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T Good Horse Sense will tell you that old eggs and glue are not things you want to eat; yet some coffee roasters glaze their coffee with such things. Not so with Lion Coffee It's just pure, unadulterated, undisguised coffee; never covered up with any glazing of any kind. Uniform quality and freshness are Insured by the sealed package. EBENEZER GRAY. He thought lie was a Christian did old 'Eebenezer Gray. He never missed church meetings and was always glad to pray. He did not let religion hurt his business through the week But on Sunday morning he was righteous like and meek. He used to have a manner that would make a clown feel "blue;" He used to chill his neighbors and his home was chilly too But in the church on Sunday you could never find him late And when it came to rooting in religion, he was great. He used to sktu all comers through the week, and liked the game; Yet claimed to run his business in the Master's holy name He never let the doctrine used on Sunday, understand. Affect upon a week day, any deal he had on hand. Some people called him brother," and great numbers called him names. The laLter people being those who fathomed all his aims He died in proper season Crossed unto another shore And this is what St. Peter told the fellow at the door. "While yon were good on Sundays, through the week, Eb, you were tough; Hence when I speak your sentence, do not think that I am rough, Now you see can spend Sundays here in heaven very well, But week days, Ebenezer, we're going to give you " St. Joseph Gazette. SOME BRIGHT JEWELS Reflections of a Bachelor. Widows know too much to let on they know anything. A dead sure way to get poor is to try to get rich too fast. When unseasoned love devel ops into affectionate compan ionship it becomes quUe dura ble. It is cheaper to get married than to stay engaged and have to go on buying flowers, theater seats, suppers and presents. Every sensible man always makes his wife an allowance so he can have some one to bor row from and not pay back. New York Press. Kansas City Excursion. The M. K. and T, will run an excursion train to Kansas City leaving Monroe at 0:40 p. m. July ll'th and arriving in Kan sas City at 5:15 a. m. Return ing excursiou train leaves Kan sas City at 10:30 p m July 13th. Round trip 2.00. Tickets good only on excursion train. A Massachusetts busiues firm prints this paragraph at the top of its letter head: "Errors we make them; so does every one. We willrcheerfully correct them if you will write to us. Try to write good naturedly if you can, but write to us any way. Do not complain to some one else first or let the matter pass. We want first opportuni ty to make right -any injustice we may do.'' The little sermon deserves a wide audience. Few people that have not had occasion at some time in their lives to regret the sending of a harsh or hasty note of com plaint. It may be necessary to to assert one's rights in subse- jqnent letters, but there is no I better rule of correspondence ! than to make the first one good natured. Youth's Companion. If you want calling cards of the latest and most fashionable style, printed with the latest type out for that purpose script type has gone way back and sat down, but we can give it to you if you prefer it the DEMOCRAT can get them OSt for you. Missouri won 311 awards at the Pan-American Exposition. Pointers. Boys Watch. To the boys who wish to take advantage of the Democrat of fer to give them a good service able watch if they secure eight (8) new subscribers or to get old subscribers to pay up and one year in advance, which will be the equivalent, we wish to say: Whatever you intend to do ought to be done at once, for other piopositions will belaid before the people very shortly. It would take a days time, pos sibly two days, so if you want to earn the watch hurry up and at us hear from you. tsas- Keep CooL!cecrean,sodJa ice cream sand- Worth Reading From the Atlanta Con stitution, A recent meeting of Georgia authors is said to have been "a perfect lovefeast." Each man praised the other fellow's work, and though they didn't go home till morning, they cordi ally helped each olher to find the way! A muchly-. narried poetess, over In Alabama, is responsible for the following: "Five husbands have I buried, With many a sigh and prayer; There'll be trouble up in heaven If we know each other there!" We note that some of the brethren who can't write dia lect are busy contributing to The Journal of American Folk -Lore. An epitaph on a veteran who was hard to kill reads : "Fought through three wars, marred six times, but died at last!" It sometimes happens that the man who spends most of his time praying for rain is the first to be struck by lightning. No matter what we say about the world, the fact still stands that it's the vesy best world we've had any experience of so far. The world rolls so close to the glorious hereafter that many a sinner has an uncom fortable feeling that his clothes are scorching. The Wiregrass Blade man has discovered this unique epitaph in acemetery in Emanu el county: "Here lies my uncle.Peter Jones, A man of modest habits; He spent his Sundays at the church, Or else in hunting rabbits." Writing to a son who was in trouble in Texas, the old mar. said: "You must take courage. Bill." To which Bill replied, "I took courage and ever'thing else in sight that's why I'm in jail" It don't matter if the world is round or flat-you'll roll off if you don't keep your balance. There's gold in the land, but you have to dig forit, and that's why so few people have gold. You must make hay while the sun shines, but many peo ple don't like to run the risk of sunstroke. The Sweet Singer of Swains boro fa vers us with this unique Georgia epitaph: "My uncle Johnny passed away To other climes a felon; He killed a negro who had swiped A whoppin' watetmelon." "Yes." said the major, "it was at the seashore; the tide was low, and although the turtle weighed nearly a ton I succeeded in turning him over-" And then, as the crowd groan ed, the major added, "to the authorities." ALL KINDS OF COOL DRINKS, FRUITS, CANDIES, ETC. ALWAYS ON HAND. I have just put' in fans and my restaurant is the coolest place in the city , : J. E Christian Tree Turns to Stone. There is a tree that grows in Mexico called the "chijol." ,r stone tree. It is of enormous proportions, both in circumfer ence and height. It has a numb er of branches spreading out widely and carrying leaves of a yellowish green color. The1 wood is extremely fine and easily worked in a green state.; It is not given either to warp (ng or splitting. The most re-! markable thing about it is that after being cut the wood gradu ally get! harder, and in the course of a few years it is ab solutely petrified, whether left in the open air or buried in the ground. From this timber houses can be built that would iu a few years become complete ly fireproof, and would last as though built of stone. Wash Ington Times. "Follow Tie Flag." JlBl "Before the battle of Water loo there was an inn at the vil lage called the "Gray Jack ass." After the downfall of Napoleon as the result of that battle the innkeeper changed his sign to the "Duke of Well ington," to his own discomfit ure. A rival took advantage of the change and set up the ' "Gray Jackass," whereby he took away the business from )he "Duke of Wellington." The result was the substitution of the title "This is the original Gray Jackass" or the inscrip tion beneath the Duke of Well ington's portrait." THE BANNER ROUTE FOIt . . New York, Niagara Falls, De troit. Toledo, Omaha. Council Bluffs. St. Paul and all point north, east and west. -- Though Chair Cars (seats free) and Buffett Sleeping Cars, Kansas City and Moberly to New York, Detroit, Des Moines and St. Paul and Omaha; and, St. Louis to Chicago. Buffalo. New York and Boston. Compartment S lee pint.' Car between St. Lours and Kansas Citv. Magnificent Dining Cars be tween St. Louis and the east. Fine road bed elegant equip ment and fast time. C. S. CRANE, G. P. L T. A. St. Louis . H. E. WATTS, P & T. A. Sloherly. 'The way to gain a good reputation is to en deavor to be what you desire to appear." That li precisely the manner iu which Chum berlaiu's Cougu Remedy haa gained its repu tation as a cure for coughs, colds croup and whooping cough. Every bottle that has ever bee putoutbythe mauuf .cturers has been fully up to the high standard of excellence claimed for It People have found that it can alwas be depended upon for the relief aud cure of these ailments and that it is plea ant and sate to take. For sale bv Wood A 1'iu stattd. ' E P. Osgood, of Kirksville, member of the realestate firm of Boulware, Bouiware & Os good, of this city, was a busi ness visitor in the Queen of the J Prairies Thursday. Acme Food for sale at Hay den's Livery Barn. Every buck et guaranteed. MAPLE CITY SKLF-WASHING SOAP in not only one of the good soaps, but is one ot the best soaps Miss Clara Dimmit, of She 1 bina. spent the latter part of last week in the city with her J. Frank Smith, editor of the News at Greenwood, Neb., ar rived in the city Thursday to spend several days with his family and to look after his affairs. He surprised his son Clarence by shipping him a wheel. J. C. Peppard, of K;insas City, came over Thursday to find out what his prospects were of getting the blue grass seed of the crop of 1902 There will be In the neighborhood of two car loads of it and the man that secures it will have to pay top prices for same. Hmrthurm When the quantity or food ttken is t large or ' he (inailty too rich, heartburn is likely to follow, and especially so if the digestion has been weakened by costipatiou. Rat slowly and not lo free'y of easily digested food Mas ticate the food thorough')'. Let six hours elapse between meals aud when you feel a fullness and weight In the region of tin stom ach after eating, indicating tint y m have eaten too much, take one uf Chamberlain's Stomach and l.iver Tablets aud in - heart burn mav be avoided. For sa,e by Wood Si I'mstittd. I N. Boiden, one of the sue cessfui farmers of Indian Creek township. was in the city Thursday- He reported his heavy crop ot oats in the shock. And was highly elated over the general crops so far and was pleasantly anticipating a Ivavy corn crop I hi Snmr olil story. S. A. K-l y relates an experience similar to that which has happ ned in almo-t every neighborhood In te United States aud has bee told and re-told by thousands of others Hesaya "Last summer 1 had an atiack of dysei tery and purchased a bottle of t'hain- rkaUM anil lll.rA... t 4 ,1 v u bich I os. d according to directions and wlih entirely satisfactory lesulM. The trouble was controlled much quicker thai' former at tacks when I used other remedies." Mr. Kelly Is a well known cttlaen of Henderson, N ft For sale by Wood Uiastattd. Mrs. Cora Clark, of Moberly. arrived Wednesday evening lo visit tier brother C. B. Poage and sister in law Mis. Bettie Clark. PLAN NOW FOR COLORADO. BUL6T0NS ETESEA SCHEME OF SUMMER TOURS. The Burlington Route makes the most attractive .excursion rates to Colorado Resorts that have ever oeen made. For long periods of the Sum n er we make such remarkably low first-class round trip rates to Den ver. Colorado Springs -and Manitoti, as S21 from St. Louis, SIS from Kansas City, S25 from Chicago,' pood a 11 sum mer: at all other periods, only one fare plus $2 round trip. CHEAP TO PACIFIC COAST, TOO. May 27th to June th, August' 2d to Stb. Hound trip good 6J daySr vari able routes: from St. Louis S47.53i from Chicago S50; Missouri Fiver S45 all lower than the one-way rite: only ll more between Frisco ami Port land: li,-st class, good in chair cars (seats free), Standard sleepers or Through Tourist "sleeper Kxcursiona, Chief Coast route, the liurlington to Denver, through Scenic Colorado, Salt Lake. COOL MINNESOTA 10.000 iakes, scores of the coolest and beat summer localities in the country: frequent period! of low summer rates. Apj ly lo nearest ticket auent, or write us of your proposed trip i whether to Colorado, I'aeitlc Coast, Yellowstone I'ark, Minnesota, aud lew us advise you least cost and n-.-is you. Send for our handsome Colorado or California 1902 publications free. WM. FITZGERALD General Agent, Hannibal, Mo, C. If, LEVEY, Gen'l Manager. St. Louis, Mo L. W. WAKKLEY. Geu'l Passenger Agent SL Louis, Mo. Wlm lo Locate? Why iu the territory traversal ly ire Louisville & Nashville Railroad THE Great Central Trunk l ine. IN Kentucky, Tennessee. Ala bama Mississippi and Florida. WHERE Farmers. Fruit Growers, Stock Raisers. Manufacturers, Investors. Speculators, and Money Lenders will And the greatest beucetlu the C. 8 to make big money by reason tf the hnnilniw ud ciheepneaa of Land and Farms Timber and Stone Iron and Coal Labor Every thias; Free sites, financial assistaore,nd free dom ft lie Iaml0 for the manufacturer. Land and farms at fl. in per acre and up. wards aud .snu.0.10 acres in west Florida that cau betaken gratis under tuo U. 8. Homestead laws. Slock raj-lug tu the (lu f Onset District will make enormous prolite. Hall rare excursions the first and third Tuesday a el each month. Let us know w hat yon want aud we will leli you where aud how to get It but don delay as the country Is tilling up rapidly. Printed matter, maps and ail informa tion free Address, R. J, WE.MYSS. General Immigration Industrial Agent. LtMJISVU.Lt. KV.