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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
Love Is Life.

Our days are few and full of strife;
Like leaves our pleasures fade and fall;
But Thou who art the all-in-all.
Thy name is Love, and love is life!
We walk in sleep and think we see;
Our little lives are clothed with dreams;
For that to us which substance seems
Is shadow, 'twixt ourselves and Thee.
We are immortal now, and here
Chances and changes. night and day,
Are landmarks in the eternal way.
Our fear is all we have to fear
The soul that drifts all darkly dim
Through floods that seem outside OF
grace,
Is only surging toward the place
Which Thou hast made and meant for
him.
For this we hold-il could not be
Were there no power beyond the i'll,
Our Wills are held within Thy will:
The ends of goodness rest with Thee.
Fall, storms of winter, as you may:
The dry boughs in the warm spring
rain
Shall put their green leaves forth
And surely we are more than they.
Alice Cary.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02

To many the nature of Ruesia's re-
ligion is only vaguely understood.
Christianity was introduced into the
country in the ninth century. The es-
tablished church, says our authority, is
identical in doctrine with the Greek
church. The liturgys which is read in
Slavonic, is the one used originally by
the church at Constantinople. Until
recently, any form of dissent was not
tolerated. Under the laws of Alex
ander H., Catholics and Protestants
have equal rights with members of
the established church.-Harper's
Weekly.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
FOUND"
Odd Notice in Prominent Southern Paper
Of Interest TO Residents of Monroe CITY.

One of the best known news
papers in the south is tile
Guide of Dunn. N. G. It's pub
Usher, j. P. Pitman, sends us
the following clipping with re-
quest to publish:
"Found,-by the editor OF
the Guide, a bottle of Hyomei,
the wonderful treatment that
cure S catarrh without stomach
dosing. We can speak in high.
est praise of its .marka BILE
power to cure and cure and re-
lieve catarrh of the head and
throat. This mention is made
not as an advertisement. but in
the interested those who suffer
the torture ofsthat terrible dis
ease, catarrh."
In sending the clipping, Mr..
P'tman wrote tbe.following let
ter:
II enclose little piece from
my paper, ISSUED to day. You
will see from this that Il desire
to push the selling of Hyomei as
far as possible. / dm using it in
my own family, and find that il
gives the desired relief, so that
I take pleasure in speeding far
and near the knowledge of this
sure relief for catarrh."
Wood Bros, in PREPARATION tor
the catarrhal troubles of this
season of the year, have order
ed a large stock of Hyomei, and
sell it under guarantee to re-
fund the money if it does not
relieve. The complete outfit
costs but 81, and extra bottles
can be obtained for so cents.
Ask them to show you the
strong guarantee under which
they sell it. This remarka BILE
remedy medlcates othe air you
breathe, soothing and healing
the mucous membrane of the
air passages, and making a com
plete cure of the worst cease of
cutarrh,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
Worship of the Successful.

While the world is generally COLI
WINGED that it is only the already sue
cessful person who can be of any use,
it must put up with having a very con-
siderable amount of sham success
foisted ON it. "Why ever did you trust
the defendant with all these goods9"
a Judge asked plaintiff. you should
have seen how he was dressed, and
the jewelry he wore, your honor!" re-
piled the too-confiding merchant
"That was the very reason why he
should not be able to pay you-if he
had spent his money in those things"
remarked the judge severely. But the
world will not see it in that way"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
Origin of "Score."

"Score" for twenty came into the
English language about 1900. 1t comes
from the Anglo-Saxon scor, the root
of shear, shire, scar and means to cut.
To avoid the difficulty of large num-
bers, accounts were kept by cutting
notches in a stick, Galley tally, and
after twenty such notches the tally
was cut off, which thus became a
"score." These were used in England
for keeping the excheCuer accounts,
ever to the beginning of the nine
teenth century. A cricket score was
once spoken of as so many notches,
and the rind of pork is scored. The
word is first used in a poem called
"The Bestiary" and in Cursor Mundi."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
Proud of "OId Nassau"

No nobler college hymn exists than
Princeton's "Old Nassau" When this
psalm is sung on the occasions Of
public games and the like, not only
the students massed in one body, but
their families and sweethearts and
the graduates, too, invariably stand,
and and as the refrain, Long Life to
Old Nassau" is reached all heads are
uncovered and hats are waved In the
air. This custom of standing and I'M
covering while singing the college an
them has been initiated by other uni
versities, but the inspiration was
breathed in Princeton.-James W.
Alexander in Leslie's Weekly.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
Two June Roses.

Two roses flushed with beauty rare
Upon the same branch grew;
Each had the same benignant care
From shade and rain and dew.
Each felt the same soul-cheering beams
OF mornings glorious sun;
And twas but natural their dreams
And hopes should be as one.
The same glad birds above each head
Poured forth their songs in pride;
And, when the setting sun grew red,
They slumbered side by side.
One day there came two maidens fair;
"a rose for EACH" said they
As, gathering them with tender care,
Each went her separate way.
There was no time to say goodby,
Scarce time to feel the smart
OF being borne away to die
Somewhere, unknown, apart.
One lay upon a maiden's breast,
That night to be a bride,
Who to her lips the flower pressed
Forgot 1t when 1t died.
The other found itself sIone,
Held in q dead child's hand;
But as the earth was on them thrown
The rose its future planned
1t said: 81 will be strong and brave
And pierce the cold earth thro';"
Now, each year Ger that poor child's
A rose bush blooms anew.
Thomas b.. Porter.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
Uses of Fire Enalnes.

A firm of fire-engine manufacturers
In England builds many machines
which are to be used for strange pur-
poses. In the hop districts small fire
engines are used to kill pests of the
vines. An acre and half Of hop
plants can be thoroughly sprayed by
one man in day at an all-round cost
of 1.8e an acre, including fuel for the
engine. When one considers that the
average yield to the acre of hops is
supposed to be $170 and that this is Of
ten reduced 60 per cent through bad
blight 1t is easy to see that In hop
garden of several hundred acres q
great saving may result from the use
of the fire engine.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
ARE FRIENDS FOR A MINUTE
Levy and Cohen Try to Make Up, But
Strike Discordant Note.

Levy and Cohen Try to Make Up, But
Strike Discordant Note.
Levy and Cohen came out of the
synagogue on New Years day. 1t
was the day of atonement, Of forgiv-
ing, of making up.
Levy approached Cohen and extend
ed a great fat hand.
Cohen" said he, Eve hat not shpOk-
en- for dvendy years. Come! We
make fredts."
Cohen silently shook.
Nov, Cohen" continued the recon
ciliant, I'VE go ofer to Bungleheim's
unit hat drink"
Arm in arm they crossed the street.
Drinks were ordered and set before
them.
Cohen, convinced at last of the sin
cerity of the others advances, spoke
for the first time.
Levy" he said, II am glad of it.
l raise my glass to you, Levy. Wish
me somedings!"
INIT all my heart" replied Levy,
and raised his glass in turn. Cohen,
my dear frendt," said he, 81 wish you
shoost vat you wish mel"
The growing smile faded from Co
hens face and he ser his glass down
with a bang.
"Py Abraham!" he exclaimed.
Nov you're shtarting it all over
again."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
Rusted Wheat.

We have received from H. II.
Grover, Ransom county, North Dako
ia, sample of rusted wheat. A note
accompanying the sample says: This
is sample of wheat we thought two
weeks ago was all right. Perhaps it
is fair sample of Fife wheat in Ran.
som county, N. D." He further says
that this wheat has been damaged OF
least 80 per cent, while macaroni
wheat is free from rust.
The moral to this should be to dip
the seed wheat every year in a sou-
ton of formalln or give it a treat
ment of blue stone. The rust comes
into the wheat by means of the seed
and the minute plant that bears the
smut is growing in the wheat plant.
Suddenly a field becomes black with
smut, and the farmer imagines that
1t has blown into the field In the air.
The truth wa that it was in the field
all the time and was growing In the
wheat stalk, but was unseen. All at
once millions of the plants began to
bear the minute seeds that go to make
up the smut on the grain, and then,
for the first time, the farmer realized
that smut was in his grain. The seaGs
of the wheat have been deprived of
their nourishment by the smut plant
and that is why the yield is cut short.
Black patches are seen all over the
stalk of the wheat and these indicate
the number of the plants that are TAX.
ing the substance from the wheat
plant. The sap is diverted to feed
this parasitic multitude. Our CORE.
spondent says that two weeks ago the
wheat was thought to be all right.
That is just the trouble with the
progress of the smut. 1t is insidious
in its nature. The only way to fight
it is to consider all seed affected and
treat it, ordingly.-Farmers Re.
view.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
KEPT THE RACES APART.
Stringent Laws Prevented Mixing of
Scotch and EnuIish.

Stringent Laws Prevented Mixing of
Scotch and English.
In the time of James II. of Scotland
the relations between the Scotch and
English were bad indeed. The king
objected to any business dealings be-
tween the Scotch and their southern
neighbors. To his subjects he thought
nothing could result therefrom but
evil. To preserve them, therefore.
from any approach to amity and inter
course with the hated southron, he
actually decreed 'outlawry" against
those who should desire, even in that
time of peace, to smooth down the diff
ferenCes which divided the two peo-
pies. Against Englishmen visiting
Scotland without leave the law was
especially severe, nor was any Scots
man to be allowed to become security
or guaranty for an Englishman under
any circumstances whatever, unless
he wished to be accused of high trea-
son. Even legitimate trade was for
hidden. No Scotsman was to supply
the English garrisons in BERWICK or
Roxburgh with 'ony victual, fewal or
luther supportation" under the pain Of
treason, while no intermarriage was
to be allowed between the Scottis
and English, that mems affection be
ma led away fro their air kinrik."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
WHERE EAGLES BUILD NESTS.
Inaccessible Spots Always seIectsd
for the Home,

inaccessible Spots Always SeIectsa
for the Home.
A writer who has studied the habits
Of eagles among the Scottish hills says
that the birds construct their eyries
toward the end of March and the eggs
which number two or three, are laid
in April. Eagles seem to prefer for a
nesting site some ancient pi-o with a
southern position and wide outlook or
ledge on a cli'" -. this tier no.
ticeG t. 20 .i..a' .. B. I'll their
e:ric- e. all iJ.,s. where
they O.. g.. withcut 2uch diff
cul,%, - = .oIEd are immense
preci, / B.. -"c ANS foot has new
er tired. It he's been said that the
eagle will fearlessly attack any one
atte.-rti~" t. rob its eggs and young,
but this ia .c2b1bly E.uch less often
the case than is generally supposed.
When one of a pair Of eagles is trap.
ped or shot the remaining bird has
often great difficulty in finding a mate
and may haunt it's nesting site for
several years by itself. While soaring
round and round their eyrie the eagles
utter a musical note somewhat similar
to the cry CT wild goose.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
FAMED FILTERS OF INDIA.
Many Races Have Good Name for
Bravery and Discipline.


native officer of India writes of
the native soldiers: THE Sikhs, or re-
formed HinSoos, have I'll the qualities
of the best fighters and the Indians
as well as their fellow-subjects in Eu
rope have indeed reason to be proud
of them. There are two other castles
in Punjab also noted for jieir fight
ing qualities, the Jats and Dogras. An.
other great fighting race in Punjab
inhabiting the northwestern part are
commonly known as the Pathans
They are now Mohammedans by faith.
The Gurkhas of Nepal the only indie
pendent state in India, though gener-
ally below average height, have proved
themselves the most indCmitable,
brave and hardy hill fighters. Euro
pean officers attached to Gurliha regi-
ments love their men and are proud
of them. Their free and easy man.
ners, abstemious habits cheerful dis
position, bravery in the field of war
or of sport help to raise them in the
estimation of all who come in con-
tact with them. They are of Hindoo
origin"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
Difference in NationaIities.

Verestchagin, the Russian painter,
told a story which goes far to illus
trate one difference between the two
armies in the orient, according to the
Army and Navy Journal. He painted
a picture of the headquarters of Rus
sian army during a great battle in the
war with Turkey. In the foreground
was large collection of empty cham
payne and vodka bottles. A grand
duke was scandalized by this and in
sisted that these evidences of dissipa-
ton should be eliminated from the
picture. Verestchagin perforce con-
scented, but he continued to assert that
they were where he put them when he
made his sketch of the battlefield. The
Japanese are at all times abstemious.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
SeIf-Control.

One old merchants reply to my ex-
perience question sounded like a SER
mon. Learn one word-learn to say
no and when to say it to buyer and
seller. You see that man at the desk?
This is my brother working for me
now but he used to be in business for
himself. He could not say no. have
offered him this business but he does
not dare trust himself. The most i'm
portant thing have learned during
the years Of strife is that one word.
But It takes twenty-five years to learn
It"--EarI M. Pratt.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02

When in Paris eat at Polk
Masterson's where you find the
best % cent meal in the city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-02
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An Irish gentleman had splendid
looking COW. but she kicked SO much
that II took very long time and 1t
was almost impossible To milk her, so
he sent her to Il fair to he sold and told
his herdsman 10 he sure not to sell her
without letting the buyer know her
faults. He brought home n large price
which he had got for It, His master
was surprised and said, Are YOU sure
you told all about her. "Bcdad. | did,
sir" said tue herdsman. lie asked me
whether she was a good mlllser. he.
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COUNTESS POTOCKA.
The Woman Who Sang to Chopin M
Ne sank 10 Death.

He sank 10 Death.
As the great Chopin lay dying his
soul was ushered out by the song OF
the beautiful Countess Delphine To
tocka, who had been his dearest conf
dante and friend. The romance of thei
friendship, one of the sweetest in his
tory, is related by Gustav K0bbe in til.
Delineator. The last tragic scene in th :
life Of the composer has often been dc
scribed and has been painted by Bar
rios, but II Is so touching that one may
well read another version of 1t. Nj.
kobbe writes:
Then came what is perhaps the
most touching scene that has been
handed down to us from the lives OF
the great composers. When Delphine
entered what was soon to be the death
chamber Chopin's sister Louise and Il
few of his most intimate friends were
gathered there She took her place by
Louise When the dying man opened
his eyes and saw her standing at the
foot Of his bed tall, slight. draped In
white. resembling beautiful angel,
aud mingling her tears with those of
Louise his lips moved. and those near
est him. bending over to catch his
words. heard him ask that she would
sing
MASTERING her emotion by strong
effort of the will. she sang in a voice of
bell-llke purity the canticle to the Vir-
gin attributed to Stradella-sang 1t so
devoutly. 50 thereally, that the dying
man, artist and lover of the beautiful
to the very last whispered In ecstasy:
How exquisite! Again, agalnn
"Once more she sang, this time Il
psalm by Marcello. 1t was the haunted
hour of twilight The dying day draped
the scene In Its mysterious shadows
/ Those ut the bedside had sunk noise
lessly on their knees. Over the mourn
ful accompaniment of sobs fioated the
voice of Delphine like melody from
/ heaven -
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BEGGARS' APPEALS.
How the Professionals Base Then
on the PubIic'n Emotions.

How the Professionals Base Them
on the PubIfc's Emotions.
Never do panhandlers make the mis-
take of appealing to the reason. The
emotions of the crowd only are at
tackled. There Is always II complete
human story in the pose. What, for III
stance, could be more compelling of
sympathy than the spectacle of the
bent old graybeard patiently and de
spairingly as 1t seemed grinding n
whcezy old organ which he had tied
into broken down baby carriage? The
suggestiyeness of that perambulator,
coupled with the walls Of that organ.
more forlorn than mortal child ever. ut
tered, WINS worth dollars u day to the
old fellow. 1t was reprehensible art
OF course. but art nevertheless, And
the artist grew rich. for when In
vestigated by the police he was found
to be the owner of many houses In Ho-
boken
Again, could there be anything more
likely to excite compassion than the
crust throwing trick? 1t was lnyen
ed by German beggar named Lans
whose French disciple, Lemaire, prac-
ticed it subsequently. have Seen II
crust thrower operating In Sixth ave
nue.. He was semi well dressed mHn.
who walked swiftly down through the
crowds of shoppers. Suddenly he ut.
tered a hoarse cry and darted out into
the roadway, where, bouncing upon n
crust OF bread which he had thrown
there previously. he began gnawing 1t
ravenously. lie did not walt for sym
patty. lie walked rapidly away, but IL
number of women who saw the act
ran nfter him aud crowded one another
for the privilege Of giving him money.
Theodore Waters in Everybody S
Magazine.
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HUGE STATUE OF BUDDHA.
The Mammoth Reclining Figure at
RanKuu. IIurutu

F7O0E = ~ VI Ut DOOOT1FN.
The Mammoth Reclining Figure at
Rangun, burma.
TO the eastern traveller the statue Of
Buddha is familiar sight. From
Colombo. in Ccylpn 10 Kobe iii japan.
lie is everywhere greeted by the same
calm. impressive and mysterious face
of the eastern prceeptor Of perfection.
Bur in no city in lie orient do the
form and face OF BuddhH constitute
30 frequent or 81 essential II part of the
city's decoration MS in Kahgtn, Bur
ma, starting place of Mr.. kipling's
famous Road n Mandalay," the
stronghold Of Buddhists Notable
even among the countless statues of
Rangun is the mammoth Buddha, rep
fesenting the strange teacher moi
standing or sitting crosslegged, AS in
the majority of statues, but reclining
on huge raised couch, his mighty
form stretched out for 200 feet, while
his shoulders rival the width of that
wonder of the ancient world, the Colos-
sus Of Rhodes, their titanic breadth
reaching fifty feet.
But one among the wonders of Ran
gun, this mighty figure rests near the
famous Shoay Dagon, the center of the
Burmese Buddhist world, crowned by
the golden pagoda. which rises 300 feet
above ii, its walls covered with pure
gold. the gift Of prince who contrib
uted his weight In gold to the pngoda.
In the hoay Dagon there are countless
other utues of Buddhn, as well as
relics q. Gautama, the last Buddha.
All, equally with the huge reclining
Buddha, form a part Of the religious
rites of the Buddhlsts, for the es-
sencc of buddhism consists in the
struggle TO become like Buddha, TO at
tain his perfection by obedience to his
prccepts. 10 do this it is necessary al
ways to have Buddha In mind, and II
is for this reason that every city in the
Buddhist world is literally crowded
with his images. Buddha himself Is
not deihed. Potentially every Bud
dhist may attain his perfection, but
only by the eternal imitation Of his
practice.
huge colossus are important In Bud
dhist worship, of even more Importance
are the relies Of Buddha.
II was about the Shoay Dagon that
the burmese made their last fierce fight
when the British came to l,angun. \
Venetian traveller of 800 years ago Wis
iting the Shony Dagon Inns left tie
scription of this Eumous temple, con
cedlng It's claim 10 rivalry with his
own Venice that would serve rs con
temporaneous description, and today,
as in untold centuries past. the Bur
mesc still bring their offerings Of flow
ers and fruit, candles aud paper flags.
TO lay before the huge reclining Bud
dha, whose hands would afford COM
Portable standing room for four of the
worshipefs and whose gigantic face
wears the strange, inscrutable express
sion of calm which Is the outward
mark of spiritual buddhism. = New
York Tribune