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SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue and authority Of a
special execution on a judgment
for delinquent taxes, issued from
the Office of the CLERK of the cir
cult court of Adair county, Mis-
souri,, on the seventh day of May,
1886, made returnable at the De-
tober term, 1856, of said court, and
to me, the undersigned Sheriff, di-
rected and delivered in favor of
the State of Missouri, at the rela-
ton and to the use of NJ. T. Strock
collector of the revenue for Adair
county, Missouri, and against
Granbery Greer and the unknown
heirs of James Broyles, deceased,
in pursuance Of judgment and
and order OF sale of said circuit
court at the April term 1886, I
have levied upon and seized, and
on Thursday the Dist day of Octo-
Der, 1886, will sell at the court
house door in the town OF Kinks
vile, Adair county, Missouri, be-
tween the hours of 9 o'clock in the
forenoon and five in the afternoon
of said day while the circuit court
within and for said county is in
session, at public auction to the
highest bidder, for cash in hand,
the following described real estate
situated in Adair county, Missouri,
or so much thereof as will satisfy
the judgment, interest and costs in
said cause, the same being lien
a gainst said real estate as shown
by judgment and decree of said
court, to-wit:
The southwest fourth of the
northeast-quarter of section twen-
ty-seven CD, township s1xty-one
of range sixteen, (l6), all in Adair
county Mo-, to satisfy said execu-
ton and costs of this sale.
J. III. KINNEAR,
Sheriff Of Adair Co, No,
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for the drainage should NOT be less
than six inches. in diameter. 1t is
worse than useless to lay such
drains unless there is considerable
fall and ample means for flushing
when necessary. In fact, as rule,
stables in the country are better
without drains, except along the
floors. 1t is preferable that the
liquid manure be absorbed with
dry clay, or other similar material,
for thus the most valuable portion
of the manure is saved.
The floors OF stables are also
considered. These are usually
made of thick plank. They are by
no means the best. 1t is advised
that the foundation may be six
inches of broken stone. thorough
ly pounded and solidifed. Or this
is thin layer of gravel, laid and
pounded smooth; on this again a
good cement of sharp gravel sand
and cement is laid. When finish
ed it should be kept moist for
some time before it is used-if for
three months it would be better.
On such floor comparatively lit
tie water will keep all sweet and
clean. Now, if the stable is laid
with well matched floor alone of
seasoned plank thoroughly driven
home, and if it is ceiled in from
the rest of the barn, where only a
portion of the floor is used as a
stable, there will be no danger Of
contamination of food of the ami
mails by any effiuvia therefrom.
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for infants and Children.

Two hundred and fifty laborers
EN- ployed in grading the extension
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul at Excelsior Springs are on
a strike for $3.50 for man and
team. The contractors paid 1925,
but attempted a reduction to 50,
which caused the strike.-Rich-
morld Democrat.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that letters ofadmin-
istratlon upon the estate of James Ryon de-
ceased, late of Adar county, Mo. have been
granted to the undersigned by the Probate
court of the county of Adair, bearing date the
FIST DAY OF August, 1856. All persons having
claims against said estate are required to exhi-
bit them to me for allowance within one wear
amer the date of said letters, or they may be
precluded from any benefit of such estate: and
II such claims be not exhibited within two
years from the time of publication of this no
tice tn sy will be forever barred
HENRY o. RYON,
BENNETT +. RYON
Administrators.
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Five Quarts OF Seed Corn

VIII plant a whole acre, the pro-
duct of which will vary great
many bushels according to the
quality of seed used. Like pro-
duces like" and NOW is the time
to go into the fields and pick out
and mark the earliest ripening
ears, those of the best form and
size, and best filed out on tips
and butts with good, well-formed
kernels. Also choose those where
two or three good ears grow on
one stalk. Like produces like.
For stiffness and soreness of the
muscles and joints of the bedy,
rheumatism, neural gain fact
any ache or pain of the body
nothing equals Salvation Oil. Sold
by all druggists. Price Csc.
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Are you going South.

If so, it is of great Importance to
you to be fully informed as to the
cheapest, most direct and most
direct and most pleasant rout
You will wish to purchase your
ticket via the route that will sub
ject you to no delays and by which
through trains are run. Before
you start you should provide
yourself with a map and time
table of the Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Gulf Railroad memphis
Short Route South. The only
direct route from and via Kansas
City to all points in Eastern and
Southern Kansas, Southwest Mis-
souri, and Texas Practically the
only route from the West to all
Southern cities. Entire trains
with Pullman Palace Sleeping
Cars and free Reclining Chair
Cars, Kansas City to Memphis;
through Sleeping Car Kansas
City to New Orleans. This is the
direct route, and many miles the
shortest line to Little Rock, Hot
Springs Eureka Springs, Fort
Smith, Van Buren,, Fayetteville
and all points in Arkansas. Send
for a large map. Send for
copy of the Missouri and Kansas
Farmer" an eight-page illustrated
paper, containing full and reliable
information in relation to the
great States of Missouri and Kan
sas. Issued monthly and mailed
free. Address.
J. E. LOCKWOOD.
G. P. & T. A. Kansas City
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Breeders of Jerseys, exulting
over beef raisers, can always point
with pride to the island of Jersey
containing less than forty-six
square miles. or about $4,000
acres, yet supporting over 1900
cattle and 10000 people. Two
thousand head of cattle are ex-
ported annually, and at present
prices for Jerseys this dairy
stronghold may be said to be as
prosperous a little country as
there is on earth.
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Store the Machinery.

The time is at hand when the
larger part of the machinery can
be put away for the winter. Put
where it will not be rained upon.
Keep it from rusting. Give the
wood a coat of paint, and by all
means in your power, save it, and
SO riches will be given to you. The
poorest economy ON a farm is to
save the money that ought to go
to do this. A thousand feet of
lumber and a few pounds of nails
properly used now will save many a
dollar and many wasted hours
next season. A few years since,
when the Patrons of Husbandry
were striving to buy all machinery
direct from the manufacturers, a
committee from a county lodge
waited on a prominent manu-
facturer and asked him what he
would do for them, He answered
that he could not sell them
machinery, but would do better.
He would give them some advice
that if followed, would be of more
benefit than buying machinery at
cost. This advice was that they
take care of what they had by
housing it all the season, and
sharp questioning brought out the
fact that very few of them had
storage sheds. He was right, and
the advice is as good now as it was
when given.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-16
HOME AND FARM

"A good pen-wiper for steel peas Is
. piece OF raw potato. Il removes tho
ink crust and causes smooth flow OF
ink.
Horses ought to have as great COM
Tort In the stable as it Is possible to give
them. Do not construct stables care
lessly. Look TO the con,fsrt of tho ami
mails in every particular III the matter OF
construction. - Troy Times.
For Sour Stomach and Headache:
Take two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, add
q teaspoonful of water, and soda the size
OF grain of corn. Stir "a altogether
until IL foams and drina while foamng.
Toledo Bids~.
--i. point to be remembered Is that IL
large fowcr-pots are used there will be
more leaves than flowers. Often plants
have refused to blossom simply because,
having so much space, their energies
were bent upon forming rootlets and
leaves. = Chicago Tribune.
To make homemade vinegar take
one gallon nolnsses, seven gallons rain
water. and one pint good yeast. 1t
sometimes takes several months for this
to make the best vinegar, but do not be
discouraged, 1t makes the best in time.
| 1t has never failed for me, and / have
| used it for years. Cor. Field and Farm.
Clean. fresh. dry dirt should be
plentifully used in tho barnyards and
stalls. II is not only an excellent disin-
fectant and absorbent, but the animals
will use it to wallow in and clean them
selves. The hog that has access to dry
dirt will be easier to keep, while lice on
| ba gt< IL nd -, lao, 90, I1 In
vented by its use. se.-Aibanu Journal
The spokes, hubs and fellocs of n
wagon are soon rotted at tho mortises
by the entrance OF water. and the fire.
quent swelling and shrinking produce a
loosencss of the joints which is soon
fatal to the wheel. BY saturating these
parts with hot oil until no more will be
absorbed, the wheel will become solid,
firm and durable. .-Chica7 10 journal.
Scrambled Eggs: Break four eggs
into clean stewpan with one ounce of
butter and q little salt and pepper; beat
it all up till the yolks and whites arc
we'll mixed, then stir it over the fire
with wooden spoon till cooked; ii
should never be clotted or hard. A
spoonful of stock, or any sauce. is a
great improvement. Mushrooms minced
and tossed in little butter, cold aspar-
agus cut into nice pieces, or even sliced
cucumber placed in with the eggs q
minute or two before serving, make
pleasant varieties of this little dish.
~ y Herald.
Milk Soup: Take four large pota.
toes, peeled and cut in quarters, one
onion cut up, put them into two quarts
of boiling water with two ounces Of
butter. one quarter ounce salt or pep
per to taste; boil till done to mash,
strain through colcnder, and rub the
vegetables through with n wooden
spoon, return the pulp and soup to the
saucepan, add one pint of milk, and put
it on the fire to boil; when it boils
sprinkle in by degrees three tablespoon.
fuls Of crushed tap:oca, stirring we'll al
the time. Boil frequently for fifteen
minutes, and serve in hot soupplate.- =
Boston Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-16

Grellman states that in two Hungarian
regiments cited every eighth man was
Gipsy. The Swedes had body Of them
in the Thirty Years War, and the Danes
employed three companies of them at
the siege of Hamburg, while in 1876
several thousand of them did duty in
tho Servian army against the Turks. A
thousand Gipsics were with Francis ron
Perenyi Mt the siege of Nags Ida. In
Spain they have at different times been
made useful rs cavalrymcn, to which
branch Of service they seem best fitted
from their rowing nature, their love OF
adventure, and their unequaled horse
manship. Gipsies have frequently
served in the English navy, and there
were Gypsy musicians in the fleet Mt
Sebastopol. while Sir Walter Scott
speaks Of being at Paris in 1915, when
that city was garrisoned by tho allied
troops. and having discovered Gipsy
companies among Russian soldiers sta
toned at certain posts.
So, too, have Gipsy women distinguish
ed themselves as other than dukkerers
and fortune-telling cheats They have
proven the most wonderful of nurses in
the hospitals Of cities and upon battle
fields; and, by marriage, have frequent
ly been elevated to the ranks of the
nobility in many European countries,
notably in Hungary and Scotland. Tho
most priced singers in the church choirs
of Moscow, st. Petersburg and other
Russian cities have been Gipsy women,
who have received in many instances
cxtravagant salaries, supporting their
families in atlluence and acquiring
notable completeness. Indeed. it is less
singular that this is true than that there
are no more noted singers among them.
Melody is as much a part of the Gipsy's
nature rs is wandering and out-of-door
life. Music and dancing form their
chief amusement, and, though among
the rowing members of the race you will
seldom d scovcr cultivated voice, l
have come upon hundreds of Gipsies
from whose throats song flowed rs
naturally, as purely and as melodiously
as water leaps from the brown rocks OF
some beautiful mountain stream
Edgar l.. Wahcma., sm Chicago NeWs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-16
TURKISH CHRISTIANS.
Proof of The Early Spread of Christianity
Into The Heart of Asia.

Proof of The Early Spread of Christianity
Into the Heart of Asia.
At the beginning OF this year dis
covery was made ut Semirjetsche. in the
district Of Fcrgana, west of the Chinese
frontier at Kuldja, and northeast of
Kokand, which is of great interest to
historians and Orientalists. 1t was
near the ruins of fortress called Bur-
ana, built of bricks and situated on the
spurs of the Alexander mountain chain,
that Dr.. Porjakow found two decayed
grave-yarls with numerous grave
stones, many of which bore cross and
others chiseled inscriptions. They could
not be deciphered on the spot, both
characters and language appearing to
be quite unkno IN. The Catholic mis-
sionaries in Kuldja believed the charac-
ters to he Nigurian, while the Lama of
the Kalmucks believed he recognized in
one of the inscriptions the Buddhist
form of prayer, ON ma hOm. 1t wa,
determined to take several tombstones,
fourteen photographs and eight rather
| imperfect copies of the inscriptions to
ST. Petersburg, where they were handed
to the Councillor of State Chwolson.
who soon declared the characters to bo
Syriac-
1t was difficult to decipher, for, be-
sides the age and decay of the stones
and inscriptions, they contained new
italics not usual in Old Syriac, and also
quite foreign letters, probably taken
from the Arabian alphabet, and. very
unexpectedly, some Turkish words and
proper names. This being found out.
the deciphering proceeded rapidly, and
Prof. Chwolson sent a report to the Royal
Academy of Sciences in st. Petersburg
The inscriptions have primarily paleO-
graphic interest, and are further re-
markable on account of their peculiar
grammat Cal forms and turns of speech.
They also give the animals names of
the twelve years. cycle of the Mongo-
lians. Chinese and Turks in their orig
inal form, whereas these names were
hitherto only known from an Arabic
translation.
But their historical value is still great
er. for they prove the early spread OF
Christianity in Eastern Asia by tho Mes
tor!ans. which was hitherto only con-.
jectured. 1t is true that in the eleventh
century there was already news of the
conversion to Christianity of mighty
Turkish race living northeast of Kuldja,
whose Kings governed large kingdom,
and whose power probably gave rise to
the legend of the government of the
High Priest Johannes in Asia, and that
this, as well as other Turkish trib,,s,
was converted by the HISTORIANS is
shown by reports of Christian mission
aries of the thirteenth century, and by
Marco Polo's reports; but till now
there was no certain proof of all these
sayings, and the inscriptions now de-
ciphered show that indeed the Nes-
torians succeeded in converting Turkish
populations not later than the eighth
century, for the Oldest inscription from
Sem'rjetsche belongs to the beginning
OF the ninth century and the latest to
the middle of the fourteenth century
probably 1887. Vossische Zeitunq.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-16
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
The Artificial Manufacture of Quinine, Ac-
cordiug to Hewett's Plan.

The Artificial Manufacture of Ouinine, Ac-
cordiug to Hewett's Plan.
A remarkable discovery, by which the
price of quinine may be reduced to
something like six cents per ounce, has
been made by Mr. Cresswell Hewett.
The synthetical manufacture of quininc
was first suggested to Mr.. Hewett, in
1869, by the late DR.. Mattheson, of st.
Bartholomew's Hospital, while giving
his assistance in a course of experi-
ments in connection with apomorphia.
Subsequently, Prof. Parkes, of Netley,
aided with his advice, and to these gen
tlemen, rather than to himself, Mr.. Cress-
well Hewett modestly explains that the
process is due. The Importance of this
discoveryis rendered greater by the fact
that while hitherto we have been de-
pending for our quinine on the cultiva-
ton of the cinchona tree, from whose
bark only about two per cent. of good
quinine can be extracted, nincty-eight
per cent. being valucless, the drug can
now be manufactured without limit by
a very simple process from an article
which can always be got in abundance
in any part of the world. London Lam
Get.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-16
MRS. FREMONT.
The Devotion of This Strong Minded wo-
man! to Her Husbands Interests.

The Devotion Of This StronE Minded wo-
man, to Her Husbands Interests.
Mrs. Fremonts figure is too stout to
be graceful--she always had tendency
to amplitude this, with her white
hair, gives her grand maternal air,
which is in accordance with the fact.
At first she strikes you as older than
sixty-two. After talking with her for q
while you think she must be younger.
Her mind Is as fresh, alert and spark
ling as when she was twenty-five; 1t Is
afiluent in resources. have often
heard her called one of the most INTEL
lectual women in America.
When Fremont visited California after
Buchanan's election, and Mt the end Of
two or three years went to Europe his
wife accompanied him, of course. He
and she have been inseparable, except
where circumstances absolutely forbade
their being together. She was anxious
to join him in his early explorations into
the wilds Of the then unknown West, In
which the strongest men nearly perished,
and she would have gone. but for the
fear of making her husband ridiculous
almost the only fear Of which she is cap
able. Courage, physical as well as
moral, is one of her most valiant traits.
1t is a paternal inheritance, and is what
Napoleon called of the two-o' 'clock-in-
the-morning order. She would have
been only too happy to follow her hus-
bands fortunes in the field, and was re-
strained only by the consideration have
named. She and her son, then small
boy, were with him, and slept in the
same tent, when he was in Missouri in
1861, and ironical soldiers frequently
spoke Of her as being his chief of staff.
She is capable of carrying a musket, and
using it, and am confident she would
lead any folorn hope, particularly If its
object were to advance her husbands S
prospects. She is without the weak
nesses so prominent in many women's
characters, and for the ordinary woman
she has little liking. Her natural prefer
ence is for the society of men, because
they are less frivolous, broader and have
higher aims. The stronger and more
intellectual class of women she affects,
and numbers many of them among her
dearest friends. But she has no SYM
pathy with what is known as woman's
rights.-Cor. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-16
TIMELY TOPICS.
Useful and Suggestive Hints of Interest to
Every Woman.

Useful and Suggestive Hints of Interest to
Every Woman.
Winter cloaks, 1t is told, are to be
large.
Short wraps of plain velvet are much
worn.
Blanket jackets, with gold braid trim
mings, promise to be popular.
A new tone of so-callcd "artsts'
white" has been brough out in satins
and silks for brides.
Separate fan handles of wood or ivory
can now be purchased, designed for the
mounting of ostrich tips.
Dresses for early winter will be very
rich in effects. Those in wool are to be
soft and cllnging and elaborately en-
broidered.
Sofa cushions are now made in form
of large plush bag lined with satin.
filled with curlcd hair and gathered and
tied ut one end with ribbon.
To make towel apron take hand
some embroidered towel in color and
with long. netted fringe. Turn over tho
top one-thlrd and make line OF stitch
ing in which to run the ribbon to tie.
''Jcwel patchwork" is the name
given to recent English craze in fancy
work for edging table covers, scarfs.
volumes and the like. 1t is made Of
small pieces of plush OF any shape sewn
on to coarse foundation; gold braid
covers the seams when the pieces are
joined.
The increased use of studs by ladies is
apparent. The white vests and chemi-
sette fronts worn with the summer
dresses have produced quite q demand
for these buttons, and the consequence
is large assortment In this direction.
The moonstone appears in many Of
these studs, others are set with tiny ru-
bies or diamonds, and some are plain
gold. IN Y World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-16
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-London Truth snys no party Is now
considered complete without American
ladies.
As many as thousand quakings of
the earth have been felt In one day in
New Zealand.
The years wheat crop in Great
Britain Is estimated Mt 10000, 900
bushels, from 2,2S6,000 acres.
"A copy of sermon preached by
John Knox 1921 years ago was sold the
other day in London for 5000.
The Swedish and Danish newspa-
pers have been discussing schemes for
the construction of o tunnel between
Denmark and Sweden under the Sound.
Two daughters Of the Prince of
Wales, whose ages are sixteen and four
teen respectively. have made the tricy-
Gle famous. They think nothing Of
making run of fifty miles in day.
-Carlsruhe. Germany, has its Bud
densieck, through whose careless oper-
ations about twenty workmen were
killed the other dav. He used bad ma
terial and built so fast that the walls did
not have time to dry.
The ancient city of Damascus is in
prosperous condition. Its trade with
foreign countries is rapidly increasing.
The narrow thorouehfares and bazars
are disappearing and giving place to
wider streets.
Electric lights were recently intro.
duccd on the train going from Stutt.
CART TO Schwabisch Hall, in Wurtcm.
berg Each of the six cars was fur.
nished with two electric lamps, whose
light enabled any one in the car to read
without effort.
The naturalist Karl Plotz died re.
Gently in Grcfsward Mt the age of sew
enty-two. He was perhaps the greatest
European authority on butterflies. Hi:
works comprise thirty volumes, with
more than ten thousand illustrations
from his own hand.
"A most astonishing phenomenon O.
the Javanese earthquake was the split
ting OF the Pnpandayang Mountain. Ir
flash of time it was split into seven
parts. Where the lone mountains had
stood loomcd up seven peaks each some
seven thousand feet high.
Herr Schmidt, an accomplished
German horticulturist, who was some
time ago sent to East Africa to intro
duce the cultivation of European gar
den vegetables and corn, reported tln,
after repeated trials the experimen
has completely failed.
DR.. LIE Plongeon and wife, wht
have spent years studying the ruins o
Central America, believe the Maya civ
ilization dates back eleven thousand OF
twelve thousand years, and that it is tn,
parent of the Oldest civilizations of Asi,
and Africa, and in the symbols which
the doctor finds he sees clear evidenc,
that the sacred mysteries of the Egyp
tians. Hindoos, Pcrsians, and aftcrwar,
the Greeks, originated in the temples O
Maya, and that the rites of fFreemnsonry
to which various origins have beon as
signed. likewise began here.
THE OK knoweth his owner. ant
the ass his masters crib" So wrot
the prophet ages ago. An exemplitica
ton of the truth OF these words (say
the Rock) was given in Carshalton
few days ago by n pet donkey, whicl
had been stolen and sold to an unsus
pecting purchaser, who in innocenc
took it to the locality where its rightfu
owner lived. The donkey point blanl
refused to pass his owners door. an
being seen by some OF the occupant
was claimed as their property. 1t
satisfactory to know that the thief ha
. been convicted.