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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06
JailbirdS COntented.

Macon, Mo, Nov. 30.-MacOn
prisoners are not complaining
over their lot. Indeed, they
are very thankful, as shown by
the letter they sent to Governor
Folk and signed by all the in
mates of the county jail. 1t is
entitled "Why We Are Thank
full" and is written by George
O'Brien, who is spending the
fall here pending trial. The
letter reads:
Dear Governor: We have
read your Thanksgiving procla
nation with interest and will
abide by your suggestions as
we'll as we may be able III our
limited environments. AL
though unjustly shut out from
the world at present, we have
much to be thankful for.
The papers are not pitching
into US and calling US hard
names, like they do Mr.. Rookie
teller, Senator Platt, Willie
Hearst and other men with a
larger measure of liberty.
Our appetite is of the never
get weary kind, and we don't
have TO take treatment for in
somnin
We are not nervous concern
ing nurs lars and hold-up men,
aud our diamonds are the least
Of cur worries.
"NobOdy conrs round and
tries TO work US On wildcat min.
ing stock or to sell US gold
bricks.
The coal man hasn't come
after his money, and We don't
look for him.
"Snow, ice, sleet and wintry
winds means nothing to us.
eve don't have to get up ear
ly Sunnay morning and fix for
Sunday school.
Three times a day, week in
and week out, we get beans,
corn dodger and we'll water, ex-
cept on holidays, when there's
double dose of water.
"Iu looking over these mat
tiers, we feel that we are blest
far beyond the common run, for
which we are deeply thankful,
governor. We are satisfied.
We don't care to get any nearer
where you live, much as we
like you. Your ways are not
our ways, and we wish to be
particular and lead a quiet, or
derby life"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

Mrs. Ella Eddy reports her
neice, Miss Alice Clark, student
at Howard Seminary, West
Bridge Water, Mass, as being
in the condition that several
other young ladies were this
season, homesick. You are
right Miss Alice, there is no
place like home, especially if
that home is in Missouri.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

After an absence OF several
months as Knigh OF the grip,
@. S. Rooertshaw took ten
days lay off to visit his family
and to enjoy the society of his
friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

Thank heaven the mu1tiplica-
ton table doesn't change. It is
the only thing a mother knows
that is the same as when she
went to school and which she
can speak of without being cor
rected.-Atchison Globe.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

II. O. Ballard came home Sat
urday morning. Called home
by the illness of his wife. Ollie
has lots of Monroe friends that
were glad to see him but re-
GREETED the cause that brought
him home.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

After pleasing visit with
re atives, Miss Henrietta Simp-
son, OF Perryville. returned to
her home Monday. She was
accompanied by her uncle, J. T.
Lanham.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

Miss Grace Frazier, of Palmy.
ra, has been spending several
days with her friends Misses
Bess and Lillian Marshall,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

The young gentlemen of the
South Side wound up the grid
iron season and the North Side
gentlemen, Thursday afternoon
to the tune of 10 TO 5.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

DO You Suffer From Kidney TrOubIesP
We guarantee one bottle of Smiths
Sure Kidney Cure to benefit or cure,
or your druggist will refund your
money. Price so ceuts.-L. j. Yates
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

Senator W. s. McClintic left
Monday for Iii. @inaville to look
after the interests of the Con-
fe6erate Home.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06
Curious Advertisements.


annual sale now on-Don't
go elsewhere to be cheated
come in here"
"a lady wanted to sell her
piano, as she is going away in a
strong iron frame"
Furnished apartments suita-
BILE for gentlemen with folding
doors"
1.-TWO sisters want wash
ing"
"Wauted-A room by two
gentlemen about 80 feet long
and 90 feet broad"
"Lost-A collie dog by man
Saturday answering to Jim,
with brass collar around his
neck and a muzzle."
"Wanted--By a respectable
girl, her passage to New York;
willing to take care of children
and a good sailor"
Respectable widow wants
washing on Tuesdays"
For sale-A pianoforte, the
property of musician with
carved :. legs"
"A boy who can openSoysters
with reference
Bulldog for sale; will eat
anything; very fond of children"
From the Journal of a Railroad Train.
The public seems to think
that where there's so much
smoke there ought to be some
fire.
1 could have got inGon time
yesterday, but l was afraid that
the shock would have been fatal
to the public.
While [ was running slowly
along yesterday, six rabbits
and a cow walked in and scar
ed some of the passengers. who
were fast asleep. dreaming that
they were getting there.
There is one thing to say for
the slow schedule business: The
rolling-stock is tired and needs
rest. But the public keeps cry
ing-"Ler 'er roll!"-Atlanta
Constitution.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

Mrs. D. Hugh Stevens went
to the Bluff City Saturday to
visit her sister, Mrs. j. M.
Boulware.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

Through the courtesy of the
DEMOCRAT this space is reserv
ed for the w. 9. II. U. It is
edited by Ella L. Snearman,
District Press Superintendent
Of the W. G. T. u, who is re.
sponsible for ali statements
which appear IN this column.
Our WAtchwords: Organize.
Educate, Agitate.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

DIR. S. M. Brown was a pro-
fessional visitor in Hunnewell,
Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

AL Arnold, of Chicago, was
with Monroe friends Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06
The Only Guaranteed K dney Cure

is Smith IS Sure Kidney Cure. Your
druggist will refund your money if
after taking one bottle you are
not satisfied with re suits. so cents by
l.. j. Yates,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

D. K. Vowel was a business
visitor in Macon Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06
OUR PRINCIPLES.

Total abstinence, Prohibition
of the liquor ira ffic, One stand
ard of morals for men and WON
en-. The education of public
sentiment for right.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-06

Agents mistakes do not occur
when you buy monuments from
Reid & Shearman, as they do
not employ an agent. Shop
South of News office.
The National tribune., 1906-11-29

TO S25 an ounce. It seemed as if this
was the limit, but last month it made
another jump and reached S34 an
ounce.
We get most of our platinum from
Russia and this supply was seriously
disturbed by the japanese War. Since
then the internal disturbances in Rus
sia have also greatly interfered.
The Geological Survey has been
working industriously to discover anG
develop the production of platinum in
the United States, and has met with
some encouragement. 1t is known that
platinum can be found in many CoHn-
ties in California, Oregon. Idaho. Colo
RADIO, Washington. Montana, Utah, Ari>
zona and Wyoming, and there are some
rare finds in Alaska. 1t is usually found
in working gold placers, and the Geo
logical Survey has been urging miners
to carefully watch their sluice box sands
and concentrate these so as to save
the platinum and add to the economy
of working their mines, The most prom
ising fields are in southern Oregon and
northern California. and it is hoped
that by, proper effort a considera bic
addition to our supply of platinum may
be obtained thru these sources.
The National tribune., 1906-11-29

an intermediate rate of pension between
$50. provided by the act of March 8,
1888, and S72 per month, provided by
the act of March 4, 1890, while it does
not contain any specific provision in
regard to permanency of disability, con-
sdered in this respect with the other
statutes. is construed to mean that the
frequent and periodical aid and attend
ance that entities a claimant to the $50
rate under said act must be permanent,
or continuance and reasonable or ap-
parent permanency thereof and not
merely temporary condition of dis
ability. .,s..s
The evidence of this case does not
show that claimant is so permanently
disabled from the causes on account OF
which he was pensioned as to require
the frequent and periodical personal aid
and attendance of another person, ell
titling him to the intermediate grade
rate (s50 per monthly provided by the
act of July IA, 1892. IL. 9-24-'06.
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
Phipps and His Silent Partner.
indianapolis Starr

Somewhere over in Pennsylvania
there is d big man with broad shoul-
ders and a big, broad hat who is the
whole show in the community where
he lives. He has a big interest in the
bank, owns the grocery of the town
and runs the County Fair. He starts
the horses, too, and what he says goes,
said William c. Phipps, Co. A, 18th Ind.
THAT man is my silent partner. The
world is full of great, big-hearted men
like him, and they are always success
full at whatever they try.
Il don't know his name and 1 don't
know where he lives, but he is my
silent partner just the same.
AT the battle of Shiloh I was wound
ed There was another fellow in my
company named Davis who was wound
ed. too. We called him Jeff Davis.
We fell into each others company and
1 started out after a shirt. Had shirt
on, of course, but I was wounded here
in the chest, and my shirt was sopped
with blood and had grown stiff
I'VE went along down the road to-
gether, he limping with a buckshot in
his leg, asking every one we met for a
shirt. Finally we came to great big
fellow chopping wood at the side OF
the road.
"'Got an extra shirt, pard?' I asked
HE stopped chopping and looked a,
me- He saw that L was covered with
blood
HE dropped his AK and shed his
coat. He didn't say word
"Then, without a word. he threw his
cap on top of his coat
He skinned his shirt off and pitched
it to me. put on his coat and cap,
picked up the AK and went to work
again. He didn't say word.
when L put the shirt on I apologized
for taking his shirt, but told him that
was wounded. He didn't say a word,
but he looked at me reproachfully for
my apology.
81 noticed that he wore a buck tail
in his cap. and I knew he was a Penn
sylvania soldier That was the last l
ever saw of him, and I never heard his
voice."
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
Map of the Imperial Valley and the sa!son sinx.

on grade of 100 feet to the mile to
/ the summit at beaumont. 80 miles
| farther west. The Salton Sink was orig
| nally no doubt under the waters Of
| the Gulf of California. but some vol
canic upheaval cut off communication
with the Pacific Ocean and left thi'
large area under water, which me heat
of the sun during the course of man"
! years gradually eyaporated and creaicd
a salt desert In the southern par rf
| the valley thus formed where the |lc-
vation is from 100 feet to sea level,
the silt from the surrounding mountains
| has been gradually washed down an
has converted the ground into a fertile
| valley which needed only water to make
| il a garden spot.
In 1896 the California Development
| Company was organized TO build y SIS
! ten of canals for diverIing part OF rhe
water of the Colorado River into
system of irrigating canals and thereby
reclaimng for agricultural purposes
many thousand acres in the so-ca1lcd
| Imperial Valley, which lies to the south
! OF the Saton Sink. A headgaie vas
I built in the north bank rf the Colorado
| River eight miles below Yuma, :tnj
water was turned into the main canal
| in March, 1902.
| In 1904 the floods broke out the en-
| bankment, and soon all the water or
| the Colorado River was pouring into
| the sink.
The original line of the Southern
| Pacific is shown at l. 1t soon became
| necessary to build an entirely new de-
| tour line about 40 miles long at an
elevation of about 20 feet above the
| old line, and 81 miles of the old line
which had been flooded, were aban-
| Goned.
In December, 1865, work was begun
on a large intake gate. and the con-
| structiOn of an earth dam to hold back
! the water as the gate was gradually
raised This work has been going on
all Spring and Summer Six trains ~
! dump cars have been employed day
and night in hauling dirt for the dan:
and about 1000 men have been 1T work
on the job. During the week ending
Oct. ! a heavy rain in Colorado in
creased the discharge of the river na2r
| Yuma from 5000 inches to 15 coo
inches. but the new works stood th"
test of high water which quickly re-
ceded. The river will now be forced
to return to its old bed and all danger
| from further rise of tn water in the
Salton Sink is probably past.
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
The Illinois Central.

The Railroad Gazette says editorially
of the trick by which Hartman gained
possession of this splendid property:
''The Illinois Central is a prize, in
deed, and of especial and peculiar value
to Mr.. Hartman, but hardly worth
what he appears to have paid for it.
An agreement kept in letter, but violat-
ed in spirit, meeting hastily called at
time when a loyal Vice President and
Director was too ill to attend, and an
other supporter of the head of the
road-no less person than the Gov
ernor of the State under which the
company holds its charter-could only
with great inconvenience be present.
winning over of another Vice President
by the hollow reward of a Presidency
under Hartman, these are the methods
of period of railroad finance which
it is disheartening to see revived. AS
for the 5000 small stockholders.
whether or not the change proves to
be for their advantage, they would seem
to be, for a year at least at the mcrcy
of the declar,:r of the receuc Hartman
dividends. When the I'LL roads bought
the Burlington, they took away control
from the stockholders by paying for it.
The Illinois Central has, it appears,
been obtained in a less expensive man
ner, by winning over the representa-
tiveS of the shareholders.
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
CoIorings for Cement Blocks.

For red sandstone add % pounds of
an aggregate iron oxide, called mineral
paint, to each barrel OF the dry mixture
of cement. For lighter shades use less
of the coloring matter.
To get a brown shade add German
town lampblack to the above. For a
pleasing gray use the lampblack alone,
two pounds To the barrel of cement.
A good blue is produced by using 8
pounds of ultramarine to a barrel OF
cement, and for green use 23 pounds
of the ultramarine.
For yellow use % pounds of yellow
ocher II d barrel of cement; use thE
same quantity of brown ocher to pro.
cure a good brown.
In using these colOring materials mi,
in dry state till no streaks are visible
then add water and mix and tamp a:
before While the blocks are moist tn,
color will be much darker than wher
they are dry, it must be remembered
Always use the least amount of col
oring possible to give good shade
warns the American Carpenter an'
Builder as most of the pigments use6
are OF clayey nature, ili-adapted t
stone making.
The National tribune., 1906-11-29

On the theory that seeing believing" John A. Smith.
of Milwaukee, everyone remedy the
of rheumatism at his For that he
to distribute $4,000 free sample packages
all persons sending him their address. Mr.. Smith had
suffered all the agony rheumatism
utterly failed relief
AT times he helpless that he had to take to
phine and after considerable doStOng he in de-
spair He began studying into the of rheumatism,
and after much experimenting he finally hit upon a
bnaton of drugs which completely cured him. The
suit beneficial to his entire system that he called
his remedy Gloria Tonic Those of his
friends neighbors suffering
cured Mr.. Smith concluded
his world But he found the difficult
one, nearly everybody had tried hundred
remedies, couldn't believe
thing as a rheumatism
gentleman Seguin, Tex, him saying
Smith would send him sample he would try
had suffered 40 years and wasted fortune with
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
What He Was Looking For.
London Mirror.)

An English naval officer tells thi
story of servant named Andrews: 1--WE
We're practising with a pistol in m,
brothers quarters and Andrews was il
the small dressing room adjoining
when a ball went thru the door ane
clipt off part of an ear. Most mer
would have made some remark. He did
not, and we knew nothing about it until
by chance, looking into the room, We
saw him cropping about under tile table
for something he had lost What are
you looking for, Andrews?' said m,
brother. He drew up, stood at atten
ton, and replied in an apologetic tcne
as if deprecating his masters wrath
I was only a-looking for bit of m!
ear as come off when you fired tina
shot thru the door, sir"
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
Heart Trouble

The heart itself has no power-no self-control.
It is made to beat by u tender nerve so Tiny
that IL is scarcely visible TO the naked eye. Yet
ten thousand times q day this delicate nerve
must assist the heart TO expand and contract
This nerve is only one OF the branches OF tho
great sympathetic, or INSIDE. nerve system
Each branch OF this system Is so closely al.ied
with the others that weakness or irregul3;ity at
any point is apt to spread. Heart trouble ire
sympathy and Kidney trouble may also follow.
For each of these organs Is operated by Dranch
OF these same sympathetic nerves-the INSIDE
NERVES.
In Heart Kidney or Stomach troubles. 1t Is OF
but little use to attempt 10 doctor the organ IL
seif-the most permanent relief lies In restoring
the INSIDE NERVES. DIR. Shoop regards these
nerves TO be the real cause OF such troubles
The remedy-known by physicians and DRUGGISTS
everywhere rs DIR. Shoop's Restorative CIhblets
or Liauid-is the result OF years OF endeaVor
along this very line y does not dose the organ n,
70 deaden the pain-but II aims 10 go at once 10
the nerve-the inside nerve-the power nerve
and builds IL up and strengthens II. and makes
IL well c,,
Every heart sufferer may have DR.. Shoop's
book on the Heart. 1t will be sent Tree. anu
With IL you will receive the Health Token. ali
intended passport 70 good health.
For the free book Book I on Dyspepsia
and the "Health Book on the Heart.
Token you must ad- Book on thekidneys.
dress DR.. Shoop Box Book for Women.
06sl Racine. Wis. State BOOK D TOT men.
wh,ch hoott YOU want Book Con Rheumatism
DIR. Shoop's Restorative Tablets-give full
three weeks treatment, Each form-liQuld OF
tablet-has equal merit Druggists everywhere
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
Science Notes.

The popular notion that hot water
freezes more quickly than cold with
air at the same temperature Is errone-
Gus.
Greasing the molds. or painting them
with coach varnish twice a m onth, VIII
keep cement blocks from sticking. Use
the best grade of black coach Varn1sh.
When drilling. turning or roaming
malleable iron, use kerosene oil.
It is said that a stream of water dis
charged under several hundred pounds
pressure will resist the blow of an ak.
The ak rebounds from the water as II
would from a bar Of steel.
Vaseline with a small amount OF
powdered gum camphor added and
heated over a slow fire will keep tools
| from rusting.
To soften putty on glass and frames
of windows, paint it over with nitric
or muriatic acid. In an hours time II
may be easily removed.
When boilers leak along a seam or
about a fue try putting a pint of corn
meal in the boiler.
The heat of one pound of coal will
convert from five to eight pounds d
water into steam in ordinary locomo-
tive practice.
! A camel can easily carry a weight OF
1000 pounds on its back, about foul
times as much as horse can carry
The camel begins work at the age Of
four and is useful for half a century
the horse, as a rule, is nearly played
out at the age of Is.
/ In an incandescent oil lamp now be-
ing tested in Scotland kerosene is va.
poriZed by a Jet of carbonic acid be-
fore reaching the mantle. A gallc1 o.
4 oil Yields light of 200 candlepowel
for As hours.
The wettest place On earth is reputed
to be Cherrapunji, India. and a recen
fall of 74k inches of rain in five CON
secutive days must discourage othe,
'eomnefitors for the record.
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
Production of Platinum.

The rapid increase of the application
of electricity to all activities makes
platinum of the deepest interest. Plati-
mum is almost essential in electricity.
and the sources of the metal are quite
limited. so that the field of its produc-
ton is studied with the greatest inter-
est. In 1905 the price of platinum ad-
vanced from $3.50 an ounce to $21 an
ounce, which put it above the value of
gold, and last February it jumped again
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
To Keep Contents of Wooden Pals From
Tasting of the Wood.

Water or anything else for internal
use" kept in a wooden pail is apt to
taste IF the wood. To prevent this, fill
the pail with boiling hot water and let
stand until the water is cold; then
empty the pail and wash the inside
with a solution of soda in lukewarm
water, with little lime added, after
which scald the pail and rinse care
fully.
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
Drin for Brick

quarters-inch gas pipe with the end
cut off square and cut with teeth as
shown in the sketch. The teeth may
be cut with a three-cornered file, and
should be of liberal number and all
the same length, 50 that each tooth
will do its share of cutting.
In using this drill strike light, quick
blows.-Ira Kundall.
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
Reading the Weight of an Anvil.

The figures on an anvil indicating its
weight form a puzzle to many smith
and mechanic who has not learned how
to read them. The figures state the
number Of gross hundredweight of liz
pounds. quarters of hundredweight and
the extra pounds, says the American
Blacksmith. For instance, the figures
2-1-18 on an anvil mean twohundred-
weight of 112 pounds each. or 224
pounds, plus one-quarter hundred-
weight, or 2S pounds. plus extra
pounds, IS, amounting in all to 270
pounds.
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
\ SIMPLE DRILL
or Bricks. Stone, Concrete, Etc

Seeing an article describing a method
of making a drill for small holes an
brick and cement, reminded me Of a
drill for making larger holes, which ]
have used with great success in per-
forating walls over foot thick.
All that is needed is piece of three
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
sALToN SEA CONQUERED.

After TWO cRrS OF Hard Work the En-
Eineers Have Gotten the Colorado Un-
der Control.
The engineers of the Southern Pacific
and of the California Development
Company have at last controlled the
flow of the Colorado River into the
great Salton Sink after working heroic
ally for nearly two years. The Salton
Sink is large depression in southern
California with a minimum elevation
of 297 feet below sea level. The main
line of the Southern Pacific passes thru
Yuma. Ariz.. and at Drylyn. 23 miles
west of Yuma. it begins to descend into
the Valley of the Salton Sink. 1t de-
scends rapidly and for distance of 81
miles is below sea level. the lowest
point at Salton having an elevation of
-265 feet. From Salton the line rises
to Indio. and from there begins to climb
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
The Parade.

John Mum, 9Th Pa. Reserves, New
Weston, o., writes a poem to say that
he is for the parade at the National
Encampments until the very last, and
wants to march with fife and drum
and past the grandstand in review.
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
Effects Of Capitalization

isfactory. as the steel is usually crys-
tallized at the fattened end, and it is
necessary to heat it in order to restore
its original life and strength. For TINS
reason the heads of steel tools should
be heated occasionally, whether flat
tened or not.
The National tribune., 1906-11-29
A General Roll Call.

w. X. Allaman. Wooster. o., approves
of the roll call of the ex-prisoners of
war. but thinks that we should also
make a general roll call of all those
who served in the war and were honor
ably discharged. All performed their
duty faithfully and many fell beneath
the sod. Let Us have a general roll