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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09

mellow and wonderfully productive
soil, in a climate that is neither ex-
tremely hot or cold, lower southeast
Missouri, considering the ~cheapness Of
the good land there and the valuable
timber on every tract, surpasses, /
believe, any section of our entire
country. Its agricultural advantages
are simply unrivaled. The whole of
southeast Missouri is the profitable
home of cattle, horses, mules, and
hogs, thousands of which are exported
annually. Hogs live and fatten well
on Il abundant mast, while cattle,
for the most part, live through orr
short and mild winters on the straw
stacks or in the fodder fields. As a
rule there are no stock laws in south.
east Missouri. Consequently cattle
live on free and abundant grass ranges
for eight months of the year, and even
longer in lower southeast Missouri.
With Il great variety of commercial
products, our minerals, marbles, gran.
ties, s%andstones, LUMBER, fruits, stock,
hay, cotton and the cereals, the people
of southeast Missouri are usually better
supplied with money than sections of the
country depending solely on one crop.
Hence, our people feel less tho pres
sure Of hard times than do other Sec
tions of the country not blest with our
numerous resources. The rainfall
with us is usually what our needs
require, neither more nor less. A uni
versal drought throughout the whole Of
southeast Missouri is a thing unknown.
Our spring farm work begins and our
crops mature several weeks before the
like work begins and crops ripen fur
Their north of us. With a more equable
climate all our work is done to better
advantage.
The whole of southeast Missouri,
rich as it is, it is yet in the infancy of
its development. We have no large
cotton or large wooden mills and we
need both. We have no great sash,
door, blind, carriage or furniture
factories and we need them all and
they can all find here large markets
and make big gains. The raw mate
rial is here in i~nexhaustible supplies
to manufacture anything from horse
shoes to cotton cloths, from monu-
ments or mantels to white lead. More
creameries and canning factories are
also needed.
Southeast Missouri is destined to be
the richest and most populous part Of
Missouri. It's future will be n Of
great and unending prosperity. Nearly
every one Of its towns has, beside a
good high school, n or more prosper
u colleges. !
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09
Bott|ebinding.

You can't judge of the quality
OF a book by the binding, nor
tell the contents by the title.
You look for the name of the
author before you buy the book.
The name of Robert Louis
Stevenson (for instance) on the
back guarantees the inside of
the book, whatever the outside
may be.
There's a parallel between
books and bottles. The bind.
ing, or wrapper, of a bottle is
no guide 10 the quality of the
medicine the bottle contains.
The title on the bottle is no
warrant for confidence in the
contents. 1t all depends on the
authors name. Never mind
who made the bottle. Who
MADE the medicine? That's
the question.
Think of this when buying
Sarsaparilla. 1t isn't the bind,
ing of the bottle or the name of
the medicine that you re TO 90
by. That's only printers ink and
paper! The question is, who
made the medicinef What's
the authors name3 When you
see Ayers name on a Sarsapa-
rilla bottle, that's enough. The
name Aver guarantees the best,
and has done so for so years.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09

Out Of weakness comes strength
when the blood has been purified,
enriched and yitalized. the appetite
restored and the system built up BY
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Hoods Pills cure nausea. sick head
ache. indigestion, billiousness. All
drussistA ESQ
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09
Connecting Closets.

From Judge.
Mrs. Flathunter--Tbis one won't do.
Why. there isn't any closet room at
all
Mr.. Flathunter-My dear, it strikes
me that there's nothing else.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09
Presence Of Mind.

From the Chicago Record.
"Rose's marriage is off"
How embarrassing Her wedding
invitations We're out"
YES. but she just called them In
and made 1t q 0 o'clock tea
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09

Thin or gray hair and bald heads,
so displeasing to many people as marks
Of age. may be averted for a long time
by using Halls Hair Remover.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was . Child, she cried for CastoriA.
When she became Mis-, she chung to castoria.
When she had Children, sho gavethem Castoria.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09

Is never done. and 1t is especially wearing and
to those whose blood is impure and
UNIT properly to tone, sustain and renew the
wasting of nerye,m muscle and tissue. The only
remedy for tired, weak. nervous women is In
building up by taking a good nerve tonic, blood
and yitallzer like Hoods SarsaparIlla.
For troubles Peculiar to Women at change Of
season, climate or life, great cures are made by
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09
LITERARY Intelligence.

From the Chicago Record.
What's the difference between 0
poet and a poet ~laureate9"
1.-THE poet laureate gets paid for his
poetry"
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09
Missouri Testimonial.

Mrs. X. King, 1887 Olive St, ST.
Louis. says: II have taken Browns
Iron Bitters for general debility. and
found it acted like a charm"
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09

your doctor. The doctors APP
prove of SCOTS Emulsion.
For whom? For men, and
women who are. weak, when
they should be strong; for
babies and children who are
thin, when they should be fat
for all who get no nourishment
from their food. Poor blood
Is starved blood. Consump-
ton and Scrofula never come
without this starvation. And
nothing Is better for starved
blood than cod-llver oil.
Scott's Emulsion is cod
liver oil with the fish-fat taste
taken out.
SCOTS EMULSION has bssn ssdssssd b.
the medical proiesslou tor twenty yearS. (Ask
your doctor.) THIS Il, because Il Il lSsv
paiatable always uniforns- always c~oataIno
The pyrsst Norwegian cod-iivsr on and liyps.
Pst up in 80 cant and $500 slsas. n,
cough Or help your baby.
SCOTT 4 BOVINE, chsalsts. NV Yea
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09

by bit, clear them and the sun pene.
trates where the dense forests Of timber
stood the. tswamp : lands fairly drain
themselves and at once become healthy.
Tall SUBMITS lifttheir heads from the
midst Of these lands commanding a
majestic view, for miles, of the grand
est forests of valuable uncut timber
in this country. 1t is a strange fact
that IL is healthier on the low lands
than on the adjoining elevated knobs.
It is because the malaria rises from the
low and fingers about the adjacent
high places.
In cultivation, these swamp lands
(Which ten years ago were without
purchasers and can even now be had
from SO to IS per acre., yield on an
average eighty to one hundred bushels
of corn and two bales of cotton to the
acre,
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09

Under an appropriation of the Mis-
souri, legislature, its swamp lands hAve
recently been geographically surveyed
and are all found to have sufacisnt
natural water fall to be easily drained.
with the aid Of a few shallow ~
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09
Zoo Previous.

From the New York Times.
You win love me when l am olds'
Don't II"
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09
SOUTHEAST
Its Farms and Fields-lts
Untold and Unrivaled
Resources; an En-
pire in Itself.

written for this paper by Hon. d. d. cahoon,
of Frcdericktown.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09

SarSaparina

The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. q.
Prepared only by c. I. Hood & Co., Lowell. Mass.
Hoods Pills grippe. All druggists. 2Sc.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09

The limestone hill sides of upper
and western southeast Missouri will
yet be the home of largo locks Of
sheep. While the wheat of southeast
Missouri is all good, yet the finest
quality grown on the continent, thrives
in Ste. Genevieve, Perry and in Cape
Girardeau counties. From the latter
county Col. Geo. @. Thillenius, of the
city of Cape G~irardeau, has taken the
first premium more than once, at the
worlds exposition. Good cultivated
farms in old and thoroughly settled
portions of our sections, very often
adjoining towns, sell from S15 to $50
per acre, including fair and often ex-
cellent improvements.
In time the great water powers on
the st. Francois, Castor and the other
rivers of southeast Missouri will be the
seat of great manufacturing industries.
Western southeast Missouri, in which
may properly be included Dent, Phelps
Crawford. Texas, Howell, Oregon and
Shannon counties, are producers Of the
great big Missouri red apple. When the
timber is sold first at a profit from
their soil, as well as that of the whole OF
upper southeast Missouri, and also that
of Butler, Carter and Ripley counties
thereon a and will be raised millions
of bushels Of the finest apples in the
world.
For luxuriant farming In light, rich.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09

THE next article In this series will be "a
Forgotten Chapter in Misspuri's Financial
History, - by Hon. Lon V. stephens, state
Treasurer.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-09

For luxuriant farming in light rich.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-11
Value of Oatalpa Trees.

AS shade-trees they are especially
desirable about the home lot. They
are of rapid growth, and are easily
grown from the seed; their broad leaves,
while adding much to their beauty, are
better adapted for shading than those
of any other tree; their flowers, while
in season, are both pretty and fragrant;
the trees will bear "cutting in" better
than'most others,a and can To pruned even
to the trunks every season, if desirable,
and will but throw out the better growth,
their vigor is so great. Freshly pruned,
they present the first season quite a
unique appearance with great clusters
of tropical-llke leaves that soon develop
into branches.
Every farmer who has raised the trees
knows that they make the best fence
posts, and that fence thus provided
will outlast three others, the wood is so
indestructible. Branches trimmed from
main stem and used as props for Lima
beans in the garden have been in use
many years, and are as good as ever
1t is said to be the f1rmest and best
wood for the use Of railroad ties, and
for whatever other use an indestructible
wood is needed.
Why, then, should we not grow more
cataIpa- trees? They are good shade
trees for the street, invaluable at home
for the same purpose. while as ornamen-
tai trees they have always won favor.
never look at the great trunk of some
old catalpa tree but think of the boon
it will some day be to the economical
fence-maker; that is If fences are In
| vogue in the future.-Vick's Magazine.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-11

sweet or sugary as the sulphate gives.
A great many growers use cotton seed
meal exclusively; this may do on some
soils particularly where there is lime in
it's composition, or if the previous crops
had been we'll dosed with potash, as it
is very seldom that the crop that 1t is
used for takes all the potash given 1t,
and that is one extraordinary good point
in the use of potash, that it stays right
there in the soil waiting to be called up
for some future crop, but if there is no
potash in the soil crop of watermelons
made with cotton seed meal will not
ripen a third Of it's bulk, the other two
thirds will rot before they get full grown
but in growing watermelons to perfec-
ton one has got to know the nature of
his soil, what it contains OF the three
necessary elements nitrogen, phosphoric
acid and potash, and whatever is def
cient for the success OF the crop has got
to be added in the most available form
possible. On old land rich in humus
and organic matter potash sweetens the
soil and the result is a sweeter product
let it be a watermelon or anything else.
Our warm sandy soils of the south being
deficient in lime and rich in saccharine
matter is prominently the home of lus
cious and sweet fruit and vegetables of
all kinds.
l find the longer l go on using and ex-
perimenting with potash of all kinds.
the better like il, and when | hear (as
[ often do) people say "this potash
craze" as they term 1t ''is all nonsense"
and that just as good crops were made
before potash was ever heard of as there
is made with it, know for fact that
those people who speak thus have never
properly tested it or they would talk in
different strain. Potash as a fertilizer
has come to stay, AID in proof, we find
It's use yearly largely on the increase,
and in very few years the farmer and
fruit grower who will not use potash in
one shape or other will have to take a
back seat, as his products will be so
much inferior that no one will patronize
him. @. K. MCQUARRIE.
DeFuniak Springs, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-11
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Successful Watermelon Culture.

increasing In volume ana III Tue eeaSou
is at all favorable the watermelon crop
is one of the best paying crops the South
ern farmer can make, as being specially
cash crop and coming in at time OF
the year betWe cen other crops such as the
early truck crops and the main farm
crops, it fills the gap in very satisfac-
tory manner.
The question is ofte n asked, why is it
that the Northern markets never get the
extraordinary sweet and luscious water
melons you find throughout the home
markets of the South? The reason Of
thatls that the best shipping melons
and those that will ship satisfactorily to
theNorth are of an inferior quality. To
get good shipping m elon it has to have
tough rind, and thick as we'll, and the
mealy, sugary thin rind melon will not
ship to any distance, but it has been
proved by practical demonstrations kat
by using potash literally IN the forma
ton of the soil it sweetens the melons
and tends to tougher and harden the
rind of the most thin and tender varie.
ties,so that there IS possibility Of being
able to ship as far north as we choose
even our best varieties of this crop.
In this latitude melons for shipping to
far away markets have to be planted the
last week in February or first week in
March and if a late fro st IN March should
come along after the plants are up, we
have to cover them with sacks or paper,
double fold Of piece of newspaper,
held down by little soil at the edges is
ample protection for quite few degrees
Of frost.
find watermelon crop is best TO
follow root crop such as potatoes,
either Irish or sweet, or to follow i'm
mediately winter crop of turnips, Car.
rots or beets, the soil should be we'll
plowed, and in just the best condition
possible before planting. Watermelons
require but very little nitrogen for a
fertilizer as the vines draw about all
they want from the atm osphere. A little
cotton seed meal for starter should
be applied say about one hundred
pounds per acre at the last narrowing
before planting, also at the same time
not less than four hundred pounds per
acre of sulphate Of potash will go far
toward making satisfactory crop.
About week before planting time lay
off the land in checks, eight feet each
way is quite enough, in these checks
work about shovelful of we'll rotted
stable manure and about pound of acid
phosphate that analyses not less than
fourteen per cent of phosphoric acid, all
this has to be we'll mixed with the soil
in the hill and the hills left level with
the ground, because as rule March is
very dry month here and if the hills
are raised above the level they are apt
to get too dry to sprout the seed good
and grow satisfactorily. My reason for
using stable manure at all is that it
helps to warm the soil in the hills and
gives the plant good send off towards a
successful crop-bearer; in this way you
will observe there is quite heavy appli-
cation of potash but being in the sui
phate it goes a long way to help sweeten
the melons and to preserve them from
rotting or taking the blackhead,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-09
Chelsea Home News.
HALE K. DARLING, Local Editor.

Will H. Luce lost a horse Tuesda,
morning.
Richard Kennedy killed hog last weei
that dressed $40 lbs.
Carl Moxley has recovered from tht
mumps and is able to attend school.
Miss Sarah Gustin picked a fine bou.
quet OF pansies in her garden Dec. 31st.
John Burbank returned Friday from
fortnight's visit in Boston and Provi
dence.
John H. Davis and wife OF Lebanon, N
H., were here last week to visit Mr.. Da.
vis' father, Frank Davis.
Mrs. WiramI Morse, who has been in
poor health for some time, has gone tc
Boston for medical treatment.
Elmer Durkee has left A. II. Powers
farm and is staying at the home OF his
father in. law, Dexter T. Larkin.
Ben Sargent has obtained position
as assistant clerk with II. Powers & Be-
ment Co., wholesale paper dealers, Bos-
ton.
We are informed that Rev. VIM. Fl.
Davis OF Detroit, Mich, has received q
call from the Elliot church of Newton,
Mass.
Henry B. Bartlett OF Plainfield and
Stella r. Emerson OF Vershire were mar
ried at the parsonage by Rev. H. F. For
rest, Jan. 1st.
j.. K. Darling, attorney for John Parks,
states that the place in the upper village,
formerly occupied by Mr.. Parks, is for
sale at low figure.
Oliver Davenport died last week Tues
day at the home of his son-in Jaw Charles
w. Lyon. He was the Oldest man in town,
having been 81 last August.
Jennie Pierce, Lu Bacon and Belle Judd
have returned to Northfeld, Mass, Julia
Cummings to Meriden, N. H., and Gail
Hood to Lowell, Mass, during the last
week.
There was very pleasant gathering at
G. A. r. hall last Friday evening; the oc-
casion being joint installation OF Water
son Post, No. As, G.. A. r. and the w. K.
Q. Refreshments we're served after the
installation.
Taxes to the amount OF S90.92 on the
list of '93, '9i and ,95, were abated by the
board at its meeting Saturday. Included
in this sum Is a tax OF S61 $50 erroneously
assessed against. Hilas 4. Roberts, leaving
but $29.06 OF legal taxes abated on the
lists OF the three years.
At a meeting Of the Epworth League
iust HAChuoy ovSAAn61 thS ASAAVWAA6 SAn-
GERS were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Philip J. Little; LIST vice, Mrs.
l.. Z. Aldrich; I'd vice, Mrs. G. N. Dear
born; Sd vice, Miss Alma Adams ;4th vice,
Mrs. F. H. Tracy; secretary, Miss Ada
Sherburne; treasurer, Fred F. Moxley.
Weather record for December as kept
by George Dewey: Maximum tempers-
ture, $50 the 18Th; minimum tempera Ii
ture, 1902 below zero, the 18th; mean tenn
perature, 24231o total precipitation,
3:7S inches; greatest amount Of precipita-
tion in "a hours, :2 inches, on the 22d;
number OF clear days, 8; partly cloudy,
IL; cloudy, 10; prevailing wind direction,
north.
Last Saturday night Postmaster Bixby
received q letter from Newcastle, Wyo.
ming, telling ofthe death on Dec. 28th, Of
VIM. d. Laird. Mr.. Laird studied law
with the late Hon. S.BlHebard and was adj
mitted to the bar here but left town about
ten years ago and went to Texas, after
ward removing to New Mexico. His fam.
ily had heard nothing Of his whereabouts
for some time.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-09

Plttsf1eld.
Bert Brown returned from Washington
D. c., Friday.
Mrs. Harris Ranney returned from Rut-
land, Thursday.
G. T. Allen and wife visited relatives in
Rochester couple OF days last week.
William Smith, wife and daughter OF
Montpelier have been visiting at John
Austin's 8.
The friends Of Mr.. Frank Durkee will be
glad to learn that he was able to attend
church last Sunday.
Mr.. Lucian McCollom, who has been
spending his holiday vacation at home, re :
turns this week to the Long Island college
Of Brooklyn, N. r., to renew his medical
studies.
Mr.. T. Holt Hubbard ,lwho has been with
his grandparents, MIR. and Mrs. Rufus
Holt, during his holiday vacation, goes to
St.Johnsbury to visit his aunt, Mrs. George
Ranney, whence be will return to Meri
den, N. H., to continue his studies In the
Kimball Union academy.
Mr.. John Mills, who is locally proverbi-
al for steer raising, is continually adding
to his fame and on Jan. l, 1885, exhibited
on our street pair OF handsome Holstein
steers, we'll mated and matched, that were
beauties in every respect. They "tip the
beam" quickly at 1,750 pounds and they
were only one year old the middle OF last
April. Mr.. Mills raised and broke these
steers and it will do man good to see their
perfect obedience. He has worked them
the past summer on his farm as draft OK
en-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-09
Terms, Adv't Rates, etc.

This paper is printed 43 Main st.,
Randolph, VT. Price Sc. a copy, 81. .25 q
year, (25c. less In Vermont. All papers
stop when subscriptions expire. No pa
pers sent uniess paid for.
Advertising rates }8 an inch per year,
transient adv'ts d 80 per month. Liberal
rates to large yearly advertisements on
application to the publisher.
~ Advertisers ordering special posi-
tion will be charged 80 per cent extra.
Actual average circulation for the year
1895, all editions, 3,436; guaranteed by
American Ne,Ospaper Directory.
L. b. JOHNSON, Proprietor,
Randolph, vt. M
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-09
DREW & LEONARD,

Central Pharmacy.
TWe are selling large quantities
Of Dimmick's Kidney and Bladder
Cure and 1t is pronounced THE BEST.
We guarantee 1t.
We are receiving fine fresh lot Of
Perfumes In all styles for the
Christmas trade.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-09
south Washington.

Ida Frost and child are at her grand
mothers.
The card and dancing parties still con
tinue, the last being at Wilbur fuckers
Jan. /.
People are looking anxiously for snow.
A. G. kingsbury is especially anxious as
he has several hundred dollars worth OF
granite ready to freight.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-09

Piles Of people have piles, but DeWitt's
Witch Hazel SaIve will cure them. When
promptly applied it cures scalds and burns
without the slig htest pain. E. e Evans & Co.
Randolph; K. P, Stockwell, Bethel; n. J.
Sargent & Son, SO. Royalton; A. R. Hood
Il Son, Chelsea.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-09
USEFUL BOOKS GIVEN AWAY.
ART AND FANCY WORK.

Mrs Neila Dsggett Of Boston has recently writ
ten book, Fancy Work and Art Decorations"
that gives practical instruction for making doilies
table covers. scarfs tray cloths pin cushions, etc
ETC.. with fifty illustrations. This book, together
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-09

The above liberal offer Is made to advertise the
reliable Diamond Dyes and to get their book upon
home dyeing into the hands of women who want 70
dress we'll by making their old clothing look like
new.
The fact that Diamond Dyes have been the
standard home dyes for nearly twenty years, and
that their sale increases from year to year, is
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-09

with "Successful a
Home Dyeing,"w Twill
be sent free TO any
rea der who for
wards the attached
fcoupon and q 2 cent
sta mp to Wells,
Richardson 4 Co.,
! Burlington, VT.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-09
IVORY SOAP
IL FLOATS

At all grocery stores of soap
five cake and larger The larger
economical YOUR
is out Of II insist his getting you
ec--o6G GA.e co
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-09
Bring In

that last prescrfption the doctor gave
you and get 1t compounded. We
can give you just what the doctor
ordered. The appearance, taste and
remedial effect Of "a medicine depend
in large degree upon the way It is
put together. Our prescription busi-
ness is constantly increasing, which
shows that the people have conf
dence in our ability as druggists.
Our experience, time and complete
stock are at your service.