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Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-01-02
Ollah0ma Road Yields 10 Law

Guthrio, Okla, Jan. I.--Tho F0Tf
smith and Western Railway compan4
today established a 2-cent rate fare or
its lines in oklahoma. Its officers re-
fused to comply with this provision OF
the state legislation when the state
hood proclamation was issued.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-01-02

Toronto, Jan. I,-Edward HanlOr
the famous oarsman, is very iii and
his physicians have grave doubts OF
his recovery.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25
The Philosophy Tap.

If you don't want it to be
done, don't do it.
He who pops the question on
his knees, stays there for life.
1t is no mere typographical
error to call woman mans bit,
ter half.
You can easily aatter a man
by telling him he can't be east
ly tiattered.
Some people are disappointed
in love; some, too, are disap-
pointed in marriage.
A coquette is like an angler.
who. after fishing all day, eats
none of his catch.
Euoch's daughter was 800
years old when she married.
Cheer up, girls--and this is
leap year, too.
Many a wife would never
know her husband was a jolly
good fellow If she didn't hear
his friends roaring It out every
Saturday night while helping
him home.--Richmond Times.
Dispatch.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25
Bread Cast Upon the Waters

A few months ago the United
States government returned to
China nearly forty million dol
lars, the surplus over actual
expenses of the Boxer indem.
nifty. 1t was natural to expect
that China would recognize
this as a friendly act, and she
seems to be doing 1t. 1t Is re
ported that the Chinese govern.
ment intends to spend the en-
tire amount in sending students
to the United States to be edu-
Gated IN our colleges and uni
versities
It is said that this money will
enable more than two hundred
studens to come every year for
ten years. This will mean an
education aud an American ed
ucation for two thousand of the
brightest aud best youug men OF
China, those who will be the
future rulers and shapers of
that great empire, 1t cannot
be doubted that in the end this
indemnity, which we have re.
turned to China, will be more
than repaid to us through i'm.
proved commercial and friendly
relations Ex.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25
As Things Are.

1t was evening In The great
West. The golden sun had
gone down over the cornfelds.
and all was silent.
Maria, what did you do with
that Rubens that came to-
day~
Il hung It up in the art gal
lery, next to the Rembrandt
That's right. How about
the new balloon we orderedr
I'VE got a wireless today
from the factory, saying it
wouldn't be ready until next
week"
I'm! That will give one of
them chauffeurs of ours an ex-
cuse to be idle. Couldn't get
any of them chaps to help with
the hay. How is the new
French Car dctingP"
Fine. But I had to tele-
phone for a new set of tires"
Ibid that consignment of
government bonds Gomez"
Yes"
"And how about that first
folio edition OF Shakespeare"
That's here"
And then the farmer remov-
ing his evening clothes and
putting on his overalls. went
out on the estate and locked up
for the night.-Success Maya.
zine.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25
browns In Salt River

Paris, No June 19.-While
wadlng out into Salt river yes.
Ierday near Florida TO seine
some fish from it's depths Lewis
Coder went step too far and
before help could reach him be
sank into the water and drown
ed. Along the first of the week
about twenty young people lett
there for an outing on Salt rlv.
er, south of Florida. Recent
rains had made the streams
very high and dangerous and
yesterday several young men of
the party attempted to seine in
the river and 1t was thus engag-
ed that Mr.. Coder lost his lite.
His body has not been found
as yet.
Mr.. Coolers home is at La
Belle, Mo, but he has been en-.
gagged for some time with Caskie
Outright in the furniture bust
ness. His parents at LaBelle
have been notified of his death
and search is being made for
his body.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

While the governor was tell
ing about how Missouri had
grown and blossomed and pros.
pered during his administration
he wisely refrained from touch.
ing upon extravaganza. Two
years ago the state had q three
million dollar balance. but
when he goes out of Office there
will be a deficit of a million
dollars. This is an official
statement from the state audit,
or Rails Uouuty Record,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25
BY DOOnttIe.

Miss Elizabeth Mae Doolittle
the famous poetess of Leesville,
went to the bean soup supper
given by her sunday school
class the other night. After the
supper she walked home with
P. Silas Pettibone, the we'll
known barber. She noticed the
stars and was inspired. When
she reached home she tore up
stairs and wrote the following
beautiful gem, Might"
The night is falling fast.
And stars are peeping out,
Isn't the night a beautiful
thingH
With Joy l want to shout.
What would we do without
nightr
/ really cannot tell you.
Oh, think OF the beautiful moon,
And all the world asleep,
too.
Oh, think of the pretty big
dipper,
How exquisite she is.
And now and then a shooting
star
Through space doth whiz,
Perhaps you are lonely, Sue or
Kate,
Do not despair, be will come,
The beautiful night is DER us.
Ring, glad bells, beat the
drums.
Teeney Ricketts,, my sisters
child,
Stepped on our old cats neck
And the cat scratched Tee-ey,
bringing blood,
But what more could you ex.
pect?
But in regard to beautiful night
We fiud it everywhere,
Let us all be thankful for it,
1t will relieve our cares.
-Bide Dudley in the DEW err
Post.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

Madison, Wis, June 49,
While the platform lie disap.
pointing in some fundamental
provisions and omissions and l
shall claim the right to say so,
I congratulate you most sincere
ly and in faith that you are
more nearly in accord with the
great body of republican voters
than the platform. I shall do
all in my power to insure your
election.
Robert M, La Toilette.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25
A YOga's Feat,

For fourteen years Bava
Luchman Dass received from
the priests of the Black Caves
Central India the necessary ed
ucation in order to become a
yoga, as a yoga must be capa
BILE of taking the forty. eight
postures of the HIndoo idols.
Perhaps his greatest trick
consists in balancing himself on
the ends of his fingers, while
the whole of his body is in the
air. Bava stated that in order
to obtain the rank of yoga in
the Black Caves of India be had
to continue in this position on
the ends of his fingers under the
eyes of the judges without a
seconds interval, for seven days
and nights. Standard Maya
zine.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25
Hit the Wrong Man

With corn selling at rs cents
on the Chicago market and &C
cents locally, it does not ap.
pear that the panic of which
the spell.binders are talking
had hurt the farmers much
Milan Standard.
No. but it everlastingly
knocked the stuffing out of the
labo;ing man in the work shops
and at the forge and left them
with empty dinner pals. A
panic is bound to hit somebody
and this time it hit the man, his
wife and little ones who were
the least able to stand it.
It always hurts the man who
has money to earn, but never
touches the man who has mon,
ey to burn. This is a RepubIl
can panic and you cannot fill uE
that working mans pail, mol
clothe aud feed his wife and
children by whooplng it up fol
75c corn for the farmer.-RolIa
Sharp Shooter.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25
Students Catch Dragon Flies

A number of Columbia univer.
sity students are making a lit.
tie vacation money now by
catching dragon flies. The flies
are caught at night with nets
and they are to be shipped to
Brazil, which country has ask
ed the United States depart
ment of agriculture for a sup.
ply. The dragon by is the
worst known enemy of the mos.
quito and Brazil's order for
them is in line with a policy of
determination of the pest which
has been decided upon. Mobile
Register.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

Judge Wallace isn't running
on any ticket, regular or indie
pendent. or as the champion of
any ism except his own. He Ia
for Wallace, first, last and all
the time, and there Is a Certain
grandeur about his unconscious
and magnificent egotism that
appeals even to those not ex,
perts in ueurology.-Mercury.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

SIX y.f We Kansas CITY
preachers, among them a mum.
Der of Republicans, got togeth.
er last week and framed an ad =.
dress to the Democratic party
in Missouri telling it who it
should nominate for governor.
The man was Judge Wallace,
whose integity no one can cues.
tion, but who, from a temper.
ament and nervous disease alb.
solutely uniting him for such
great responsibility, would be
beaten 100000 votes. It is
passing strange how all the
meddliug this year is being done
In Democratic affairs and II is a
little suspicious that our advis.
ers always confne their rec.
concentrations to weak candi.
dates. Mercury.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

For the good of it's communl.
ty the Excelsior Springs Stand.
ard says: when some one
whispers some scandal into
your ear just whisper back and
ask for the author of the story
If the scandal-monger does
really know the story he or she
Is telling to be true. In ninety.
nine cases out a hundred the
story-teller knows nothing OF
the facts in the case. The char
acter assassin is a dangerous
being-much more so than the
midnight assassin"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

Ed Alexander, of near town,
went to Chicago, Saturday to
see his daughter, Miss Edna,
who was operated on in a hos
pltal at that city FIVE months
ago for appendicitis, during
which time she has not been
able to walk but a few steps
until the last flew days.-Perry
Enterprise.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

Manila, June 19.-The Philip
pine assembly today declared
by a vote of 81 to Is that indie.
dendence was the aspiration Of
the Philippine people and that
they are ready for immediate
independence.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25
Card Of Thanks

We wish to extend our sim
cere tbaks to our friends for
their help and manifestations
of sympathy In our recent sad
bereavement In the loss of our
grand father, L. D. Finch,
W. L. FINCH AND FAMILY
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

The bride and groom, Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Luther, of
Quincy, have been the guess
of the brides aunt, Mrs George
Settle.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

Mrs. Leona Gentry and sister
Miss Georgia Hawkins drove
over to Sbelbyville, Thursday
to spend the summer with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs George
Hawkins.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

If the Hon. j. II. Whitecotton
could not carry the county for
himself IN the name of caudor
how can he give it to Hon. D.
A. Ball Do you belong to J.
Fl. WP
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

Barry Jarman has moved his
family into his pretty new home
and Mrs. Dee Gentry has NOV
ed from the Bohrer place to
the home vacated by Mr.. Jar
man.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

Bring your shoe repairing to
the Second Hand Store and get
them half soled. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Prices Low.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

Frank Sharp, of Provo, Utah
blew in Friday morning and the
little birds said, sure go. orange
blossoms.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25

Robert Bryarly, of Dallas,
Texas is visiting his sister,
Mrs. L. B. Hixson, east of the
city.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
The Sphinx and Success.

The ambitious young man approach.
ed the sphinx and said. "oh, tell me.
what rule makes for SUGGEST
81 Will. sir" said the sphinx, with a
slight smile. no man is a success
alone. He must have bis associates, his
assistants, Select a capable general
manager and make him responsible to
you for everything. Choose for him a
lieutenant, holding him responsible to
your general manager. For the lieu
tenant get a division superintendent
under command Of the lieutenant, I'm.
der him an assistant and under him
an assistant. and under the assistant
assistant u helper, each in turn respon.
sibie to the one above. Follow this to
the last and lowest man. You your.
self have no worry, no frets. and need
only to draw the dividends. You may
even live in Europe"
"But," asked the ambitious young
man, puzzled. "how am l to be able to
select the right meni"
And then the sphinx smiled broadly,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01

.oA. 70 q place where lhe cattle nnlg
WANDERED Such a clante was not To-
'be nesleste1 and on tbe alSl fref day.
one II III horn gorenen. NIL Dow
6td III mol our hunfs
Ag and tafted aeeonp
nt ~ ne pneh gasoa ii HE diFse
ton Of the probable halnfs Oh the
doomed deer TpwaFds nightfali We
struck q deep spflug pool near by the
remalnsiof 40 old Indian encamnnent.
II was at the head Of 4 great basin,
several miles across. Id which We be-
lieved the game to lie, The wagon
was halted and We pitched camp: there
was plenty Of dead wood. and soon
the ycnison steaks were hrolllng over
the Goals raked from beneath the
cracking cottonwood logs. while IN
the narrow valley the ponies Eraaed.
almost within the circle OF the flicker.
ing freight. II was 10 the cool and
pleasant month OF September; and
loag after going TO bed we lay awake
under the blankets watching the stars
that on clear nights always shine with
such intense brightness over the lonely
Western plains.
We were un and OF BY the gray Of
the morning. 1t was o beautiful hunt.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01

Soon the TeMiSOn steaks tUe1c br0tlinn.
at n walk. We passed the second elk
and | kept on alone after the third.
not able TO 80 at more than n slow trot
myself, and too much wInded to dare
risk a shot at any distance. He got
out Of the burnt patch, going into some
thick timber in n deep ravine; l closed
pretty well, and rushed after him into
a thIcket of young evcrgreens. Hardly
was in when there was n scramble
and bounce among them and | caught
q glimpse Of u yellow body moving out
to one sldei | ran out toward the edge
and fired through the twigs at the
moving beast. Down it went, but
when l ran up, to my disgust l found
that l had jumped and killed, in my
haste, n ~black-tail deer, which must
have been already reused by the pas
sage of the wounded elk. / at once
took up the trail of the latter again.
but after n little while the blood grew
less, and ceased, aud l lost the track;
nor could find It, hunt as hard as l
might. The poor beast could not have
gone FIVE hundred yards; yet we never
found the carcass.
Then I walked slowly back past the
deer ] had slain by so curious a mis-
chance. to the elk. The first one shot
down was already dead. The second
was only wounded. though II could not
rise, When 1t saw us coming 1t sought
to hide from us by laying Its neck nat
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
FaUoriteF Food
YOUR MEALS WITHOUT
FEAR OF DYSPEPSIA OR UP
SET STOMACH FOL-
LOWING.

II your meals don't tempt you, or
you feel btoated after eating and You
believe it Is the food which fills you,
If what little you eat lies like a lump
of lead on your stomach; II there is
difficulty in breathing after eating.
eructations OF sour food and acid,
heartburn, brash or a belching Of gas.
you can make up your mind that You
need gmething for a sour stomach
and Indigestion.
To make every bite Of food you eat
aid in the nourlshment and strength
of your body, you must rid your stom.
ach Of poisons, excessive acid and
stomach gas which sours your entlrs
meals-interferes with digestion and
causes so many sufferers OF Dyspep.
sia, sick headache, nauseous breath,
and stomach trouble, OF all kind; pu.
trefying the intertines and digestive
canal, causing such misery as bill.
i%ousness, constipation, gripping. etc.
Your case is no different-you are a
stomach sufferer, thoug; you may cali
1t by some other name; your real and
only tEuble is that which you eat
does not digest, but quickly ferments
and sours, producing almost any un,
healthy condition.
A case of Pape's Dlapepsin will cost
fifty cents at any pharmacy here, and
will convince any stomach sufferer
Ave mintes after taking one ,Triaa.
guile that Fermentation and Sour
Stomach is causing the misery of in.
digestion.
No matter Il ysu call your trouble
catarrh Of the stomach, nervousness
or gastritis. or by any other name
always remember that a certain cure
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01

ing day; the sundoGs hung in the red.
dawn: the wind hardly stirred oyer
the crisp grass; and though the sky
was clOudlcsS yet the wenther had that
queer, smoky, lazy look that II is most
apt to take on during the time OF the
Indian summer. From a high spur OF
the thblc-land we looked out far and
wide over "A great stretch OF broken
country, the brown Of whose hills and
valleys was varied everywhere by
patches OF dull red and vivid yellow,
tokens that the trees were already put.
ting on the dress with which they
greet the mortal rlpentng of the year.
The deep and narrow but smooth ra.
vines running up towards the edges
Of the p~lateaus were hen Willy wooded,
the bright green tree.tops rising TO
a height they rarely reach In the bar.
rem p~Iains-country: and the rocky
sides Of the sheer gorges were clad
with a thick growth Of dwarfed cedars,
while here and there the trailing Viz.
ginia creepers burned crimson among
their Somhre masses.
We hunted stcalthlly up.wind, across
the line Of the heavily numbered cou,
lies, We sOon saw traces Of u
quarry; old tracks at first, then the
fresh footprints of u single elk--a bull,
judging by the size-which had come
down 10 drink at a mlrey alkali pool,
its feet slipping so rs to leave the
marks OF the false hoOfs- in the soft
soil. We hunted with painstaking and
noiseless care for many hours; at last
as led old Manitou up to look over
the edge OF a narrow ravine, there was
a crash and movement In the timber
below me, and Immediately afterwards
| caught a glimpse Of a great bull elk
trotting mp through the young trees as
he CALAMITY breasted the steep hillside
opposite. When clear Of the woods,
and directly across the valley from me,
he stopped and turned half round,
throwing his head In the air to gaze
for a moment at the intruder. My bul.
let struck too far back, but, neverthe.
less, made a deadly wound and the elk
went over the crest Of the hill ut a
wild, plunglng gallon. We followed
the bloody trail for a quarter OF a
mile, aud found him dend in n thfcket
Though Of large size, he yet had but
small antlers, with few points.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
New Lover For
Miss catherine
YANKEE LIEUTENANT SAID TO
HAVE BEATEN THE TIME OF


YORK, Dec. LIT was Miss
81 the Abr II and not the duke who
ot tue Abflsai and not the duke who
broke with the American heiress, &C.
cording to information obtained in so.
eial circles here and in Washington.
She lifted him, 1t is said, because of Il
young lieutenant in the navy. There
3 %no3question as to the latter oficer's
feelings It is said, and Miss Elkins,
her friends claim, holds him in high re.
gard such that, wnen the prospect of
the international match between her.
self and the italian royal duke seemed
assured, he was ordered from the
White House on "a hours notice and
sent to the Philippines. When IT was
considered safe for him to return, he
was was ord red to the navy yard in
Brooklyn.
The lieutenant is tall, dasaing, an
athlete q Hne dancer and efficient Off.
Z with a bright future, and what Is
eq1aliy important an American. LING
when rumor was saying that Miss
Katherine Elkins was to become the
bride Of the duke Of the Abruzzi the
lieutenant begantto visit the Washing.
ton home Of the, senator from West
ElrgInla.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
GOOD ROADS CORNERSTONE
Is Named BY Governor 0awson-Ffrst
Meeting Dec. is.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Dec. l.
Governor Dawson, pun 10 a reso.
luton passed at the annual meeting OF
tn State Board of Trade at Clarks.
burg, has appointed a State Good
Roads Commission. as follows: How.
ard N. Sutherland, Of Elkins, Chair.
man; Grey Silver, Martinsburg; Jas.
II. Stewart, Morgantown; Robert Haz.
lett, Wheeling; Samuel Y. Simms, Pc.
tersburg; A. J. MARBLE, Lorentz; z. c.
Colcord, st. Adams.
The members have been notified Of
their appointment and the governor
has designated the first meeting to be
held in Charleston, December 1G.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01

across an open glade toward n great
stretch Of forest and broken ground,
up near the foot OF the rocky peaks.
Next norSing early we started OF to
hunt through this country. The walk.
Ing was hard work, especially up and
down the steep cliffs. covered with slip
perry pine needles; or among the wind,
falls, where the rows Of dead trees lay
piled up across one another In the
widest confusion. We saw nothing
until we came to u large patch Of burnt
ground, where we at once found the
soft, black soil marked up by elk hoofs;
nor had we penetrated into it more
than a few hundred yards before We
came to tracks made but a few min.
utes before. and almost instantly after.
ward saw three bull elk, probably
those | had seen on the preceding day.
We had been running briskly uphill
through the soft, heavy loan. in which
our feet made no noise, but slipped and
sank deeply; as n consequence, l was
all out of breath and my hand SO IN.
steady that I missed my first shot.
Elk, however. do not vanish with
the instantaneous rapidity of fright.
ened deer, and these three trotted of
In a direction quarterlng to us. / doubt
IL l ever went through more violent
exerttOn than in the next ten min.
utes. We raced after them at full
speed, opening fire; | wounded all
three. but none Of the wounds were
Immediately disabling. They trotted
on and we painted afterwards. slipping
on tie wet earth, pitching headlong
over charred stumps, Icaping on dead
logs that broke beneath our weight,
more than once measuring our full.
length on the ground, halting and fir.
ing whenever we got a chance. at
last one bull fell; We passed him by
after the Others which were still run.
ming uphill. The sweat streamed into
my eyes and made burrows IN the
sooty mud that covered my face. from
having fallen full length down on the
burnt earth: l sobbed for breath as
I tolIcd ut a shambllng trot after them,
as nearly done out as could well be
at this moment they turned down.hlIl.
1t was a great relief; a man who is
too done up to go a steep uphill can
still run fast enough down: with a last
squirt l closed in near enough to fire
again; II elk fell; the other went OH
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-01
RERsoNAL

N|ILl Nw.aT. -
Sidney REYNOLDS has returned
from Ohio; where abe was
mo guest q sirs3 simpson Mccon.
'anghs for ssYersl weeks.
mis- Elizabeth watson has returned
rpcm an extended visit in the southern
paf of west virginia and in the
ess
MISS Charlotte Deyeny has been the
guest q friends in Wheeling for the
past fes days.
Mis- Mary Richards, Of harrisburg
here, called by the death OF her
oasin MISS Lora Bartlett.
X Mansfield went to Wheeling on
siness yesterday.
Mrs ID II. Taylor and children re-
ugned last night from an extended
FisIt With relatives In New York State.
drs. Herbert Brooks and daughter
Margaret. Of Martinsburg, are the
guests OF relatives In 5ne city.
Born, yesterday, to Mr.. and Mrs.
crowl, Of the.Fifth ward, a son.
PROF. Werttme. Of the West Virginia
University Musical Faculty, arrived in
town this afternoon to assist Miss
Myrtle Shaw In her musical this even
n SGT the Opera House.
4NHHMn"nL nN"aLM -"# 70.
Senator cnas. g. coffman, Of clarks-
burg Is q Falrmont visitor to-day. He
was an agreeable caller at the West
Virginia office this afternoon.