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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-13

Following the trumpet signal, a fig
ure appeared in the distance; but
Edith did not have the heart to look
There seemed to be a little commo.
ton.
20, dear!" she exclaimed, II hope
that end Of it will not fail also, as l
fear this will"
Then a clear, ringing voice sounded
forth, which acted on Edith like an
electric battery:
"A son is born to the Highest" she
heard, which was followed by Glory
Hallelujah!" taken up by both choir
and congregation.
Her inspiration had arrived. She
knew the voice so well, and her heart
leaped, as her voice rang out in the
opening notes of her aria, which in
turn was so inspiring that it brought
the entire audience to its feet, and all
remained standing, in Difference to
her sweet delivery of the words and
notes alike.
1T was a great triumph" said the
old pastor as he was being congratu-
lated.
And love was the keynote" said
a knowing young deacon.
Yes, love to God said the pastor.
And to man." added the deacon.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-13
Counties to be Divided into Road
Districts, How.

The county courts of all counties,
other than those under township
organization. shall, during the
month of January, 1910. with the
advice and assistance of the coun-
ty highway engineer, divide their
counties into road districts of suit
able and convenient size, to be
numbered. and of not less than nine
square miles nor more than one
municipal township in area. And
said courts shall, during the same
month in any succeeding year, have
authority to change the boundries
or number of such road districts as
the best interests of the public ma
require.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-13
Worse Than Uncle Joe.

Speaker Cannon, like the rumor
of Mark Twain's death, is greatly
exaggerated. From many quarters,
says the Saturday Evening Post, we
learn that he is about the livest
political issue of the hour; to down
him seems, at the moment, the
most cherished ambition of the in
surgent west. Now, how bad is he?
The house put iron ore, hides and
coal on the free list, cut the lumber
duty in half, arranged a print pa
per schedule that would have met
the demands of consumers of that
article. The senate restored near
ly the old duties on hides and coal
put rs cents a ton on ore, raised the
house lumber rate SO per cent,
secuted the demands of the news
papers of the country for relief in
respect of print paper. 1t was the
senate that raised duties on cotton
cloth and supplied most of the
lockers"
The house. in short, in spite of
Cannon and other grave faults, is
still a body that is measurably
amenable to the public will; the
people still have a considerable de-
gree of control over it. The senate
is entirely unresponsive to the pub
lie will. Its cool flouting of the
newspapers shows especially its
imperviousness to public opinion:
That is the real issue a co-ordi-
nate branch of the legislature over
which the public can exercise no
effectual control whatever. With
the senate constituted as at pres
ent a Daniel in the speakers chair
could very little. if at all, advance
the democratic ideal of a govern
ment by the people.
We agree cheerfuly that Uncle
Joe is bad medicine; but the actual
poison is in the other bottle Quin-
cy Herald.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-13

be overcome by basting the mater
ial upon ordinary table oilcloth.
This will hold the material as
smooth and make the work as easy
as if it we're stretched over rings,
without any harmful results
Time and Money Saving Hints" in
The Ladies' World for January.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-13

forces of Nature as this seemed to be
q Snow-spout, II such q word may be
coined
Just before entering the snowy
realm on an east.bound train.
Harold Lancaster had telegraphed to
Hollyville, a pretty little village in
Illinois, that he was on his way home,
and would be there in season to as.
sist in the church festivities on Christ
mas. after which the train had plunged
into the mountain region. He did not
know that his telegram was not sent,
as before it was dispatched the wires
had broken under the weight OF the
snow, and all communication with the
east was suspended. The train plunged
ahead, assisted occasionally by con-
venient snow.plow, and was making
fair progress toward the summit,
where 1t was expected it would meet
with less obstruction than on the
western slope.
Harold had gone on trip up
through the wonderful Canadian
country In the fall, promising to re-
turn to assist in giving a Christmas
entertainment in the church, of which
Edith Lowell, his sweetheart, was the
soprano, as he was the tenor. He
had written a little musical skit, in
which he was to essay the part of a
trumpeter and messenger, to announce
to the Christian world-or the soon
to-be Christian world-the birth of
the Saviour; and his announcement
Of that event was to be greeted by the
beautiful soprano voice of Miss Low
ell in welcoming aria, which had
been composed with particular refer
ence to her exquisite method Of bird
like triliings, which was one of the
features Of her voice that made her
so popular with those who listened to
her voice Sunday after Sunday.
AS Christmas approached, and day
after day passed without any word
being received from young Lancaster,
she seemed buried in gloom as deeply
as were the foothills and even the
peaks as we'll as the canyons OF the
great dividing range Of the country.
All this time, out in the Rocky
mountains, a train was creeping along
slowly, and a muffied tenor voice was
murmuring, almost muttering. in oc-
casional volcings, "A son is born to
the Highest" and again, GLORY Halle
lujah!" as though in rehearsal of the
event in the little church in Holly.
vile.
At last Christmas eve arrived, and
the congregation in their seats were
expectant. The choir singers seemed
to take their cue from Miss Lowell
and a small modicum Of success only
was anticipated.
Everybody was ready for the start
and there was a pause. The blast on
the trumpet sounded. which was the
signal for Edith to rise and be ready
to greet the tenor announcement.
IF only Harold were here!" she
said soto voice, as she arose. III
will be hard for me to sing It," She
stood expectantly. Il have no inspi
ration without Harold"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-13
Is 1t Any Wonder?

Read the list of unparalleled guar
antees given below, and you will
admit that it is no wonder that the
Moberly Commercial College of
MOberly Mo-, is the leading school
of Observation-Disclosures Training,
Shorthand and Typewriting in the
state. In the first place it guaran-
tees that every statement made in
its catalogue is true and correct
and will pay 500 in cash to any
one pointing out an incorrect or
misleading statement. In this cat
alOg it guarantees to give a better
course of Bookkeeping and Short
hand in half the time required by
other schools teaching other sys-
TENS. 1t guarantees to pay rail-
road fare both ways if the student
upon arriving and attending the
school for ten days does not find
everything up to the standard rep
resented in the catalog. 1t guaran-
tees to place it graduates in
higher class of positions than any
other school in the state. 1t also
guarantees that it places more of
its graduates in good positions each
year than any other commercial
school in the state. 1t guarantees
to give a free scholarship to anyone
who can find a graduate of the
Byrne Simplified Shorthand OF
Practical Bookkeeping who has laid
these systems aside to master other
systems and made a success of
them. 1t also offers a free scholar
ship, if, upon investigation. one
does not find that it has had many
writer's and students of other sys-
TENS of bookkeeping and shorthand
to abandon them and take up its
systems and 60 out and make a
success with them. 1t guarratees
to save the student in time and
board $500 to 5000 over what it
would cost TO finish a similar course
in schools teaching other systems.
Now, is it any wonder, since it
guarantees so much, and especially
since it guarantees to save its stu
dents from 500 to 5000 in cash
and secure them better positions
than they could get had they at
tended another school. that it has
in attendance students flom all
parts of the state?
Write for free catalog and read
in detail their unparalleled euaran-
tees. Moberly Commercial College,
Moberly, Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-13

And that is the reason that the
Monroe City Democrat has for years
advocated the election of U. S. Sen
ators by popular vote. Then and
not until then. will the people hold
a sword over their heads.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-13
No Man Ever REGRETS

Being manly.
Being honest.
Being truthful.
Being honorable.
Being a gentleman.
Being kind to everybody.
Being true to your friends.
Being a foe to the knocker.
Being a lover of your home.
Being fair to your employer.
Being of a happy disposition
Being hospitable to your guests.
Being forgetfnl of your troubles.
Being careful of all you do or say.
Being temperate in all your
habits.
Being the best workman in the
shop.
Being without malice toward any
one.
Being able to see your own mis-
takes.
Being clean Of speech as we'll as
body.
Being loyal to your wife or sweet
heart.
Being cOnsiderate of women and
children.
Being as neatly, dressed as your
circumstances will allow.
Being interested in your employ
er's welfare as well as your own.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-13
Timely Warning.

A deaf, but pious English lady,
visiting a small country town in
Scotland, went to church armed
with an ear trumpet. The elders
had never seen one, and viewed it
with suspicion and uneasiness. At
ter a short consultation one of them
went up to the lady, just before the
opening of the services and, wae-
eine his finger at her warningly,
whispered, One foot, and yer cot
Christian Register
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-13

been termed, the
dense, almost sol
id--snow clouds set
tied down over the
Rocky mountains
and the adjacent
egiOn, as though
b uryin G I h e IN
mountain d e e p
with the feathery
nakes that came
silently and swirl
ingly down, stead
lily and persistent
ly busy, as though
building a new
range of noun
tains of solid and
never-ending pearl
stretching away
seemingly in an
endless chain, and
creeping up to-
ward the zenith in
an ambition to
Guido Nature her.
self. Watersprouts
have been known
in a few moments
of time to mum
date valleys and
even hills them
selves; and such
a diSDlay 0f the
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-13

Being of such value to him that
he has to DE fair with you.
Being appreciative of the fact
that there is some good in every
man. Eek.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-13

Two or three days before the holy
holiday" as Christmas has not inaptiy
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-13

Miss Ida Kirby went to Hannibal
Saturday to visit relatives and
friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-02
MIDINETTES AS MODELS.
Latest Creations" at Dressmak
ers' Ball
SWITZERLAND.

Paris Correspondence London Express.
Time was when the bal de In coutur-
iere,'' or dressmakers ball was one o:
the events of the Paris winter season. but
like SO many other Paris events it has
sadly degenerated of recent years. and
the annual gathering last night was only
remarkable for the crowd present
Those connected with the dressmakii,
business were, if not conspicuous by their
absence, at all events in d minority, and
by far the larger proportion of those
present at the Hotel Continental rooms
were sightseers attracted 10y the glamour
which once attached to this annual gath
ering, and the hope of seeing a few eX-
| traordinary costumes.
Many heads of firms haD evidently
handed on their tickets to young women
of the ''midinette'' or work girl class.
and these We're determined to make tn"
most of the evening They danced as
only 'midinettes'' can. and for the most
part with another "midinette'' as part
ner.
In such an enormous assembly there
! were, of course some daring costumes
presumably precursors of the fashion of
tomorrow. These still partook of the
clinging Greek style destined to reveal
rather than to hide the graceful lines
Of the forms of their wearers. \ typical
specimen of the daring dress was an eX-
quiSitely draped orange-colored satin
robe-a perfect sheath open all the way
down the left side from the waist TO
! show the pink fieshiags beneath.
1t was decollete i'll the extreme. AMI
folded low under armpit. slender
shoulder strap of white roses making be-
lieve to hold the stuff up to the other
shoulder.
Those who went to see this exhibition
on Saturday We're not disappointed. for
In addition to the costume mentioned
there were some variants of it in sequins
in the fiimsiest of tule, which were truly
worthy of the title creations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-02
The Soul in Training.
From Harpcr's Weekly.


Those who accept the daily life as
discipline. as training for the future in
this world or another, are looking for
ward to a test, to the moment that
shall come. we are told, like a thief
In the night. Will 1t find us asleep?
No matter We shall spring up alert; we
shall know what to do. for have We not
rehearsed 1t a thousand times in the
lesser issues of the common days? We
have not dared to be ever slothful or
muddle-headed or cowardly, lest we
Should miss or fail the sudden call. What
are all our good habits, SO bitterly won,
SO painfully sustained, but the life of
the man in training?
Why are We so tender with little chill
dren, with young mothers, With lovers
and those lately married, but that we
still half believe man is born to trouble
as the sparks fly upw@fd? They cannot
escape it. but their little hour we will
keep for them unfiawed. unspoiled. 1t
Is one of the profound, unfailing sources
of human kindness. IF I had but
known we sigh. that She would die so
soon, or that they Were plunged in new
grief, or that he carried a mortal sick
ness with him." But We can always
know such things are somewhere, to
some one, and in the knowledge tread
softly. speak gently. touch tenderly. The
same sense lies under the church's beau
tiful habit of microscopy prayer, not
only for those in the parish who are ill
CT bereaved or dead, but for every one
in the whole world who is or ever shall
be. The Gallican church has very
touching devotion in the oeuvre de Ia
bonnie mort. And, indeed, morning and
evening the whole church prays that the
whole in body may be ready when their
test comes: that the sick may make a
good death; that the soul may quit this
present life and commence the unknown
purified. enlarged. grown wiser. In ex-
pectation her lamps burn always. day and
night and her cry goes through the
streets and around the walls, even to the
flaming ramparts of the world, Watch.
Watch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-02

GOVERNMENT q, ,i SALE Ne OF oTT1GE FIRM
ETC ALSO CURIos AND OTHER AR
T1CES FROM VARIOUS ExPOSrrIONS.
For ACCOUNT OF THE INTERIOR DE-
By order Of the assistant secretary, Dept. of
the Interior. to US, we will SELL AT PUBLIC
1910. COMMENCING PROMPTLY AT TEN
O'CLOCK An, at the PATENT OFFICE BUILD
ING, 9TH AND G STREETS. then at the OLD
POST OFFICE BUILDING. STH STREET Be
TWEEN e AND r STREETS NORTHWEST,
Following Immediately thereafter at the PIN:
NORTHWEST. then at the UNION BUILDING
G STREET BETWEEN 9Th AND 7TH STREETS
NORTHWEST, the following furniture and eff
Cabinets. Cases. Shelving. Hose, Lounges.
Chairs of all kinds. Clocks, Coolers, Desks,
stands, Tables. Trucks. Letter Presses.
Electric Appliances. Curtains. Exhibition
Gases. Book and Desk Racks, Standing and
Flat-top Desks, Trays. Baskets, Wash
stands. Wardrobcs; Cupooards. Pigeonholes.
ments. Cameras, Registers, once Furni-
ture and Effects, Tents. Old Iron, Junk.
Metal Material, Typewrfters, Maps, China
and Glass, Curios, Art Goods, etc. from
various expositions throughout the country.
Terms cash. the government positively requir-
the sale at purchasers expense, the space being
LARGE CASH bEPSsrTs will be required
from every purchaser, and all bills must be set
tied In full day Of sale. complete list OF
the articles embraced in the sale can be seen
c. G. SLOAN & 90. 1nc.). Aucts.. 14o7 G st.
1a29-dts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-02
BANK OF ENGLAND FRAUD.
Mystery Of Taxicab and Loss of
$500.
SWITZERLAND

From the London Telegraph.
An extraordinary fraud on the Bank of
England, particulars of which have just
become known, was recently perpetrated.
Early one afternoon a letter was received
by the manager of the Burlington Gar
dens branch of the bank, purporting to
come from client, and requesting that
fresh check book should be sent to
an address given in the letter. The re-
quest was complied with, and later in the
day a well dressed young man presented
check for f1,5OO. In return he was
given Bank of England notes, several
of which We're for lie face value of G100.
but most of them for smaller amounts Of
$50, 910 and 9j.
Some time later the bank officials had
their suspicious aroused as to the genu-
ineness of the transaction, and inquiries
showed that the client in whose name the
check had been drawn knew nothing
about it. The police were communicated
with, and detective officers went to a
we'll known hotel in the Haymarket.
where they spo--e to a young man who
had just driven up in taxicab. They
requested him to accompany them to the
Vine street police station, where he was
detained suspicion of being concerned
in the fraud.
The driver of the taxicab, whose name
is William Salter. has supplied the police
with a remarkable story. Salter used to
drive hanson cab, and his fare was
known to him. Inc cabman said that
the young man detained hailed him in
the Haymarket, and asked him to drive
him to address in Bessborough Gar
dens, Pimlico, whence. after about half
an hour, he came out with box and
asked to be driven to Cooks Tourist
Agency, In Ludgate Circus. From there
he asked to be driven to the Central meat
market stop was made at a hotel in
the vicinity OF the market, where the
hirer of the taxicab stood himself bot
tie of champagne.
Salter then noticed that his fare had a
roll of Bank of England notes for vary
ing amounts. and was told that he would
be wanted all day From the meat mar
ket the young man directed the driver to
the Tulse Hill Hotel, where he had fur
Their drinks. Subsequently he left the
hotel, telling the driver to wait for him,
and was away about four hours. Accord
ing to Salter, he came back in a four
wheeled cab about 4:45, and proceeded In
the taXicab back to Bessborough Gar
dens.
From there he sent a portmanteau by
Salter to Victoria station, telling him to
return. Saiter left the trunk at the bag
gage office, and on returning drove his
fare to a number of pawnshops In the
southwest district. finally taking him
back to the hotel in the Haymarket al
ready referred to- Here detectives were
In waiting. with the result named.
Later second man was also detained
ia connection with the fraud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-02
ADAM A. wEscHIER. AUcT7oNEER.

CHANCERY SALE OF UNEMPLOYED REAL
ESTATE ON 18TH STREET BETWEEN T
AND u STREETS NORTHWEST
By virtue of decree of the Supreme Court
Of the District Of Columbia. passed in Equity
Cause No 2s836. the undersigned trustee will
sell at public auction, in front of the premises.
RUARY. A.. d. 1910. AT HALF-PAST FOUR
premises. situate in the city. of Washington. in
being the thirty 600 fsft fronting on Thrift,
Of the south fifty go, feet front by the full
depth Of one hundred and twenty four CPD fee,
Of lot two hundred and eighty f2so) In Beatty
4 Hawkins subdivision. now known rs the
thirty 900 feet fronting ON Thirty fifth street
next north to the south fifty 500 feet by the
full depth Of lot two hundred and eighty 1850.
in square numbered east of 1896.
Terms of sale Onethird cash. the balance in
one and two years. with interest Mt six per
centum per annun. payable semi annually. from
day of sale. secured by deed Of trust upon the
property sold. all cash. deposit Of $50 re-
quired at the time of sale. All conveyancng.
recording. etc, ut the cost of the purchaser.
Terms OF sale to be complied with within fifteen
days from day of sale. otherwise the trustee re-
serves the right to resell the property ut the
risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser after
five days. advertisement of such resale in some
newspaper published In the city Of Washington
ID. G.
REGINALD s. HuIDEKOPER.
Evans bldg, Trustee and Attorney.
ja31 -d& obs. eSu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-02
FUTURE DAYS.
THOMAS DOWNING { CO.. AUcr1oNEERs
TRUSTEES SALE OF HOUSE AND PREMISES

TRUSTEES SALE OF HOUSE AND PREMISES
NO. $40 d. STREET SOUTHWEST.
Under and by virtue Of a certain deed OF trust.
dated January 20. 1896, and recorded in Liberr
No 2O11. at folio AL ct seq. Of the land
records Of the District of Columbia. the under
signed trustees will, TUESDAY. THE
EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1910. AT HALF
PAST THREE PM, In front Of the premises.
sell Mt public auction the following real estate.
situate in the city of Washington. r. C., to wit:
Part OF lots twenty-five t22l, twenty three (23l
and twenty -four (2A. in Todd and Others sub
division of square four hundred and sixty five
1855. as per plat in Book n. K. page go, of
the surveyors Office Of said District more par
ticularly described in said deed of trust having
front OF 23 feet by depth OF 20 feet 1 inches
improved by a three-story frame dwelling with
modern improvements, known No. $40 n street
southwest Terms of sale: One third cash. bal
ance in equal installments at and two years
secured by the promissory notes of the purchaser
and deed of trust on the property sold, or ali
cash; at purchasers option. Sale to be closed
within fifteen days from the date thereof. A de-
post of $500 required at time Of sale. Convey
ancfng and recording at purchasers cost.
BENJAMIN F. LEIGHTON. Trustee.
Office; Columbian building.
fe1-d&ds. eSu Office. 49, Louisiana ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-02
World Not So Very Bad.
rom the New York Evening Sun.

From the New York Evening Sun.
That had news trvelS fast is an old say
ing, and in the present time of electric
communication by land and sea we get
plenty of bad news every morning. The
fact that we hear of many crimes and
misdoin2s i'll every part of the world,
far more than were reported a quarter
century ago probably accounts for share
Of the downheartedness in respect to hui
man nature which Expresses SO many of
us at times. But the fact remains that
the msdoings often get notice i'm the
newspapers because they have some pic
turesque or interesting quality which OBJ
trudes above the level Of normal human
life: il regular and decent living should
ever become news we all should in
deed be in n very bad way. Hence. 1t
looks as though we ought to realize that
the world is no worse than 1t used to be,
but that we know more about it: and If
we are forewarned we should be the bet
ter equipped for defending ourselves and
helping our neighbOr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-02
Battleship in Wages.
From the Westminster Gazette.

From the Westminster Gazette
There is jubilation on the Clyde. we
gather from the Glasgow News. a.
Messrs. Beardmore having secured the
order for one of the super-Dreadnought
battleships. Such contract is worth a
whole fiotila of torpedo boats, or half IA
dozen of the small cruisers at pres mt
new ship. when she is completed and
equipped with her guns. etc. will not be
less than G2,OOO.OO0 sterling. An enor-
nous amount of work, extending into the
year 1872 will be given locally to ship
ya.d workers by this order. 1t is of in
terest to workers to note that a battle
ship costing a2.O09.OU of money means
something like G1,4O0.00O in wages. The
bare hull and engines alone OF a monster
ship like this will cost at least a million.
SO that the receipt of this contract will
mean the distribution of vast sum Of
money among the workmen.