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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-12-16
1.-THE PRINCE OF PEACE"
He Wonderful Influence Continues
and WIdens Through the
World.

All the old troublous questions OF
the origin and destination Of the Call
lee Carpenter have passed, notes a
writer In Golfers. All the medieval
worriment in discriminating between
human and divine has gone, all the
pushed inquiry into the miraculous.
No longer IL mankind stirred over the
non-essentiRl. Theories OF him fade
away. dogmGs Of his nature lose their
charm. His Rontleness has conquered.
His influence continues and widens
Slowly Frightening. the CLEAN that
touched him spreads through the
world. Ris spirit moves on the face
OF civilization. and makes II kindlisr
every gSA0rAtioa. The touch Of his
hand is o. the Erief.strieken. Nurse.
physician. and nun are the mSssen.
gers % his teaching. The vestal GrOs
burned Out, bat never the EEss Of his
Spirit Which answer each other nom
noHAtaiA-toD 70 mountAin-tOp across
the OcatlAeAeS. Ana 6SSp In the heart
q the people they make family life
SWsSeSR sAA ease the bitterness Of
MfSCSo end EAEGnos and al LIES In
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-12-16

completeness. That woodworking
personality was never so potent as to-
day-so inSistent and tenderly sure
Under thousand forms, creeds and
names, men serve him. And however
far we go in the conquest of nature,
identifying the north pole, climbing
the sky. prying open electrical forces,
mapping out the subliminal, diminish
ing sin, disease, war. poverty, igno-
rance-always in the advance will be
that gracious figure Of the Sinless One,
who showed Love as the rule OF life.
One Perfect Man-ardent and gentle
the race will never tire OF him.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-12-16

candlesticKs placed III mass of holly
as a centerpiece is both appropriate
and beautiful.
A quaint little Christmas tree may
be used as centerpiece by procuring
at the florists q little pepper plant"
which has lovely green leaves and red
berries. Wound with glittering tinsel
and tied with candied fruits held in
place with wee baby ribbons, or
hung with little favors of French jew
elry or articles of trifling worth, the
little tree makes a centerpiece Of
charm.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-12-16
SOME IDEAS FOR DECORATIONS
How to Make the Home Look Bright
and Cheerful for the
Holidays.

In massing holly for use on the
Christmas table it repays one to wipe
on the leaves with a cloth dipped in
very little olive Oil, says the Housekeep-
sr. Tall candles should light the feast
and the holly leaves reflect the twink
ling lights in a beautiful manner. II
. chandelier hangs over the dining
table feature which will delight the
children is to have a nosegay OF arti-
flcial flowers suspended from the chan
delier to within foot of the table by
means OF a red ribbon. This bouquet
should have the paper pun Of the old
time fashion, and the bouquet itself
will be found to be a shower bouquet
enc small noseegay for each person,
In the depths Of which some trifiinE
gift 10 hidden.
with white ribbon. also conceal gifts
most attractvely. while the cheap but
pretty little Santa Claus candy boxes.
for sale at favor shops. are effective
upon the Christmas table. and will
hold quite = Eood-SizSd package, or. Of
course, may be used to hold the bon
6Ons for which they are intsndsd. For
. luncheon Oc high tea duriAg Christ
mas week, . beautiful tAbls may be
ct BY employing the aSs q green
linen runners embroidered in whitA.
A holly bell or 4 bunch Of rSd eArAS-
t3ons In . oHtsiAss vase viii tasOA
the center Of the tAbls 10 krililAAsy
and RofH Karlanda Of noNthAFN nAnun
may lightly edge the HAsa sunAsRs,
a. aoilies II they b used iastsAd
The oOlOniAl glass 0AAdlSstl0ks ere
aGsIi in fAVO~. sAA AOtAiaG b n0rS a.
AsAStiv0 n . oOAAtrY hoNSA VITA takl
0Dsea ~ red ba0sCs. GSou0 q @Soe
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-12-16
Roast Chickens.

S. R. Emery, of Ely is fond of
roast chickens. but does not like to
have them all cooked at once. Last
Wednesday night his hen house and
chickens were destroyed by fire.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-12-16

William Liehtbody has been visit
ing friends in Palmyra.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22
| UNION LABOR
| DEPARTMENT
Address all Communications to
w. M. PIGGOTT, Editor.
375 Twenty-fourth Street.

| lar we may happen To own, for the
special benefit OF one small section OF
the state without any real benefit TO
the state at large It is true that a
magnificent state house would be a
splendid thing TO have. and TO point
out to strangers; but as 10 any prac-
tical benefits to be derived by the
state at the present time or In the
reasonably nesF future; we are unable
10 see. we are always in favor OF pub
lie Improvements when needed; ane
are willing TO bear our portion of the
BURDEN but we are at loss to see
the necessity of capital building for
perhaps the next twenty years. But
II. in the judgment OF those who seem
to be so solicitious of the states wei
fare. the immediate needs OF a state
house is so imperative, let us suggest
that the "solicitous ones" look a lit
tie 10 economy in the administration
of affairs --retrcnchment where pos
sible, cutting out useless and needless
expenditures, etc.-for a few years.
and there will be no need for an adj
ditional tax levy. Yes. we are abso-
Iutely and unalterably opposed at this
time. to the one mill tax for the pur-
pose OF building a state capital; and
we hope that all our people VIII vote
against the proposition; for we be
lleve tSat the burden will outweigh the
recompenSe.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22
IN THE ARENA OF THE WORK
SHOP.

Saloon interests which tried to
place the Chicago Federation Of Labor
on record as opposed TO prohibition
and local option met with a stInginG
defeat at yesterdays session OF the
central labor body.-Cnicago Record
Herald.
Those Of us who are so familiar
with the process of threshing out this
whole liquor question In the arena OF
the pulpit and platform by cultured
experts, may we'll note with interest
what the plain, blunt man of toll has
to say, pro and contra,
AT the meeting In question a bar
tender remarked that It was time
something be done TO stop the short
haired woman and long-haired men
from legislating the bartenders and
other workmen out Of business" "
Equally unacquainted with the actual
facts was the clgarmaker who assert
ed that these prohibition fanatics
don't advocate temperance for them
selves; they want to make the other
fellow temperate"
Speaking for the otaer side. how
must the following words, uttered by
blast in the ears of the assembly:
"Of course the brewers and dis
tillerS are friends of the laboring
class. Why shouldn't they be? 1t Is
the workingmen that drink ltheir
booze, the more's the pity. If any of
you have read ancient history you
know who raised the howl in Rome
against Christianity 1t was the idol
makers, who saw that the new rellg-
ion would put them out Of business. as
the people would cease to worship
idols.
so we see the bartenders and the
brewers here raising the same sort of
cry against the attacks being made on
the liquor curse. The idol-makers
were put out of business and Chris.
tlanity was ushered in and world was
the better for It, The working class
will be better for 1t IL the saloon and
all that pertains TO 1t is put out of
business"
And this, from a lather: ut is an
outrage to ask organized labor to go
on record as opposed to local option.
III L don't want saloon in the neigh
porhood where | live no one has a
right to try and force 1T on me. We
believe In majority rule. and If a ma
Jorlty OF the people in a locality are
opposed to saloons, the saloons should
be driven out of that locality. The
more of them that are driven out the
better 1t Will suit me and the better
1t VIII be for the men I represent"
1t Is a great day for a good cause
when the rank and file OF the working
people take II mn-IInlnn Sinna1
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22
ENeLAN0's MANY DEER PARKS
Four Hundred of Them Are Said tc
Dot the Little Island.

"a park without a deer" wrote
Richard Jeffries. rs Ike a wall with
out picture" aad 1t is something to
know that in England there are 400
parks containing deer; that they aver
age hundreds and some of them thou.
sands of acres. and that Yorkshire,
Worcestershire. Straffordshire, Nor
thants and Sussex have more inclosed
land given up to deer than any other
counties.
There is something peculiarly ma
tional about our deer parks, for soon
after the Conquest the barons began TO
inclose parks within the forests and
to include within them all the wild
animals that could then be secured
OF these the $500 acres of park at
Fridge is the only one mentioned in
Domesday book as containing deer
then as it does now.
In that now scarce book Shirley's
English Deer Parks" rs parks arc
mentioned which no longer contain
deer, but since that book was pub
lished in 1861 several parks have been
stocked which did not then contain
deer, and there are others In which
the deer have been given up.-London
Daily Graphic.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22
MANHOOD MATHEMATICS.

AS might have been expected, the
almighty dollar" argument was the
one most in evidence in Mayor Roses
reply to Professor Dlckte'S plea for
prohibition. during the debate held liz
Chicago April 90 That the licensing
OF the liquor traffic is an Indispensable
source of revenue to the national and
TO the municipality was the mayors
text, from which he drew a lurid and
heartrending picture Of the bankrupt
condition of the federal and state gov
ernment which might be anticipated
In the event the prohibition is not
checked The fallacy of this state
ment has been proved so often, 1t is
needless to repeat it Nevertheless,
the average business man doubtless
sat up and took notice when the may
or said:
Now / want to talk to you business
men and present this great economic
question to you as a business PROPOSE
ton" which, being interpreted, means,
of course, dollars and cents proposi-
ton 1t is Indeed a business PROPOSE
tion of Overwhelming Importance, but
when il has been demonstrated by
cool-headed, impartial scientists OF
highest repute that "alcohol is leading
civilized humanity on the patn Of de-
generacy" is it not time for sane men
and women TO view the question from
other than 4 mercenary view point?
Can we afford as a nation TO have
"marked-down,' deprecated grade
of citizens? Such, the scientists in
sist, is the moderate drlnker. BY mod
crate drinking he has lost 10 per cent
OF his efficiency, muscular. nervous
and mental, and Is therefore to be
reckoned as but ninetenths Of man
If this be So. truly it must be said OF
the confirmed inebriate that he has
wilfully reduced himself from ten
tenths Of man to no-tenths, indeed
to less than cipher, to a minus guam
tity, forever subtracting from the rev.
enue and resources Of the state rath-
er than adding to them. Even more ap-
palling is the physical, mental and
moral bankruptcy we are forcing upon
the children in inherited appetites,
weakened wills and fragrant tempta-
tion in the form of licensed saloons.
A nation can exist with credit TO It,
self and service to the world with a
depleted treasury; it never was
known to do it with q deprecated
grade OF citizenship and manhood
Union Signal
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22
Any question concerning Social
ism answered Address all com.
munications to x. S. Hilliar1,
436 Hcrrick Avenue.
Carnegie says Socialism is babbIe
of words.
SOCIALISTS say

That the means of production, dis
tributlon and exchange should be own
ed by the people for the benefit of all
who labor and not for the benefit of
the idle few
The modern machinery can pro-
duoe a hundred times as much as
hand labor, and since we can produce
more than We can use, it is unneces-
sary and wrong for any of the people
10 have to starve
That the man who owns the Ma
chinery owns the jobs.
That the man who owns the jobs
owns the man
That the man is finding this out,
and when he gets wise" then look
out
That it should he impossible to
starye if willing to work
That it is wrong to produce eight
eighths. keep one eight and give sew
en-eighths to the idle owners for the
privilege of using the machinery.
That If one gets only one-eighth he
can buy back only one eighth.
That this seyen-eighths remains or
the capitalists shelves and gluts the
markets.
That this seven-eighths remaining
on his shelves Is what the capitalists
call over production.
That this surplus in reality Is due
to under-consumption.
That this glut closes factories, and
causes panics, poverty. crime, tramps
and paupers.-Western Wage-Earner
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22

Washington. and the excess In the pro-
portion Of female children was also
large.
In 337 cases either the husband or
wife was dead. In 441 instances one
or the other of the two had deserted.
The total number of families without
a supporting male head was 444 or
37.5 per cent of the total. Three
fourths Of the families were without a
regular bread winner at the time of
application for relief
| In over two-fifths of the families in
which the normal wages were def
nitely known the rate for the male
worker ranged from 81 to SO a day.
the wage generally not exceeding ST.
so per day In forty-three cases pen
sions were received, bur with this eX-
ception the element Of income other
than wages was Insignificant When
the regular earnings were cut off prac-
tically everything was gone
Among the Immediate causes of dis
tress sickness figures in nearly one
half of the families, rheumatism and
tuberculosis being the principal dis
eases Next TO sickness was lack OF
employment, and third in the list was
insufficient wages. Sickness. lack of
employment. insufficient wages, acci-
dent and old age constituted ninety
four per cent of all direct causes
Exchange.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22
Siqns of Life.

"Metchnikoff will perhaps increase
mans life to 200 years by feeding him
on curdled milk, and Doyen, with his
old age serum, may add another so
years to that The signs of long life
and short life. though will still hold
good, and the delicate-skinDed man
Will be prematurely cut off at 120 or
130 while the man with the rough,
coarse hide will round out a generous
260 or 265."
The speaker. a physician. and him
self coarse-hided, resumed thought.
fully:
The signs OF short life-and my
edical experience has shown these
signs to be true-are quick growth
a small head, white and frail teeth
slightly separated, very fair and
soft and beautiful skin, early corpu-
lence, a small mouth and fine, soft
hair.
The signs Of long life are
coarse, rough skin, strong, yellowish
teeth, coarse hair. a deeply furrowed
brow. wide nostrils and a large
mouth"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22

! ceiying the commotlon, stopped 10 III
ouire what the trouble was about.
! fTnon being told the nature oil the dit
! ficulty he made bold to offer MS
..rood offices" in an cndenyor to set
tie the matter
zach smarting under the injustices
boaned upon him by the other. and
not having fully recovered from tne
| insanity of anger, the two cats at
once concluded that there was good
chance TO get even with the other Tor
ench thought he perceived friendly
twinkle in the monks eyes.
So forthwith Justice monk took
nossession OF the cheese, and broke
il into two parts, taking great care
that one part was larger than the
, other: then adjusting his scales, he
proceeded TO weigh the two pieces.
He found that one was heavier than
the other. so he bit off piece, he
then found that the other piece was
the heavier, so he bit piece of
that one when found that the first
, niece was now the heavier. and so
he kept nibbling off of first one
piece and then the other. trying TO
make them balance until there was
nothing left So you see, that By be-
ing not headed" and contrary and
not using good common sense, there
arose a division between these two
cats and they became enemies; mas
much that they could not agree on the
amount each should have, until the
sly old monk. with his winning smile,
his pleasant manner and his flatter-
Ing tongue. told them that If they
would give him possession of the
cheese. and leave everything TO him,
that he would fix 1t so that each
would receive an equal share of the
gain. So these two foolish cats gave
Justice" (?) monk all they possessed.
and when he had gotten legal CD
possession OF their property, he said:
"Now you know that profits arc small,
and expenses are so high, and COM
petition Is so keen, that | will be COM
PEELED to reduce your portion or raise
the price OF your necessities, so that
in either case you Will have nothing
left: so ] might just as well take the
whole cheese" and be done with it.
Now, this is just little story; but
1t has a moral, and TO the boy or girl
under the age OF H. who will make
the best application of it to the In
dustrial conditions of our country, In
a little story of not to exceed $50
words. | will give $500, and to the
second best, $1OO Now is your
chance to earn little something, and
at the same time improve yourself.
with promise of something better in
the future Address all communica-
tions to the editor of the Union Labor
department. No. 375 oath street, city.
not later than June 18th The win
ming stories will be published on June
18th.
Who will be the first
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22
NO APOLOGIES TO MAKE.

Representative Scot OF Kansas. in
debate on the tariH bill while that
measure was before the house. took
exception to statements made by Rep
resentatiye Mann of Illinois which
were calculated to reflect upon the
consistency of the temperance senti-
ments of the representatives from tae
Sunilower state. The gentleman from
Illinois charged that the gentleman
from Kansas Representative Miller)
was seeking legislation which would
make it possible for Kansas to grow
more barley. which may be used to
produce more beer. Representative
Scott replied;
My colleague from Kansas is abso-
lutely consistent when he insists
from temperance standpoint that the
men engaged In the manufacture OF
beer shall be taxed at every turn In
the road where it is possible to tax
them; and we believe that one Of the
ways In which they may be properly
taxed Is in enhancing the cost of the
material from which they manufac-
ture their product.
l understand how common 1t Is to
has seen fit to write prohibitory
statute into her laws. But / want to
say that out there on the wind-swept
plains of that splendid state we are
bringing up citizenship that every
American, wherever he halls from,
may we'll be proud to recognize as
brothers. (Applause.) We are bring
Ing up generation of men and women
who do not know what saloon looks
like, and who never want to find out
We are bringing up race of the
clearest-headed, the keenest-witted,
the most God-fearing and most pa
triouc people on the face of the
earth, al . we are not getting any
help from the men VINO are engaged
In the brewery business. Kansas has
no apologies to make for her attitude
on the liquor question. and as one of
her representatives on this floor [ do
not intend to sit here and hear her
maligned without protest (ApplauSe.)
Union Signal
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22
Don't Get Mad.

Our own anger, indeed. does us moro
harm than the thing which makes us
angry; and we suffer much more from
the anger and veXation which we al
low acts TO rouse in US, than we do from
the acts themselves at which we are
angry and yexed. How much most
people for instance. allow themselves
to be distracted and disturbed by
Quarrels and family disputes. Yet in
nine cases out OF ten one ought not to
suffer from being found fault with. II
the condemnation is just, it should be
welcome as warning; il it Is unde-
served, why should We allow it TO dis.
tress us?-Slr John Lubbock
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22
"swEEr HOME" NOT FOR PAYNE.
Writer Of Song Frequently Without
place to Lay His Head.

The song we know so well as
Home, Sweet Home was originally
Sweet Home" and John Howard
Payne was formerly known as j.
Howard Payne. The disillusioning
process keeps on apace 1t Is well
known that army bands in time of war
are forbidden to play Sweet Home"
on account of the large number OF de-
sertions 1t causes. An officer with
the fleet, writing TO friend. referred
to the tune in these words; I'VE al-
low II occasionally at sea. where the
men could not possibly desert without
leaping overheard; but when on shore
-neyeri" Imagine what a powerful
influence such tune must have on
homesick man, thousands OF miles
from wife. mother, sweetheart, babiest
Howard Payne's life was one of re-
markable yicissitudes. OF an evening
he would stroll along the streets look
ing into the brilliantly lighted parlors.
Once in awhile he would see family
circle so happy and forming so beauti-
full a group that he would stop, gaze
upon inc SceHe, anu "len ol5n pass
on. How often.' sale he to an inti-
mate friend. "havc / been In the heart
of Paris. Berlin, London, or some
other city. and heard persons singing.
or the hand organ rhying, Sweet
Home without shilling TO buy the
next meal or a place TO put my head.
The world has. literally. sung it until
every heart Is familiar with its mel
ody; yes, have been wanderer from
my boyhood,"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22
MARKHAM Club Socialists
Editorial Committee:
KATE S. HlLCiARO.
E. A. BATTElL.
ROY e. SOUTHWICK,

ing of any advertisement that is un-
true, or exaggerated. and it includes
| oral publication in the list.
This sounds like drviltry. If the
bill is enacted hardly an advertise
ment viii be. left standing either !
the capitalist and kindred privately
owned papers, or in public convey
ances, or on rocks and fences-or
anywhere else; and many of those
that are left standing will have to
undergo some editing.
What would become of "Danderine. IS
or "Macerine," or Postum" or "The
Best Underwear in the World" or
Force with its Sunny jim. or "The
Widest Read Paper" or "The Road of
Anthracite" with its "Spotless White"
and so on down the list?
And what becomes of the talent
that has been developed to catch the
eye with glaring lies in verse and pic
ltures?
And what would become of the "Ap.
peal to Reason" with its fraudulent
land advertisements, or the Call"
with its equally fraudulent get-rich-
quick lures? And what, o, heavens,
would become of the advertising ag.
ents of the "Volks- -zeitung" those gen
try of the shifty eyes and statistical
tongues?
The mind reels at the thought Of
/ the hornets nest that such bill. IL
serious, would raise; the heart bleeds
at the thought of the suffering such
bill, If enacted. would entail. A
Messina earthquake would not be a
circumstance
Representative Cowdrey must have
meant a joke-and Congress must
have taken 1t as such But there are
Jokes that should not be indulged In.
1t Is not right TO frlghten rats with
the threat Of a cat. Even rats deserve
| some consideration. Kill them out
right; but sport not with their ang
uish To do that is deyiltry.