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GERMANY.
Why She Takes the First Place at The Head
of the Nations.

Why She Takes the First Place at .he Head
of the Nations.
Germany keeps herplace at the head
of other nations because of the super
ior intelligence of her people. The
proportion of illiterate people is less in
that country than in any other on earth.
All the young men impressed into her
armies grade higher in intelligence and
education than in the most favored
nations. Of hundred and fifty thou
sand recruits tested, only one and one
half per cent. could not read or write.
In some provinces, such as Wurtem-
burg, not an uneducated person could
be found. We Americans have Wanted
our superior education, but some
seventeen per cent of our population
are illiterate. In the years 1888 and
1884, thirty thousand, four hundred
and nine books and maps were pub
lished in Germany, against only seven
thousand, five hundred and sixty-nine
in the United States. This shows the
superior literary activity OF the Ger
mans; and what is still more mortify-
ING to our national pride is, that most
of the works published in the United
States are stories and romances, while
a larger portion of the new German
literature is scientific and philos-
phical. 1t is no wonder, therefore,
that Germany is not only the arbter OF
Europe, but that it is making its in
fuence felt in every part of the globe.
The English merchant has heretofore
taken the leading position in trade cir
eles in all quarters of the earth. but ne
is rapidly giving place to- bis more in
telligent and thoroughly trained Ger
man rival. The expansion OF the Ger.
man power in the way of colonies aud
commerce is because of the greatGl
mental activity developed by the edu'
cation of the German people. The
German military system would be yeEy
unpopular should an attempt be made
to naturalize it in the United States
but the training il involved has worked
wonders for the German character
The drill and discipline has been al
education itself. Ii has taught the
Teuton how to command as well as Il
obey; physically, mentally. and NOR
ally the German race has been wonder
fully improved, not only by it
thorough education in letters, but be
cause of the incubation of solderlN
virtues due to the discipline of the bar
rack and the camp. - Demorest'!
Monthly.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

1t is wise young man who early
makes up his mind that gamblers Anow
more about gambling than he does
jim.
"A little school girls definition of
scandal: Nobody does nothing, and
everybody goes ON telling of it every
where. Troy Times.
True wealth consists In health,
vigOr and courage, domestic quiet. con-
cord, public liberty. plenty OF all that
Is necessary and contempt of all that is
superlluouS. -FSneLOn.
DO cats reaSon?" asks q writer in
natural history. We don't know whether
they reason or not, but for pure. unad
liberated augmentation they take the
cake.-BuriiHgtOn Free Press.
Justice is blind according to the old
tradition. but it looks little of late rs
though il was only blind in one eve and
that the big rascals succeeded in getting
on the blind side every time.-RHIastel-
phia Times.
-He-If / were to live my life over
again, madam, would do very differ
emily. She-Indeed and what would
you do? He-I should marry nobody,
fundamentally at all. She You
would make a great mistake if You did
that. He-I don't think so. She-Yes,
YOU would. 1 married nobody when i
married you.--N. j. Graphic.
"A writer in the Providence Journal
says we ''must wait until 1892 for Jupi-
ter's next perihelion. Well if we
must we must, though it seems pretty
rough. We don't suppose the writer
could induce Jupe to perihele mex. year?
There may be two or three persons
right here in this town who wouldn't
murmur greatly if Jupiter were to de-
fer the exhibition until 1920. They
would be willing to wait-HorriStoUn
Herald.
Say, Pat" said a gentleman to
his hired man, who had many domestic
quarrels, with whom would you sooner
fight, the English or your wife, Biddy?"
.'Och, bedad," was the reply, "whin
the English declare war a mon foinds it
out in advance, an he gifts a chance ter
run, but whin Biddy declares war.
niver bit do l foind it out until have
recovered. D'yez underestimate" The
gentleman comprehended the peculiar
position of his domestic. Scissors.
What in the world brought you
down here to-day. Charlie?" exclaimed
the surprised Miss Fussanfeather TO
young Crimsonbeak. vino had quite I'M
expectedly presented himself at the re-
sort where she was stopping. 81 was
drawn toward you, dear" replied the
blood, in dulcet tones. How, Charlie?
What drew you toward me?" The
cars. dear" '-Oh. no, you provoking
fellow; / mean what was the motive
that brought you here?" '.Oh; the
locomotive, DEAR and they went out
TO perform the hammock act alone aud
unobserved. YonkerS Statesman.
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Acupuncture for Cholera i'm China.

The employment of acupuncture ana
cau:erization by Chinese doctors forms
the sui; ect o. an article in one of the
last numbers of the North China Herald.
A native public writer not long since
claimed that skillful physician in this
department OF medicine could cure such
diseases as imbecility. fits, cholera etc.
The principle of cauterization is simply
that of counter-irritatiOn, and the
English writer bears personal testimony
to It's efficacy in the case of a slight SUM-
stroke, although the operator was sim.
pie Manchu peasant and the instrument
a couple of copper coins. Very extra
ordinary cures are attributed ID acu-
puncture by the Chinese. 1t is first
performed in the hollow of the elbow
of each arm. If the puncture draws
blood there is no danger, but if 10
blood appears the case is regarded as
very grave. But before abandoning
the sufferer puncture of the abdomen
is tried. Selling handful of flesh, the
operator drives the needle right through
it, and then draws it backward and
forward a few times. If the patient
manifests any sense of pain, or if any
blood is drawn, poultice of egg and
buckwheat -four is applied over the
puncture, and recovery is regarded as
almost certain; but if no pain is felt
and no blood flows the case is declared
hopeless, and the sufferer is left 20 die.
The case Is then quoted of Young
Chinese, educated abroad, who was
attacked with cholera: his extremities
became cold, and cramp set in. in a
somewhat alarming manner. The barber
surgeon who was called in, commenced
by running needle into the pit of
the patients stomach. a et of very
dark blood following; he then punctured
the calf. the two breasts, and the fore
head of the sufferer, freeing a certain
quantity of blood at each prick. The
relief is said TO have been instantaneous,
and in two days recovery was complete.
The Chinese explanation of this treat
ment is that when the blood is in the
poisoned condition which induces the
choleraic symptoms il becomes thick,
and accumulates in certain portions of
the body. A clever surgeon knows
exactly how TO put his fingers on the
particular spots, and by skillfuLy
.'opening the mouth of the heart"
as the operation is called, sets free the
poisoned fluid which causes all the
mischief. 1t is noteworthy that faith
in the efficacy of this mode OF treat
ment is not confined to the masses,
but is shared by Chinese who have been
abroad and have had ample experience
Of Western medical practice. Nature.
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FACES AND FIGURES.
ons-sevensh Of the population Of Ken

ons-sevensb ct the population Of Ken
tucky is colored
The coming corn crop Is estimated
at /, 297. COZ, 900 bushels. against $751;
66SyOO0 last year and slz,77l.OO0 in
1882.
Most of the more than 1000 women
employed in. the Government service at
Washington are from the Middle and
New England States.
If all the locomotives in the United
States were placed in line they would
make trsin more than 200 miles long,
worth $50. 0O0, 00O.-Chicdgo Herald.
The supply of postsl-cards this year
win cost the Government 1922. 600, and
it will require $500 10 pay for their
distribution And the expense OF the
agency.
The sugar consumption Of the
United States averages forty i've pounds
a year TO each inhabitant. One-fourth
of all the sugar produced in the world
is consumed IN the United States. where
the sweet tooth seems TO be in every
body's mouth. ~ Y. Sun.
If The engines, passenger and freight
cars of the United States were placed
in line they would reach $500 miles,
or form one solid train from New York
10 San Francisco, with lateral trains
reaching from Chicago to st. Paul, to
New Orleans aud Washington. ID. c.
Chicago Herald.
In 1871 there were 800, 900 deaths
from cholera in Russia; in 1873 there
were 10, 900 deaths in Poland; in 1872
IS there were 10000 deaths in Hun
gary; in 1928 there were nearly
ZOO deaths in Prussia; in 1S65-6l
there were las. 900 deaths in Italy. In
Paris the mortality from cholera has
been as follows: In 1882, Is, 654 deaths;
in 1S49, 1874; in 1854, S,096; in
1856, 12,082; in 1873, 8S5. In Eng
land in 1849 the deaths from cholera
were 10000. In 1917 the army of the
Marquis of Hastings lost in India 5000
men in twelve days from Asiatic
cholera.
Officers of the United States army on
the active list: One Northumberland.
three Ms. or-Generals, fifteen Brigadier.
Generals. twsnty-three Aids-de-Camp,
one Military Secretary, sixty-six Colo
nels, eighty-five Lieu enant-C olonels,
PAL Majors. 81 Captains (mOunted),
30l Captains (not mounted), thirty-foul
Chaplains, fourteen Store-keepers, forty
Adiutants, forty Regimental Quarter
masters, Adjutant and Quarte-mastel
o. Engineer Battalion, 21S First Lieu
tenants (mounted). $50 First LieuteD
ants mot mounted), las Second Lieu
tenants (mountedl. 300 Second Lieuten
ants mot mounted), $50 Acting Com
nissaries of Subsistence. W. J. Herald
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Water for Plants.

In experiments performed by Sir j.
B. Lawes be found that most plants
exhaled during the four or five months
of their growth more than two hum
dred times their dry weight of water,
drawn up from the soil in which they
grew. DR.. j. III. Gilbert stated that
the amount of water given off by
plants during growth might be approx
mately estimated as equal to a depth
of three inches of rain for every ton of
drv substance grown. Messrs. Lawes
and Gilbert found by actual experiment
that crop of hay growing on land
that had been MANFRED, and giving
about ton and half per acre. evapo-
rated two inches more water than an
unmanured crop of less than third of
a ton. These two inches were equal to
two hundred tons of water. A heavy
crop of barley evaporated nine inches,
or one thousand eight hundred tons of
water more than bare land lying along
Side. These experiments show the i'm
portance of understanding SO as to keep
the soil pulveriZed and mellow, to hold
like a sponge the water which falls on
it, and give it of to growing plants as
they need it. A good growing crop
keeps the soil in better condition than
a soil without crop, the latter being
easily flooded, and again parched by
drought; and without undertaking,
either artificial or natural, the soil can
not be brought into a good condition
90 absorb and hold surplus water. -
CegHtry Gentleman.
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BEEF.
Ehe Profits of Live Stock Production on the
Farm.

The Profits of Live Stock Production on the
So much has been written during
the past few years about the profits OF
beef production on the range and ranch
that many farmers owning from a
fourth to an entire section of land have
come to the conclusion that they cam
Tot successfully compete with the ''beei
barons" in supplying the market with
meat. They accordingly rejoice that
the President has turned these gentle
men out of the Indian Territory, and
mas ordered their fences removed on
all parts of the public domain. That
these orders will result in diminishing
the profits of the range and ranch men
and increasing those of persons who
keep cattle on their own farms seems
certain. In the future capitalists who
are able to purchase several thousand
head of cattle can not appropriate large
tracts of land belonging to the Nation
or included in Indian Reservations and
devote them to pasturing cattle on
which they pay no taxes. Persons
who keep stock on their own farms
will be nearer on an equality with the
ranch and range men in the matter of
expenses. They can not do as ex-
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TRUSTEES SALE

Where S. VIM. w. McDonough and
Mary F., his vile, by their ceit 'in deed OF
.ru I dated the eighth day OF January,
1881, and recorded Ia the recorders office
of Pettis county, a, deed book Is, page l53,
conveyed to o. A. Crandall, trustee, a.
their right, title, interest and es e, in and
to the fol!owing described real esla e, sta
at d in The county Of Petit, state OF Mis-
s. uri. viz: Ten ores IF Of the east side
of the northwest quarter of The northeast
gu ,rter of section thirty-four, and ten
acres off OF the west side OF tdat part of the
MOI the st qu,rter OF the northeast quarter
Of sec ion Ihiriy-four, which lies on the
20 tn side of Muddy creek, in township
for'y six range twenIy-three, and whereas,
said deed Of trust provides among o'her
Thugs that upon the refusal t. set Of said
trustee, the then acting sheriff of said
county, upon the Esquest OF the legal
holder OF the n Jte secured thereby, his
agent or attorney, shall sell TIE said real
state, ard whereas, said trustee now re-
fus to act, and where's, said nveyarce
w,s made In trust to cure the payment of
one certain PROMISE ry note IN said deed
described, and wher. as, said note has be-
come due and is unpaid now, therefore, in
accordance with the provisions of said
deed of trust, and at the rogue of the
legal holder OF $ aid not, shall proceed to
sell the above described real es ate at the
court house door, in the county Of Pettis,
sa'e aforesaid, % the highest b:dier for
cash, at public auction, on
WEDNESDAY THE 14TH DAY OF
OCTOBER, 1885,
between the hours Of nine o'clock in the
forencon and FIVE in the af,ernt on of that
day, to satisfy said note, together with the
cost and expense Of ex cutting this trust.
l.. 8. MURRAY,
Sheriff of Pet'is county, Mo, and acting
trlI-tee. 9-22-w4,.
Dated this 22d day of September, 1885
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On a back street in Saratoga is
little Westinghouse for Free Metho-
dists, who aim TO be extremely primi-
tive, AID who have undertaken to re-
form the frivolities of fashion as dis
played by the summer residents. Ev-
cry afternoon a small company Of
women, plainly clad, kneel solemnly' in
prayer for their sisters who delight in
more elaborate clothes. There is thus
Ear no perceptible effect.-Tr0y Times
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J. G. HICKMAN, M. d.
SPECIALIST
IN CHRONIC DISEASES

No. 2es Broadway, Hannibal, Mo,
DR.. Hickman, graduate Of the st. Louis Medical
College, with twenty years experience in hospitals
and Hot Springs, treats all chrome and private
diseases ueh syphilis gonorrhoes,lo lost manhood
impOtency ~ errors Of vcsaIth. Communication free
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Buckeye wheat drills, Alp Ohio street.
Best drill m d.. We VII sell chap to
suit the times. 8 25w5t
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"A man who lives on Indian farm.
Lewis County, West Virginia, is but
seventeen years old, and his bare feet
measure thirteen and a half inches ir
length.-LouiSUilLe Courier-.IournaL
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Or. WHITTIER,
ei7 st. Charles street, So. Louis, Esez
r. w HIT TIE Z
tIS Sc. CharIaa StraaS-

Treats ali forms of Veneral Diseases, Sem
osi Emissions and Sexual Debility, wiz
unparalleled J4ccess. Nc matter who faile&
call or " itc; : amphles Or consultation hcce
tan ,ez-r 70 tie medical rrotess;cn IA Q
J2Stx % ire 1,oErfrx
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The life and murderous crime Of BILL FOX,
one of the most noted criminals ever In the
west executed at Nevada, Mo-, December %,
1888, has been published in pamphlet form. IL
Illustrated. The book gives the full details of
the trial of Fox for the murder of T. W. Howard
May 20, 1883, and the confession of his muir
der, duplicating the woman, Mrs. Rose.
Price, loo. Address,
j. WEST GOODWIN
Sedalia, Mo.
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Several trees on the Battery, New
York, are not far from hundred years
old.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-03-19
Our Foreign Policy.

1t is to be regretted that President
Garfolds South American policy was not
carried out by President Arthur. Tho
invitation for tho several governments Of
tho western hemisphere to bo represented
in friendly conference In the city Of
Washington was wise and sagacious
movement. Time confirms the prediction
made by tho friends Of the measure that
the Unitcp States, by this mistake,
would be delayed many years in is O.
tiny to have complete reciprocal CONNER
cial relations with Central and South
American states upon the basis of mutual
interest and permanent friendship.
by revokiug the call for conference we
have confirmed Chilli as an ally of Eng.
land and unfriendly to us, while poor
Peru is robbed Of territory, aud her ma
tionality is almost destroyed, reduced, as
she is, to mere dependency Of Chilli.
Tho moral influence of the United States
in South America is thing of the past,
and Secretary Bayard's dispatches and
letters, giving assurances of moral sup
port to tho little republics Of Central
America, will hardly no needed by tho
brutal dictator, Ruhno Barrlos.
-Four years ago statesmanship could
have accomplished everything that the
United States desired to advance her com
mercal interests. The Nicaraguan canal
by this time might have been nearly COM
pleted. Every government on tho west.
TT
us in the enterprise. We lost the
golden opportunity. We tried to re-.
gain it by reciprocity treaties,
but they came too late for Arthurs ad.
ministration to secure their ratification
/ Nothing is left for the United States but
to construct navy OF sufficient strength
to maintain her standing as nation and
protect her interests. II our little Cen
trail American sisters are saved from con.
quest they will owe their national exist
enco to the firm stand Of Mexico, and
in this manner these events will pass intC
history.
President Cleveland should call an ex
ira session of Congress, to meet abOu
October 1, and recommend 1t to pass up
propriatons for our rivers and harbors
besides restoring that intended for tht
guns to arm the cruisers aud making am
pie provision for ships that will render
an energetic policy in the future possible
If Secretary Bayard had given the
same ring to his dispatches that Senator
Edmunds has in his resolution they
might have partially replaced the lack o.
On ultimatum to Barrios, such as Mexico
was not too timid to send.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-03-19

raymasers Frazer, Cam, and Bellows, H..
>; M are ON their way TO Washington from
the Pacific coast.
telegram received at the Postonlee DE.
| phrlmenl yesterday stated that the postolice
AZ klrkwood, Mo-, was burned Tuesday Tho
mail was saved.
The civil employees of the Navy Departme Mt
70 the number Of 200 called OH Secretary Whit,
neey yesterday and were introduced to him by
chief Clerk HOgg.
The contract for rebuilding the revenue
steamer Rush az San FTanGlsco has been
a.w9rded to Hal 4 Bro, OF san Francisco, al
Among the several national banks whose
corporate existence was yesterday extended
Dy tho acting comptroller OF the currency was
tne central National Bank Of Frederick, Md,
me PostoiiiOo Department has informed
ecIvnlh newspaper publishers in the Indian
toIthL4ry' VINO had inquired us to the oxtont
Nnien their papers may be circulated un-
county seats free circulation In the county IN
Whlch they arc located, that as the Depart.
mont mas no knowledge Of tho existence of
county lines Ia the indian torrltoty such
n,eeWspepeTs arc entitled to free circulation
throughout the territory.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-03-19

one Of the questions asked by the
civil service commission is, in substance,
"Havo you over borne arms against the
United StatesY Was there ever such an
insult offered to victorious political
party as 1t comes forward to claim the
spoils2 They may we'll cry out in the
agony Of their despair, "Who, then, can
DO savodp If this qu cstion did not have
bearing upon the selection of candi.
dates, it would not be asked. If IL does
h ave an influence who of tho proud do
Tenders of the lost cause, who Of those
that still glory in the part they took in
secession, would submit himself TO an ex-
animation before a board that considered
loyalty prerequisite to holding gov
ernmcnt position2 The demand for the
removal of the Republican rascals of the
civil service commission will soon be
made,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-03-19
UNITED srArEs SENATE.
Securing Clerks to Assist at Committee Work
During the Summer Months,

The chair laid before the Senate rosolu.
tion offered by Senator Miller, of New York,
authorizing the committee on agriculture and
forestry To sit during the recess to consider the
best means Of preserving the forests upon the
public domain and TO employ clerk.
Mfr. COckrcll asked why II was necessary for
every committee OF the Senate 10 bo made
perpatetic. II tho principle was extended IL
would not be long before the Senate would
hear of something Interesting, and that would
be about tho expenditure OF the contingent
fund.
Mr. Miller said thero was no expenditure
contemplated, except for the payment OF II
clerk. If the committee held any meetings
the members would bo able TO pay their own
expenses lf this committee was provided
with an annual clerk, as II ought TO be, there
would no no necessity ior this resolution He
believed tho work 20 bc done was important
enough to Justify tho passage OF the rcsolu.
ton.
Mr. Van wyck said the difficulty In this re.
gard grew out OF the unjust assignment OF
clerks If clerks were assigned only TO com
mittocs which had work to do, or rule were
adopted giving clerks TO all standing commit
tees the difficulty would be romeded. These
resolutions were offered by committees which
had no annual clerks, and worc merely
subteriuges for the employment Of clerks dur
Ing the recess
Mr.. Harrison commended the course taken
by the senator from New York. There was no
pretonso that tho committee would hold q
meeting. He thought the committee OF which
he was the Chairman--that on territorieS-wns
entitled to an annual clerk Several senators
had provided IN the way proposed by the SEN
atOr from New York for their clerks, but he
had not chosen TO do so, and could not, there
fore, vote for the resolution,
Mr.. Teller WIS willing to mako the clerk OF
the committee on agriculture aud forestry an
annual clerk but wasl not willing TO do IL IN n
NJ NtIt.. s.tt ,t,n un,a.o h,a ,,oo ,yoto od