
AT THE NJ. +. CHURCH.
This (Friday) evening the Little
Sunbeams'' OF the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society, under the super
vision of Mrs. J. A. Petty, will give
an entertainment at the NJ. F.. Church
South, consisting of a musical and
Christmas chorus with incidental cx-
crcises of an appropriate nature. This
entertainment will be of general ma
lure and will be free to the public.
Saturday night a treat will be distrib-
uted to the children of the Sabbath
school of this church and exercises by
the children will be rendered.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22

The Street Fair was a success. II
you are not. then right yourself by
Syving Meats from MASON 4 PRICF,
'tbs opiy EntchcIS.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22

churches Christmas night. Treats for
the children will be distributed at each
of these entertainments to gladden. the
hearts OF the children.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22

Ladies' come and look at
our Up.tO.Datc Coats and
Jackets. They can't he
beaten
CARL w. BIEXsACH.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-22

Have you read it? Read what?
Why, NJ. l.. Joachimi's list OF prices
IN this issue OF the Democrat.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-21
Our Daily SG@rye
1.-THE Turning of the Lane"

are always fancying. Grace. that
some of your friends are in love-"
"Ah, but 1 have proof positive
There is a certain young man who
is never denied admittance at your
door and with whom you dance more
frequently than any other of your
friends. You see l know"
We'll, Grace, you shall be my con-
fessor. l do love Edgar Leslie, and
as 1 am his affianced wife since last
evenn, need no longer flush to con-
fess it,
l went into the supper room. There
heated by the wine. was the pride OF
a mother in Cliffdale. l laid my hand
upon his arm and soon succeeded In
getting him home. The cold air and
long walk sobered him and he thre W
himself on a sofa when we reached
my rooms, saying:
Doctor, you have saved me from
disgracing myself before tomorrow
Finding he was in this mood
talked to him and after some little
hesitation he opened his heart to me
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-21
THE COTTON
SITUATION

NEW YORK, Aug. 2l.-Miller &
Co In their weekly cotton review
say: The report that rain has fallen
in certain sections of Texas, which
had suffered from drought. has slim
ulated trade by the belief that the
cotton prospect IN Texas has ma
terially improved. The advices from
Tennessee are also more favorable,
but II would be advisable to await
more definite reports before accept
ing the theory that the changes In
the weather will cause any material
change in the cotton crop.
New cotton is beginning to move
quite freely and large increase In
receipts is expected before the be-
ginning of next month SO far this
has had no particularly weakening
effect upon the market.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-21
DEMANDS
STRINGENT LAWS

TRENTON. n. j., Aug. 21.-The
twenty seventh annual convention of
the New Jersey State Federation of
Labor opened in the assembly cham
Der of the state capitol this morning
with large attendance Nearly
every organized body of workingmen
in the state was represented. The
convention was called to order by
President Cornelius Ford and Gov
ernor Stokes Of New Jersey and the
MAYOR of Trenton delivered addresses
of welcome. The convention will re-
main in session two days and. 1t Is
expected, will pass resolutions de-
handing more stringent laws for the
protection of organized labor in this
state.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-21

Very little actual currency or gold
changes hands, as all payments
are made in checks. Mr.. Garfield
thoughtfully provided a handsome
ly carved writing desk behind a
screen for the purpose of check in
dOrsement.
Garfield says that he does not
encourage faro playing because it
is the game of the professionals.
AS matter of fact, a heady faro
player, with an honest deal, can
frequently beat the game. Roulet,
on the other hand, is sure per-
centage winner for the bank. Can
field says that his average per
centage on roulet is five and a
fraction on each spin Of the ball in
the wheel.
Professional gamblers declare it
is much more, but, taking Garfield
at his own word. his net profit can
be figured to be in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 night. exclusive
of faro and the dining room. 1t is
common belief among sports that
HIS Dl OHiS arc ooihSehihS ihN
100000 a week.
The real, lively gambling season
continues only through August.
and when the tremendous eXpen-
SEES of maintenance, protection, -
hush money. etc, are computed it
Is little wonder that Garfield
favors roulet as steady income
producer.
There is no limit. Garfield per-
sonally superintends the play. He
knows the man who can afford to
lose $4,000 and who cannot be
depended upon to make good a
$50 900 loss. When the player
reaches his limit in Garfield S
Judgment the game is closed to
him.
The writer stood at roulet
wheel from midnight to | a. m.
and watched the operations of
seven players. Three of the men
were well known Wall street oper-
ators and frequenters of the race
tracks. The play was in absolute
silence save for the spin of the
marble in the mahogany wheel
and the rattle of the fine ivory
chips in variegated colors.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-21

NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Through n
votion of young woman to her
fathers memory has been disclosed
Two years ago Frederick Thiel-
man. contractor and democratic poll
tician, died, leaving his affairs in n
terribly muddled condition, with con-
tracts unfinished and debts to the
amout of $4,000 unpaid.
Elizabeth Thielman, his daughter,
who had never lacked for anything
of the creature comforts of life dur
ing her fathers prosperity, could not
bear to hear his name banded about
as that of one who had died, leaving
creditors to mourn. Determined to
do what she could, she went to a
friend of the family, who assured her
of financial support In her undertake
ing She had had no business expert
ence, but entered upon her fathers
work with an enthusiasm that could
not fail. She took up the contracts
where he had left them. hired Italian
laborers, and personally superintend-
ed them. paid off the men and the
bills for supplies herself, and saw
that the money that was coming on
the contract was paid to her. The
result was that in two years she has
performed all that her father ever
egreed to do. and with such success
that the profits enabled her to pay
off every cent of her fathers obliga-
tions. there isn't much left for her
out of 1t all. but she has gone up to
the Maine woods for a vacation, rich
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-21

fore the veterans adjourned for the
day.
In the afternoon the visitors Wis
tied the falls and in the evening they
will take moonlight ride on the
upper Niagara. winding up with dan
cling and refreshments at the Bedell
house. There will be another business
meeting tomorrow morning and In the
evening smoker will he given at
the aract-International hotel.
On the last day of the encamp-
ment the department officers will be
elected and 1t is considered quite
certain that Department Commander
Captain Charles A. Simmons, the in
cumbent, will be reelected. The state
auxiliary of the organization will hold
it's meeting tomorrow. Mrs. William
ID. Young will preside.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-21
Most Exclusive Gambling House at Americas Monte
Carlo Caters to Gilded Coterie-In Magnificent
Mansion at Saratoga Fortunes are Tossed Away Like
Pebbles-Sensucus Surroundings for Spenders.

statuary is the bust of a satyr,
with lips curled into an indescrib.
ably sardonic smile, as if mocking
at human folly. 1t is tlanked by
the bust of wood nymph, whose
beauty might point the moral of
still more folly. Canfield's total of
statuary is said to have cost $780,
600.
Richard Garfield is an acknowl-
edged connoiseur of art. He has
equipped his place as becomes the
fastidious tastes of his wealthy pa
irons. Expensive paintings adorn
the lofty walls, and the color
schemes and decorations were
worked out under a master eye.
Canfield's is wide open, but new
ertheless a certain eXclusiveness
is maintained. Garfield is himself
walking combination social di-
6rectory, Who's Who and Altman
ach de Gotha One of his fads, he
admits, is to follow the destinies
of generations of fashionable fam
lilies.
At most of the Saratoga gamb-
ling houses which make any sort
of pretentions the only credentials
for admittance are a dress suit
and n bank account Garfield de-
mands these. too, but he discour-
ages the professional gambler, and
in fact, everyone who cannot claim
some sort of social prestige.
There are no hangers-on, and UNI
desirable patrons are politely but
firmly requested to evaporate.
By 10 p. m. the game is in full
swing in the great green gaming
room. The nine roulet wheels are
ranged along the outside wall, and
the rattle of ivory chips can be
distinctly heard in the street. The
two faro layouts are at one end.
From six to IA men surround the
roulet tables, and usually four or
Ave are at each faro table.
The common purchase is $1,000
worth of chips to start the game.
The smallest chip is valued at 81.
and they range to 500 in value.
not lost over these green table,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-21

His life in California had been a sad
Every letter from his mother had
| reused what was good in him and
kept him in the right way until
temptation again assailed him, and
he plunged into vice to be again sad
dened by reading his mothers letters.
His life in New York was repetition
of this.
questioned him about Julia and
found that she had construed a
laughing offer, made in jest. into a
serious one and he cared nothing for
her His love was Amy's. At my sug-
gestion he wrote a plain but cold
explanation to Miss Julia and then
began his preparation for another
visit home.
Business called me abroad and for
five years l heard nothing from Ed
gar Margaret had been dead nearly
is months when l came home. l
found Edgar in a happy home, mar
ried to Amy and the father of n
noble boy.
One evening | was speaking OF MS
mother. Doctor" he said. but for
my mother l should have been a
miserable drunkard. No love but
hers could have reclaimed me from
what l was. Now her memory and
Amy's love are my safeguards. When
temptation comes her memory hovers
to ward the evil off and my watch
word now is my dying mothers
blessing"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-21
A Millionaire's Play

The table was of the single
board variety, with Sc numbers
and the usual side plays. A young
New York millionaire who had
been drinking heavily played at
the wheel end and attempted a
system upon the go" and double
o." with an occasional stack upon
a number, but all with bad for
tune. He bought 200 SIS chips and
in ten minutes had exhausted
these, in addition to those from
one small winning on a number.
He then took over 500 chips of the
same price and lost consistently.
Seeing his stupid condition a
friend urger him to retire. He
refused and insisted upon buying
more. Garfield sent a lieutenant
to him with a message that it was
time to write a check if he wanted
more chips. The millionaire wrote
the check and bought more chips.
Fortune played him tickle turns
and he lost to the end of his play,
not quite an hour, and something
like $4,000.
Won Little.
A gray-haired old financier at
the end of the table, his grizzled
beard brushing melting shirt
front, played with $40 chips and
| frequently his stock would repre-
sent $1,000.
On a single spin his wager
would at times be $1,000. At the
end of the hour he was more than
even with the game and he quit a
| mild winner.
A dark-eyed little man at the
side played the colors with fair
profit. He seemed fascinated with
number 26. and every play carried
from one to 10 of his chips on this
chance. 1t came twice in the hour
once with three of his chips and
once with five.
1t Scared Him.
boyish-faced chap, who did not
look to be more than %, played
at the side. For half an hour
he "piked' on splits" odd and
even. and the red and black, and
| he realized stack which repre-
sented perhaps $4,000. A sudden
wild fever then seemed to seize
him and he pushed the entire
stack onto the black. Half doz
en- chips fell over onto the num-
bers. The sleek, soft-voiced Group
Ter paused and looked inquiringly
at the youth. The boy reached
out his trembling hand and stack
the six checks on SO, red. The ball
dropped to that number. Then the
boy cashed in, loser about $1,000
on that turn of the wheel, and
seemed frightened at his daring.
The bank has not been broken
this season. John w. Gates is re-
ported to have plunged $4,000 in
nights play. John Drake and
Jesse Lewisohn are said to have
| made some heavy wagers. "Dia-
| mond jim" Brady boosted of a
5000 killing.
/ 1t is daylight ere the play stops,
| and it would continue then if the
| gamblers would remain. Mr.. Can
field has no closing hour in
] August.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-21

SARATOGA, N. Y. Aug, 1S.-
Gambling mad Saratoga looks up
on Canfeld's as it's show place. 1t
is where spenders in high life can
have high play. People come from
afar to cape at the establishment,
Only the elect pass in. A white
chip at Canfield's is equal to the
cost of swell Christmas dinner
for a family of six One white chip
at Canfields could buy stacks at
most of the other gaming rooms OF
Saratoga. Canfield's is the place
where wealth stands ankle deep in
the plush carpet and shoves $1,000
bets across a table with sickninS
monotony, and $4,000 wagers are
no rarity.
"A night in Richard Canfield's
fashionable gambling house opens
with active operations at $3.50
o'clock. BY that time the 200 or
800 men and women, who make
this a nightly rendezvous, have re-
turned from the races and have
dressed for dinner.
CuHHSlu uudSHlhNChtiy oPPoii'
ed dining room, adjoining the
gambling salon, is declared to be
the finest restaurant on the Amer
lean continent, and certainly 1t is
the most expensive. Delmonico's
and Sherry's in New York do not
compare with it in the matter of
price.
The house is magnificent old
brick of stately dimensions. with
tall windows. high ceilings and
spacious rooms. 1t is blanketed
with creeping ivy. 1t was a time
worn mansion when Garfield pur-
chased it several years ago to be
used as a gambling house in the
summer and as residence in win
ter. 1t is in the very heart OF the
town and the beautiful surround
ing park of four acres is one great
bower of flowers in full bloom
playing fountains, imported Italian
marble statuary and soft green
lawns bordered by dense shrub,
berry.
The most conspicuous piece of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-21
SPANISH WAR
VETERANS MEET

NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y. Aug. 81.
Several thousand veterans OF the
Spanish American war are assembled
In this city to attend the annual
state encampment and the hotels are
crowded with visitors. The encamp-
ment was formally opened this morn
ing and the veterans were welcomed
to the city by Mayor o. w. Cutler.
Only a brief session for the transac-
ton Of routine business was held be-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-21

There lived, years ago, in the house
which adjoined mine in Clffdale, a
widow and her only child. Her hus-
band had been a drunkard and the
villagers told how patiently and
meekly she had borne the most cruel
treatment, her only care being to
shield her little son from injury, and
the evil of the example his father
set before him.
The first time I ever saw Margaret
Leslie I was called to prescribe for
the little boy. whom I found very
patient, listening to his labored
breathing. He had always been a
delicate child, and his little pale face
was scarcely less white than the pill
low upon which it rested. My medi-
cines were powerless to stay the dis
ease, and in a few days I thought the
widow would be childless.
God spare my boy" was her
prayer from morning till night. She
had been sorely tried and this was
her only comfort. To my surprise
the patient took a favorable turn
and recovered. His mothers graft
tude was fervent, but more silent
than her grief had been, and l think
he appreciated the pure, deep devo-
ton of his loyal parent. He was a
wayward boy, with strong passions,
governed more by impulse than good
judgment.
When he reached his twenty-first
year he left the village in which he
was born to seek his fortune in the
wide world Letters came frequently
to the widow to cheer her loneliness.
He went to California and the letters
came less frequently. He was prac-
ticing law, and the papers he sent
home often mentioned his talents and
the high rank he was destined to take
in his profession. Other mothers
thought how proud Margaret must
be of her son, but the widow felt
very sad / was her confidential
friend and I knew her sorrow. Bril-
liant and full of interest as the let
ters were, descriptive of his active
life and the varied scenes through
which he passed, she would have
given them all for one line from his
heart.
After five years absence Edgar
came to Cliffdale previous to set
thing in New York The first time
/ I saw him / was startled by the
change in his appearance. The bright
healthy color. the dark flashing eyes
and the erect, noble carriage were
exchanged for thin, sallow, sunken
cheeks and a slow, STOPPING motion
He looked 10 years older than he was.
lie only stayed a few weeks, but when
he left Clffdale he was betrothed
to Amy Graham.
A few months after Easter | went
to New York. but it was some time
before | had an opportunity of meet
ing him, but when l did | saw at
once the pace he was going. There
were no revels where he did not lead
his clique to the maddest eXcesses.
Gambling and drinking occupied MS
nights and his practice was gradual
ly falling away from him.
One evening at a large party. given
by the daughter of one of our richest
Americans, Edgar and | were among
the guests One of the women, tall,
splendid looking brunette, stood near
me chatting with friend. l was
concealed by the pillar against which
| leaned and overheard their con
versation.
Now, Julia, confess" was the first
sentence that fell upon my ears,
Are you not in love?'
"Nonsense," said the brunette. you
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-08-21

civilized tribes of the Indian Nation,
for which a call had been sent out
by w. NJ Rogers, principal chief Of
the Cherokee nation, and Green Nc
Curtain, chief of the Choctaw nation,
met here this morning. with every
district well represented. The OBJ
ject of the convention is to adopt a
draft of state constitution, which
Is to be submitted to congress at
the session next winter.