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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16
THE CENTURY PLANT.
Description of q Beautiful Specimen Owned
by Boston Man.


A fine specimen of the century plant
has been in the family of Thomas +.
Calvin, the Boston florist, for eighty.
two years, and was known to have
been eighteen years old when they 40
quired it.
It's cactus-like, tough green leaves
were about three feet long, five inches
wide and one inch thick at the stalk;
shedding the accustomed pulque, or
sweet syrup on which Mexicans get
drunk. and containing filamen, which
is almost invisible. and yet so strong
as almost TO require the horrid shears
Of ClOtho to divide it; and so remained
and continued to be for ninety-nine
years and ten months.
Suddenly. last June. it heard the
bells of new century ringing, and
knew its own knell, and shot forth
flowers with which to strew the grave
where it soon should lie. Its greatest
height for ninety-nine years and ter
months was about three feet; yet now
no longer was it to be held dow q tc
earth, but rapidly projecting a greer
stalk from the center of its foliations,
it sent it skyward at the rate of six
inches a day until it attained the
height of twenty-seven feet, without q
branch, tall and beautiful rod, green
and bamboo-like. Then, like Aaron's
rod that budded, it spread forth clus-
ters of honeysuckle-shaped whitisi
flowers without odor, as if it would
not deign to indulge in any thing sc
ephemeral as a perfume; and these
were extended east and west, south
and north, on slender branches from
its top, all still pointing upward.
1t scOrns to be reproduced by seed
or bud, though of the latter it never
fails to give an annual supply which
dies in the pod. Only by cutting can
it be prOpagated. as was man in the
person of Eve, issuing from near his
heart that he might love her, and un-
der his arm that he might protect her
Like the One-hOss shay, twill live |
one hundred years to a day and then |
droop, decay, descend. drop, disap- |
pear. This kind of plant was intro |
duced in European gardens about 1868, |
and lowered in France for the first |
time in 1905, and at Hampton Court |
about 1714. These plants were from
fifteen to twenty feet in height. Since
that time the plant has lowered in
cultivation in all the principal parts
of the world where horticulture is pro-
NOTED.
The largest plant recorded is that
which bloomed at the King of Prussia
Garden, the flower stem reaching
forty feet in height. This species is
not only an ornamental plant, but is
important as an agricultural plant.
From its leaves and roots it furnishes
a strong fiber, which is used in max
ing Irvine. paper and various articles,
bags of coarse cloth. Humboldt de-
scribes bridge of 130-feet span over
the Chimbo in Quito. The main ropes.
four inches in diameter. were made OF
this plant. The fresh leaves sliced
are often used as food for cattle, max
ing it as whole one of the most use
full of Mexican plants.-St. Louis Globe.
Democrat.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16
Y. NJ. T.. A. NOTES.

The regular monthly meeting of
the Board of Directors occurs Thurs
day evening. April 18th at 8 p. m. 8
Boys Prayer Meeting held in the
Association Parlor to-day at 2 p. M,
in charge of Mrs. o. G. Jacobs, and
Percy A. Harker.
MIR. w. ID. Fellows will lead the
Gospel Meeting for Men this after.
noon at 3 o'clock his subject is the
Risen Saviour" This meeting will
be held in the YouEg Mems Parlor
and a cordial invitation is extended to
all young men.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16

Another bank cashier has gone to
Canada-this time from Anoka Mimi.
and managed to take with him
about 100000 of other peoples prop
erty. In this particular case there
was the less excuse for letting him
have the chance to do his stealing, as
he had become involved in domes-
tic scandal last summer.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16
HOW'S THIS {!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by taking Halls Cstarrh Cure.
FL. & CO., Props, Toledo O..
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions, and financially able to carry
cut any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, Ohio.
Walding, KiRnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
E. III. Nan Hoesen, Cashier, Toledo Nation
al Bank, Gledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucus
surfaces Of the system. Price, 75c, per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16

IF the startling information is true
that the Oklahoma boomers are in
tending to destroy all the railroad
bridges and trestles leading into the
Territory, in order to keep all rival
immigrants out from the fertile lands
which they expect to gobble, there
would seem to be urgent need of
prompt and drastic measures on the
part of the military authorities in the
much vexed Oklahoma region. APP
parently the boomers are a bad lot
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16
THE DEERING BILL.

The Missouri house ofrepresentatiyes
Thursday passed the high license bill
reported by the criminal juris pru-
dence committee and was a significant
victory for the high license advocates.
What disposition the. senate will make
of the bill when it reaches that body
remains to be seen. In order that the
readers of the BAzoo may understand
the salient features of the bill, we give
the outline furnished by the Tribune,
which may be regarded as authentic !:
Section one defines a dramshop-
keeper as a person licensed by law to
sell intoxicants in less quantities than
five gallons, and ne person of bad
character or who has been twice con-
victed of violating the law can obtain
q license The second and third Sec
tions are intended to break up drink
ing clubs and operating two or more
places under one license.
Sections four, five and six relates to
the application for and granting of H.
cense. in cities ..of 100000 inhabi-
tants or over the granting of license is
placed in the hands of the police COM
missioner Otherwise, county clerks
retain the power they now hold, No
one can obtain license except resident
citizens, and bond must be given to
obey the laws and pay fines and pen
alties.
Section seven fixes the rate of L.
cense for six months, as follows !:
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16
DISEASED BLOOD.
HumOrs, BlOtches, Sores, Scales,
CrustS, and Loss of Hair Cured

Terrible Blood Poison. Suffered all .
man could suffer and live. Face
and body covered with awful sores.
Used the Cuticura Remedies ten
weeks and is practically cured. A
remarkable case.
contracted terrible blood poisoning a wear
aSo; doeto- Ell with two good oh vsicfans
neither of whom did ne any good suffered al,
a IN IN can sutfer nd live Hea ing of your CrrT
CCRA REMEDIES | cOrcuded TO try them knowing
II lney did M no good they could make me no
wosse. nrve en- using them about ten weeks,
ana am most happy IT. say that am almost rid OF
sne awful SORES that cove ed my lace and body
NY race was as bad, If bot worse than that of Miss
Doyhton, spoken of In your book, and / would
say 10 any o"e in the same Condition, 10 nse Curl
CURA, and they will surely be cured. You may
Use this letter IN the interests of suffering nm
MAJ ity. E. W. REYNOLDS. Ashland, Ohio.
Covered with unnlnq Sores l7> ears
have been troubled with skin and scalp dis
ease Tor seventeen years My head at times wa
one running core, az q my body was covered with
hem as large as a half dollar / tried a great
many remedies without effect until I used tbs
CUT1CURA REMEDIES, ard am thankful TO state
that alter two months If their use / am entirely
eureu. ietI II my duty u you and the public to
L. MCDOWELL, Jamesburg, NJ.
Dug and Scratched 80 years.
g Mr.. Dennis Downing ten wears b,tte- 7
nave dug and scratched thirty eight years. I
had what Is termed prurits, and have suffered
everything, and ie! u number OF doctor bu. oot
no reilei. An! body could have got 500 had they
elrei me. The CUTICURA REMEDIES cured me
tied bless the man who invented CUrIcURAI
CHENEY GREEN, Cambridge, Mass
Cuticura Remedies
re sold everywhere. Price, CuTIoUR,, Soc
soap, Pc :REsoLvEST, 81 Prepared by ths Por-
TAR DkUs AND CHEMICAL CeRPU RATION Bostor
bbsent for How TO Cure Skin Diseases 81
Pases, 20 illustr. tions, and 100 testimonials.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16

Dresden But they must search both
highways and byways for thei,
treasures; thus. for instance, they
might perhaps obtain an interesting
article from the good nuns at Nazareth
House, Hammersmith, who preserve
large comfortable-looking slipper OF
the late Pope under dainty glass case
In one of their large rooms.-PaU Mod
Gazette.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16

There is a great deal of pathos in
the farewell letter written by the poor
man who committed suicide in Central
Park, New York. He.concluded bis
statement by saying 81 am tired of
living. I have made application for
work, but was refused because | did
not belong to the knights of labor.
who are wholly responsible for this act
OF mine.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16

He (on the brink of proposaD-I
like your charming sex so much, you
know; but really, | don't know how to
take a woman.
She (willing to help him al think
I can tell you.
"How?"
'For better or for worse. IN T.
Tribune.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16
OVERDONE PIETY.

Those who desire a very quiet Sab
bath should live among the tombs or
engage Anthony Comstock to become
a fellow citizen with them. In a
general way it may be said that this
world is very tired of alleged "reform-
ers" of the stamp of Mr.. Comstock,
but Summit. N. j., has reached the
height of WEAKNESS.
No newspaper can be bought now
in Summit on Sunday, no carriage
hired, no faces shaved unless the mas
culine owners thereof can handle the
razor themselves. All this the Sum-
NIT people suffer because it suits
Anthony Comstock and serves to feed
his morbid desire to make other people
wretched. The blue laws passed in an
age when it was regarded pious act
to make others suffer for the glory of
the religious opinions of the majority
admirably aid this sort of persecution.
This section of the country is des-
tined to hear of Mr.. Comstock ad lib
itum while he is spared to make vir-
tue herself seem hideous by the red
fire he persists in burning at her feet
TO draw his fellow sinners attention
to her.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16
Perfect Sight

As thousands can testify, there Is nothing
% much to be desired as perfect sight and
perfect sight can only be obtained by using
perfect spectacles. Z. q. Taylor, our home
in tittin. these needing spectacle with care
and comfort 10 lie wearer. I2-l1dtf
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16

While Sedalia is building so many
fine churches, she ought to erect a
mandatory once in while. Church.
es are good things, but they don't
furnish work for the poor.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16

Sedaiia.. ought TO start a!manufactory
about the time the government build
ing gets started.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16

1t is truly sad to see our esteemed
evening contemporary grow moist
around the eyes when it talks about
possible reduction of city expenses.
Boohool
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16

MIR. futile and Mr.. Boutwell,
might as well have paired and gone
fishing last Thursday when the Deer
Ing bill camo to a vote in the house.
The result would have been the
same.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16

A former attache of the Chinese
Embassy at Washington who has re-
turHed home, urges retaliation in kind
for the expulsion of the Chinese from
America and sneers at the American
navy. We may yet hear of a feet
ofjunks sailing through the Golden
Gate intent on opening the port of
San Francisco to the Oriental world.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16
SANFORD'S
r A DI 9 A l. Gu r E.
For CATARRH.
Relief instantaneous. Cure Rapid,
Radical, and Permanent.

No single disease has entailed more suffering or
hasIened the breaking up of the constitution than
Ca arrh. The sense of smell, of ia. te of sight OF
nearing 3, he human voice, one or more, and some
times all, yield 10 its destructive influence The
Poi>o 1t distributes thr ugh the system att ,eks
every vital force and I'M ures III most reoDst of
constitutions. Ignored, because but little UNDER
stcGd, by most physicians, impotently sssailei by
QuaeKs and chaTla.ans, those suffering from it have
lit nope TO be relieved 1t is time, then that the
popular treatment of this terrible disease py
remedies within the reach of all E-ssed into bands
/ once competent and trustworthy. The new AMI
hitherto untried method adopted ty DIR. Sanford
10 the preparation of mis- RADICAL CURE has won
the hearty approval of thousands. 1t is instanta.
neOus in afOrdng rel eff in All head colds she ling
Snuh' g. and Obsructed BREATHING, and rap;dlv
moves thermoSt oppressive symptoms, clearing
tie head, sweetenlng the breath, restoring he
senses of smell ard taste, and neutralizing tn g
eOu' iutional tendency of the disease towards th
lungs, liver, and kidneys.
Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh
consists of one bottle of the RADICAL CURE one
box OF CATARRHAL SOLVENT, and IMPROVED IN
HALER, al. in one package price, 81 Ask for SAN
FoRD's RADICAL CURE Sold everywhere.
POTTER DRUa CHEMICAL CORPORATION, BosToN
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16

$25O,OOO oD 'S Central IL Isf Mis.o sns
ssrns. 500 and up. Very lowest rate
div F. HOUSTON. 40 Ohio Street.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16

DI FILES, bltck heads. chapped and oily skin
AnA prevented by CUTIcURA INDICATED Soar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
A Mistake Corrected.

1t is great mistake to suppose that
the soil of Vermont is sterile. Some
of it undoubtedly is so, but the greater
part of the farming land of the state is
of excellent fertility, especially in the
valleys and on the terraces which bor-
der every stream, and on the hills
where the soil, naturally good loan,
is underlaid with limestone rock.
There is no state in the American Tn
ion where the spontaneous vegetation
is more luxuriant, and few where it is
so luXuriant. Some of the best farms
in the state are found on tolerably
steep hillsides. 1t is not the poverty of
its soil which has tended to the scatter
ing of the population of Vermont and
the abandonment of its farms. The
very enterprise and intelligence of the
people have proved depopulating
agency, because the farmers sons and
the farmers themselves, having ma
tive knack of fitting themselves to new
situations, have found more profitable
employment elsewhere in a country
Astounding, as ours does, in promising
opportunities for sagacious men.-BoS-
ton Transcript.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
New England and the West.

The great West is subject to great
climatic extremes violent storms of
wind and rain, cyclones, grasshopper
visitations, excessive inclement or I'M
naturally warm winters, with sudden
changes at all seasons, such as are quite
unknown in New England. Our ances-
tors found about the best part of the
American Continent directly facing
their old home across the Atlantic, and
to-day there is no better or more COM
Portable part of the earth to live in
than the Atlantic slope of the United
States. The time will come when the
children of our western emigrants will
return and wonder what their fathers
(their mothers rarely did wanted to
leave New England for. In most cases
they were driven out rather by usury
than by dislike of the land of their
nativity.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
Go Back to First Principles.

This first attempt of Vermont to re-
people its waste lands and make good
the drain upon its vital resources of
Western emigration will be watched
with interest. The state has been los
ing much to the rest of the country in
recent years, and now it is turning to
original sources to restore the losses
The plan is a good one and ought to
succeed. 1t will succeed if public
spirit has not also disappeared from the
communities adjoining the deserted
acres which are fit for cultivation. The
establishment of one or two such COL
onies ought to mark the flood of the
tide that has been setting away from
the state so long. The Western capac-
ity of immediate absorption has been
stretched to near the bearabe limit.
Already, it is said, there is inquiry from
some of the children of the Green
Mountain state in the West as to the
prices and possibilities of the old de-
serted farms. We may yet live to see
many of them coming back, and we are
close upon the time now when much
of the agricultural section of New
England will no longer be deprived of
the equivalent of a natural population
increase and more in the course of the
drift westward and cityward. Spring
field Republican.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
Alfalfa in New York.

The New York State Experiment
Station summarizes the results of sew
eral years experience with alfalfa,
or lucerne, as follows: "O That lu-
cerne, or alfalfa, may be successfully
grown in New York state. (2) That
when once established it thrives
well upon clay land but will prob
ably do better upon good light loan,
(3) That seed two years old loses
its vitality and fails to terminate.
Undoubtedly many of the failures to
secure stand of plants may be traced
to poor seed. (4) That the seed bed
must be well prepared, and, in this lat
itude, it seems best to plant out the
seed in the spring, and with no other
crop. The seed should be but lightly
covered by rolling the ground. o.
That for seven successive years at the
station three and four cuttings per year
have been taken from the plats. co.
That last year, the sixth in succession,
the plats yielded more than fifteen tons
per acre of green forage equal to Sc
tons of alfalfa hay. (O That alfalfa
should be cut in early bloom, before the
plants become woody. (S) That it
should be cured largely in the cock to
produce the best quality of hay. COZ
That by chemical analysis the hay was
found to be more heterogeneous than
good red clover. OO) That cattle,
sheep and horses all relished the hay
and seemed to do well. QD That it
was found to be more digestible than
red clover hav.D
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21

Recently an Ulster county, n. y,
farmer cut an acre or two of trees on an
elevated portion of his farm, with the
following result: My first loss was
the drying up of a beautiful brook
which had its source in my grove, and
which ran through number of fields,
furnishing water for cattle while graz
ing. Five times the value of the wood
l sold would have been refused for this
stream. In the vicinity of the place
where the timber stood the ground be-
came dry during the summer. When
rain fell it did not seem to be absorbed /;
the water ran down the hillsides, max
ing great gullies and doing much dam
age, while the fields through which the
brook flowed did not yield as good
crops.n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21

The grange had an astonishing de-
velopment in Vermont some fifteen
years ago; then it rapidly subsidized.
Again, a few years back, it re-
vived and has since been gaining in
strength and acquiring a substance
which is undoubtedly more enduring
and useful than the mushroom growth
of its earlier days. The grange is win
ming a place of permanence and influ-
ence that will endure as long as wisdom
and energy prevail in its councils. 1t
now attracts the very best men aud
women of many communities to its
circle, and thus is gaining prestige
that may be used as power for good
in commerce and legislation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
Notes by the Way.

THE dictionary says farrow cow is
a COW not with calf
ONE who has tried it finds mixture
of copperas and glue the best for keep
ing rabbits and mice from trees.
IT is not so much whether farming
pays as whether the farmer is able to
make it pay. Much depends on the
farm, much on the surroundings, but
most of all on the farmer himself.
"DoEs beef raising in New Hamp-
shire pay under the present prices ?'
was recently discussed by Rumford
grange, East Concord. The majority
of the speakers took the affirmative,
which will astonish most farmers.
THE Rural New- Yorker says that
"perhaps the best argument against
the selling of hay can be found by look
ing at the land of the man who prac-
tices this method of farming" And
the Rural hits the nail square, as usual.
GREAT profits from farming must
mean eXaction from the millions who
do not till the soil, but whose daily la
Dor is nearly all consumed that gives
the farmer as reward for his toll, says
manufacturing journal. 1t need not
worry itself.
THE new building at the Massa-
chusetts Experiment Station now in
process of building will be devoted tC
the investigation of the growth and
diseases of plants. All modern appli'
ances will be adopted for work wher
the building is completed.
DIARRHGA in chickens reared il
broods may be due to variety o.
causes, one of the most common o.
which is irregularity of temperature
Ascertain if possible the cause and re
move that, and, generally speaking, NJ
further remedy is necessary.
A DISPATCH from Chicago announces
that arrangements have been made t,
ship large numbers of Kentucky cattl,
to Europe during four months. All tn,
room on the steamers of the Warner
line from Boston has been engaged 70
July, August, September and October
SULPHUR fed to fowls has tendenc,
to rid them of body lice, but more ef
fective remedy is toprovide box abou
two feet square and one foot high, fl
it with dry dust, and mix with the dus
three or four pounds of sulphur. Tn
hens will apply the remedy without ful
Their care on the part of the owner.
The potato blight results from tn
attack of parasitic fungus that With
the potato leaf produces a threadlik
growth, which during moist weathe
extends itself rapidly and appears ea
ternally on the under side in the forI
of whtish bloom or mildew. Thi
may be readily seen with the make
eye about the edges of the shriveleC
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
Vermont State Asylum for the Insane.

Sealed proposals will he received by the under
signed, at Waterbury, Vermont. until Friday noon,
August 3Oth instant. for the brick required in the
south wing of the new asylum buildings, 100000
brick to be made and delivered before the LIST day of
April, 1890 and 700 900 more, during the summer
of 1890 required.
one fourth part of the whole are to be best se-
lected hard brick, set in the kiln and burned in the
manner of face brick, and the remainder good sound
stock for inside work.
Bidders are requested to send in samples with
their bids. The brick to he delivered ON the
asylum site at Waterbury aforesaid, and stacked up
where directed.
WILLIAM =. DILLINGHAM;, =
WILLIAM II. GIDDINGS, y,,,,ss.
DON ID. CIRCUIT i'"S'ee''
$. D. HOBSON,
URBAN A. WOODBURY., Lieutenant. GorerHor
Waterbury. Vermont, August s, lSsg.