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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
Bah, Wallace.

There was an amusing sight at
the junction of Vine and Summer
streets. c. l.. Eliza and others were
driving u f;ock of lambs and W. L.
Bond. the contractor, joined the
drivers
The sheep turned back, a lamb
headed for Wallace and Wallace
ducked his head as the lamb raised
for the leap and tie lambs head
and Mr. Bonds met in a head on
collision and Mr.. Bond went to dust
while every one laughed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
Petition.

A petition has been in circula-
ton and signed by many of Mon
rce's best citizens, asking Judge
Ely to parole W. B. Egan, whose
case is we'll understood, and to give
his children the right to take the
old gentleman out of the State and
care for him.
1t was a deplorable case and no
good can come from rehashing it,
further than this. Many of the cit
liens looked upon his act as being
that of an unbalanced old man in
stead of a criminal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
Ball Game.
Hurrah for Clarence!

Hurrah for Clarence!
The Monroe Sodality team met
with defeat in the hands of their
enemy Sunday, June 81.
Mr.. lobby Landlord, of Macon
pitched the game lobby pitched
nice ball and his support was good
and only five hits were made off
his delivery. Hagan getting three
and Gosney one and Nath Hays
one. This is the third time this
season Monroe Sodality has been
defeated. The feature of the game
was a one hand catch by Leck
Hays. Norbet Hays made two nice
catches and was given the glad
hand by the Clarenceites. So
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
Evelyn Gey Kane New ; % %m Ben M Monroe SSss ;' July H. 1909
The Des Moines, Iowa REGISTER

The Des Moines, Iowa Register
and Leader, as strong a Republican
newspaper as is printed in United
States, takes a patch off Taft's cuti-
Gle In the following editorial: 1T is
a strange situation, surely, when
a fight to retain the Dingley sched-
ules can be heralded as fight for
free trade and foreign domination.
1t iss strange situation when the
president, after himself making the
demand for reduction from the
Dingley schedules, will sit back and
allow the senate committee in
creases to be voted by as bloOdless
a combination as ever pooled to
stead a railroad or loot a bank,
without raising a finger to sustain
the men who are standing by his
personal pledges and by the
pledges made by him for the ad-
ministration." Taft has unquestion-
ably gold bricked" the revision
Republicans and no section of the
country feels it more than Iowa.
The Republicans will be unable to
hold these states in line at the next
election The hand writing is up
on the wall already.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
New Things.

Proctor & Conway are putting in
1870 feet of cement walk.
B. Vaughn is having ITO fleet Of
cement walk put in.
Wallace Bond has the contract
for building two residences for
John and Harry Wood in New
London. Robey & Robinson will
furnish the materials from their
Perry yards.
c. Colvert is building a granery
28x34 feet.
Herman Levy5is building a love
ly porch along the south side Of his
pretty home.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

The Northeast Missouri Press AS
ISOLATION held pleasant and Erofit-
able meeting at Moberly last Fri
day. The Commercial Club of the
Magic City did the honors on the
occasion and showed" the Editors
what good town Moberly is. They
have reason to be proud OF their
city and its enterprises. Jack
Blanton of the Paris Appeal was
elected president OF the Association
and it's next meeting will be held
in Hannibal in 1910.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
Fireworks 9 p. m.
Catching 1t All Around.
H. C. NULL.

The Monroe City Democrat needs
to put on brakes and verify its
news" before it makes rash state
ments. The Palmyra Spectator nail
ed a falSehood uttered by the Mon
roe paper recently. The latter made
a statement to the effect that the
Palmyra Commercial Club, in order
to compel a man to join the club,
threatened to start a competitor in
his line of business.
The Palmyra Spectator came near
using the shorter and uglier word
in reply and was almost justified in
doing so. The Spectator said:
In behalf of the Commercial AS
ISOLATION of Palmyra, we suggest
that the Democrat name the bust
ness man" who was so coerced. AS
a matter of fact, it is a falsehOOd,
pure and simple, and we are at
loss to understand why any news
paper should get down so low as to
assail the character of gentlemen of
whom it knows nothing" Shelbina
Democrat.
We understand that the editor of
that paper is woman and that
easily breaks the point of our pen
Gil. She gives advice. If she had
not have been DER willing to break
lance over our head to serve an
other, she would have stopped to
take her own medicine "verification'
of the Spectators account and
therefore would not have writer
the above comment knowing thai
in the very nature of the case sht
could not know.
We are sorry that she has inner
tied the ill will of another for us.
And we are glad that we ar,
still so verdant that we believe tn,
average citizen will not lie to u
just for fun, and that there is still
some of the milk of human kind
ness and federation in our hearts.
The Monroe Democrat gave
full clean clearance of itself an
the Palmyra matter in its last issu
and do not feel it necessary to re
peat it for her sake.
GOOdby. farewell.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
Bank Statements.

Wine and women improve with
age and as the commercial years
fit by the statements of the two
banks. Monroe City and Farmers g.
Merchants prove that their lives
and existence from the beginning
until the present have been ones of
improvement, of strength, of ben
eft.
The statements show conservat-
ism and first-class commercial
hands at the helm.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Rafe Leake, the street commits
sioner, has declared war against
broken bottles and glass being
thrown into the street. And there
is a cause for it. He stepped on a
broken bottle and the sharp jagged
glass penetrated his foot and made
the claret flow freely.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
Two Babies.

There is bouncing 9-pound 10y
at the home of Friend Saunders.
After fifteen years of married life
there is an heir.
And news comes from Newburg,
Mo-, that a pretty little girl has ar
rived at the home of Homer L.
Jackson and wife
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
Cut Head.

Bert KnowltOn met with an acct
dent at the c. A. Hamilton furni-
ture house yesterday morning that
has put both his eyes in mourning.
A dresser drawer was open, he
stopped and his forehead just above
the brow struck the edge of the
drawer a hard rap and cut and
bruised his forehead badly.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
ZooIoulcaI Question

The director of the geological gar.
dens was on his vacation. He re-
ceiVed note from his chief assistant,
which closed thusly: The chimpan-
zee seems to be pining for a compan-
lon. What shall we do until your re-
turn?"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

j. F. Rodgers needed a first-class
new wagon in his business at his
new Texas home so sent to Pier
ceall & Drescher for it. They all
know that Monroe is the place to
buy good things right.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Miss Elva Clark will leave to-
morrow night for Detroit, Mich,
where she will spend the balance
of her school vacation with her sis
ter, Mrs. j. l. Schrenk.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
"KussIm,T

Forty-One Georgians stood around
the death-bed of old Mr.. Perkins. their
rich relative, and shed tears as the
hand of death was laid upon his brow.
When the will was opened, and they
found that he had left all his property
to found OOllege, Al Georgians start
ed for home exclaiming: "Kussim."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

DR.. Robert Goodier, of Hannibal
came up yesterday to see his
grandmother, Mrs. Herndon who is
quite ill.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
Cut Wrist.

Arthur Cox, bother at the Crys-
tai Bottlng Works, was charging a
soda pop bottle when it exploded,
cutting his left wrist quite badly.
An artery was severed and had to
be taken up by DR.. Hull.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Mrs. T. G. Bottom was quite ill
Saturday and phoned for her
daughter, Mrs. Powell to come
home from a visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Bertha Sorrell near Hume
well.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
The Jackdaws of PulborouqI

large number of jackdaws have
for some time past made their home in
the tower of Pulborough church, and
by pecking at the mortar have so Sc
riously damaged the roof of the church
that 1t is estimated that $500 will be
required to repair it.-London Stand.
ard.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

DR.. S. Maddox left Monday to at
tend a meeting of the directors of
the American Saddle Horse Associ-
alton at Louisville, Ky.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
BIackberries for sale after July S
at home at 20 cents per gallon.
M. D. L. GRAHAM,
F. and M. Phone 1872 d.

W. A. MOrthland and wife Of
Warren went to Palmyra last after
noon to attend the Lane-Morthland
wedding last night.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Miss Annie Hardy of Lakenan,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. E. S.
Hampton.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Mrs. J. Gent Fuqua went to New
London yesterday to visit the home
folks.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Miss Fannie Walker left yester-
day for visit with friends in
Woodland and Hannibal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Have you tried Swift's
Premium BaconS? c, F.
DierkS sells it.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Auction of Dry Goods at
10 o'clock at Commercial
Hotel, Saturday, July 3, 1909.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Amasa Holmes of Shelbina, came
down yesterday to visit his grand
mother, Mrs. HeTndon.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Miss Wilma Schaffer went to
Hannibal yesterday to visit Benja-
min Wunch and family.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Hon. W. T. Ragland was profess
ional visitor in the city Tuesday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

John Briscoe of Perry, has been
visiting his relatives, DR.. L. 7. Bell
and family.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Misses Anna and Elizabeth
BOulware went to Palmyra Tues
day afternoon to attend the Evans
Cook wedding.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Rev, Thompson Penn spent the
day yesterday with friends at Wood
land.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Excursions from MoberIy via M.
X. g. T. making all stops, arrive at
Monroe at 10 a. m.
Base Ball
Shelbina VS. Monroe 1890 a. m.
Dinner IL noon
Speaking
Hon. J. P. Boyd, 100 p, m.
Hon. G. W. Humphrey, 2:30 pm.
Base Ball "
Shelbina VS. Monroe $50 p. m.
Supper 6 p. m.
Speaking
Hon. E. T. Fuller, 7 p. m.
Hon. j. R. Chowning, 8 p. m.
Fireworks 8 p. m.
Katy special will leave Monroe
at $50 p. m. Speakers will be in
troduced by Hon. R. S. McClintic.
Music furnished by X. of c. Band.
No effort will be spared to make
the dav one of pleasure to all who
attend.
H. C. NULL.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Jacob Rohr was with Troy
friends the first of the week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

&C. Cassidy has been a bust
ness visitor in Quincy.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

A. W. ScObee and wife, of Perry,
are visiting their friends. ]. S.
Starrett and wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

Mrs. 7. M. Boulware. Master Tom
and the babe left last night for a
months outing at Oden. Mich.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

M. Bailey Proctor transacted bus
mess in Palmyra yesterday
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01
PROGRAM

Celebration at Monroe July 3, 1909
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-01

See c. F. Dierks for nice
fresh meat.
The state herald., 1909-10-22

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The state herald., 1909-10-22

II n groom.olect has not provided an
extra room to hlt house for storing hi.
brides linen h. should build II In time
for In these days whenever n girl mar
rios. her mother closes her lips grim.
~. goes after pas pookotbool. and
does the right thing with nine dozen
towels, 10 dozen nnpkinn, ~ paifs OF
sheets. o,c. She doesn't expect her
daughter TO open n boarding houa.
but she has proper pride. and intend.
TO do the right thing by tho Girl. even
II II breaks pa-AtohlaoD Globe.
The state herald., 1909-10-22

cooled 1t. and she trembled all over
and was as pale as death-like Sap
pho. when certain god.like man was
near. Yet the stranger saw nothing
and his look was bright and cold as
winters morning In the mountains.
Almost every day he went out and
climbed the foothills. and when the
sun was lowering he came back bring.
Ing herbs and flowers. which he dried
carefully and spread between leaves
OF gray paper In large book; and he
wrote spells beside them In an un.
known tongue. SO that no one dared
to touch the book when he went out,
lest the genii should wake and come
out from between the pages, to blind
the curious and strike the gossips
dumb. and cast leprosy on the thief.
At night he lay on the roof of the
forehouse beside the gate OF the court.
because II was cool there. Baraka
came to him. beto midnight. when
her mother was in a deep sleep; she
knelt at his side while he slept in the
starlight. and she laid her head beside
his, on the sack that was his pillow.
and for a little while she was happy,
-, ". 'nousn ne uid NOT
she remembered that her mother
49, 49, "ane anu eau her' ana she
s poss 's, soi',y, Close 10 ms ear'
,ra,n ~. -. ne oAou'u s'"r'
..-r, " W oa'
"' Ivy mine u not lar on she
n su , nnow .he secret place.
nuoa. Nuo'cs' huo'es' lou shaii
nav "e many us you can carry oil the
''Vourea ruo,es'
he OPENED ms eyes, ana even In the
s.rhsn' 'ney were oright ana cold.
ehc suonea nus hahd soiuy ana then
".s'eu u "'''''
Come Win me and you shall know
the great secret. she whispered. You
shail MI THIS sack that Is under your
mead. ana then you shall take me with
you 10 Egypt ana we VIII live In n
marble palace and have many slaves.
ana DC always together. For you will
always remember that II was Baraka
VINO showed you where the rubies
were. ana even when you are tired OF
her you VIII treat her kindly and feed
hcr win ne paste and fat qunils, such
an ] hear they have In the south all
winter ana Frank rice. and coffee
that mas been picked over. bean by
bean Tor the great men"
She said all this In whisper.
stroking his hand; and while she whls.
The state herald., 1909-10-22
saraka Was AImos. Up to Her Neck.

cave, open at each end. wife 1t the
bottom and narrowing to sharp
angle above. But the pool was fed by
spring that never failed nor even
ebbed. though II must sometimes have
overtiowed down the ravine through
which the two had reached the pool.
They came out from under the rock
ut last. and were In the refreshing out
er air. The still water widened al.
most to circle. tiny lake at the bot
tom OF n sort OF crater OF white stone
that collected and concentrated the
dim light On two sides there were
little crescent beaches Of snow.white
sand. that CLEANED like silver. The
traveller looked about him and upward
to see II there was any way OF
climbing up: but as far ms he could
make out In the half darkness the
steep rock was ms smooth as II II had
been cut with tools. and II sloped
away at n sharp angle like the sides
of funnel
Baraka went up towards the right,
and the bottom shelved. 80 that pres.
emily the water was down to her
waist. and then she stood still and
pointed TO a dark hollow Just above
the little beach. Her wet garment
chung to her. and with her left hand
she began to wiring the water from her
haid behind her head.
THE rubies are there she said.
thousands upon thousands OF them.
FIJI the sack quickly. but do not take
more than you can carry, for they are
very heavy"
The traveller waded out upon the
beach. and the water from his clothes
ran down In small rivulets and made
little round holes In the white sand.
He put down his revolver In dry
place. and both his hands felt for the
precious stones In the shadowy hol.
low. loosening small fragments of n
sort Of brittle crust In which they
seemed to be clustered.
you cannot choose" Bnraka said.
"for you cannot see. but have been
here by daylight and have seen. The
largest ARE on the left side OF the hoi.
low. near the TOP.
by the stars the traveller could see
the pieces n little. as he broke them |
out. for the white rocks collected the |
light; he could see many dark crys. |
tails. but as to what they were he had |
TO trust the girl
DO not take more than you can
carry" she repeated. FOR you must
not throw them away to tighten the
burden"
you can carry some OF them" nm.
swcrod tho traveller.
lie broke up the crust Of crystals
with small gcologint's hammer and
tore them out like mailman. and his
hands were bleeding, for though he
was philosopher the thirst for wealth
had come upon him when he folt the
riches Of empires In his grasp. and
the time was short. and although he
know that he might uomc day como
back with armed men 10 protect him.
and workmon 10 help him. he know
also that to do this he must share the
secret with the overload OF that Wild
country. and that bin portion might be
the loss Of his head. so he tore NJ the
ruby crust with NIL his might. and M
he was very strong, he broke out
great pieces at once.
we cannot carry more than that.
both Of m together" unid llarakn.
though she Judged more by tho sound
Ut hip work than by what she could
see.
llo lifted the sack with both hin
The state herald., 1909-10-22
CHAPTER !.

There is a ruby mine hidden In the
heart of the mountains near remote
little city OF central Asia, unknown
to European travellers: and the secret
OF the treasure belongs to the two
chief families Of the place. and has
been carefully guarded for many gen.
erations. handed down through the
men from father to son; and often the
children OF these two families have
married. yet none Of the women ever
learned the way to the mine from
their fathers. or their brothers, or
their husbands. none excepting one
only, and her name was Baraka.
which may perhaps mean Blessed: !"
but no blessing came to her when she
was born. She was much whittier and
much more beautiful than the other
girls Of the little Tartar city: her face
was oval like an ostrich egg. her skin
was Ms the cream that rises on Sleeps
milk at evening. and her eyes were
like the Pools OF Peace in the Valley
OF Dark Moons; her waist also was a
slender pillar Of ivory. and round her
ankle she could make her thumb meet
her second finger: as for her feet.
they were small and quick and silent
as young mice. But she was not
blessed.
When she was In her seventeenth
year n traveller came TO the little city.
who was not like her own people: he
was goodly to see. and her eyes were
troubled by the sight Of him. for the
stranger was tall and very fair. and
his beard was like spun gold. and he
feared neither man nor evil spirit. 20
Ing about alone by day md night.
Furthermore. he was n great physi.
ciaa. and possessed small book.
about the size OF n mans hand. In
which was contained all the knowl.
edge Of tho world by means Of this
book. and three small buttons that
tasted Of mingled salt and sugar. he
cured Baraka's father OF u mighty
pain In the midrin which had tor.
mented him q whole week. He brought
with him also written letter from n
holy man to the chiefs OF the town;
therefore they did not kill him.
though h. had n good Mnuscr revol.
yer with ammunition. worth much
money. and other thinya useful 10 be.
LEVERS.
Satan ,n,crcd tho b.art nj psraka
and sbc loved m. traveller who dwell
in her fathers booso for an, was mn,
blcesca. and .bc .,ood b.forc him In
the wnv xhc, h, wen, an, and whom