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HASH Basis s., orfyir,ue.

Christian Advocate.
jefferson himself said in IA
nous State paper: "Our people
win remain 'virtuous as long as
agriculture is our principal OBJ
iect." Liberty and free governors
ment he considered to be imperil-
ed by any state of society which
should drive men away from the
fields to dwelllin crowded towns.
No man can retain that kingly
feeling of selfownership who
spends his days and nights, from
infancy until old age, in a city
block, eating fruit of others culti-
walton, and having no direct deal
ings with great nature. Give man
an acre of productive soil absolute
ly his own, and ifhe does not feel
the majesty Of manhood swelling
his bosom; if he docs not forget his
miserable consciousness of depend
ence, if he does not find himself
soon defying all the bugbears that
beset him hitherto, it is probably
because long deprivation has rem
dered him incapable of the largest
freedom. Righteous government
has nothing to fear from a people
who own and cultivate the soil.
Freedom and the right have found
thesr deadly foes among the hordes
of oeople who cultivate neither
farms or gardens, and the most
dangerous class of population are
they who have not so much rs n
door-yard.
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Al $4,000 Jersey Cow.

The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution
says: Capt. G.. II. Yancy arrived
in Athens Friday, after a short
trip through Canada, where he had
gone to purchase some Jersey cat
tie. The captains chief mission
was to invest in Jersey cattle, and
he spent some time with the most
famous breeders. He went TO see,
and also ate, some butter from the
world-renowned. Jersey COW Mary
Ann, of st. Lambert, for which an
offer OF $50, 900 was refused, and
would bring on the block in New
York $4,000. This COW has yield
ed four pounds of butter day, and
for eight monthsspast has averaged
over three pounds. She is treated
ike race horse, being kept in a
stall with litter up TO her sides, and
one man does nothing but attend
to her. She has four troughs in
her stall, and is attended as regu-
larly as a young princess. The
captain says the most wonderful
thing about these cattle is their ap-
petite. Despite being pampered
like a child, Mary Ann of st. Lam
bert seems always hungry, and
while the captain was in her stall
she came near chewing off some off
some of his coat tail. But it was
not at all disagreeable to receive
such attention from fifty thous-
and dollar bovine. She is as gen.
tie as q lamb and delights in being
caressed.
The owner of this COW, has the
finest herd Of Jerseys in the world.
While Captain Yancy was at his
farm he refused an offer of s56, 900
for fourteen cows and heifers, and
secuted the idea of thus sacrificing
his cattle,
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Brevities for Farmers.

Solomon says: "Reprove wise
man andhe will love you" When
! was farming, by want of fore
sight and misfortune, 1 had poor
horsSs. 1 love a good horse and l
love to see him fat and slick. Why
SO many poor horses in Texas 1t
must be carelessness. Farmers
fatten your horses in summer after
blowing season Is over. Then you
can go through winter on half feed.
Keep before horses and all stock u
mixture of salt, root and ashes. 1t
will keep them healthy. Let no
croquet set come on your farm. l
find some so enamored with the
foolish thing that they neglect
their crops. The time thus foolish
ly spent, if put in reading good
books and papers, would make a
farmer and his Children intelligent.
Some play on the Lords day, thus
violating the law. Put a dimes
worth of lamp black in one-half
gallon jug, fill halfvinegar, balance
water. This makes a cheap and
good shoe-blacking.
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!. nWhat Fowls Need.


Fowls must have q sand-bath. Ii
is their sponge, towel, toothbrush
and dressing comb all in one. How
would You fell, my dainty lady, if
denied nj your toilet appendages
and comp efied to 60, day after day;
unwashed and unkempt, and to
wear soiled and rumpled garmentsy
Even so suffers Mistress Blddy
without her daily dust-bath, and
nature, that infallible teacher
directs her to the nearest and most
Convenient place for such q reno
walton of the skin and feathers. If
no other soft, sandy and loamy
earth is at hand you may be sure
she will use, your fewer-bed with
out regard to Consequences. She
may learn to hide at your approach,
taught by a blind instinct that you
are her enemy, but the idea that
you begrudse her the dearest de-
light of her hapless days-the use
Of the free soil for. her bodily needs
lis one that poor Biddys small
brain can never comprehend, De
scend to her level, then, yourself;
consider her wants and supply
them without delay. So shall the
sfrrepressible conhictD OF Biddy's
wishes and yours in regard to the
flower beds be amieably settled,
and both of you hereafter live in
peace. Have cart full of loan,
sand and road dust, aRd asprinkling
of ashes, charcoal and sulphur
placed under cover where your
fowls can sun themselves, dust
their bodies TO the destruction of
annoying parasites, and scratch
and bury themselves by the hour
togethcr whenever the wish may
seize them, and you may lay the
fiattering JUNCTION 10 your soul that
the beatitude which refers to the
equality ofmercy" may be applied
10 yourself then, if never before
Poultry World.
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Improve the Farm.


If the farmer improves his farm
heimproves his financial condition.
The more valuable he makes 1t, the
more his capital stock is increased,
the burger viii be his returns, and
.Yheu he dies the larger will be the
petrilnonys he leaves his family.
Fix up the old home then. Clean
out the fence corners. Destroy the
noxious weeds. Grub outtbe hazel
and thistle. Burn out the stumps.
zus,Aanske logs and S.Snes.
"a on cart w
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Lake nice, light and pleasant work at their
own homes, - 10 s. a day easily and qRietiy
made; work sent by mail; no canyassing, no
stamp for repla- Please address Reliable M'l'S
Co. Philadelphia. Pa. drawsrTr.
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THE WEEKLY BANNER.
HOW o llaike lssallr.lIlIng Proitable

Extensive farming is often based
upon robbery of the farm, by
taking from it all that it can be
made to produce, which is sold and
the farms fertility reduced yearly.
Corn and hay raised and sold take
from the farm, and rob the farm of
its proGuctiveness and finally leave
it impoverished. These crops
should be fed to stock on the farm
and the manure carefully saved
and returned TO the land. Then
the productiveness Of the farm
would would be retained. Each
crop of wheat for the last twenty
years has been less per acre for
each four years, and last year the
average yield was only little
over eleven bushels per acre, and
that OF corn about 81 bushels,
which does not pay ;it scarcely
pays for the labor, 20 say nothing
about wear and tear of tools
and teams and the investment
of capital. We ninst, therefore,
adopt different, a better system
of farming, for instance, mixed
farming, rotation Of crops, ETC.; in
order to realize large profits, sow
clover, then barley, then wheat and
then agaifsto clover and the pro-
duct of each crop would be much
larger and profits increased. Corn
roots grow within say four inches
of the surface, wheat roots go
dow deeper, clover goes much
deeper still, and draws from the
subsoil valuable Ingredients that
are left in the surface soil neeessa-
ry-to the growth of plants. Hence,
COM Feeding near the surface viii,
if followed year after year, ex-
haust the c0rn-prodrcing substance
near tie surfabe and the yield be-
comes less. Crops that mature at
different periods of the year are
ADVISABLE and can be taken care of
at a les expense and to better ad.
vanta Work sould be SYSTEM
atized SO as to be more equally
distributed dining different seasons
ofthe year. = Mixed husbandry un-
der proper management will re-
turn TO the soil as much plant food
as we take from it by cropping it.
Pillow timothy meadow and plant
to corn, work thorough with a
view of keeping clean, SOW TO oats
the following spring. Glover sown
with the Egats will not injurethe
oats and q crop Of clover for hay,
OF pasture Will be obtained after
the oats are harvested. The next
year another crop of clover is
gathered, then pillow and sow to
wheat and timothy. This kind of
rotation would give FIVE crops in
five years, and improve the land.
Light Soil should be piowed with
a fat furrow and heavy soil with a
lap furrow,, the edge of one lap
ping on the other.-Professor Sam
born, in J Journal of Agriculture.
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/. HapdIlrg snaHpuling nIanure.

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The crops will derive much more
Immediate benefit from manure,
which has been worked over and
well. decomposed than from that
which is fresh from the stables and
pens. The work of handling and
hauling the former, as we'll as the
after. cultivation ofthe soil, will
be much easier than the latter; so
that it pays, during the winter and
early spring, to pile up and fire.
quently fork over the manure that
aeeamulates from the horse and
cow-stables and the pig pens. In
the latter places, however, the
hogs will generally keep the ma
nure stirred up. Crops are fire.
quently injured by the application
of hot, violent, fermenting ma
nures, and this. is especially true
where young fruit trees were on
the same piece of ground. We
have seen many fine young or
chards of pear and peach consider
able injured by this alone.
Some of our most successful
farmers haul their manure all win
ter. right into the fields which are
tobo pi0wed in the spring, wheth- |
crtherc IS or is not snow on the
80. and whether the manure
Aeoarse. THIS may seem
" wasteful practice, yet
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n IMPBoyEs THE QUALITY OF

the Blood and cnrichesit. and is there
fore flne tnriJordnt and coTrecttro
In cases OF all chronic apdlddies which
are associated with an IMPovERIsHED
STATE OF THE BLOOD. These all yield
regulating and nourishing prop
critics OF Its great food tonic elements.
Itcompensates for the Toss of ritdHfY,
induced by CoslsifBapti0fI, CdtdrTit or
Bronchial and Throat afectiofls. 1t
ociu remedy Feminine Debility and
reimburse the Female physique for.
those losses of ritdlity accompany
ing complaints peculiar TO the ser.
Mothers nursing their own children,
and delicate IConIen who expect. to
become mothers and bring Up ripor-
Gus children should by all means use
It 1t triu restore sufferers from
Mental or Nervous Pr0sfruttou Rrts-
ing from Orer-tcoris, ErcesSes or
Irotrdcted Disease. II tciIg cure
Drunlsennessand the Opium Habit
for as the appetite grows healthier
and digestion mole vigorous through
the use OF this Tonic, the unnatural
craving dies away until totally ex-
tinct. IT Is highly beneficial Ia Liver
CbmplQinfs, ATGiGridt FereT, and a
ALL araldridI Disease; and for tho
debIlttating efiects OF Fercr Of azu Z
E-isid II has no equal. &c Repairs
scnste, iFnproues DiOestfoR and 4p-
1etite, and affords the Dyspeptic In
vdlid an easily dSsiIniJdbte article
q Of food, and is so pleasant to the taste
that the most sensitive palate will not
rafart Il HH ID
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II Is seIf.eyftlent that a physician paving
Particular attention 20 a'class ofcases aftaIns
great skin and ply sic innS IN -gular prlctico
nj. over the country knowing -, frequently
RECOMMEND cases to ihe oldestf 2rt Anierica.
where every known appllahts = Afesortcd 70.
and the proved good reloct1ies- OF an
ages and countries are used. A whole house IS.
used for Office purposes, and all are treated with
skill III n respectful manner; and. knowing.
what TO do, no experiments are made. On Hc-
count OF the great number applying. the
demanded by others II You secure the skin
and get speedy aud perfect life cure. thai Is
the Important matter. palnphlet, d paues,-
sent TO any address nee
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-05-20
JIM'S PASSENGERS.
How a Slick Young Man Lost His
Pistol While Getting a
Drink

A few nights since Tornado Jim's train
was speeding east at forty miles an hour.
The engineer was at his post giving
steam going up hill and giving air on the
breaks going down hill.
The passengers were confident and the
conductor happy in the thought OF having
a successful trip to the end of their Jour
ney.
In an unguarded moment the engineer
blew his whistle for station and out came
steam, whistle. blow pipe, box and all. The
result was the engineer and fireman sat in
dismay and establishment to see the steam
go heavenwsrd, and they were soon on a
side track with dead engine"
The passengers snored, a child cried oc-
casionslly and an old lady finally walked
to the door and shouted, Conductor ~
What can / do for you. madam ?" asked
Tornado Jim in his blandest manner with
his lantern hanging by his side.
"What place is this ?" she Intercepted.
Jefferson City," replied the conductor.
| ooh All right" replied the old lady,
and she retired TO the car mutterIng some
thing about train stopping In a grave
y8rd at night was a sort OF lonesome
| business.
The dislocated whistle was wedged into
position, FIRE in the fire box stirred up and
in short time the steam was Sizing
through the cracks and crevices of the boil
er, and very soon the train was again div
| ing into the darkness of the bluffs border
ing along the river. The passengers, in
Guiding the old lady from Cass county, sat
composedly in their seats.
At Pacific it was daylight when the
train came 70 q standstill at the platform
of the depot.
As the train halted a young man in
front of the old lady reused up and
looked out the window and saw q saloon
sign. He grabbed his hat and started for
the saloon ito see man" As soon as he
saw his man he started back, but the train
had pulled out and was moving eastward.
He ran like white head and the old
lady laughed.
The young man came in and took his
seat putting.
The old lady turned up her nose, for she
smelled the whisky perfume which per-
vaded the air.
Just then the young man began vigor-
ously searching his pockets. The object
of his search failing to appear he looked
under the seat, behind and in front.
what have you lost ?''. asked the old
lady.
Young manifest my pistol.
Old lady.-"Pm glad ont; no business
to carry guns.
Y. MIN from Dallas, Texas, and we
all carry 'em there.
o. Texas is a bad place, because
they will carry guns.
Y. M Must have lost the pistol
while running to catch the train.
D. L.-You deserve to lose your bead il
you don't quit carrying pistols and drink
ing whisky.
And the young man failed to answer, but
he kept on his search while the old lady
was convulsed with laughter.
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Police Court.

Business was quite lively in the police
court yesterday.
The case of c. +. Spray, charged with
disturbing the peace by ejecting one of his
I tenants whom he regarded as disreputabls
character, occupied the time of the court
for several hours, resulting finally in fine
of 81 and costs being assessed against the
defendant.
Joe Harris pleaded guilty to the charge
of associating with prostitutes and was
fined $40. He paid his fine and was dis
charged.
Frank Robinson for the same offense got
$40, and being unable to liquidate will
Sunday in the cooler.
Mary Hewett, the notorious prostitute,
for fast and reckless driving, was fined $40
She will occupy the ladies' parlor in the
cooler for the next few days, unless some
of her admirers come to her relief.
Lizzie Stansberry, arrested in company
With the Hewett woman, and against whom
the same charges were preferred was dis
charged
John Williams, for an aggravated drunk
got SIS.
A. L. Goodwin pleaded guilty to the
charge of running livery stable without
license and was fined $40.
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The Non-Pay Scare.

Saturday mornings BAzoo announced that
the paymastsr had orders from head
Quarters to cease to issue checks. Yester-
day morning everybody was on the alert to
have their checks cashed, and race for
the banks was made. The First National
with two paying tellers, dealt out during
the day $4,000 in gold to the employees of
the company. The other banks did large
business In the same line.
About III o'clock a. 10. the news of the
resumption OF the pay car was bulletined
in front of the BAzoo Office, and soon a
crowd of wondering people studied every
word which was telegram TO Mr., King,
and which was as follows
"You may proceed with the distribution
of pay checks"
Quiet reigns and everybody is happy.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-05-20
PLUCKY LADY'S POP
Puts to Flight Bold Burglars
Who Attempt to Enter
Her Residence.

For several nights during the past week
burglars have been annoying the residents
OF East Fifth street. an attempt being
made Thursday night to enter the residence
of Jake Brandt.
Next door to Mr. Brandt resides William
Scott. During his absence from home
Friday night, Mrs. Scott, who was alone,
heard the tramp of feet on the outside of
the house, and she imme-
diately . closed the front window
and shutters, which In q few moments were
unfastened and thrown wide open by the
bold burglars whose forms were distinctly
visible to Mrs. Scott. Being alone she was
of course frightened and endesvored to
scare the burglars away by ruse, calling
out, "Mr. Scott get your revolver, some
men are trying to break into the house"
The burglars, however, who were evidently
aware that the lady was alone, did not
scare worth cent until the
plucky lady going up stairs
and securing trusty revolver, opened
FIRE on them from an upper window. Then
the burglars were seized with o panic and
fed in disorder.
When Mr.. Scott returned home lie dis
covered that the bullet from his wife's re-
volver clipped off the bough of tree in his
front yard and penetrating the weather
boarding and plaster Of Mr. Brandt's
house, lodged in q picture hanging on the
wall.
The courage and presence of mind exhib-
ited by Mrs. Scott are worthy of the high
est commendation.
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CIRCUIT COURT,
Motions Filed and Entries Made
in q Number Of Cases
Yesterday.

The following is the record of proceed
ings in the circuit court yesterday:
q. A. Eckerly & Co. VS. w. L. Tucker
ct al dismissed by plaintiff.
Pettis county bank VS. Thomas ID. Quin
ct al; plaintiff files demurrer to answer o.
Curtis Field; demurrer heard and sustain
ed, and defendant excerpts defendant Field
declines to further answer; judgment fol
want of answer by defendant Curtis Field
plaintiff files reply to separate answer Of
Quin; jury waived and case submitted tc
the court.
Samuel Oberly VS. John V. Jackson
dismissed for want of prosecution.
James ID. Smith VS. James NJ. Cotes
continued on application of defendant, al
his cost.
J. Frank Tomlin VS. s. s. Brooks; dis
missed by agreement at defendants costs.
Henry p. Whitney VS. Missouri Pacific
railway company by agreement con-
tinued generally.
J. Frank Tomlin VS. William Ruin
settled and dismissed.
/. N. Baker VS. HI. Burge; defendant
dismisses appeal.
F.A. Thatcher VS. John Newton; judg.
ment by agreement for plaintiff against de-
PENDANTS sureties for costs.
Sedalia Savings Bank vs. Citizens Ma.
tional Bank, garnishee of Short & War
rem stricken from the docket.
Eddy, Harvey & Co. VS. o. III. Coe
garnishee of p. NJ West; defendant files
motion for discharge.
Lena F. Graves vs. Theodore Graves
introductory judgment by default.
George Hunt vs. Charles Hunt; interloc-
utory judgment by default.
Cordelis ]. Phillips vs. Malcolm r. Phil
lips same entry.
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing COM
pany VS. p. II. Dobbins case dismissed.
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The Storm.

Yesterday evening about Is o'clock the
heaviest hail and rain storm of the season
broke loose in Sedalia. The wind, amount.
ing almost to hurricane, proved disastrous
to shade trees and fences in some localities
and the nail, some OF which were large as
hen eggs, and continued TO fall for half an
hour, added to the destruction. The rain
which fell IN torrents, soon overlooked the
bitches and thoroughly washed away the
debris about the streets. Though no serious
damage resulted from the general turning
over, some cost will be entailed for the
slight repairs made necessary on rickety
gates, shutters and fences. The circus men
are perhaps the severest sufferers, as their
wall decorations in exposed places were
completely swept away by the hail and
wind and literally blockaded the side
walks in their locality.
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Probate Court.

A. w. and J. T. Payne, administrators
of G. c. Payne, made final settlement The
same is approved by the court and made 81
record. Balance due estate Sl.19I17.
A. p. Morey, administrator of Gerald
Hsssett, made fnal settlement and the
sanae being approved was made part of
the record. Balance due the tate $203.33
The administrator was ordered to pay the
same to the heirs.
Israel Drone, guardian and curator of C.
w. Dale. minor, made annual settlement
J. w. Warren, guardian and curator Of
r. E. Shy, minor, made annual settlement
In the estate of Jas. Franklin. deceased
2. G. and Willis Franklin, administrators
preliminary order apportioning assets
among creditors was made.
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The Spring Races.

The spring races at Parsons, Kansas,
have just closed, and the meeting was in
every way q grand success.
Next week the Kansas City races begin,
and the week following the Sedalia Jockey
club will treat the sport-loving people of
Sedalia and vicinity to three days rum
ming meeting, commencing Thursday, May
18th, and continuing three days.
The prospect for good meeting at Sc
dalia is very fattering, as large number
of horses can be safely counted on to be on
hand. Letters of inquiry from all over the
state and even from distant states, have al
ready been received, and the club have had
enough horsemen promise to be on hand
with their stables to insure q good meet
ing.
Next week the track at the park will,
under the management of Mr.. E. w.
Stevens, be put in excellent condition, and
everything be put in good order for the
races. The towns along the railroads have
been well billed, and q large number of
visitors are expected.
Last year at the inaugural meeting the
Jockey club were very unfortunate as re-
CARDS the weather, it having rained during
the whole meeting. The stables we're full Of
horses, and Sedalia would have had the best
racing meeting she ever had but for that
fact. This year IL the weather is favorable
the races promise TO be fine.
The Jockey club desires to be we'll pat
ronized, and We hope to see our people turn
out and fill the grand stand to OVERLOOKING
on each of the three days of the meeting,
May 29sh, 3Qth and 3lst
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The st. Louis, No, Post-Dispatch says
that Mrs. Phoebe Rice, 1908 Madison
street, sister of Hon. Fl. Clay Sexton,
chief of the ST. Louis fire department,
had been a sufferer from inflsmmatory
rheumatism for seven years, the muscles OF
her hands and limbs were coatracted and
she used crutches. By single applica-
ton of st. Jacobs Oil she was benefited
instantaneously, and finally completely
cured,