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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07
For Collector
Good Roads, Dairy and Poultry.

One of the lecture cars on the
Burlington's special dairy and poul-
try train was crowded Wednesday
morning by Monroe business men
and farmers from surrounding ter
ritory. Curtis Hill, state highway
engineer. Z. A. Ikenberry, state
dairy inspector and Or. w. P. Cutler
state dairy and pure food commits
sioner, spoke on the lecture Car.
T. E. Quisenberry, director of the
state poultry experiment station at
Mountain Grove, spoke to the stud
ents Of the High School on poultry
raising.
The special train arrived in Mon
roe shortly after 8 o'clock and re-
manned one 4our. The train left
here ior SEelbiEa ard spent d.
nesday night at Brookfield. Good
crowds have been attending all
meetings held by the lecturers on
the train.
Frof. Frank L. Martin and six
students from the University of
Missouri School of Journalism form
news bureau on this train and dis
patches were sent out to the city
papers of the state telling about the
meetings at Monroe
State aid in public road building
was advocated by Curtis Hill, state
highway engineer. Mr.. Hill belieV-
ed that the most practical system
of road Improvements is for the
state to bear part of the cost and
the county and local district the
remainder. State aid, he said, is
the greatest stimulus to road build
ing,
The pre- sent provisions for state
aid are inadequate, said Mr. Hill.
The money collected from automo-
bile licenses and through the So
called stamp act" furnishes an an
nual fund of something like $780,
600. This money is to be proper
toned among ia counties of the
state and the city Of St. Louis on
the basis of assessed valuation. To
prevent the big cities from gobbling
up the bulk of the fund, the law
provides that no county may draw
more 3 per cent of the fund. This
provision helps eQualize matters but
the fund is insufficient to enable
the state to be of much service in
road building.
State aid is the logical system Of
building good roads" said Mr., Hill
1T furnishes stimulus and an in
ducement to the local communities
to vote bonds or raise funds in 9th
er ways for better roads. Practical
ly all the states that have mad,
big advancements in road buildin,
have followed this plan of sharing
the expense"
Mr. Hill told of the value of goods
4 to community Good roads, h
said, increases values Of farm lands
and makes life in the country wort
living. What helps the farme
helps the merchant.
No man can board any place i
Missouri for more than week wit
out either paying his board or COZ
vincing his landlady that he is &
ing to pay it. Yet the COW has bee
living on farms without payin
board and probably never will pa
any, but still the farmers 90 ahea
contented without making any eli
fort on their part to make the COW
pay their own boord," said E !
Ikenberry. state dairy inspector M
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07
ANNOUNCE MENTS
FOR CITY OFFICERS

We are authorized to announce
the following candidates for Office,
subject to the Democratic primary,
Tuesday, March 10. 1912
For Mayor
G.. L Carpenter
j. S. Scott
For Marshal
j. H. Willis
j. A. Mudd
C. A. Baynum
For Collector
Node Green
R. A. Kirby
F. D. Brownell
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07

Reed X. holland and wife spent
part of the week with Shelbyville
friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07

James Gray and son, Harvey at
fenced Circuit Court in New London
Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07

Mrs. Alma Vaughn returned
Tuesday from visit with friends
in Chicago.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07

John w. Jarman was at Paris,
on business.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07

Dode Damrell, of Shelbyviile
transacted business in this city
Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-03-07

Eyes tested free Monday, March
/. at Bebb's JewelrY Store.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24
~ RZZ7CE G80I0 II ZQZL5UQZZE~

eyes, thus doing what no white man had ever
done before, the young explorer left New York
Two years ago, He went straight to Belize. a
town on the Caribbean coast of British Honduras
and there, while making arrangements for the
expedition, he met Claudio Urrutia government
surveyor for Guatemala, who had made short
trips inland and who helped get together men,
pack animals and provisions for the plunge into
Peten. Within few weeks seventy-fve men
and a hundred mules had been collected and
everything was in readiness for the start
With all his knowledge of the natives, which
he has acquired nj numberless shooting and ey-
plorlng expeditions in the Central American
country during previous years MiIIward had
hardly rec koned upon the difficulties which faced
him in his determination to see this land OF
mystery. "El Peten' it was called. What q par
alyztng effect this unknown country would have
upon his men he did not realize until he was
some weeks on his way into the jungles. As set
Element after settlement was left behind and the
train of mules and men moved further and fur
Their and further into the bleak uplands and
through the tangle of dense swamps the prob
lem Of avertng the eyer-threatening mutiny OF
the men became more pressing
In contrast to the Caribs or coast natives the
party contained a large percentage of Mayas Of
pure blood Not only did they hold aIoof from
their Carib companions. but the consciousness
that the white man leading them up into the
very country sacred, according to tradition to
their ancestors, who would avenge the insult Of
trespass, terrified them. When night came on
they were usually in a state of panic and during
the day the slightest accident out of the ordinary
served to put them their guard against some
imaginary evil. Mtllward talking to them in
their language tried repeatedly to discover the
cause Of their fears. The nearest he came to it
was on one occasion when, ascending a ridge Of
land one noon, his machete men suddenly stop
ped and refused to so any further
He had been busy with his instruments and
the first he noticed of impending trouble was
when he looked to to see his four machete men
huddled together talking In undertone He
ordered them to 60 ahead, but they drew closer
together giving every indication of terror. Mil
ward approached and asked them what the trou-
bic was, but they refused TO talk. knowing that.
while these Mayas might be coaxed or led almost
anywhere it was waste of time TO try to force
them into anything he calmly sat down and had
smoke After a little the Indians also sat down
and began to smoke, but all the while casting
glances about them which seemed to indicate
that they expected momentariIy to be annihilated
Finally, after using all the eloquence of which
ne was capable Millward was able to calm their
fears and get them to tell him the secret Of their
strange acticns Little by little he learned that
years and years before-even the men themselves
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24
DR.. CALDWELL'S GUIDE
TO GOOD HEALTH

The natural tendency. Of people in
this busy age to demand of the di-
gestive organs more than nature in
tended they should perform, frequent
ly results in throwing the entire di-
gestive system into disorder. When
the stomach fails to freely digest and
distribute that which is eaten, the
bowels become clogged with a mass
Of waste and refuse which ferments
and generates poisonous gases that
are gradually forced into the blood.
causing distress and often serious i'll
ness.
DR.. ". B. Caldwell says that if the
bowels are kept regular there will be
much less sickness, and prescribes a
combination of simple laxative herbs
with pepsin that is most effective in
relieving any congestion of matter in
the bowels. This compound can be
bought in any drug store under the
name Of Dr.. CaldwelIs Syrup Pepsin
and costs only so cents q bottle. It is
mild in its action. pleasant to the
taste and positive in effect. a dose at
night bringing relief next morning
naturally and without gripping or 9TH
er discomfort. a bottle OF DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin in the house will
save many times its cost in doctor
bills. Your name and address on a
postal to DR. ". B. Caldwell. 293 West
St., Monticello, Ill, will bring q free
trial bottle BY return mail. Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24

crossing the ridge alone and sending the Mayas
around the hill to meet him on the otneF slae.
But it was during the nights that the eHecI Oh
the jungle upon the men was most eViuen'. III
some rasnacts their superstitiOns we're Justlned
by the unearthIy sunset effects and the appearance
Of the sky at night The sun sank IN a DIaze OIL
glory followed almost Immediately by the gloom
of midnight With the arrival q darkness the
appearance of the consultations, large and won
derfulIy brilliant was aweinspiring. Far OF on
the northern horizon the north star appeared,
while on the other side of the zenith spanked
the Southern Cross for this strange country IS
said to De the only spot on the globe where this
combination Of planets is visible. The Mayas,
alive to every new occurrence, were quick to no
tice this the first night when camp was pitched
on an upland above the jungle, and for hours
they discussed the phenomenon, squatting around
the fires and looking up at the stars.
By this time the expedition had begun to pene-
trate the forbidden country, and almost tpme-
diately the first signs OF an ancient civilization
appeared.
One day Millward and his men. hacking their
way forward, came out suddenly into a little
glade in the woods, in the center of which stood
a large cylindrical stone Its sides and upper
surface we're a solid mass OF exquisite carving,
in which the figures Of birds, flowers and the
form of the serpent were repeated in a riot Of
designs. On the top Of the stone sloping basin
was followed out and from this ran a channel to
the outer edge. There no room for doubt
that it was one of the ancient sacrifical stones
OF the Mayas and that the natural glade in which
It had rested for centuries was once the sylvan
holy Of holes Of the Maya priests Of the locality
where they "averted evil" to their people by
human sacrifices.
1t was the finding of this sacrifcial stone that
introduced the first of the stone villages Al
though literally imbedded under the rank under
growth of the jungle. enough was uncovered to
show that at some time it must have been a
place of importance Ruined columns lay about,
and great slabs of granite, some Of them weigh
ing many tons were scattered in irregular heaps.
The waverirg lines OF broken slabs and columns
which in places showed through the foliage indi-
Gated the general outline Of streets In the
decoration and carving of these slabs there was
every mark Of an art which. although in its form
widely at variance with that Of the Egyptians,
is perhaps as old. There were indications. too.
of culture as ancient
At the time of the conquest of the Mayas. in E
warfare which began about 1910 and continued
for years, a city called Tihoo, on whose site the
Spanish Merida is located, is supposed to
have been the capital Of the empire. The old
Spanish chronicers relate that the palaces and
pyramids Of the MAYA city we're. so ancient that
from the mounds built by the earliest inhabitants
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24
Beauty Recipe.

DR.. F. H. Green, the great lecturer,
gave this beauty recipe" in one Of his
addresses: Hear some beautiful mus
ic, see a beautiful picture, read some
beautiful literature every day" All
this. recognizing the close relation be
tween soul and body, is perfectly
reasonable. 1t is better than all cos
metics. rouges or drugs ever heard of.
The picture, the music, the literature
impresses the mind, which gives form
and tone to the physical expression.
Of course, this little experience must
be sincerely considered, unselfshly
and lovingly done. A put on appTecia-
ton of art will not avail The true
love of the beautiful makes beauty.
This is a scientific fact, as sure and
steadfast as that sugar viii sweeten
coffee. But one has to get meanness,
i'll will suspicion. revenge out Of ones
heart. to make good use Of the recipe;
to give play to the beauty of the art,
The starry. sky, the songs of the
birds, a glimpse of woods, a flower
gprinkled lawn-these have the same
effect. They make beauty for whoever
loves them sincerely.-Ohio State
Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24
No Honor at All,

A section foreman on one Of the
great lines came under the notice of
the president of the road, who had
been Observant of the manner in which
the track had been maintained Hav-
ing graduated from an humble position,
the officer knew what it meant to get
a pat on the back
He called the section boss to the
side Of his car, gave him drink of
whisky without any claws in it and a
perfecto cigar, says the Chicago Post.
Then he told him how he appreciated
his work and adjured to keep it up.
The district dignitary slowed away
the perfecto to smoke of a Sunday,
and after he had consumed 1t took a
spin on the handcar to put it all over
the foreman of the adjoining section.
The latter listened to the narrative
with poorly assumed control.
Was the see-gar lighted when he
gave it to ye?" he inquired.
Not on yer Iife-why SOP"
We'll, because he stint for me three
months ago-alOngside his car-and
thrun wan at me, but it was burnin' s.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24
DECIDEDLY IN SECOND PLACE
Only One Way in Which Mr.. Hatchett
Was Known, and He Didn't at
All Appreciate II.

Hannah Holden Batchett was known
as the pagan poetess She had pub
Iished three books. And she had mar
books were Venus and AdOnis,'
Pipes of Pan" and Airs From Ar
cadie. The name or her husband
was Michael Moses Hatehett-
Mrs. HatChett went TO parties. Nj
Hatchett went to business. But once
! Mrs Hatchett got Mr.. Hatchett to stay
away from business and 90 to a party
with her. The party was given by
/ Mrs. benjamin Bonaparte Motley.
Mrs. Motley introduced her guests
to Mrs. Hatchett. And to Mr.. Hat
chett also.
This is Mrs. Hatchett," said Mrs.
Motley.
I IN so glad to meet you," said
/ Ms. Paddle. = have set your Ode
to Olympus to sweet. soothing music
/ and have made a lovely little lullaby
/ out Of it"
Dear mel" said Mrs. Hatchett.
This is Mr.. Hatchett," said Mrs,
] Motley.
Mrs Hatchett's husband?" said
/ Mrs. Paddle.
Yes" said Mr.. Hatchett proudly;
/ you bett'
This is Mrs. Hatchett" said Mrs.
/ Motley to a second woman.
4 I Just adore your Nectar and Am
! brcsia,' " said Mrs. Havoc. ! do my
/ own cooking, and while I boil the ccf-
/ fee and fry the eggs. / always chant
/ the Tefraiu!"
Good gracious" said Mrs. Hatchett.
/ This is Mr.. Hatchett," said Mrs.
Motley
MS. Hatchetts husband?" said
/ Mrs Havoc
Yes" said Mr.. Ratchett grimly;
that's mel"
This is Mrs. Hatchett," said Mrs.
/ Motley to a third woman.
Z an simply crazy about your
/ Paean of Praise, " said Mrs. Rum
mage I have embroidered the first
I line in yellow chenille on green plush
for I manteI -drape IN my mOther-in-
laws back parlor"
Mercy on u.s. said Mrs. Hatchett.
This is Mr.. Hatchett," said Mrs.
Motley.
Mrs. Hatchett's husband?" said
/ Mrs. Runmage
Yes" said Mr.. Hatchett Grossly;
nothing more and nothing Iess-gosb
blame it."-Lippincott's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24

This story is somewhat belated-but
then a yarn about one Of Lillian Rus
sells marriages is always worth while.
1t is alleged by those of her friends
who attended her most recent cere-
mony that when the officiating clergy
man turned over to her newly-made
husband the signed marriage GER
tiffcate. Mr.. Moore seemed somewhat
puzzled rs this all get?" he asked.
The clergyman said that was the
usual form of return. However. if
Moore wished, he lad a small booklet
which contained the form of the mar
riage ceremony and the signature of
the cleric.
"Ah," said Mr.. Moore. that's better.
I say, Lillian?"
Miss Russell regarded him pleasant
ly.
Shall I take Just a certificate, Lii
lian?" asked Moore, "or shall get a
! book?"
And he waved the booklet vigorously
in the air Miss Russell shook her
head at him reproachfuIIy. Why, no,
Alexander" said she. 4 haven't
enough to make q book"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24

u
there grew trees a thou
sand years old. In Maya
times each Of the artifl-
ciaI mounds or pyramids
was crowned by a tenn
pie. The massive stone
blocks employed in the
construction Of these
were used by the Spanish
conquistadores in the
erection of their Own
homes. Merida, in fact,
got its name from the old
Spanish city which was
long known as the Rome
of Spain. It's unique re-
plea in the new world
was SO filled with magnih-
cent Indian temples and
palaces that the dGg2led
Spaniards likened it to
the old world city.
When Palenque, in the
neighboring department
of ChfaDas, was discover
ed by a party of Spanish
travellers in 1920 the ex-
fstence of a Maya empire
was unknown. There had
never been any mention
of its existence in the
reports of the Spanish in,
vaders. and there was no
tradition even that it had
ever been. PalenQue is
thought to have been
abandoned as early as the
twelfth century, and to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24

well and hearty and weigh about
200 pounds. I feel very grateful that
I found Dodds Kidney Pills and you
may publish this letter if you wish.
am serving my third term as Probate
Judge of Gray Co. Yours truly,
PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron, Kan.
Correspond with Judge Miller about
this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.
Buffalo, n. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
(English and German words) and re,
cipes for dainty dishes. All sent free
ADV.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24
Mine of ANTIQUITIES,

The ground of the city of Mayence,
kGermany. seems to be ineXhaustible in
its supply Of antiquities. On tho site
where the new hospital is about TO be
erected, there have been dug out in
the course Of excavations the following
articles. One hundred and thirty Ro-
man coins lamong which four golden
and fourteen silverl from the time Of
Nero-Vespasian: l04 legion seals of the
first fourth. fourteenth and twenty-sec-
ond legion; 457 legible potters stamps:
thirty primers: the inventory of a Ro-
man smitbery. q number of bronze
statuettes. bronze vases and various
pieces Of arms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24
NOT CAPT. 0'BRlEN'S DEED
Amusing "Reminiscences Concerning tn
Capture OF the British SIoop
Mara aretta in 1775.

In the town of Machias. in eastern
Maine, where on May II, 1T75, took
place the Lexington OF the seas,
the capture of the British sloop Mar
gaTetta by the townspeopIe under
command Of Capt. jeremiah O'Brier, :
little newspaper called the Eastern
Star WIS printed for a year OF two, be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24

When it had been raining day or
two. Noah was seen 70 take a sample
Of the water in bottle.
How now?' the sconng Reighbors
cried. around the ark
1T would be a joke, answered Noah,
IF the ark we're not to contain pairs
OF germs of all the Ills to which pos
terity viii sooner or later ind itself
heir"
But such distinguished foresight was
more than the neighbors could faith
ON. and they exploded forthwith In
gales OF derisive merriment.--Puck
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24

but for q long time his claims were not
recognized. Hadley receiving the en-
tire credit
The gIazier thus received his inspira-
ton for the instrument that was to
prov. Of such value to mariners: One
day, while replacing q pane Of glass
in a window of q house in Philadelphia
opposite a pump, he saw a girl. after
filing her pail. put 1t upon the side
walk The observant .glazier saw the
sun rejected from the window On
which he had been at work into the
buckle, Of water. His mind quickly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24

I perceived the significance Of the sftua.
ton, and he was :hus led to the de-
sign Of an Instrument for drawing the
sun down to the horizon" a device in
/ comparabIy superior to any that had
hitherto been used for the ascertain
ment Of angular measurements.-Iar.
/ peT's Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24

province of New Brunswick: 4 loyal
Scotch pair, somewhat advanced in
life, were called On by one OF their
neighbors, who related to the guide
mon an account Of a great destruction
Of shipping in the Island Of Jamaica
by hurricane. The guide aud WHEY
whose hearing was somewhat i'm
paired, caught the sound Of tdestruc-
ton Of shipping. in the course of the
conversation between her husband and
the neighbor. Destruction Of shipping
at that day was closely associated with
the name jeremiah O'Brien, and the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24

Hastings MflIward, Americas youngest explorer,
has only captured the worlds mileage record by
travelling than three thousand miles of
unknown country, but has opened up for the mer-
chant and archaeolOgist land whose wealth has
hitherto only been guessed at, says the New York
Tribune
The popular impression that there is more
work for the twentieth century explorer could find
no better refutaton than in the exploit of this young
man The district of Peten, lying to the westward
Of British Honduras, between the Caribbean coast
and the Bay Of Campeche, has been known since
! time immemOTial to all Central Americans as THE
Mystery" There Millward has located lakes and
mountains whose existence has hitherto been mat
ter of rumOr only. For the first time white man
has penetrated those Businesses and seen the ruins
OF temples and palaces which, overgrown and
buried under the foliage of the jungle were once
the centers of magnificent cities. He has not only
outlined the extent Of the once fourishing empire
OF the Maya race. but Of Importance to the world
OF commerce he has practically opened up a new
field whose riches will in few years be one Of the
chief assets of the Guatemalan government
To see this g1za. unknown jungle with his own
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24
Az q DISTANCE.

She certainly tries to obey her
mothers injunction not to let the
young men get too near"
Why, / saw a young man with his
arm around her last night"
n know but she had PARKWAY look
in her eyes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24


my breath was
short and I had
chills and back
ache. I took the
pills about a year
ago and have had
no return of the
palpitations. Am
now 63 years old,
able to do lots of
manual labor, am
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24
Serious Lack.

An old Eugishwoman. who was eX-
tremely stout. was making vain eff
forts To enter the rear door of an
omnibus Tho driver leaned over
good-natWedly, and cried:
Try Sideways. mother, try side
ways."
The old woman looked up breath
lcssly ana replied:
why, bless We. James, I amt got
nc sideways, Youths Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24

old lady, in broad Scotch, which we
viii not attempt to initiate, innocentIy
interrupted the conversation and ask
ed:
Was it Jere O'Brien that did
that%
The husband indignantly replied:
No, L was a far mere
powerful hand; 1t was God Al
mighty"