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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25
ABOUT THE CHURCHES.
Interesting News Concerning the Differ
ent Denominations.
This Column Closes Promptly at 9 a. m.
Each Wednesday. Don't Forget it.

'hiS Column Closes Promptly at a. m.
Each wednesday. Don't Forget it.
Mesdames NJ. F. Grove. J. W.
Cox, W. E Sherman and Marv
Kline went to Shelbina vester.
day to attend d missionary so
ciety.
Rev Fr lanes Noble i.tt
Saturday for Louisiana to spend
several days With friends.
Rsv F., p = C,one, mani
ro 5 .L.ui- Sunday Ea witb
trends severe d.1,
R-v Fr T. Munen visited mis-
r, ~ ''.'' e. '" vie l'FF l.
,3o.,,,,, O,. u
Gu mig j. recovering nicely
FROM h. %, cl.tiun ;or appeudi-
cit'~' bu. u ~" aul be several
weeNs "e'"r" 20 wiz oe strong
enouI' /. Tt urn hrme
Ire lao o'"> ~ ire Sharpsourg
.-e,oo' ."u'Cn gave d" ice
!" 'OpPe' ""'u'""y o'gnl
large number of ueople made
Wv : u O"'
heV James Hampton OF st.
'"'Tp" was called to this city
M""""N 10y me death OF his
'''-' =" III oe Il d I'll t''ou
METHODIST
$3.50 a. IN. Sunday Scuoo!
1o.45 nro,.h+u
900
'0 r IL Un''' Hs@Eus.
ZOO p. IN. Senior League Tor
one hour before preachipg.)
500 p IN. Prea ching CTo
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25
AONROE CITY, MISSOURI, FAIR AUGUST 1-l4 I9O8
ITEMS FROM FARMERS
Ut Farmers, For Farmers And Pertaining
To Farmers.

Fer Sale.
Pure bred Bradley and Bright
Strain Barred Plymouth Rock
eggs, 35 cts per setting.
MRS. l.. o. WILSON.
f. & M. Phone CAD.
For Sale.
Five thorough bred Hereford
bulls ready for service. j H
McClintic. If,
will pay 4tc for good heifers
and 4c for cows.-I. N. NELSON
6.25
Jackson Rouse sent us a spec.
linen of his black oats Friday.
They were four feet high and
had good heads on them.
Sheriff Nolen was in the city
Saturday and preparing 20 cut
his wheat south of the city
He said: I'm going to do the
shocking" When we suggest
ed that the intent had a fshv
flavor, his brother who was
standing near agreed to the
tishy part of it.
Walter Hagau Was in the city
Saturday morning and thought:
No l can't cut wheat today,
ground to soft for horses and
binder Corn, hello yes, but
some of mine will get no more
plowing. 1t will be too large
by the time it is dry enough to
plow.
Joe Wilson has been on the
present farm northeast of the
city forty.tive years and says: I
have in 108 acres of corn and
the present prospects are bet
ter for big crop than any of |
the others ever were at this
time of the year and that is
saying heaps for you know al
Way ave raised good corn
But I lost 5 acres sl1ck aud
clean IN the bottom from the
overflow.
Joe Wilson and Col W T You.
ell have finished delivering
2, 400 bushels of corn to Mrs.
Laura Green, at 60c. 1t was
contracted some time ago.
Little Whit Youell is in the
soup but gritty. He has lost
every hill of corn in a forty
acre field in Salt river
,ottom, but is replanting the
ield.i
l. b Dodd of south of the
;ity has sold his 40 acre tract )
of land to a Mr. Turnbougf sof
JhilIicothe for $1,000.
Robt Young of Ely has two
Denmark saddle colts four and
'ix days old that he has refused
$500 tor.
We noticed a very unusual !
'ight at the Burlington depot :
Sunday afternoon. A stock ,
rain of thirty-two cars went
through and twenty-nine of
hem was loaded with yearling !,
black cattle.
Hayden and Yates shipped
ar load of nice horses Tues,
ay. /
E A Thompson has sold his '
'retty gray horse to AL Spald. t
ng.
il Owen sent 10 head of :
eeves to Tie Bluff City market h
donday, 4
"We don't farm in America. b
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-06-25
FIRST BAPTIST.

The ladies entertained about
two hundred friends at the home
of MIR. and Mrs. ]. Nj. Proctor,
Sr, Tuesday evening in honor
of their pastor, Rev. B. D.
Weeks Ices and cake was
served during the evening.
PRESBYTERIAN,
Regular services Sunday.
The officers of the church will
meet at the church Thursday 8
p. m. E'.
Womsn's missionary society
will meet at the church at 2;30
p. m. Friday,
The union prayer meeting
will be held at the church first
Wednesday in July.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
The Joke Was on Her,

A woman member of the bar in New York gives to our correspondent the following correspondence with the res srratOn that no names shall be quoted
 'l am one of the few women," Sl.e gays, "who can see q joke even If aim ed at myself. do not feel that in this ease 1 came off first best
 The first letter was from a man law. yer and was as follows:
 Dear Miss Rlank-We agree to the com promise as proposed in your favor of this date. Not because your client has a Just right to such settlement, but from the fact that we do not care to open . con- test with woman lawyer.
 To which this reply was sent:
 Gentlemen-I note yours agreeing to a settlement. although l cannot congratu- ate you on your gallantry in begging the question. Like the original Adam, you seem inclined to hide behind woman's petticoat.
 And the following letter closed tho correspondence:
 Dear Miss Blank-If you will turn to the sarly pages of Genesis you will discover that Eve did not wear a petticoat.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
.0iaxer ~cnd 0lsl0her.

MHn@ g2se Arst number of the Atiansaa
 r3lsiy Ralph Waldo Emerson had .
 E called -'Brahma." which puzzled
 & critics and common readers.
 lse said 1t was the grea test poem of
 f esamtury. Some said 1t was non
 aak The first verse ran AS follows: g1s qssas, rec slayer think he stays, taS- If the slain think he Is slain, Z "s.EAey know not we'll the subtle ways roIkeep and pass and turn again. 'EAesaa ,>wssn.er 1t happened that rela- 1s1eA ss ,ake poet Longfellow, living In ss1As- state. bought sleigh. and in \rANi.Ny letter to the cousins In Cam Wssxe thsse was q wall lest the Janu
 a.naw which had followed the pur.
 H4 should keep them from enjoying
 .Eiw cutter that season. When the
 aex ~as answered, I.ongfellow cop.
 blurred this verse, which, 1t Is said. ,sxax A@s er been printed before:
 ----- s8N THE PURCHASE OF 4 SLEIGH
 lassts ne red sleigher think he sleighs, ,p- f. the sletsh think 1t Is sleighin \ 'ssAey' know not well tho subtle ways r G@ snow that comes and goes again
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
A Monster Rodent.

The Brazilian capyDara Is largo stoutly built rodent Imagine a ra weighing 2SU pounds with huge hea;. an upper lip a foot long and close sa. eyes and one has an idea of the beaS. He is the largest of the rodent tribe and has harsh. coarse hair. more like bristleS than fur This hair is m!yn.. black and yellow. of din.y appearance In his natiye hallnts the ca 'vllara h:j. a huge. fat stomach whi, l almo> drAgs on fhe ground. He is a wate loving a1imal and can dive and sta$ under for eight or ten minutes al time The jaguar of South Amerra preys upon the capybara. and the il dlans kill him for his flesh, whici! when smoked Is said to be as delicou> IS Kentucky ham. although it has !, certain musky flavor. The capybara makes a sound when alarmed some what between a dogs bark and a pigs grunt. He was once called the hydro choerus or water hog. and lives on q vegetable diet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
Htmit of Human Strength.

Ex12s2erments upon number of men EEtss shown that a man five feet high eiAH weighing 12G pounds will lift on & average. 116 pounds through yer. G4Ea distance of eight inches. or 211 r3nnndz through height of l.2 Inches. Ca&ere Gl feet high and weighing 1S2 EDmnds could lift the 15G pounds to Ensght of thirteen inches, or 211 pounds &ne 4a. height of six inches. Other men s3ler feet three Inches high and weighing HE pounds could lift 156 pounds to a ksaxaat of sixteen inches. or PIT pounds as height ot nine inches. By a great xts-sefy of experiments 1t was shown <SzG the average human strength Is e4SEatyalent Go raising thirty pounds sstsaoagh a distance of two and one-half G1esS& sp one second.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
s.a,lrprised the Ghost.

sss- anost. vague white form which Gxsas&a about small neglected grave &sa6 @8n Galway, much to the alarm of 3Ess who lived near by. one of the 6smaeuaer of our party undertook ta &N EAeiag out not far from midnight 4R asa6 indeed soon become aware of . xpass$ss sigure looming toward him gnnaGsa the darkness, Our friend tcssm1er, held on his way undsterred.
 SacaaoTt," he said in sepulchral tones ss%s1eag he came near, 'could you drink Gsags of whisky"
 @ssT GS,zld so, your honor," blithely re sa4Rn2adsd the ghost, taken off his bal as.ss by the unexpected offer and ef9Mxdf1g revealed as the principal sssaxasaaasr of the neighborhood. who had eSSszlsisI himself of this spectral guise act his night lines and carry on his SsAses' dep1e;.ations undisturbed.-Black. 6gs.fi $ Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
Find the Answer.

A certain young man took his hest girl to the theater During the evening she complained of not feeling well, and they left before the show was over He took her home, and when he saiG good night the girl was pretty sick Next day 1t turned out that she had diphtheria. Then the young man began to wonder if he was booked for a siege with the disease too. He called on ; physician he knew to ask about it.
 The physician heard the young man ;ale. Well" said he at the concll,sion ,f 1t, "l think your chances to cat"l the disease depend on how you sai,' good night to the young lady,
 The young man was quiet moment Then he said: Doctor, I'm much obi. ed. If that's the case, I'm not in dan ger"
 The young man went out A minute later he stuck his head in the door Say, doc,' he said, "diphtheria don [ go very hard with strong, healthy young men, does it?''-Denver Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
Ducks and Brakes,

Es-fae 1aomentous day had arrived, and aa. Inspector was putting his usual aRasr3,afs of nquIsitive questions to 8 csinssss. Of small boys.
 "'<Nsewr, tel! me- he sad. why 1t is et&N-& ( duck can swim and a hen can't"
 'Essacause q duck has webbed feet" Esxssad oIe of the miniature philoso- tsfss1anrG
 "@Tes,'' said the inspector. "Now. can @aa1r os yen swiln:,'
 'sss;ssaac1y t.lenre. during which the in. easssc3oa and the teacher whispered to- esss.1cr.
 ~Sso-ne. come" said the inspectors '*sao1 shoGid all know how to swim %ssuz teacher tells mc he can swim. ESsake.y Is t you can't if he can:"
 ~G9lease, sir said the same little SSpEEz, '-th. teacher has very big feet.'-- E8EWsson Answers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
Testing tho Insane.

Sir Douglas Straight told an anus, ing story at the dinner of the Journey, men Hairdressers' Trade society. He remembered, when a young barrister. going into barber shop to be shaved He was little startled to see the -yo man behind the counter staring at him from time to time through the glass door. When he got outside the shop ;a policeman said, 'T am very glad to 6nd you have come out" explainin |. that his anxiety was due to the fact that the barber came out of lunati.' had been acting queerly again his rel. lives were wondering whether the, would have to send him back to h. asylum.-London Standard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
ssaw to Make Oil of swallows.

.a2uopg the valued specifies of by essssasae age was oil of swallows. -n the '@rEauEtess of Kents Choice Manual Gaag7e} there are the following curious Gstysctions for making 1t; "Take one Easndfui or mother thyme, of lavender e.sseIon and straw berry leaves of each sslszre, four swallows. feathers and all GMae9ner well bruised, three ounces of Axggggs3 oil, beat the herbs and the swal- ISSxa, feathers and all altogether. until t3@Asy be so small that you can see no tx&sners, then put in the oil and stir tkasssa4 well together, and seeth them in <. 'Sgosnet and strain them through a eSamvas cloth and so keep tt for your esSu.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
A Standina Rule.

Jones had just run over to see f Nr. and Mrs. Blank would go to th; theater with them Mrs. Blank W.: awfully sorry-she would so much li,t to go-but unfortunately Blank Was out. Probably he was at the cluh She would telephone. The followin" conversation ensued
 "213A Gerard. please. Hello, l. this the club! Is my husban 1 there? Hello. Not there? Sure :. Well, all right then. But hold on. How do you know? l haven't even told WON my name"
 'There ain't n2body's husband here never" was the wise attendants re. ply.-London Tc tier.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
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 The foregoing law is self-explanatorv. IT. makes 4 absolutely binding on the Graphic to stop every snb scrpon to the Graphic that is past due nine months and less renewed within reasonable time The reeuaons o went into effect January l. 190S but owing to the fsn that no previous notice had been given publishers au have been granted reasonable time to notify all s"s we subscribers and give them chance to renc "I sacn stopping their paper. 'elore
 henes we earnestly call upon every one of our sub the amount to extend his subscriptions as rea, ", H by the Post-ofice department ' required
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
A Curious Fact.

Il have some very strong letters of introduction" said the caller.
 My friend" answered Senator Sor- ghum, 'I don't rely too far on com. munications of that kind. A man vii. give you letter of introduction de scr1bing you as possessed of every mo- ble quality in human nature and in the next breath It fuse to indorse your note for $o0."- Washington Star
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
EssY Ruxminu.

Fuvflliam Manepeace Thackeray in h.a Esesa 'Peg of Limavady" acknowledges stsa2ashlt g cockney. it was hardly nee esssssarg for him to do this, as not only Gk saat poem. tut in others, he makes sTks syllable tug" Thyme with sylla- taf&@ like 'fn" and "en," failing to sound che concluding E." Richard Harris
 Esh&m of Ingcldsby legends, most 0beeis rhyme1, has dono the same thing Gfsr and over again. thus Tightening Qee ,iahers greatly in the pursuit of Efkymes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
What the Noise Did.

Of the noise Of London streets caused by the hackney coach Taylor, the old water poet, wrote: "It makes such q Aideous rumbling in the streets by many churches doors that peoples cars are stopped with the noise, where 5y they are debarred of their edifying which makes faith so frultless, good works so barren and charity as cold at midsummer as If 1t were a great frost. By this means souls are robbed md starved of their heavenly mama. !"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
Best Sleep of Az

ssee that all eminent physician de ,&Eses that two hours of sleep before xeEanignS are worth more than six after 4sA hour"
 EANorsense. Two hours of sleep after srre called in the morning are worth vSeQNs Chan anything e."-Philadel- f4<3f2 Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
A Bad Outlook.

Mother-Dorothy, have to be sco,d- Ing you all the time! Dorothy Well. all can say. mamma. is I'm sorry for the man who gets you for mothe..ia. aw.-Smith's Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
She Smaeksd of eooks.

I They tell me you kissed Miss ee~- Et&, the poetess, on yesterdays >au;> sfAdndle excursion"
 -'3Yes. That is true"
 Endeed, And how did you-ch-tin@ ks9cS's
 .nNNSs Sonnet has marked literary eAM4A. ."-New Orleans Times Democrat
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
ConHictinq.

"eaaaven't told you," asked the aGEnec, "always to tell the truth?'
 geE, you told ne that" the young ex&&n admitted, "but ct another thnA ,3)aQ told me never tc become the dave s}E ( habit"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26
FOR RENT BY N. T. ROBERTS &
 SON, 113 MAIN STREET

Two-story S-room house, No. 627 East Third avenue, fine location for boarding house, city water; $20.
 Six-room house, No. 625 East Third avenue, city water; $15.
 Three-room house No. PA Louisiana
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-26

A lazy man goes far. and he siuns labor ,abors doubly. Prorerb ,.,,...,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-17
The Platform.

"Let Us talk about tac platform,
says the st. Adams Messenger
AS the gubernst0rial campaign seems
likely, at this writing. to be a some
what tame affair, ii might Be we'll
enough TO generate little enthusiasm,
If possible, over the construction OF the
platform.
How would Il work. for instance, to
have one plank stand for a reduction Of
the Thirty or more boards ana commits
sions with which the state Is now bless.
ed to more reasonable and business
ike basis emhodying the one man com
mission idea to its most practical limit
centralizing authority and response
bility, assuring the commonwealth Of a
more economical, and at the same time
more effective, service than is possible
with the present ultiplicity OF boards
and commissioner
a change Of this sort would undoubt
edly deprive q governor Of considerable
collateral with which 10 settle political
debts, butt no sane man doubts that suck
a cut in the opportunities for the con-
traction Of political debts wouM prove
satisfactory 70 the people At large and
rebound greatly to the credit of the
state II i not unlikely. too, that can
didates would appreciate being delivered
from this species Of temptation.
Let lis talk about the platform. Here
Is one suggested plank. There are
others Ludlow Tribune
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-17

as bad or worse than those Of Satur-
day, February LIST, would the license
vote 60 Yes, or No? II II should 60
Yes, who would be to blame theweatner
II town meeting day il accompanied by
q blizzard, as we have known it TO be
several times in the last dozen OF years,
and the Yes vote should prevail, we
should expect to near it laid to the
weather; but the fact IS that the voters
who are interested in keeping the sa-
loon out Of Brandon have no business
to be surprised by the weather. An
organization should already be complete
which has the name Of every No
voter in town. and that organization
should be prepared to say how that
voter will get to the polls in case Of
blizzard and how he will yet there ii
the weather is fine. The organization
should even know what hour would be
most convenient for each Of It's No
voters. the results are worth It, and
victory won in spite Of conspiracy
OF the Yes forces and the weather would
b. victory to be proud Of Brandon
Union
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-17
JINGLES AND JESTS
NE skipper.


The cock, one January MORN.
With trumpet tone punctilioHs.
Awoke me, dreary, and forlorn,
wished | never had been born:
Ny visagc, shriyelled and unshorn,
Looked ominously bilious.
1 paced with neither aim nor scheme
From basement floor 10 attic.
And saw, depending from beam,
"A rope, Why strive against the
stream
TO end it thus, thought, would seem
Both tragic and dramatic
But Heaven decreed another course;
Instead / started skipping,
! whipped my toes without remorse,
With every skip / gained new force
And bounded like . bucking horse.
NY pores with moisture dripping
Dyspepsia's sword Is ia its sheath
I've solved the liver riddle.
What though the house. my skips be-
meath,
Should join the Tube at Hampsteads
Heath.
To-day I'm crowned with Hebe's wreath,
And filter than a fiddlel
Punch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-17
rudge Weeks Not 1 Candidate.

Information received from Middleburv
is to the effect that the Hon. John h.
Weeks win not be candidate for the
Republican nomination for the leuten-
ant governarship ia the state convention
to be held probably III June. Judge
Weeks has been in receipt Of assar-
anees Of active support from every
county IN the state IN case he should be-
come a candidate, aud public mention OF
his name has been received with bro-
nonnced favor in many directions. All
ter carefully considering the matter.
however, he has informed some of his
close friends that be does not care 10
have bis name further considered in
connection with the lieutenant governor
ship. and he hopes that this move will
serve to promote entire harmony IN Adj,
olson county Evidence IS thus fur
nished that the Republicans OF Addison
county can pet together, and our neigh
bors are to be congratulated on the fact
that everything is now peace and har-
mOny within their borders
This latest development leaves the
field clear for the Hon. NJ. J. Barnes as
Addison county's candidate for the lieu
tenant eoyernorship and for Editor r.
~ McCuen Of the Vergenres Enterprise
Is the Addison county candidate fof
district delegate TO the Republican ma
fionai eonyentiou.-Burlington Free
Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-17
CURRENT COMMENT.
Improving the Horse.

| In a bulletin Just issued by the bu.
reau of animal industry Of the depart
ment Of agriculture, the work as now
progressing at the Morgan horse farm.
as it has ben named, at Middlebury IN
this state, il highly commended.
The bulletin referred to SAYS that since
the inauguration Of the work of the
bureau Of animal industry for the deyel.
! opment from American material Of i
carriage horse which would breed true to
type, It has been evident that one of
the earliest supplementary steps to give
The movement wide scope and broad
foundation would be the establishment
/ Of classes for such horses at the state
fairs
The adoption Of The classification by
state fairs is especially urged for the
reasons that they are III the closest
touch with farmers. that the farmers
are the breeders Of most Of the carriage
horses sold on the American markets.
and that the value of the American
horse for carriage purposes is rarely ap.
preciated by the farmers who breed
them Hundreds Of horses sold annually
BY farmers at really insignificant prices
aAN HAANi rN&tth NtA&ttHo III NbicHfHE ana
handling again sold as carriage horses
at prices up into the thousands. Fur.
thernlore, there Is continual sale Of
stations to supply this trade. These
horses are usually Of only moderate
value q speed producers, but are Of ex
celleut carriage type If kept entire and
properly mated, they could be Of inesti-
mable value a. foundation sires Of the
American carriage horse. but as a rule
they are not. and are. therefore. lost
so FAR as breeding value is concerned.
If the powerful educational influence OF
the fairs and stock shows IS thrown into
the solution Of the carriage horse prob
lem, the farmer viii not only be edn-
Gated TO appreciate the intrinsic value
Of the native light horse for carriaqe
purposes. but will recognize the worth 81
The stallion witli good conformation and
quality but only moderate speed a.
Sire II carriage horses, and the problem
ei fixing the type will be one of early
solution Rutland Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-17
wINpsoR couNrYs cHANcEs

According to Woodstock contempt.
rary, a Windsor county candidate for
governor would stand about as much
show for serious consideration this year
as would pung sleigh on the grand
circuit Thus does Windsor county
read itself out Of the running, although
its neighbors have been kind enough TO
mention two or three good names for a
possible Republican nomination, notably
Fred Z, Davis Of Pomfret and General
Hugh Henry Of Chester II Windsor
county candidate could not count on an
undivided support from bis own county,
he certainly could not hope for very
powerful encouragement from the other
thirteen in the state But the contem-
porary above referred to is Democratic
in politics and perhaps sees things diff
ferently than some Others might.