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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-24

profound secret--for making q lacquer
which is exceedingly beautiful. Many
Of. the articles turned out by this fac
tory are decorated by artists and are
cameo-likes in their brilliancy and fin-
ish. In other districts iron and brass
, is worked. The bells, for which Russia
is famous, spadlocks, kettles, samovars,
chandeliers, candlesticks and many
other things, are designed and made
by hand In these home factories. In
several districts the Inhabitants are
mostly Moslems, and the AIoslems are
workers in silver. They turn out but
tons, buckles and the ornaments which
are worn by their women. cunningly
wrought by hand and showing tffe
: touch of Oriental art in their designs.
The making of icons, or the religious
pictures which are found in every home
and church. is an6ther branch of In
dustry that occupies many men and
women. * ~ -s -
But therinen are not the only workers
in the homes The women of Russia
make annually a large output of laces,
drawnwork, embroideries, linens and
homespun cloths. The lacemaking in,
sdustry has been greatly fostered of late
years by the schools sopened by the Gov
ernment and by nobIeWomen for teach
ing the lace workers. supplying them
with patterns and implements and aid
ing them in disposing of their wares.
The schools have done much to- In
crease the quantity and improve the
quality ofsthe work done by the peasant
women. These women are now making
most elaborate and beautiful. lacesA-
>valenciennes, point de Venfse, Flemish,
Irish point, and SO on, as. well as their
own Distinctive patterns, which are
most beautiful; and original in design
They. also make most exquisite drawn
work, such as centerpieces, table,
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-24
! many homes thrown open fsz


finding many homes thrown open In
her exhibits.
The goods are consigned to her frem
the various schools under the patroa-
age OF Russian noblewomen. She pays
the duty upon them and distributes
them When the goods are sold aha
RENTS the proceeds to the patroneSs 81
the school and It is distributed directly
to the workers. Through the afoyts
of Madame de, Blumentha In this coun-
try the prices paid to the Lace n&lcaRS
have Increased 40 per cent Hsr work
is recognized by the ladies' Of the
league in Russia as OF the greatose
value and some Of them have adopted
her methods and thrown their own
homes open for exhibitions and sales
of the needlework of the peasant worn-
en-something hitherto unknown, N
that country. Her services have also
been officially recognized by the zennBtpo
of the district of Riazan. from Awhtna
many, of her consi gnments come. and
they have sent her q formally drawn
letter of thanks for her assistance. Tho
peasant women have appreciated her
efforts, too, and to show their gratitude
prepared fors her a beautiful piecs oe
point de Moscow. the work OF nearly
thirty women, which was sent to her a.
git.
1t is probable that in the future most
of the hand made lace sold. in America
will come from Russia. for in that sor-
rowful land still. and for many years
to come. must exist the conditions
which make hand crafts possible. Thus
Madame de BlumenthaIss hope Of .
constantly increasing patronage and q
commercially established market which
shall pay the workers fair price for
their labor. Is not unreasonable and
may well become an assured fact
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-24
P5Rose l. Ellerbe

1T is hard for us to realize. as we
read the newspaper accounts of up
risings, assassinations, ,revolutionists
and anarchists, that the great body
of the Russian people. the peasantry.
are going on quietly with the business
of their lives and are but little con-
cerned in political affairs. But *he
peasants are engrossed with the one
great demand Of nature-food enough
to keep life in their bodies-they have
no time for public questions, for public
action-uniess life itself Is in danger.
As yet, Russia is an agricultural ma
tion. Eighty per cent OF the popula-
tion exists by tilling the soil; but the
long, cold seasons, when all farming
operations must cease, necessitate
some other employment for the farmer
than farming, since he cannot possibly
make enough out t7of the small allot-
ments of lands controlled by the peas
ants TO supply hiss family the year
round. And thus the peasant farm
ers are also workers at many crafts
and arts. and what is known as "the
cottage Industries" are the most impor
tant manufacturing interests of Russia.
Working with crude tools and simple
village workshops, the peasants turn
out woodwork of = every description,
from the tiniest figure whitfield out
with a knife to sleigh or an elabo-
rately carved piece of furniture. Toys.
most ingenious in idea, and construc-
tion; wooden spoons. decorated with
quaint designs, and many other things
are made. They make lacquer work
in some parts of Russia and Moscow
is a factory established by a peasant
who had discovered process--kept
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
Great Compliment

Apparently unconsciously Jno.
J. Rogers, President of the Mon
roe City Fair Association, and
merchant prince. has paid the
Monroe CITY DEMOCRAT the
greatest compliment in his pow
err.
Although the Fair Associa-
ton offered one hundred dollars
in pl emiums for its corn dis
play, be. after advertising that
corn for sale att auction last
Saturday, learning that the
corn displayed in Woods win.
dow by the farmers and Mon.
roe City DEMOCRAT was to be
publicly sold Saturday the 10Th.
be postponed the sale OF the fair
corn and will have it sold as
the corn show corn will be sold,
Immediately after the corn in
the'Little Corn Show is sold.
So the producers of corn will
have two chances to get fine
seed corn.
An Iowa gentleman offered to
buy at a fair price the entire
lot that the DEMOCRAT and ]. b,
Gray had gotten together,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
The Northeast Missouri Land

john j Ellis, who is kuONH
to many people in this vic nifty.
has irave'eu all over the UNIT
eo States, hds Carefully obseI VEG
Conditions, and picked up infor-
una zion about AL sections oil the
country; and he expresses the
cOudiIl, shat the laud iu the
northeast part o. this state
must tlnue to advance until
It bring twice the money that
is now tff,leu tot II. Ahu l..
gives these So i'd Tea sol : fu' his
opinion: FIRST, While this 81
lion is un~urpasse as Il h'"'
grass region where live stocE o!
all kind hourishes 20 perfection,
It is also good corn producing
& uutry and the corn belt is lin
ried. The main crop IF ma q"
is grown IN Ohio, Indiana. Hi
nUls. Iowa, Missouri and the
eastern parts of Nebraska auo
Kansas. Some is produced south
of these states, but the local..
ties gwen above is where ii
hourishes. The demand tor this
grain is increasing rapidly. both
for home consumption aud t"r
export. So prices can never
again be low, but are likely to
advance This will make the
land that will produce a good
crop of corn very valuable.
| Secondly. Illinois and Iowa
lands bring about double that
asked for ours. Yet Mr.. Ellis
thinks our soil has a more go.
during Quality than in the Suck
err and Hawkeye states The
corn has averaged better during
the past fifteen years than be-
fore that time, and the past six
years the yield has been great
er than in any former six years
This is due probably to better
tillage. but il shows the ground
is not wearing out. Then, Mr.
Ellis says, where manure hal
been applied the beneficial eff
} fec,s can be seen for twent,
, years. There are few other 10
calities where this isStrue. 1t i
. due 10 our clay subsoil which
, will not allow any of the fertili
ty to leak through. With al
these advantages in its favor
Mr.. Ellis reasons that it mus
> become as high priced as an!
nther farming lands.-Hanniba
journal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
DIR. Hornback, Oculist and
Aurist, Hannibal. Mo.
FUqua.

FBqua.
William, son of Il. G. Fuqua,
was born near Hannibal in Ma.
rion County, April 16, 1854. died
in a Hospital in East st. Louis,
Nov. 6, 1907. Married Miss
Jennie Bradley Jan. 1. 1880.
His remains were brought to
this city and after funeral ser
vices at his fathers home, were
laid to rest by the side of those
of his mother.
He leaves a father, brothers
and half brothers and sisters as
well as a devoted wife and eight
children to mourn their loss.
Will was raised near this city,
and in his boyhood and young
manhood was social favorite.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14

Through the courtesy Of the
DEMOCRAT This space is reserv
ed for the w. G. T. U. 1t is
edited by Eva L. Shearman,
District Press Superintendent
of the w. G. T. u, who is re.
spor siOle for all statements
which appear in this column.
Our Watchwords: Organize,
Educate, Agitate.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
Did They Fool Little Jimmie1

Nelson Morris, the Chicago
packer, who died last month,
left an estate valued at $780,
100000. And this, too, right in
the face of that report little
Jimmie Garfield made in which
he stated the poor packers lost
on every animal killed. Maybe
the packers fooled Jimmie or he
attempted to fool the people.
But then, you know, jimmie IS
the son of his father. -Platte
City Landmark.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14

Mrs. Ella Stillett, of Paris,
has been the guest of her friend,
Mrs. Shelby Maddox. Saturday
they went to Bear Greek to at
tend the three davs meeting OF
the Old School or Hard Shell
Baptist.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14

out the governor Ii is sad
that MIR. Folk was deeply
chagrined to think that a mere
president would treat the gov
ernor of Missouri so discourte
ously. Still, y on never can tell
what some people will do
Glasgow Missourian.
The Supreme COST Building Scandal
The supreme court of Mis-
souri, is moving into its new
building at Jefferson City. Too
bad there should be a scandal
connected with the erection of
the home OF the highest law
tribunal IN the state, it having
cost the state twice the amount
of the legislative appropriation.
W @ Marshall was president
and Herbert s Hadley secre-
tarv of the commission, while
other members gave consent to
this imposition on the tax pay
ers -Gallatin Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
Is Still Thinking it Over.

Folk is still debating wheth
er be wants the United States
senatorshlp or the presidency.
Nothing small about Folk ex.
cepting his heart and apprecia.
tion of what he owes friends. -
Boonville Advertiser.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
St. Louis People Rubbernecked.

ST.. Louis has had a very Sc
we're attack of balloonltis,, but
it is hoped that it has about re-
covered and the necks of the
population have shrunk to the
normal length.-Marble Hill
Press.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
Took II Straight Instead

No COG ktails were served the
pTesid, Mt on his hunting trip.
but there was some fine old
whisky. used incidentally, of
course. 10 ward off malaria and
cure snake bites.-Fayette Ad-
vertiser.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
Advice TO a Young Man.

ADVICE 10 Young man.
The following quaint advice
from the Burlington Hawkeye
man has the ''pith of truth" in
it.
Remember, son, that the world
is older than you are, by sever
al years, ita has been so full of
smarter and better young men
than yourself that their feet
stuck out of the dormer win
dows; that when they died the
old globe went whirling on, and
not one man in ten million went
to the funeral or even heard of
his death.
Be as smart as you can. of
course. Know as much as you
can, without blowing the pack
ing out of your cylinder-head;
shed theslight of your wisdom
abroad in the world, but don't
dazzel people with it and don't
imagine a thing is so simple be-
cause you say 1t is. Don't be
too sorry for your father be.
cause be knows so much less
than you do; remember the re-
ply of DR.. Wayland to the stu
dent of Brown University, who
said it was an easy enough thing
to make proverbs such as Solo,
man wrote. MAKE a few"
tersely replied the old man.
1--WE never heard that the young
man made any. Not more than
two or three anyhow. The
world has great need of young
men, but no greater need than
the young man needs it. Your
clothes fit you better than your
fathers fit him; they cost more
money, they are stylish. youS
mustache is neater, the cut OF
lyour hair is better and you are
far prettier than pa Blu,
young man, the old tgeutlemau
gets the biggest salary, and his
homely, scrambling signature ou
the business end of a check will
bring more money out of the
bank IL five minutes than you
could get out on a ream of pa.
per and copper-plate signature
in six months.
Young men are useful, and we
all love them and we couldn't
engineer a picture successfully
without them. But they are not
novelties. son. Oh, no, nothing
of the kind. They have beer
here before. Do not be so mod
est as to shut yourself clear out
but don't be so fresh y"m will
have to be put away IN the COO
to keep from spelling.
Don't be afraid tina ,oul
merits will not be discovered
People all over the orId are
hunting for you. and it YOU are
worth finding they will ii nj you
A diamond isn't so easiI, found
as a quartz pebble, but 'oplt
search for them all the more IN
tently. go -
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
OUR PRINCIPLES.

Total abstinence, Prohibition
of the liquor traffic, 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, 1907-11-14

For SALE-Lots 8, 9, 10 and
II in Block 10 Warmers Cd AID.
dition to Monroe City, Mo. Will
sell at a bargain if sold by Oct.
LIST. Will take small payment
down, give time on balance
Address
No. 3547 Morgan Ford Road,
st. Louis. Mo
Or Node Green, Monroe City, Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
Spirit of the State Press
Went TO Watch Dockery

Governor Joe Folk went to
Maryville last week to See ex
Governor Dockery lay the cor
ner stone of the new normal
school. -DeKalb County Demo-
crat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14

j. o Stribbing and wife and
James Hamilton and wife, of
Clarence have been the guests
Of their friends, James T. Elliott
and wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
Why Not Wait for a New CrOwd1

Mr.. Taft informs the Filipi-
nos that a generation must pass
before they should be allowed
independence. Just as we'll tell
them they must be born again,
-Stanberry Herald.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14

W. G. It. U. meeting at Mrs.
Orville SCOTS next Tuesday at
2:30 p. No.
Worlds W. G. T. U. News.
The latest worlds W. G. T.
U. news bulletin notes the
progress of the white ribbon
movement IN England, Scot
land, Norway, South Africa,
Natal, Cape Colony, New Zea-
land, Australia, Japan and In.
dia. One interestlngHitem from
Norway 10 The effect that Mrs.
Espenak, Secretary of the Ma
tional W. G. T. U. of that coun
try has been a member of the
City Council in her native town
for the past eight years.
Many important conve ntions
are. being held in different parts
of the world this fall. Nash,
vile, Tenn, Nov. 8-13. The
Council of 1908 will be held II
England early in the spring.
1t seems that the recent at
tempts to intimidate the people
OF Joplin, IN their fight agains
lawlessness, by dynamiting the
leaders, is having the opposite
effect. and strengthening tn,
law enforcement as no otheI
event has ever done. When tn,
l'plant of the ws-Herald wa.
blown up by dynamite it was
evident that the law. defyinG
crowd imagined they were 60
ing to silence their leading an
tagonist from that time tor
ward. Instead the NeWs-Her
aid is one of the most popula
papers in the state. In com
menting on the outrage the Ed
litor said, He had no enemies
to punish" AS in the past will
continue tearlessly to champion
what he believes to be right.
| The National Purity Congress
held recently at Battle Creek
Mich, was a notable event il
that reform movement. Nam
leading speakers in the socia
purity movement from all part
of the country were present.
The united organizations O
temperance will push the battl
in the District of Columbia a
the coming session of Congress
at the National Capitol.
Thirteen hundred minister
OF Chicago have been asked t,
preach on Sunday closing Of
the morning of Nov. "a World
Temperance Sunday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14

Mrs. Bert Bull and Master
Francis. left Thursday for Keo-
kuk and Kahoka for a visit OF
two or three weeks with Eela-
tives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14

F. N. Armstrong, of Thorn.
ton, Ind, came over Sunday to
visit his farm northeast OF the
city and to see corn that is
corn.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14

Misses Minnie and Annie
Schafer. of Palmyra have been
the guests of their friends, J. r.
Smith and family.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
F rom MONROE
Pacific 49,, Round Trip

NIL t'OSAAS
SIS 20 to- Sar Ir:tcisro and Los An
pt'lcs June I" - d June % TO July
5 ard $500 to =, a,tlr, Tacoma and
P"r' ara June 20 to July ~. Small
extra charge ~ irclude all coast
cities. Scale. Portland, San Fran
ciscu and Los >ngeles.
S662S to (aifurnia and to Puget
Sound June 10 september 10. Small
extra char. to include all coast
cities.
Big Horn Basin Excursion.
Personally conducted homes"ekers'
excursions Jun" Is. und.r guidance
of ID. lem Draver, General Agent
Ian d-eekeI~ Information lurrau, to
assist settlers TO secure irrigated
lands in the Big Horn Basin. Wyo.,
and yellow stuue.N Valley, on. Ask
for folders telling all about these
| land.
Summer Tourist Round Trip
$40 Denver, Colorado Strings and
Pueblo.
$3.50 Salt Lake City.
S25.65 Hot Springs, S. D.
$500 St. Paul and Minneapolis.
$500 Yellowstone Park. including
81 days staging and hotels.
No matter where you are going
this Summer I can give You
rates and useful Information.
JAMES L. LYON,
Agent, c. B. & O., Ry.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14

Prof. @. B. Hugley. of Jeffer-
son City, spent Sunday with
friends. he can't or won't be
weaned away.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14

Roy Penn, of st. Louis, has
been visiting his parents, Rev.
Thompson Penn aud wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14

For a first class hair cut 90
to Stream & Fishers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
To Gargiiag Oil Merchants.

The merchant who uses sta.
tiouerY decorated with gargling
oil, axle grease, bs king powder
or other cheap advertising mat
ter Is to the home printer what
the mail order house is to the
home merchant. See-Fayette
Democrat Leader.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
Will Furnish Plenty Of Grease.

1t would appear that the ad.
ministration has made its grand
stand play against the Stand
ard Oil trust, but the beef trust
the tobacco trust, the steel
trust, and others are SEQ: free.
How much is the next campaign
fund to be boosted by the trust
magnates in return for lmmuni-
ty?-Bates County Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-11-14
Are All Good Mea

The list of possible Demo
cratic candidates for governor
is begin ming to dwindle. Champ
Clark, e. W. Stephens and
Judge Wallace have given no.
tice that they will not be can
didates for the nomination
Ball, Cowherd. Crow and Stapel
are in the race, and if there
should be no more entries Mis-
sour Democrats would still
have a goodly list to choose
from.-&lasgow Missourian.
The President Forgot Governor Folk
Governor Folk rode in the
carriage with the president tc
the building W here the st. Louis
meeting was held, but stopped
to chat with friends, and the
president, after waiting tor a
few minutes, drove away with
The aegis & intelligencer., 1907-09-13
From PVleSVjlIg,

PYLESvILLE, Sept. S.-Mr. Thomas l..
Pyle who has been seriously i'll the past
two months was taken to hospital in
Baltimore bv DR.. Warren Ramsay, of
Delta, where he will undergo an opera
ton.
Mr.. G. w. Norris, fruit dealer of Balti-
more, spent Monday in Hartford looking
after his various apple orchards he has
recently purchased.
Mrs. Mary Glackin and her two grand
daughters, Mary and Ada Bartol, are
spending some time with her daughter,
Mrs Annie Kelly, near Bel Air.
Miss Hannah M. RELY, of McShereys-
town, Adams county, Pa, was the guest
of her cousin, Mrs. Henry Macatee, near
Pylesville, last week.
Miss Mary T. Richardson, of Bel Air,
who has been spending some time with
her cousins, the Misses Macatee has re-
turned home.
Miss Helen Macatcc, of st. Joseph's
staff of hospital nurses has returned to
her post after spending very pleasant
vacation of three weeks at her old home
near Pylesville.
Miss Sarah Augusta STREET. who has
been spending sometime in Baltimore,
has returned to her home near Pylesville.
The festival at Pylesville on September
7 for the benefit of the new Peoples
Church was we'll attended and every
thing sold at good prices.
Miss May Macatee, formerly of this
locality but now living in Baltimore,
is visiting at Mrs. S. A. Bradley's.
Miss Mary ]. Jenkins left Saturday for
Lapidum, where she will take charge OF
the county school at that place for the
coming year.
Miss Caroline Jenkins, who has been
visiting her aunt in Baltimore, has re-
turned to her home near Pylesville.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1907-09-13
From Aberdeen.

ABERDEEN. Sept. 10 Our packers are
now running both corn and tomato
houses on full time. and these warm
days are especially favorable to the
tomato season.
The second growth ofstra wberries has
been produced in one of our townsmens 5
garden, and though not in large quanti-
ties, the fruit is about the size of the
early berries and has natural flavor.
A cablegram was received here from
Toxic on Sunday, announcing the death
of Mr.. lanes H. Mason. of Mobile. Ala.
who, with his wife. formerly Mrs.
Frances Wilson, and daughter of Mr..
Griffith Davis, of Darlington, had been
making a tour ofthe world. Mr.. Mason
died at Kioto. He was II years of age
and is reputed to be several times a
millionaire.
Mr. William Michael, of Baltimore, is
spending a week at Boothby Hill, prior
to the opening of the MARYLAND Agri-
cultural College, in which he will be an
instructor this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. l.. Morgan have re-
turned to North East to reside there
during the fall and winter, after spend
ing the summer in Hartford.
Miss Edith Birch, of Baltimore, is a
guest of Mrs. c. H. Johnson.
Mr.. Samuel X. Evans spent Sunday
with friends in Baltimore.
Mr.. !. Fred Towner. of Washington,
D. c., spent the weeks end with his
parents in Bush River Neck.
Miss Florence Morgan is spending this
month with relatives in Abereen.
Mrs. Walter W. Finney, of Bel Air,
will spend the coming week with Mrs.
H. P. Strasbaugh.
VIRGINIA
The aegis & intelligencer., 1907-09-13
PERSONAL MENTION.

Misses Gertrude, Corinne and Agnes
Cunabaugh, who have been spending a
few weeks with relatives in Hartford
county, have returned to their home in
Baltimore.
Miss Beatrice Murphy, who has been
visiting relatives In Baltimore and Bal
more county for the past three weeks,
has returned home.
Miss Mary Y. Whitaker, of Pleasant
vile, is visiting relatives in Baltimore.
Judge George l.. VanBibber and Mr..
Hugh A. Jones returned on Saturday
from a short visit to Atlantic City.
The Misses Randolph, of Baltimore, are
visiting friends on Thomas Run.
Mrs. Charles Cairnes, of New London,
Conn, is the guest of her mother, Mrs.
William Durham, at Cooptown.
Mrs. E. 7. Luckey. of Baltimore, who
has been visiting relatives in Bel Air, has
returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Frank Cathcart and
grandson, Master Norman Cathcart, o
Madonna, are spending some time with
friends in Buffalo, Niagara and New
York