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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-04-14
ORDINANCE NO. iii
[Bill No. I'll

the City of Monroe to extend
the corporate limits of said
city, authorizing the Board of
Aldermen to declare the result
of said election and empower
ing said Board of Aldermen to
extend such limits in accord
ance Herewith.
Be it ordained by the Board of
Aldermen of the City of Mon
roe, rs follows:
Section 1. That an election for
the purpose of voting upon, and
securing the consent of majority
of the illegal voters of the City of
Monroe in Monroe County, Missouri,
to, an extension of the corporate
limits of said city, over territory
lying adjacent thereto, to-wit: The
South half (1-2) of the Southwest
quarter of section seven CD, in
township fifty-six (56), range seven
Cd, West. and the South half (1-2)
OF the Southeast quarterof section
twelve (12), in township fifty-six
(56) of range eight (8), West, all in
Marion County, Missouri, be and is
hereby ordered to be held on
Friday, the 9th day of May, A. D.
1910.
At which said election the ques-
ton to extend the limits of the
said City of Monroe, Missouri, so as
to include within such limits the
above described territory lying ad-
jacent thereto, shall be submitted
to the legal voters aforesaid.
I Sec. 2. Said election shall be
conducted in accordance with the
provisions of the general election
laws of the State of Missouri and OF
the laws governing elections in cities
of the fourth class, and of the pro,
visions of an ordinance of the City
of Monroe entitled An Ordinance
Concerning City Elections" anC
shall be held at such voting places
! in each of the three wards of thu
city as the Mayor and Board o
Aldermen shall designate, and thu
judges and clerks of said election
shall be appointed as provided il
E said last mentioned ordinance, ant
: said judges and clerks shall certif.
the result of said election to tn
2 board of aldermen of said city anC
deliver the poll books to the city
clerk within one day after saiC
election. There shall be written o
printed on each ballot voted at sal
election either of the following ser
fences: For Extension of Corporal
Limits as provided by Ordinanc
S No. 111-Yes.
Y For Extension of Corporate Lin
n its as provided by Ordinance Nc
r, III No.
r Sec. 8. Notice of said electio
+ shall be given by proclamation
r the Mayor, published in Monro
o City Democrat and in Monroe Cit
L News for three weeks, consecutivel
the first insertion to be at lea
It twenty-one days prior to the day {
y said election.
IS Section 4. At the regular NEE
ing of the Board of Aldermen
to be held in May, 1910, provide
the result of said election shall
u certified to said board of alderme
p by that time and if not so certifit
TX then at the next regular meetiI
= thereof, said board of aldermt
shall determine and declare the 7
suit of said election, and if it sht
: be found that a majority of Il
: legal voters of said city voting
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-04-14
Native Lumber
The very best

elm. sycamore, ash, lind cottonwood, red,
black, white and burr oak and walnut. Get
in with your bills before this fine tract of
timber is sawed up, A. S. JAYNE, Monroe
City, Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-04-14
FRUITFlFLD BREEDING FARM.
DISTINGUE 3O197

! have recently bought the i'm
ported Percheron stallion "Distin-
que" and have one of the best
young jacks in this part of the
state. Thay will make the season
of 1910 at the Fruitfield Stock Farm
This grand Percheron horse is a
model draft horse. is as black as a
raven, as active as a trotter, with a
very heavy bone and an eye like an
eagle. He has fine style, is well
proportional and weighs 1900
pounds.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-04-14

7. F. See of Hannibal, has been
with M onroe relatives.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
What the Books Cost Him.

When Colonel Robert G. IngersOll
was living in Peoria he was called
upon one day by General John A. Lo-
gan. The colonel was upstairs at the
time, and General Logan was ushered
into the library, where on a table We're
three volumes Of Voltaire's works, an
edition de luxe representing all that
was best in the bookbinders art. Gen
eral Logan picked them up one at a
time, absorbed in his admiration Of
their beauties. While so engaged
Colonel Ingersoll entered the room.
Colonel" said the general, holding
one of the volumes in his hands, "this
is the most magnificent volume l have
ever seen. | do not want to seem i'm
pertinent, but would you mind telling
me what these books cost your
"Those books" began the colonel, the
twinkle in his eye growing brighter at
each word, "cost me-the governorship
of Illinois"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
The Cows of Muscat,

Muscat is famed as the hotbed Of
smugglers in the Persian Gulf the
nearby desert tribes being regularly
supplied with arms despite the efforts
of the British patriot But to the
writer the odd antics OF the cows Of
Muscat seemed nothing short of freak
ish. They actually eat fsh. No grass
grows, so the willy Arab teaches his
family COW to subsist on dates and
dried fish. The milk tastes queer to a
foreigner, which Is probably why the
Arab likes It He also claims it is
richer and makes more butter, but
most ridiculous of all is the deception
practiced on cows uhsn the calves
are weaned A calfskin, or sometimes
goatskln. is stuffed with rags and
tied not far from whore the mother
COW Is anchored. This Sl2gy of her
late lamented offspring soothes her
nerves and keeps her from going
dry" according to Arabic tradition.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
His Low Noice,

The late Justice Brewer was presid-
ing years ago over civil case in
which one OF the important witnesses
was a horse doctor named Williams.
The doctor was a small man with a
weak little voice, and the counsel on
both sides, as well as the court and
jury, had great difficulty in hearing his
testimony.
During cross examination the coun-
sci for the plaintiff became eXasperat-
ed and began to prod and harry the
little man.
"Dr. Williams" he shouted, "if we
are ever going to get anywhere with
this case you must speak up so the
court will hear you. Speak up loud
and strong, sir?'
The small sized veterinary tried, but
1t was evidently no use. Whether
from embarrassment or inability the
sound would not come.
"Well, your honor began the
counsel Indignantly, when Judge Brew
er stopped him with gesture. Lean
ing over the bench he said in his
kindly tone:
"Mr. Attorney, you must be patient
with the doctor. He cannot help 1t
Years spent in the sick room have
apparently made speaking low a sec
ond nature with him."-Green Bag.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
The Shahia Aiohvuav.

We think we have the worst roads
in the world. 1t is true we have some
bad ones, but most of our highways,
compared with those of Persia, would
be as a paved street to a ploughed
field
You would think that the keeping
OF the "Shah's Highway" would be
one Of the first cares of state. Yet
SO little attention has been given to
this subject by the Persian govern
ment that there are not dozen good
wagon roads throughout the whole
country. The caravan routes, are, ex-
cept in a very few cases, merely
trails. Not only are tho wagon roads
bad as we'll as scarce, but 1t Is an as
tonishing fact that, although Persia
Is one of the Oldest Of civilized states,
a country comprising an area of 6zSy-
600 square miles and population Of
100000, she has but siK miles Of
railway. Though the states OF the
Western hemisphere have q dviliza-
ton less than one-tenth as old, there
is not one Of them with which, in this
respect Persia docs not suffer by
comparison.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
Settinn Her Rinhf.

On one of the corners OF a busy
thoroughfare sat an old man blind and
minus one leg. A sympathetic lady
who was passing stopped and gazed
at him in pity.
Finally she approached him and be-
gan asking him questions. She asked
him if he were married, how many
children he had, where he had worked
last, how he had met with the accident
that had incapacitated him for work
and a thousand other questions.
Finally the unfortunate one became
peevish. Madam" he exclaimed harsh.
ly, you may think this is an infor.
nation bureau. 1t Is not. 1t Is q
collecting agency Cincinnati Com.
mercial Tribune.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

There is Il doleful looking but sub
stantial Scot living in London whose
business ability is above the average,
but everything he does is done with
the glum and melancholy air Of a man
constantly wrestling with some prob
lem Of the soul. He rarely speaks un-
less spoken to. He never smiles, and
his eyes have a fixed but intense ex-
preston. One day he was returning
to London with several companions.
The whole party were Scotch, but the
glum mans companions were of genial
type. One of them told humorous
tale, over which the rest laughed up
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
Plain Clothes Men.

In a small South American state
which had recently undergone change
Of administration the new potentate
summoned an artist and ordered new
designs for all the official uniforms.
Il wish snowy costumes, very
snowy" he said, ''for the people are
impressed by them. l have here some
sketches that l myself have made.
Look them over and be guided by
these ideas as far as possible"
The artist examined the sketches
carefully.
This" be said, turning the pages,
'is evidently for the navy and this for
the army, but, If you please, what is
this-a long red plume on a three cor
nered hat, yellow dress coat trimmed
with purple, and"-
That" replied the chief of state
gravely, lis for the secret police"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
THE M'kINLEY LILY.
Flower Preserved In Jar Shows Like
ness to Dead President.


Alameda county, one of the coun-
ties that border on the Bay of San
Francisco, has great variety of pro
ducts, of which 1t has for several
years maintained an interesting ex-
hibitlon in the rooms of the Chamber
of Commerce at Oakland its chief
city. The work of preparing the flow
ers, fruits and vegetables for exhlbi-
tion is In the hands of w. D. Nichols,
who according to st. Nicholas, has
process by which he is able to pre-
serve them for a long time without
losing their form or color.
One of the exhibits is what is
known as the Mckinley lily. A large
lily was placed In a glass jar with
the preserving fluid, and after several
weeks its petals began to droop lit
tie. A visitor noticed the resemblance
to the features of the late President
of the United States. William McKin-
ley, when looked at from particular
point of view, and the flower has since
been called the Mckinley lily. Every
effort is being made to keep 1t in exist
ence in it's present state as long as pos
sible, as 1t has proved a great attrac-
ton and object of interest to visitors.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

Inspector General Hornaday, of the
Grand Army of the Republic, was re-
lating incidents OF famous national
encampments.
81 remember little Jap, who at
tended one of our b8uqGsts - ~aid.
smiling. "and \ queer compliment he
paid to a coloners wire.
II sat between the two. and the
lady said across me:
"'Mr. Takashirn. you compress the
ladies feet in your country, don't
your
"'Oh, no. madam, that Is Chinese
custom said the Jap We Japanese
allow our ladies feet to grow to their
full size. Not that
And he bowed and hissed in the
polite japanese way.
"FNot that they could ever hope to
rival yours. madam Washington
Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
Food for Giants,

Archdeacon Sinclair recently ad-
dressed a working boys club in Eng
land, after watching the lads in an
exhibition OF gymnastic stunts, and
said he should like to recommend
the eating of oatmeal as a preparation
for them. 81 had four brothers, |"
said the archdeacon, "all six feet high,
and my father had fourteen brothers
and sisters ranging from six feet to
six feet eight inches-all brought up
on Scotch oatmeal porridse." This
may be a valuable suggestion for the
heads OF large families who are trying
to solve the high cost Of living prob
lem. They should know, however,
that the breakfast foods OF to-day are
not the Scotch oatmeal that built
the giant Sinclair family.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
Increase Of News Space.

Seven New York daily papers
used 121 IA columns in their report
of the Jetfries-Johnson fight at Reno.
The same papers nearly half CEN
tury ago told the entire story of the
battle of Gettysburg in rs IL columns.
The facilities for gathering and print
ing news have increased since the
war, but not to the extent these fig
ures indicate. The papers gave all
the details of the brutal prizefight be-
cause the people demanded them,
and a good many more wanted them
than are willing to admit it.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
DowAegR GOING OUT.
Title Gives Way to Christian Names
In Social Circles.

'hO oiNSe Wdy u SUiISblaH NoHlC1
In Social Circles.
The word "dowager" seems to be
going quite out of fashion, and many
who should so style Themselves prefer
to use instead their Christian names.
Strictly speaking the mother of mar
ried peer or baronet is the dowager,
bun 1t has become the custom when
two ladies bear the same title to call
the elder one by her Christian name,
the distinction dowager being drop
ped altogether.
At court, however, all widows OF
peers and baronets are styled dowag-
or when the peer or baronet regnant
Is married. The Christian name was
adopted some years ago in cases
where there were more than two la
dies bearing the same title in order
to make a distinction between the
dowager and the wife of the holder
of the title, and the innovation has be-
come so popular that peeresses and
baronets' wives who should style
themselves dowager elect to be known
by their Christian names. Thus the
widow of the late Earl OF Dudley Is
known as Georgiana Lady Dudley, but
actually she is Dowager Lady Dudley.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
No Two and a Hall Cent Pieces.

Some people are never content to
let we'll enough alone. Some fellow
wants the United States to issue a
two and a half cont piece to meet
various quick change stunts that
would Save the Nation $4,000, 900 a
year." so he says. After thinking till
every hair of Tips head has turned
silver gray, Tip holds to the persua-
sion that we had best hold on to the
plain one hundred plain cents to the
dollar system as founded by George.
Even as it Is, poor Tip gets flimham-
med and short-ohanged every once in
30 often.-Tip, in the New York
Press.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

roariously. Not so the human prob
lem. He sat in a corner Of the rail-
way carriage glowering at his mirth-
full friends. Half an hour afterward,
however, when all were standing at
a street corner before separating, he
took one aside and said solemnly and
slowly: "Ye would obsairve that
did ma laugh at yond' story. Well, /
saw the joke. Ye might not think 1t,
but / have a keen sense of humor"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
A WOMAN AND A CHECK.
Mrs. Black Was Not Absolutely Help.
less In Money Matters.

less In money Matters.
Some few persons still cherish the
idea that all women are absolutely
helpless in business matters and that
they are so lacking in financial ability
that they cannot safely be trusted to
handle money.
Mr.. Black belonged TO this class. He
had been in the habit Of paying all the
household bills at the end of each
month, and his wife, though allowed
unlimited credit, had never had an al
lowance. One day the Blacks hap
pened to be passing the comparatively
new building in which the bank was
situated.
do you know, John" remarked
Mrs. Black, 81 have actually never
been inside the bank since it was built
more than two years ago"
"You haven'tw exclaimed John. "If
that's the case l guess I'd better give
you check this month and let you
pay the bills. Do you think you'd
know how to cash it?"
Mrs. Black received the check,
which, by the way, happened to be an
unusually large one that month.
That evening Mr.. Black asked, not
without sarcasm, If she had succeeded
in indorsing It properly.
"Oh. yesr returned Mrs. Black
cheerfully.
How many bills did you pay?"
None. 1t seemed pity to waste all
that money paying bills
''Then what in the world did you do
with itT
"Oh," returned the little woman Sc
renely, II just deposited it in my name
and opened an account of my own with
it,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

RUBBED HIS ACHING ing his turn In
BACK. the wings, but
when the little fellow urged him for
ward for the grand entrance there was
n balk. buck, and Harry was inglo-
riously shot to the front of the stage
over the horses head, the animal peer
ing after him with what might be
termed an amused expression. Lau-
der slowly and painfully rose to his
feet, while the gallery applauded and
stamped and cried Justify:
do it again, AIRY; do 1t againr'
Lauder rubbed his aching back, felt
cautiously Of his bones, looked back
at the horse. and. turning to the audi
ence, he said:
Like - l willr'
And he didn't. but thereafter his
popularity was assured.-Judge.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
London's Apprentices.

The Lord Mayor of London is try
ing to revive the old system of ap-
premiership, and while he shows he
knows what he is talking about when
he says that many boys are ruined by
the lack Of some trade. still many par
ents say that after making great sacri-
fees to keep their boys four or five
years learning a trade, they find that
once the boys have served their time.
their masters have no further em-
ployment for them.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
Grass and Glass.

A Scotsman was employed to NOW
the lawn Of close fisted old lady. She
insisted that he must cut 1t very short,
adding that one inch at the bottom
was worth two at the top. He did 1t
so well that she was moved to produce
a whisky bottle and a glass, which she
filed about half full.
Fill it up, men," said Sandy, "for
it's no like the gress. An inch at the
taps worth twa at the bottomp
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
The Face of Life,

Life cried to Youth: "I bear the cryptic
key
1 grant you two desires, but only two.
What gifts have to crown and comfort
you?"
Youth answered: 'T am blind. and would
see.
Open my eyes and let me look on thee"
Twas done. He saw the face of life and
then
Cried brokenly, "Now make me blind
again!"
Edwin Markham.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

Italys tax on salt is a grievous bur
den upon the poor. The profit from
the salt monopoly goes to the huge
expense of armaments. The arma
ments are required by the triple alli-
Rnce. and the triple alliance is required
power
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
Bad Company.

How do men feel whose whole lives
land many mems lives are) are lies.
schemes, and subterfugesf What sort
of company do they keep when they
are alone2 Daily in life l watch men
whose every smile is an artifice and
every wink an hypocrisy. Doth such
a fellow wear mask in his own pri-
vacy, and TO his own consciencef-
Thackeray.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
Dancer Of the Gun Wad

A Virginia newspaper sixty years
ago, before the days of shells, ad-
vised against any plan for carrying
loaded gun muzzle downward on
horseback or on foot as very danger
Gus, since the paper wads and shot or
ball might slip down away from the
charge and burst the gun. tearing
on an arm when hrsd-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
Poetry and Pickles.

o woman, In our hours of ease,
Uncertain, cranky, hard to please,
And in our hours Of toll the same,
With all our faults on you 60 blame,
How sweet angelic and divine
Around our lives your own you twine,
With pickles and preserves to last
Until the groundhogs shadow. cast
Upon the snowy plane. foretells
That spring comes laughing up the dellsl
Bard In Atlanta Constitution.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
Liked the CsckIe.

Little Eleanor, who was very fond
of chickens, stood crying over a dead
rooster. Thinking that something good
ought to be said. she remarked be-
tween her sobs:
"He was always so glad when one Of
the hens laid an egg. g."-Delineator.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

Slipped one over. THE oBLIGING REF
Kid Binks fell so hNEh'
hard that he fairly splashed. The ref
cree began to count him out, but the
intelligent Mr.. Binks looked up and
whispered something to him. The
obliging referee turned and addressed
the audience. "Mr. Binks," said he
'wishes me to supplement his state
ment of moment ago. This is also
his last appearance in any ring"-Cin-
cinnad Times-Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

and asked him to
m a K G an an
nouncement. The
referee obliged.
kid Binks de-
sires me to say"
he shouted, that
this is his first
appearance in any
ring"
Il b e ir o f
fighters fiddled
for a moment,
and then Kid
Binks' antagonist
slipped one over.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
SusnioionR.

Henry" said the small boys moth
er, 81 wish you would see to Willie"
whats the matterT'
81 strongly suspect he's using his
athletic clothes as an excuse for not
properly dressing himself in the morn
ing. Washington Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
Where He Failed.

He could tell you every horse
With a record on the track,
Every pugilist, OF course,
That had failed In coming back"
In golf he knew the best,
And in tennis twas the same.
But he couldn't keep abreast
or the aviation game.
-Derver Republican.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
Don't Mind IL Now,

This doesn't smell like the last gaso-
line had said the man who recently
bought an automobile.
ITS all right. sir" said the garage
man. you're getting used to it,
Yonkers Statesman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

ers to his pecul-
lar merits in a
novel IN n n II er.
From some bone
yard or other he
procured the most
skeleton-like spec
linen of horsetlesh
he could find. On
this he planned to
m al ke his first
stage entrance.
The old horse
was trac ia b | e
enough with Lau-
der astrlde await
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

Three sweetest words? They are, by heck
That lovely phrase Enclosed find checkr
E. w.
Nay, nay. fair sir; as sweet again
That dulcet trio Here's that ten
Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19

Salesman-Here's a shoe. sir, that
will dt you like a glove.
Buyer-Gloves don't fit my feet.
Have you one that will fit me like
shoe ?-Boston Advertiser.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
A II OflAn happAns,

/ once went in an auto race
And never lost my poise.
The other cars came in ahead.
But mine made most tho noise
Buffalo Express.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
Nautical Huuh,

A nautical person named Hugh.
When informed that his cap was askew.
Cried: "Avast thsrel Belay!
l wear It that way
Because it is picturesQue"
-Lippincott'S
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
A Supplementary Statement.

An aspiring pugilist went on for
preliminary bout at one Of the athletic
clubs not long ago. AS he pulled on
his gloves he beckoned the referee over
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-19
- The
Scrap Book
He Wouldn't Reneat.

When Harry Lauder went to Lon
don for the first time the stage reputa-
tion he had made in the provinces had
not made much of an impression on
the metropolis. With a shrewd sense
Of the vaue of striking effects, Lauder
decided he would arouse the London