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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-16
New Things.


Ed Crawford has had rs feet of
granitoid walk put down in front of
his pretty cottage home.
Mrs. Susan Brown has had SO
feet of granitoid walk put in at corner
of Katherine and Vine streets.
C. Ensor has had $50 feet of
granitoid walk put in front of his
pretty cottage.
DR.. Thomas Proctor has let the
contract to w. L. Bond for one of
the incest nine room cottages in
the city. Contract calls for $1,000
but when completed will cost con-
siderable more money.
Col. w. T. Youell is putting in
the foundation for a nice five room
cottage on Dover street.
D. Hugh Stevens has let the con-
tract for a four room cottage on
North Locust street.
Judge Clapper has put $50 feet
of granitoid walk in front of his lots
on the south side.
Close Shave.
Thursday noon a costly cOnfla-
grafton was averted by a hairs
breadth.
When Mr.. Jansen of Dawson &
Jansen returned from dinner he
found an incipient fire in the roof
of their wagon and blacksmith shop
and had it have been only a few
moments longer the chances are
that both the shop and big livery
barn of Cones & McAllister would
also have gone up in smoke.
Mrs. j. b. Petit and daughter
Miss Devona, of Ewing, and Mrs.
B. F. 5mithers and daughter, Miss
Margaret, of Hannibal, have been
the guests of their kinspeople, o. R
Emerson and wife.
Mrs. Isaac McIntire visited her
daughter, Mrs. W. j. Jackson al
Woodland, Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-16
PRESEIiLNIAE

There will be regular services
Sunday by the pastor Morning
service at II q. m. Sunday School
at 9:45. Rev. Grove will conduct
union services in the park III the
evening.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-16
Long Time ago.

z. K. Shaw was a Hannibal visi-
tor Friday. Il was his first trip
there in fifteen years. With the eX-
ception of Monroe City he has not
been out Of his home county, Mari
on, but three times in thirty years.
His home is 8 miles north of city.
When his father first landed in
Hannibal there was only one house,
a log, in what was destined to be a
city.
He talks Interestingly of the old
Dale, Coleman tavern as it was in
the early tifties up, on Palmyra
Ave. At one time it was a noted
tavern, but now it would be hard
to find dozen citizens in Hanni-
bal who could tell anything
about it.
1t was there, the farmers of
Marion and Shelby counties stopped
when they drove their cattle or hogs
or hauled their wheat or tobbaco to
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-16

ohlpmentS Tor the week fair. j
M Proctor and Son 4 cars of cattle;
Barger and MCClintic 2 cars of hogs
and 3 of lambs; Clay Underhill 3
cars of hogs and 2 of lambs; Rogers
and Thompson / car of wool; A
Boulware / car of ties; Pond Poul-
try Co 5000 lbs poultry, 60 cases
eggs, GO gallons cream; Henderson
and Son 2 cars Of chickens, lis
cases Of eggs, 1000 lbs butter.
Total IS cars.
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wiped years fl3ln his face. Now the
careworn man fled altogether, and
left joyous boy.
"By George, Vincent! You shall
go,-go day after tomorrow on the
overland special. And Joy go with
you. But come back soon to us. Well
have a good job for you"
Thank you, Mr.. Croker" Alfred
said earnestly, wringing the offered
hand, and fastening off to find Esther.
She was coming down the steps Of
Gregory's car.
Read that" He thrust the letter
into her hand, and stood by her side
while she looked 1t over. 1t was
dated at Boston.
Dear Alfred: My Aunt Almira is
dead, and has left me three thousand
dollars. With this I've been able to
pay the last dollar; and my statement
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-06-20
Things Worth Remembering.

The refrigerator must be cleaned
frequently and aired regularly.
Pongee silk in the natural color
makes excellent bedroom curtains.
Low lights are more artistic than
high ones for any room, and particu
larly for the dining room.
Sour milk will remove ink stains.
Change the milk often until the stain
disappears Afterwards bleach in the
sun.
Scrim decorated with cross stitch
embroidery, which is being used
again, makes serviceable cushion COW
ers.
To set the colors in wash dresses
soak them for at least two hours in
salt water The correct proportion is
one ounce of salt for each gallon of
water.
After stains have been removed with
gasoline no dark ring will remain
around the spot II it is held over
steam.
1t is never a good plan to shake a
rug or to hang 1t on the line to clean
1t. Lay it on the grass or the floor
and whip 1t on both sides.
A large fiat glass dish, filled with
wet sond, edged with green leaves and
and filled with flowers. makes a pref
ty centerpiece for the luncheon table.
Neither vanished not waxed wood
work should be scrubbed with soap
and water. as it will destroy the fin
ish. Clean with damp cloth and
rub with furniture polish.
The use Of the buffet is supplant-
ing the sideboard. 1t is more grace
full and saves space. The china closet
holds the fine tableware and the serv-
ing table is an added convenience.
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and noble, honorable in the highest
degree to both.
l do not mean merely a dutiful af-
lection. I mean a love which makes
a boy gallant and courteous to his
mother, saying to everybody plainly
that he Is fairly in love with her. Next
to the love of husband, nothing so
crowns womans life with honor as
this second love. this devotion Of son
to her. And never yet knew a boy
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THE INEVITABLE IRISH.
What a Writer Noticed When Passing
Spanish Church in New York.

What a Writer Noticed When Passing
q Spanish Church in New York.
Here is a note which a New York
daily presented last week and which is
beginning to make the round of our
Catholic journals. 1t is not lengthy,
but it provokes thought, says the
Catholic Sun.
Bishop Peter Paul Dienot Pierola
of Peru celebrated Pontitical High
Mass on Sunday morning in the Span
ish chapel, West 14th street. New
York. He is on his way to Rome to
have an audience with the Pope and
has stopped off in this country, among
other things, to pay his respects to
President Roosevelt and Cardinal Glib
bons Bishop Pierola is a native Peru
Wan. He is a member of the Society
of Jesus and is spiritual director of
the College of Santiago The Con-
gress of Peru recommended him for
the bishopric and he was appointed by
of Ceno de Porco there are large
American mining interests. Bishop Pr
erola was at Callao and Lima when
the American fleet stopped and he is
enthusiastic over the good feeling
which the visit has established in Peru
towards the United States"
The little Spanish church at 229
West 14th street. New York. is a
quaint structure and its interior dec
orations are beautiful. But all the peo-
pie who attend it are neither Spanish
nor Of Spanish descent. Fully one
half of them cannot speak Spanish at
all. And there is q good reason why.
At no time in their history have the
natives of Tipperary Cork, Galway.
Dublin or Mayo been Spanish
speaking people.
One morning last winter the writer
was passing this Spanish chapel when
he noticed throng Of people coming
out. Believing he could maintain a
the Holy See in 1904. In his diocese
| CoHH CI 6dllOu Spanish IIc du-
vanced up the steps and accosted an
elderly woman who had reached the
door and appeared to be waiting for
someone. She stared moment as the
liquid vowels flowed to her ears and
remarked somewhat petulantly, Il
don't know at all what We want. I'm
Irish!"
A tall, dark-featured young woman
later was found In the vestibule. She
had the stately carriage Of Castil.
ian and would have passed for Spanish
in Guadalajara or Madrid. "Habla Us.
ted Espanol?' began the writer, ap.
preaching her. splendid smile broke
over her face and look of amusement
crept into her eyes as she answered
II don't understand Spanish, sir In
from Ireland"
From her it was learned that mis-
sion was in progress and that fully
half the people in attendance were
either Irish-born or Of Irish descent
They live close by and the Spanish
chapel is very convenient for the:>:
The fact that it belongs to people If q
different race with different language
does not make any difference to them
An Irish Catholic feels perfectly al
home in any Catholic church.
Another place frequented by many
Irish in New York is the little French
thurch where the shrine of st. Anne
is and where many remarkable cures
are wrought. That Irish attend Ger.
man. Polish, Italian and Bohemian
churches, in our large cities, is fac
well known.
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Tho Cry Of tho Exile.

Whist! alanna. till 1 tell ye o. the
dream had last night!
1 was back in dear old Ireland, an the
hawthorn hedge was white;
Hills and valleys smiled and nodded
like ould friends they scented to
be;
An the brown road, runnin' west
ward, seemed to smile an beckon
held me ould head high,
Scornin' all the we'll known places
meath the tender Irish sky.
Then l thought me heart twas break
in, an thried to turn around;
But the sky grew dark an threatenin'
an the hills and valleys frowned;
An the brown road seemed a river
leapin' madly after me.
Till the wild waves caught an swept
me out upon the hungry sea.
Starin' walls then riz atween us
bricks an mortar city walls;
An I woke up, could and dhrippin'-
but the brown road calls ant
calls!
IT'S fine grand land entirely, Is THU
great Amerikay,
Wild its hustle an It's tranic-shurl
they've turned the night to day!
Wirra, now, I'm not complainin'-
don't We think it, MORA, dear'
Though the tears they do be stream
in, sure l know I'm better here
IT'S q fine grand land entirely, wit
its-God. them starin' walls!
Shure they've drove the sinses from
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iron, heat. He was impatient, f1ercely
eager; yet, with 1t all, not far from
every honest heart there; for he was
fighting for the company-and sue
cess. Dearer to him it was than any
enterprise of his own ever would be.
The men knew this, and honored him,
bore with him, respected him, for the
achievement, which many declared no
other man could have made.
In the dead of night, when the air
was chill upon wet, weary backs
when men were dropping from fatigue.
and others, more logged, were work
ing on. praying silently for relief-at
last, down the line came Gregory's
jubilant cry.
"Rozel!"
No man among them all had worked
as hard as he had worked. Month
by month his flesh had dropped away,
his cheek tanned darker, as he fought
his way from ocean to inland sea. The
spare, square frame and the scanned
face had changed him, aged him sad.
ly. He had paid in heart and body on
this tremendous project. And to his
anxious wife, praying for this con.
flict to end, no less than to the ex.
hausted men, his cry came like q
glad clarion.
cts ten miles, boys! Ten miles
in one day! There's their camp! Well
touch Union Pacific rails tomorrow
at Promontory!"
"Hooray! Another stride of the Cen.
trail Pacific's seven-league boots to-
ward Brighams drove of tender
ewes!" cried some inpertinent voice
Hammers dropped. Backs unbent
nor rocked Of pain. Cheer after cheer
rent the still night. Ten miles! Ten
miles! The greatest days work in the
worlds railroad history!
Gregory went to his car happy
kissed his wife, joined his guests in q
jolly supper. and slept-slept as he
had not for months.
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to turn out" bad who began by fall.
ing in love with his mother
Any man may fall in love with q
fresh-faced girl. and the man, who is
gallant with the girl. may cruelty neg
lect the worn and weary wife. But
the boy who is lover of his mother,
in her middle-age, is a true knight
who will love his wife as much in the,
sear-leaved autumn as he did in the
daisied springtime.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-06-20
CHAPTER xxxv.
The Weddjno Of the Rails.

A glorious. cloudless day! The tenth
Of May, 1869.
Beside the majestic inland sea, gath
cred there from near and from half
the world away, men and women had
come to celebrate the elimination of
two tremendous enterprises.
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me-and the brown road calls
an calls!
Mary NJ. Redmond in Catholic Light.
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CHAPTER xxxlv.
Freedom at Last.


From all America, from Europe and
from the north, they came to join that
monster excursion to the front.
San Francisco was awake at last.
New York and Chicago had invaded
her domain. Into her home preserves.
to her very doors, they carried their
audacious fight for business; cut her
territory clean away with their broad
sword of low prices. Like other lag
CARDS, she exulted over the victory
she had tried to make defeat; and
called aloud: Come all good Ameri-
cans, come all the world, help US cele-
brate. Even the Sacramento "Clar-
ion" in "a burst Of Justice resented this.
and announced to the world the names
of the men, the city, and the two or
three counties that, not only without
San Francisco, but in spite of her.
had accomplished the achievement of
the age.
Now began to arrive forerunners
of the event; the polished laurel tie
and its silver plate, with an inscrip.
ton that is to-day historic; the four.
hundred-dollar golden spike, topped
with a nugget as long as itself; the
heavy silver hammer, the gold, silver
and iron spikes from Arizona.
Gregory rushed from one task to
another, sending back to California
the greater part of his forces and ap
paratus, that they might pierce other
mountains, conquer other deserts with
new iron highways. Mr.. Croker was
no less busy, flying back and forth
between the Front and SAT- Lake City
where the horde of visitors increased
each day. Governor Stanford and his
fellow-directors were there also, sleep
lessly planning, organizing, making
capital and influence with the lead.
ers of the great inland hierarchy.
Alfred, quite recovered, was indis.
pensable in many ways, Fastening the
tremendous cleaning, polishing, pre-.
pairing, that proceeded steadily among
all concerned, from stoker to presi.
dent.
They were counting the time be.
fore the event by hours, when Alfred,
carrying a telegram and an open let
ter, hurried up to Mr.. Croker.
I'm called suddenly east, to my
father, Mr.. Croker. I wish to be re-
leased, to go Immediately"
What? What, boy? Is your father
dead?"
mo, sir; it's-it's q business mat
ter"
Business! A business matter?" the
superintendent repeated incredulously
I'VE can't spare you, Vincent-not for
month, at least. Settle your bust
ness by telegraph! Write your tele
gram-never mind length-and I'll
frank it for you
Its a matter that can't send over
the wire, sir"
"Jove! Put it of, then! It'll keep
I'll let you go the first of June"
Alfred burst the bonds Of years. Il
can't wait, Mr.. Croker! Not day!
For nearly eight years I've been an
outcast from home and name, sir. As
I've hoped for reinstatement at home
with hand and foot. heart and brain
I've served this railroad. The girl
wished to marry. but could not, has
suffered incredibly for my sake. Now
1t is all cleared up. My father tele
graphs me to come, waits for me In
Saint Louis. And you ask me to de
lay, Mr.. Croker! To send messages!
I can't do 1t. Not an hour beyond the
first all-by-rail train east"
Mr.. Crocker's heart warmed. The
end of the long struggle had already
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A Lover Of His Mother.

OF all the love affairs in the world
none can surpass the true love Of a big
boy for his mother. 1t is a pure love
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-28

One naturally looks at a prohibit
ZIONIST as . mild-mannered individual
and not filed with the fire and fury
of q more active person, but in
Eugene Chafin the prohibitionists
has secured q man who will wade
through IRE and water to enforce the
prohibition laws. He declares that
II elected president and has a con-
gress that will pass prohibition laws
he will use the United States militia,
the federal troups and the navy to
enforce 1t In communities where the
local officials decline to make the law
good. OF course there is not much
hope that Mr.. Chafin will be elected
PRESIDENT, but 1t gives HIM an oppor-
tunity to show what he could do II
things came his way. Mr.. Chafin
has had to exciting moments since
he was nominated. First he was
nearly drowned while swimming,
and second he held a mob at bay In
Springfield when 1t tried to string up
negro. He showed great courage in
the latter event.
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Mr. Bryan is said to be exceedingly
hilarious over the fact that Cover.
nor johnson has decided ito make a
third ace for the election Of COVER
nor OF Minnesota. His particular
reason for happiness over this is due
to the superstition that Bryan ex-
poets to get some support In
Minnesota through the popularity OF
Johnson, and he thinks it is probable
that the voters will stand by both
heads ::of the ticket. There is a
popular idea in Minnesota. however,
which is to the effect that Mr.. John
son cannot hope Of election for a
third time, Tor the reason that the
republicans will be ::hauled into line
for the support Of the republican
candidate, and:this will have a very
strong tendency to put q dampner on
the aspirations of MI. Bryan fol
a large johnson vote. About the
only..benefit that johnson will get
out Of this campaign will be that
tie will be kept In line for the nom.
ination Of the democratic convention
for the presidency OF 1912.
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Mr.. Bryan's query Of "Shall the
people rule'' seems to be getting
him into consldeIable trouble when
the people commence to Investigate
how far the question leads. 1t opens
up the situstion In the southland to
= greater extent than is desirable
By Nj. Bryan. 1t is a we'll known
fact that the negroes have y mighty
small chance to vote In many of ..he
southern states They are recog-
nized Citizens Of this country an II
&c 10 ttis desire that the people shall
rule, Nj. BRYAN must 20 on record
and say that the democrats Of the
south are DISTINGUISHING thousands
osvoters by intimidation and other
smssthods. This would lead Mr.. Bryan
Into trouble with bis democratic
Sff1ends III the south, consequently
H. Nabraska gentleman is having
= hard time to apply his principle 10
46nnottb and In the south both at
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81 -HL
After tracking "a man year and a
half the Young Detective Agency
in Chicago has finally run down the
man whom 1t is thought committed
the theft Of sl73, 600 In the govern
ment building, although government
0mcers are Inclined to the belief that
%auficlent evidence has not been
obtained to lncriminate the man.
AT the time the robbery was COM
mitted the money was in personal
charge OF Ronert Fitzgerald and
despite the fact that the govern
ment could not connect him in any
way with the crime, he was dis
charmed from the service. Since then
the Young detectives have been
shadowing him constantly and finally
found enough evidence to warrant
them 10 making the arrest. It "a
hased on the foundation that Fitz.
gerald tried to pass two bills of
$1,000 denomination 10 sort Of .
secretive manner. The bills that
were stolen from the government
were OF the same denomination
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Robert s. Wesley is making a tour
OF the state In his campaign for
gubernatorial bonors and he is
sought after by managers OF fairs and
old settlers meetings to deliver
Addresses. Mr.. Wesley IN the speeches
60 far made has won . fine reputa-
tion among the people OF the state as
they come TO know him personally.
There 10 an sir Of fairness and
honesty about Mr.. vessey when you
come into personal contract with
him that warns the individual heart
toward him. A man can feel after
knowing him that the reins of
government will be safe In his hands,
and that he has the ability to give
tho people the best. sort Of an admin
lstratlon. he has lived In the state
long enough to know what the people
want and how they want 1t done,
andssit ought not to lea difficult mat
tss Tor him make good. Mr.. vessey
Stands Tor Z high type OF citizenship,
and vii grace the once OF govern or
In any capacity into which he Is
called.
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To prevent the ghosts Of free
silver, the government ownership OF
railroads, ETC., from coming up in
his pathway Of 1908, MI. Bryan has
made the following statement:
ga platform is binding as to what
1T omits as we'll as to what 1T con-
tains. A platform announces the
party's position on the questions
which are at issue, and an official is
not at liberty to use the authority
vested in him to urge personal views
which have not been submitted to
the voters for their approval"
This leads the New York World to
remark that "Thls means that these
sentences are tombstones erected ny
Mr.. BRYAN over the graves of free
silver and other hobbies" Probably
it is we'll that Mr.. Bryan eliminates
these ideas from his platform for
they would be embarrassing to him
now. At the same time there are
thousands Of democrats all over the
country who have associated MI.
Bryan with free silver and govern
menb ownership Of railroads, never
dreaming that this advocate would
retract from his former attitude.
They will vote him with the i'm.
preston that should he be elected
free silver will have Won its way into
national prominence and that govern
ment ownership of railroads will not
long be delayed with Mr.. Bryan in
the chair. Those men will:have to
live along IN Ignorance Of what his
attitude Is on those questions, for
they are beyond discussion or the
part Of Mr.. Bryan-they are not in
the platform and he doesn't have to
answer the question.
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HINTS Q
Woods That Sheep Eat.

The Minnesota station gives the
analyses of weeds which sheep eat
readily and their protein contents
compared with alfalfa, clover and
timothy hay. 1t will be a surprise to
many to e how high in protein these
weeds are, and it suggests the reason
sheep flourish on them. worthless as
they are otherwise. Here are the
analyses: Lambs quarters. 2606 pro-
tein, 54.64 carbohydrates, l.e6 fat;
p~urslane. 28.13 protein. 6a.1O carbo-
~hydrates, 20 fat; pigweed. 1854 pro
tein, 62.s6 carbohydrates, 1876 fat;
dandelion, 24.e4 protein, 1896 Carlo
hydrates, 2.7O fat; catnip. 1925 pro-
TEN, e3.O7 carbohydrates. 2.e8 fat;
%goldenrod, 11.63 protein. 1868 carbo-
hydrates. 4.s5 fat; mustard. 1875 pro
tein. $3.50 carbohydrates. 1855 fat;
quack grass. 1927 protein, 1912 an
bohydrates. 1.0e fat: alfalfa, 20 pro-
tein. 4O.84 carbohydrates, 2.46 fat;
clover. 1895 protein. 1928 carbohy-
drates. 3.65 fat: timothy hay, 276 pro-
tein, 41.76 carbohydrates. 2.16 fat.
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Power o. p,.nt..

Farmers are we'll acquainted With
the fact that the roots Of trees will.
disrupt and sometimes overturn a
stone wall. but the lifting power Of
tender vegetables Is equally surprising.
The one result which has perhaps
attracted toe greatest attention is the
discovery that a weight Of two and a
half tons can be lifted by the common
pumpkin in the curse Of its develop.
ment.
DR.. Carpenter relates the story of a
paving stone weighing eighty-thres
pounds that was raised from its bed
twhen Joined by others on all four
sides) by such a soft piece Of fungi as
the common mushroom. And still an
other and more remarkable story Is
added to the above.
A man had a cask of sweet wine and
placed it iii an empty cellar to mature.
When examined several years later 1t
had risen from the floor of the cellar
to the ceiling. having been borne up.
ward upon the tender shoots Of a vine
fungus with which the cellar wac
dlled.-London Home Notes.