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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30

Mr. and Mrs. John Medcalf were
the guests of relatives at Clarence
Saturday night and Sunday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30

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VOLUME XXVIII.
TWw =
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.
Visit Kespohl-Mohrenstecher's
new restroom.
Will sell at private sale. all house
hold goods.-Dr. Guilford.
Mrs. Annie Brooks, Ely. was
shopping in this city Monday.
Mrs. Cummins, of Palmyra, was
shopping in this city Monday.
Miss Lillian McNutt has been
visiting Miss Cleaver near Perry.
Millard DeLashmutt and Gilbert
Hagan were Quincy visitors Monday.
Roy Merriwether was business
visitor in St. Louis the first Of the
week.
DR.. Guilford will sell at once, at
the house, household goods at a
bargain.
Mrs. w. B. A. McNutt left Wednes-
day for several weeks visit in
Kentucky.
Mrs. W. R. Nelson left Monday
for an extended visit with relatives
in St. Louis
Mrs Lyle Worland, of Lakenan.
came Monday to visit her sister,
Mrs Ed Adell.
Miss Ada Worland. of Lakenan,
came Tuesday to attend Holy
R osary school.
For Rents room house, well
located.-Mrs. o. F. Woodson'
Stoutsville, Mo. 107
Miss Brown, of near Center. came
Wednesday for weeks visit with
friends in this city.
Miss Lena Criebaum went to
Perry Monday for a two weeks
visit with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. John Medcalf were
the guests of relatives at Clarence
Saturday night and Sunday.
Miss Vallie Utterback and little
niece. Margaret Elizabeth Utterback
were Hannibal visitors Monday.
A choice line of Tally Cards,
Place Cards and Dancing Programs.
Woodson & Jackson Pharmacy.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Robey and
family were the guests of relatives
in Shelbina Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. William Todd, of Woodland.
who has been visiting her sister
Mrs. Kelly, returned home Saturday.
Wilfred Mudd who is working in
Palmyra was visiting homefolks
Sunday Russell Harvey accompanied
him home.
Mr., and Mrs. Will Cough. of
Lakenan. were the guests of her
mother. Mrs. Lucy Robey Sunday
and Monday.
Mrs. L. D. Green and baby. of
Milan Mo. who have been the guests
of her father W. r. Smith, returned
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30

Miss Brown, of near Center. came
Wednesday for weeks visit with
friends in this city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30

Miss Lena Criebaum went to
Perry Monday for a two weeks
visit with her parents.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-30

VIII sell at private sale, all house
hold goods.-Dr. Guilford.
Dr.. j. A. Malley spent Monday
and Tuesday in Kansas City.
We will sell at private sale at
once, household goods, beds ETC.
DR.. Guilford.
The grandest collection of coats
and suits ever brought to Quincy
at Kespohl-M Mohrenstecher's.
Miss Eva Riggs returned to her
home in Mt. Sterling, ILL.,, Saturday
after pleasant visit with D. E.
Yowell and family.
Mrs. Painter and Miss Anna
Hawkins, of SheIbina, were the
guests of Mrs. j. S. Starrett Wednes-
day going that evening to St. Louis
Miss Cecilia Finley, of Rensselaer,
was the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Roy Mcfarland. Monday. She was
accompanied home by Master
Clyde Mcfarland.
Mrs. Minnie Losson and daueht ter,
Miss Irene. returned Friday from
East Leavenworth where they spent
four weeks with their daughter and
sister Mrs. P. Y. Theehoff.
With Lily Separator you can
sell your cream only once or twice
a week and not lose the time neces-
sary to come in every day with
whole milk.-Wade & Dawson.
Men. women and children for a
hundred miles around buy their un-
derwear at Kespohl- Mohrenstecher's
Owing to the exceptional bargains,
the crowds this year are larger
than ever.
Mrs. Josie Lasley, of Lake Village
Ark. who spent the summer with
her daughter Mrs. Chas. Melton at
Shelbyville was the guest Of her
sister Mrs. Apnes Reid Thursday
and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Kendrick and
and Mrs. VIM. Saunders, of Lakenan,
motored to this city Sunday in the
formers car, to see Mrs. Mary
Kendrick who has been sick for
some time.
Miss June Porter, of Shelbina,
who has been visiting her brother
Will Porter near Warren was the
guest of friends in this city Monday
going to Rensselaer, that evening
for visit with another brother.
The Ladies Missionary Society ol
Grace Church will have an all day
meeting Friday at the home of Mrs
Frank Foley. Mrs. John Umstattd
leader of the devotional and Mrs
Headrick of study topic. Mission
Schools in Brazil.
Customers who desire to take ad-
vantage of the Kespohl-Mohren.
stecher's wonderful offerings of Ger.
man Knitting yarn at 25c per skeir
and 10c outing fiannels at 6 3-4t
per yd. should lose no time. Stock;
are running low!
At the time the Democrat goe'
to press jury is being selected t
try the case of City of Monroe VS.
S. H. Griffin. 1t is reported that a
LARGE number of witnesses have
been subpoenaid and the case
causes much comment.
A. G. and r. L. Bebb were callet
to Kansas City the first of the weel
by the serious illness of their moth
er, Mrs. Cohan. She has been il
poor health for several months ant
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Manning Old Stnirs.

The famous "WappinS old stairs OF
the English ballad still exist, though
in sadly dirty and neglected condi
green slime AID the refuse of tho tides.
They are seldom. if ever. patroniZed
by boatmcn, though members of the
Thames police find il convenient oc-
,'asonally to utilize the old-time land
ing place. The little public-Iiousc. tho
Town of RahsEatc, abutting on the
stairs. with it's quaint, low window,
still exists.
The old Stairs" at Mapping Sta
ton. to which reference has been made
in the newspapers, are the original
stairs witch led down to the entrance
Of the Thames Tunnel constructed by
the famous engineer. IZambard Brunei.
between the years lS24-43 When the
tunnel was used for foot passengers
stalls OF all descriptions were ranged
all its length. and fairs were often got
up In order to swell tho funds OF the
Ianguishing enterprise. The late Queen
Victoria and the Prince Consort patron
ICED one OF these ventures. The pres
cmt station stands Immediately over tho
site Of the old entrance TO the tunnel
and tho staircase has been used by tho
railway passengers ever since Its first
use was superseded. 1t was a common
practice to turn out drunken men at
Mapping Station in order that they
might be sobered by climb up its
ninetyfour steps.
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News Of Fifty Years Az,


ihe Nirsina Methodist Conference closed its
S'Ss,oh al nanr'ie yesterday with the ann ounce-
mcnts OF the appointments. Among them wcro
the following; |. Ross.r. presiding elder for m,
Richmond district: BROAD street j. a. Duncan.
centenary. H. :. DoIgcit: Union station l.
PROCTOR: Clay street. l.. NJ. Peterson: AInnches
tri: Williams T.. Edwards II. H. Cowies pre-
sizing elder Petersburg district: Washing on
street Petersburg. G. G. Pearson; Market street
'"hh = cranberry: High street. J. L. Shipley.
From Lexington. General Robert Il. Lee write.
Il friend concerning the report that he applied
10 the secretary OF War for gums o be used ,v
students for artillery training: II have nothin.
l" d" with the military school here: did not
Ni"w thrre were any guns here have use
toi th"n." That settles it,
src", protractcd meeting is in progress in
the BAPTIST church in churlottcsvi VILE. Rev pr
John y. Bronddus. the pastor. is being nsssjcd
nE KEY James u. Taylor. Of Richmond. aud
I"N' George l.. Taylor. OF stanton.
ny order of President johnson Thu. old Capitol
tf'Soh at Washington has been vacated and
closed up. The prisoners remaining and not
turned over TO the civil courts have been taken
To Fort Whipple. Va.
1t NOW certain that the lower house
"f Congress will he organized without the dt-
Guilty that has been expected ami predicted The
eject and all of the Tennessee delegation are in
hand but none from any other Southern state.
Five of Ia, Third United States reui-
mont. coorcd troops. were executed at jackson.
Vile. Fla. one day last week for mu,iny.
General james Iomss,reet has gone to New
orleans. and more than probable ina, no
vii! make that city his home In the future
Tho funeral OF the late I.ittlcton w Tazcwcl!
VII! take place from 81 Pauls Church at |,
"''l"ck to-day.
Hon Rober, Tocmbs. who has been hiding in
the buckwoods OF several Georgia counties near
10 Macon ever since the downfall of the Con-
tedcracy. has managed to clude his nursucr.
ana has made his escape 20 foreign lands II
Is SAID ne took ship at New Orleans. or few
miles hcio" thht city Oh the Mississippi River.
Go!d was going In New York Yesterday AT 1,S
Cotton was duh at - To 30 cents per pound
Ihe big snow which fell unexpectedly i'm
and around Richmond. melted away and lef
rs IL came. ''
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A Practical Degree

one OF the fine things done at tho
recent commencement time was at
Michigan University, when the presi-
dent Of the great institution called be-
fore the crowded auditorium An old
man and bestowed upon him an honor
AIRY degree OF the highest value Be
fore lac handed the parchment TO this
plain little old man. tho president gave
a scrap out OF tho lif" story Of the
faithful worker. He said that years
and years ago he began building rail
roads away up In the wilds of the VOL
VERNE state. Quietly. unobtrusivciy.
faithfully. he had been going OH all
the years since. unheard uf by men.
and yet doing work which we'll en-
titled him to the recognition which
was 10 he placed upon him, now that
his shoulders were bowed with weight
Of years and his hair threaded with
silver.
And now, sir, I bestow upon YOU
the master builder. the degree of mas
ter in engineering:"
What wonder that the words of the
OF applause that the very root shook .
This was the old mans crown won by
simple everyday life.
II does not come to all in the wav
il did TO this old man Some men and
women never are thus honorcd and
yet, their crown is no less secure. IF
1t does not come in parchment il surely
will take form i'm the love and lasting
remembrance Of those who know how
the years have been spent. for faith
fulncsS counts and Self-Sacriiicc is too
beautiful Il thing to pass unnoticcd.---
Farm and FircSide.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
The Ver. Lntest.


have YOU observed the martial stride
That girls this season have applied
To the use OF their feet
Their swinging. military walk.
The way the lovely creatures stalk
Along the crowded street.
'Jt yon have not, just watch cm when
You chance to be abroad again
II is sight for gods and mcnD
Time waS-and not SO long ago
When gentle woman walked not 50:
She could not, had she tried:
For in those days skirts were 80 tight
Their wearers were I'm sorry plight
To ape martial stride.
tTo try il they were all afraid
For had they such gait eSsaycd
They would II swift descent have rmadcl
but now such pigeon steps are wrong.
Nor do the damsels glide along
AS last year they did GO
Abbreviated skirts they wear
That really do not interfere
When heels-or more-thcy'd show
'No, not At all--the martial stride
Replaces last yenr's sinuous slide
By which mere man was mystircdD
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TRICKS AND WONDERS OF MIND
By Garrett y. S-r,ius.

war gives strange glimpscs into
Things not necessarily connected with
It. Ii often places in the hands Of g,
surgeon means OF KNOWLEDGE which n.
could not otherwise have acquired \
the head. which affected the brain i'm
such way that at times he exhibited
supranormal powers OF perception. as
/! his senses had become more Than
human i'm their reach
among tie experiments tg!rd with
hihi WAS this: placed at a desk. with
a screen before him which mid hi.
hhhd' he was asked TO write "A l.i,cr
ana a. he wrote. the sheets ten I'm
number were rapidly removed 80 ,ba,
cAch me was written on "A different,
sheet the last sheet containiuI. o,I,.
IN" signature. Then he was asked 10
read and correct the letter. with on!y-
the last sheet lying on the table and
sun screened from his eyes iic read
II correctly and inserted the cmcndu :
lions ana the punctuation marks. in
their proper places on the blank .hce,
Just as II II had contained the entire
writing
similar power % mental vision
seems TO have been possessed by Pan,
Morphy. the phenomenal chess PLAYER.
WI" con!h play eight games at once.
ollnd'olded. Norphy was born with
tn" gut the French sergeant had i,
accidentally Knocked into his head
II would b" a hasty conclusion that
SUFFICIENT number OF properly directed
knocks on the skull might turn "A dolt
INTO genius. and yet the mud does.
IN most men, seem TO be incloscd i'm an
obscure she'll which reveals bright
CLEANS through It's cracks
Sometimes the mind appears to take
adNdnihg" of the hours of sleep iu or
der 10 free itself from it's accustomed
shacklcs. The lightning quickness OF
It's action at such times is startling
II throws off time, aud vel retains
lis image so perfectly that the dreamer
Is absolutely deceived
one OF the most interesting examples
recorded Of himself by l.. T. 4 Maurv.
"A DISTINGUISHED French antiquarian ana
historical writer. AZ he lay sleeping
IN his bed. curtain rod fell and struck
MN violently on the back OF the neck
a~aKinS him with - start. During that
moment OF waking. which could not
have occupied more than two seconds
before consciousness was complete
Maury had dream in which he
thought he lived through the Reign
al Terror In Paris. was arrested and
tried before the Revolutionary Tribu-
nal. was condemned TO death and sent
10 the guillotine. He felt the CULVER
OF the descending knife and the shock
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AS il struck his neck-and then tho
dream vanished. and he awUkc,
II a similar accidemt had suggested
IKE train of Thought. consisting Of
mingled ucriCrN ana Imagination TO a
person Wlhs awake. he would have
( had no s"ns' of the lapse OF amy time
c>cep, tnnt actually Involved III the
dcNclopm,ut Of his reflections. but for
the dreamer. to whom the details
Hooked Immensely faster than thcv
could HAY" been conceived by a wax
lnE thinker, there was u sense Of tho
sio" Iassar' OF time corresponding in
length viii. that which would have
been required b. the events them
selves.
just the dream makes the per
sons VINO play Il part in it seem All
s"luie!y actual, 50 ii rcproduccs the
eject cf the ordinary how Of time
without tic slightest apparent cur
,a.iim.nt. Here - something worth
thinking ahon'-aii image of time can
%" made TO Appear exactly like real
time; an hour. day. ii week. a wear.
can be condensed into a second and
tn. NINA VIII perceive no difference,
M!Eht not the process be reversed and
a second hc expanded to an age in
the consciousness OF a different order
OF being than ours
In these things No sec the origin
OF tive speculatious OF certain philos-
ophers' who maintain that there is no
Su'h thing as time that u is u rncr.
notion OF the nina and that in reality
everything i simultaneous
what tho mind does ia slceu is mo,
always merely telling itself stories COR
often very important work Is per
formed ia dreams. having a bearing
upon everyday affairs. Go!eridge com
p'sth thc most imaginative OF all his
poems ~ Il dream. tOdorCc, the great
rTench mathematician, more than once
hah IN" conclusion OF some profound
calculation. ON which he had yatuly
'ab"rtd hefor" retiring 10 bed, present
ed TO him IN II dream
pr OlSnthus Gregory often employed
III lectures TO his college classes ideas
ana even words and sentences which
ne had worked out while asleep There
- ~ ieast one instance on record OF
the invention Of q new word bv a
dreamer IL Is recorded by DR.. John
.\bcFcrombic. WHO says that a gentle
man dreamed that he was Enclosed
"ith crowd Of people in "a penthouse
whcre thcE were threatened with suf
location for lack OF fresh air In his
distress he cried out: III fau, detoi,er'
- orce OFF tn: roOf."l AS he uttered
TINS cry he aowkc. Now. there IS a
French word meaning root" bur no
FeTb "detoitcr" which would mean 10
t"ke the roof off. The stories Of warn
ihSs OF death and danger convened by
''edn" are innumerable but probnb I,
illusory.
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I,atient Long Enough

wv EDNESDAl nights accident on Broad
w Street, when r.. F. & p. train ran
into stalled street car, killing one woman
and injurng several other persons. points
anew the old moral of the railroads use OF
some OF Richmond's principal thoroughfares.
II Sc tracks should come up be placed in
tunnels They are constant menace. that
ought not TO be tolerated They are an
ever.present reminder of Richmouds posses
sion OF that form of patience that long ago
ceased 10 be virtue
Whether the railroad or the street cal
company was directly 10 blame has only
remote interest for the general public
Danger inheres i'll the situation. 1t is the
situation which demands remcdy-aud the
only remedy is a major operation.
The city would not be weaponless in an
effort 10 enforce its will. While the line is
operated by virtue OF perpetual franchise.
that may not be abrogated in terms the city
"in the exercise OF the police power may pre-
scribe such conditions and restrictions as the
courts. in similar cases. have held 10 be
reasonable Whether this includes the right
10 require the tracks 10 be placed in tunnels
may be a question. but it certainly does in
clude the enforcement OF rules and regula-
tons that would deprive the approach to Byrd
Street Station of much Of the charm it now
possesses for the Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac and the Atlantic Coast Line
The city should come 10 understanding
with the railroads, ii that be humanity pos
sible Expert advice should be had as to
the best manner Of handling the whole COM
phcaJed problem, including the demand for
q new passenger station 10 replace the ANTIQUE
blot al Byrd Street and the hopeless make
shift a Eiba. Assuredly. the city should deal
iairly-even generously with the COMPANY
but fair and generous treatment does not i'll
volvc properly the surrender OF public CON
veniencc. nor permission TO menace the pub
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4 Tyne Is Vanishing

Z OR every old soldier OF the Confederacy
l who dies. man will step forward and
take his place in everyGa" life But as each
one dies, there passes with him one OF fast
disappearing type which will never be repro
duced. SO that within g few years. half
generation perhaps. The type will have van
ished. II the death OF Colonel Edmund
Berkeley. Of Prince Villa II County. one OF
the finest e1eapla-s OF tina, type has gone
In tine % war. he wo2 promotion as
lighter; = ii-a OF peace, ne shook hands
G, Ge:t!shr-E
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Will the Sun Burst

Unless the allies hurry and make IN
their minds how they intend to finish
inc war, old King Sol may solve tho
problem for them. says Professor Ca
iniiie EXAMINATION. OF Paris. Incident
any, the whole world would be blown
TO atoms At tho same time. and there
would he nobody left TO hapgle over
tho terms OF peace.
The French astronomer Puiseux. has
been busying himself lately with tho
constitutions OF the sun. He inds that,
instead of rondcnsing and shrinking
little by little, was formerly sup
posed, the sun is constantly dilating
more and more and reaching the point
of bursting. And If the sun blew up.
there would be no more need for us
poor mortals TO worry as TO the out
come of the war.
!, is no use brushing this RESPONSE
bility aside mere nonsense Big
suns every whit as important in their
own considerations as ours are fro
quently victims Of an explosion. There
was one in the constellation OF Per-
sous early In 1901. and since then two
AT least have occurred in other celes-
iial groups. one as recently as March.
1872
observation has shown long since
that the great orb which is our all in
all is most uncertain character. sun
spots, fire blasts and such like pho
no'1ela arc 10y no means TIC most
Of which he is capable; the manner in
which the sun throws off atomic energy
and transforms the heavy into light
clements, hydrogen, helium, ncbulium,
archonium and what not, spells moth
ing good for this world. and mere
nothing might lead TO "A disaster any
day.
In short. ii is bound To come at some
time or other. Unfortunately. science
can give us no idea as TO when. Con-
turles ana even hundreds of centuries,
| are as pnt Il moment in the history OF
inc universe, says Professor Flain-
marion. and for all we know tho sun
may nave millions Of years more life
! neiorc H. y" man can tell. though.
ana Just as the strongest of us arc
STRUCK down in moment. so the all
po"er'" III planet may give out ut any
,''hc-ahd when ii does IL will make
oui snort work Of all OF us here be-
low.-8oSton TRANSCRIPT
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"' amy Importance. and far less than might be
sven III many cities which are far better organ
i1Su IMAM hopewell This can only be attributed
l" tue fact that Hopewer has been extra dill
eeh' IN enforcing the luw--that. us far as posi-
"ie' causes for crime have been removed and
CRIMINALS taught that this is an unproft a bic
p''e III which to do business. The record of
hopeweil Tor the past few days is not one To
oe ashamed OF, but one which is a credit to the
ponce department and an example to many Of
me cities which have been unspurinu in their
criticism OF Ilopcwcll"
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The Voice Of the PEOPLE
High rrnisc for Governor S,unrt.

TO the Editor OF The Times II spatch:
Sill cannot withhold my commentator of
the magnificent cours" OF Henry &. Stuart in
IN" Ford matter. With that level head that has
characterized his administration. ii" tells Mr.
Ford where his dUty lies. MIR Ford is "a good
lnati--not searl! as good as his automobiles
Tn. level head OF Henry Stuart would grace
TN: White House. for he carries with him the
traditions OF old Virginia --"primus inter pores"
FIRST among equals. He has been so far the
ideal Governor of the Commonwealth ! do not
agree with some OF his theories. but like the
man he Is he carries back To the needle poi,,, Of
equal rights TO all, special privileges to none
JAMES =. ElsOW MING.
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Stnrtern for the DnH.

old friends are the greatest blessings OF ones
later years. Half word conveys ones mean
ing. They have memory Of the events
and have the same mode OF thinking.-Horace
Walpoie
mans true wealth is the good he does in
this world. When II. dies mortals will ask.
What property has he left behind him? hut
angels will inquire. What good deeds hast thou
sent before thcc"--Mahonct
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that II threatens the happiness Of large part
OF the present and the rising generations
one OF the very strangest things about
war is that it should be associated with love
and romance. 1t is the great destroyer of
love by the simple process of destroying
lovers. 1t is safe TO say that polygamy will
not BE- resorted to in Europe; the world and
the worlds conscience have gone ahead too
far for an outworn social cXpedient The
result is that many thousands Of the farest
and sweetest women on earth will lose the
right TO love and be loved. Thousands Of
homes which might have existed can never
exist now. The women who are widowed by
the war are not much to be pited as the
maidens who must walk alone all their days
because the nations have arrayed themselves
against each other in their passions
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4 "fntry DIV.

nc NH ter dc valley he sho' complain in.
An de cor win give a shout;
"Olc man Winter come I'm wild dc rain
An de rain can't rain him out!
''e man Winter knows yo' ways;
You puts dc sun ter bed,
An dc fros' you nings Oil dc friy IN
days
Is gray as yo' ole gray mead.
iou's olc-timc trouble in dc rainy
town. t..
But de fires in dc fireplace,
An you fetched dc 'poss,,m. an him
I'll brown
An laff in 20 frosty face!
Frank l.. Stanton.