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be acquitted OF "forcing the note" The
real Richard was far from being as black
as he is painted. Lady Anne was only
betrothed, not actually married to the
murdered Prince; and there is little
ground for believing that she. in turn,
was killed by Richard or that he was in
strumental in the murder OF his brother,
Clarence; while, with respect to his pro-
posed union with his niece Elizabeth, the
marriage seems not to have been distaste-
full to that Princess. who wrote with her
own hand TO the Duke OF Norfolk begging
him To recommend the alliance to Rich
ard. Truly the shade of Richard must
owe an undying grudge to that of the
great dramatist, who, for ends of his own,
50 grossly malignsd him.-London Times.
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the part of the farm we visited in the
forenoon. The grove of elms, from
which the farm takes IFS name, is
situated just across the road from
the house IN twenty-acre field of blue
grass. The sale ring, in which the
Anderson's Model litter was sold, is
bnilt in the grove of elms, and here
will be held another big sale, Tuesday,
November 23. The sale ring and the
seats will be covered by large tent,
which will protect the crowd should
The weather be severe at the time of
the sale. The tent will be heated by
stoves and everything for the comfort
of the guests will be done. The pens
are well arranged and can accommo-
date one hundred hogs. They are so
arranged and managed that no delay
can occur to check the progress of the
sale.
The pasture in which the sale ring
was built cantained as pretty a lot of
gelts and Young sows as were ever
together. They were being fed for the
sale, and according TO the way great
many breeders handle their hogs when
preparing them for sale would have
been shut up in pen and fattened
rapidly. This would be the easiest
way to get them IN a fat condition, but
NIr nll 60, L. l., IL
A hog that is allowed plenty of room
10 run IN and build the bone and
muscle which will make them good
prolific breeders will give better salts
faction than the one which Is kept in a
small pen.
The buyer who is satisfied with his
first bargain will come again, and Mr..
Null has no trouble in getting them
back after the first trial. The hogs
which were in this pasture were sired
by such noted boars as: Klevers
Model, the 80, 100 boar; Look Me
Over, IS, $50; Chief Know. LIS Spot,
great winner at Des Moines, Iowa, IN
1896; Null's w. b.. Sydnor's Tecum-
sch, Young Chief and other great boars.
The sows are bred right and built
right and will make good prolific
breeders.
Mr.. Null's last sale was held August
%, and was attended by breeders OF
fine hogs from all over the country.
They were men who knew fine hog
when they saw it and were willing To
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sive ideas and have employed them in
every branch of industry.
Among the important branches of
industry in Missouri stock raising takes
prominent part. No branch has
undergone more decided change than
has this.
The day has passed when stock
raisers thought blood IN animals did
not tell. They now realize the impor-
lance of combining the best hlocd in
their herds and have set te work To
secure blooded animals tn head them.
They have tried it and it is no longer
an experiment, but a proven fact that
the best results are derived from The
herds which contain the best blood.
La Lafayette county the men who are
interested in breeding and raising fine
hogs have done, perhaps, more toward
giving our state the name size occupies
among the stOckmen of the world than
the hog breeders of any other county.
Among the foremost OF these stands
Mr.. George w. Nnll, proprietor Of Elm
Lawn Farm.
MIR. Null is one of the most successful
hog breeders in Missouri. His reputa.
tion not only extends over this state,
but has spread throughout the United
States. While Mr.. Null has been in the
hog business comparatively short
lime, he has done as much to advance
the breeding of hogs in the western
country as many who have been in The
business all of their lives.
The name of Elm Lawn Farm has
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fields, which gives the hogs plenty of
room to get the exercise necessary to
develope the bone and muscle which
has gone toward making he hogs of
Elm Lawn Farm famous the world
over as good prolific breeders
Mr.. Null has been engaged in the
hog business nearly all of his life, but
has only been breeding aud raising fine
hogs exclusively for about eight years.
Up to that time ne had been engaged
largely in raising horses. lie then
turned his attention entirely to raising
hogs and went into the business with u
determination 10 succeed. He bought
only the best blood and allowed only
celebrated boars TO head his herds. His
farm was naturally adapted to hog
raising. The ground is we'll watered
and gently rolling which gives it suf-
ficent drainageto make 1t as healthy a
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pay any price to secure one of the bar
gains offered at this sale.
The Anderson's Model litter sold AT
this sale for 3,O55. This is the highest
price ever brought by one litter, and
gives the worlds record in that line 10
Mr.. Null.
Mr.. Null bought the dam of these
pigs At Col. Il. Il. Hart and III. q.
Minis sale at Edenburg, Ill. He paid
for her the highest price ever paid for
sow. At the time he bought the SOW
many of the breeders thought he was
not wise IN paying the price he gave,
but they have since concluded that he
knew best.
\ few years ago Mr.. Null was not
known TO the breeders of the country.
lie was just starting in the hog breed
ing business and was beginning to
stock his farm with the best brood sOws
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triesP Situated in the center of the
greatest country of the globe, she Is
crossed and recrossed by network of
railroads that makes her easily access
able from all points of the compass.
Blessed by nature with rich and fer
tile soil, which for productiveness Is
sxcelled by none, she easily takes
leading part In agricultural interests.
The rich treasurers which were stored
beneath her surface have been DIS
covered and their partial development
has given her rank with the great min
ing states. But other states eqally as
well favored by nature have been by
her distancsd in the race of progress.
She has left them far behind when their
oppo :tGnities for improvement have
been as great as hers. The industry and
intelligence of the people who have
settled this great old commonwealth
has been the important factor IN bring
ing her 10 the front. Her inhabitants
y
their place have planted fields OF
golden grain, which -faVe given Mis-;
souri the name of one Of he greatest
agricultural states in the union. They
have delVed deep into the earth and
discovered rich beds of coal, which
have as yet been only partly developed.
They have taken. from under her snr
face snch quantities of iron, lead and
coal, that she has become known as
one of the important mining states.
They have invested their capital in her
farms and have seen their value null
tiply in few short years. They have
invested capital in hundreds of enter
prises which have grown and made our
state what she Is. The spirit and enter.
prise of her people, MS we'll as her great
natural resources, Is what has given
Missouri the standing she holds before
the world, They have held to progress
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come into notice in few years. An
INTELLIeENCER reporter visited it a
few days ago and spent a very pleasant
day there. We arrived there about IL
O'Clock in the morning, and the hour
before noon was spent In looking over
the south part of the farm.
Elm Lawn Farm Is located four miles
northwest OF the thriving town of
Odessa. 1t is situated in strip of the
richest land In Lafayette county, the
garden spot of Missouri. The farm is
not divided up into small pastures, bnt
is fenced in twenty and forty acre
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in the county and is a splendid inhi-
vidual. lie is sired by that great
eastern ribbon winner, W. Il. Tecnm-
sch, and half brother TO the grea;
show and breeding boar, Hands OFF,
the sire of the sensational litter of the
81, ,575. 90 SOW, Anderson's Model, and
his dam Graceful, combines the blood
and crosses of Geo. Wilkes and Adam,
the sire of Courtney sd.
Here is an inlerminsling of Tecum-
sch, Lady Lightfoot, Wilkes and Adam
blood combined, which is bound to
result in producing good ones as Null's
W. Il. has already proven himself n
great breeder. Watkins X Broadway,
of Centervile, Ohio, the breeders of
Null's w. B., say that he is ont of the
best litter W. Il. Tecumseh ever sired
and they also say of his dam Graceful
(3SS64) that she stands second TO none
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now sprang into greater prominence.
The fact that this farm had produced
the highest priced litter of pigs ever
sold and was the home of the highest
priced SOW, at once attracted greater
attention TO it, and the sale which will
occur next Tuesday, will be attended
by hog breeders from every part of the
country.
The afternoon was devoted TO look
ing over the north part of The place
and here we found the boars which will
be in Tuesdays sale. These boars are
good thrifty looking fellows and will
bring good price anywhere. You can
find the breeding and individuality in
this bunch to suit any taste. They are
bred in the purple and have extra good
coats, good bones and extra backs.
Anyone of them is fit TO head herd
and they will be appreciated by the
buyers.
The next place we visited was the
lot where Nulls w b. is kept. lie is
one of the best boars that has ever been
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Comparatively, a few years ago,
Missouri was not known as one of the
greatest states of the union. Not so
thickly settled then as now and her
great natural resources not yet devel-
oped, she occupied but a medium place
in the great galaxy of states where she
now ranks we'll to the front.
Bat the years have come and gone,
and as they become part OF The past u,
each left behind 1t upon every branch
of idustry marked change. Each has
recorded upon the pages OF time a
wonderful advance in the standard of
improvements. Not one has written in
the record back ward move in the
branches of industry carried on in the
great state of Missouri.
Other countries less favored by
nature and settled by less progressive
people have failed to keep step with the
progress of ihs age; still others have
even appeared to lose ground with each
succeeding year, and To drift farther
back until their places in the forward
ranks have been taken by younger and
more progressive countries.
Missouri stands among the states
which have in a comparatively short
space OF time sprung forward to take
stand at the front of the columns which
carry the advancing banner OF progress.
She has taken her place by the side of
the most progressive, and ahead of her
sisters with less advanced ideas.
What is it that has enabled Missouri
to so ontstrip other sections and coun-
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place for raising hogs rs can be found.
And it certainly is one of the healthiest
stock farms in the state. There has
never been any cholera among Mr..
Null's hogs. This Is to a great extent
owing to the fact that he does not
contine them in pens but allows them
the freedom of the large fields which
are well watered and drained. Hog
breeders would rather buy from what
they call ''cholera proof" herd, and
this is one reason breeders are eager 10
obtain his hogs.
The pasture east of the house was
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and bOars he conld buy. He realized
that other men had spent years in
trying to get their hogs up 10 The
standard where they would command
the attention of the public and had
failed, and he saw from their failures
that he must, il successful, have the
best spws of the country among his
herd and have hic herd headed by the
best boars. He attended the big sale
at Edinburg, ILL.,, in February, and
bought the celebrated queen OF Poland
Chinas, Anderson's Model, and paid
for her 1919 This Is he highest
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Ia an adjoining field was herd Of
brood sows which were beauties. Their
pigs will be in tins sale and will show
with the best hogs of the country.
Anderson's Model has twenty acre
pasture all to herself. She is allowed
TO run at large in this field and.is con
sidered good enough to be allowed 10
do as she pleases. She will attract
great attention at the sale, as she is the
mother Of this SS,055 litter. She has
the distinction of being the highest
priced SOW in the world and is prelty
enough to bring any price. She has
small house in which she sleeps and
her bed is kept as clean as PIN. Her
coat is black and glossy and rs soft a.
the hair of a horse. None OF her
pigs will be in this SALE. bpt she will
have litter in the September sale
next year.
Mr.. Null has also at has farm herd
of fine cattle. They are OF The Holes
tine Freesisn breed and are all regis
tered stock. MIR. Mil deals only in
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as a brood SOW. Mills W. H. gets his
good qualities as an individual and a
breeder by inheritance from both sire
and dam, and bis progeny shows up at
Elm Lawn with all the leading boars Of
the breed. There will be twenty-five
sows bred 10 Nails W Is. in this sale.
We then visited the orchard where
Mr.. Null WAS keeping he boar, rs
Spot. 1t is generally known that ~
Spot is the boar that created such
sensation at Des Moines, Iowa, in 1896,
taking first in class and heuding he
sweepstakes herd under one !; yi.i I'd
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price which was ever paid for a SOW. and
many of the hog breeders prophecied
that he wonld lose money on her. That
his judgment was better than theirs, as
was also his nerve, was shown when At
his sale in August, six months after
buying her, her litter of pigs sold in
the sale ring for $j,0j5. The price
Mr. Null received for the litter Melted
him, above the price paid for the sow.
just 81 ,4S0, leaving him that amount,
and the now doubly noted sow for his
trouble.
This sale broke the worlds record
for the highest price ever brought by II
litter of pigs. One of the young boars
of this Inter brought $500 which was
the highest price ever paid for male
zig Elm Lawn, which was already
commanding considerable Alteration
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given up to. be the honest contested
show that was ever made at Dies Si6inrs.
Taking his show record with his great
individual merit, marks. L's spot US
one of the very best boars OF Poland
China breed. II is not . mere chance
that LIS Spot is show hog, for his
sire Us Tecumseh aud his dam Lady
Lighifoot 39th annually sehttheir suns
and daughters in the hottest contested
show rings and they invariably carry
out their part of the best ribbons: Yon
see LIS Spot is a full brother in blood
to the great eastern ribbon winner, W.
B. Tecumseh, owned by Watkins and
Broadsway, of Centerville. Ohiu. IndI-
vidually he cannot be easily criticised.
There will be number of good sOws
in the sale bred to LIS SPoh' aud also
two of his daughters.
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animals of the best breeding and has
nothing bnt blooded apinials .op his
place. I5..s 49,
MIR. Null has been remarkabley sue
cessful IN breeding and raising fine
hogs. He has broken the worlds RECORD
in the price of The Anderson's Model
litter, and the worth of his hogs is
known To every stockman in the
country. HIS sale Tuesday wiz br
attended by prominent bog .brehdrr7
from all parts OF the country, who."iil
come prepared to: hny. ~. -,
j. G. Berry. one oil the best kuoWH citi-
zens OF Spencer, Mo, 'testitiss Nhat he
cured himself of the worst skSind OF piles
by using a few boxes of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. He had been troubled with
piles for over thirty years and had used
many different kinds of o-callsd. .eufes;
but DeWitts was the one that did sths
work, and he will verify this statement
II any one wishes TO write him. Day &
Shelby, Leading Druggists. s-2stt
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you ATTENDED THE
Great Rettrtn9 Sale I!
Where Everything Is Sold At
BED ROCK PRICES -


the of list of last
following which knock
out blow" to s
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ELM LAWN FARM,

The Model, o ssO55
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I0HH S. BLACKWELL & SlM,

AttorneYs-at-Iaw. VIII practice in all the
ourts OF the state. Prompt attention given TO
all business entrusted TO our care. Once In
Hasrle building, rooms and H. Janloyl
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,,,,,,,' u..',,,, ~, y, JW Harrison Me[CanteCO.
PRoFESSIo
r.. J. WESTERHOUSE.

Attorneysat-law. VIII pi actice in all cour
OF the state Prompt attention given to cole
tions. wellington. No.
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came out of his reverie, he sad: There used to be a man named S.oekdale n congress from the Slxh dE.fiet. have a faint recollection that Gov. McLaurin appointed him to a. five months term on the supreme bench, but dlo not know where he Is now. or what he is do'ng. though he may be alive"
 'iAll of the gentleman mentioned in eonsnetion with the George success on, ,, MT. Wdlson continued, "are for phe free and unlimited cofrage of silver at the ra.Bo of 16 to l. without the grace of for eign pote.I ate or power, the altitude of wheat or any other man tStill Gov. Nc Laurin has procrastInated the announces ment of his choice if he has yet reached a conclusion, it is n5a unlikely that he may hold the mailer in abeyarce for soma weeks, as congress does not meet until December next, until which time the appointee could not dlo much but draw fLJ salary, no matter what he migklj be able to accomplish pending the panuing the meeting of the segis'atui c. !"
 MT. Wilson said that everywhere he had been good times was all the talk.
The age-herald., 1897-09-05
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice, having had placed in his hands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and perl oatarrh, asthma, and all throat and lung affections also a positive and radical cure for nervous debility and all nervous com- curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this mo- tive and desire to relieve human suffer- ing, will send free of charge. to all who desire it, this recipe, in German, French or English, with flll directions for prepar- ing and using. Sent by mail by addresss ing with stamp, naming this paper. ". A. Moves, SEQ Powers block, Rochester, N. Y. a-S-nnsi1-Qt
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of this window and gazed long and earn- est1y at the pictures.
 t'Theres Buffalo Bir," said one of them 'Theyain't manly like him. reckon"
 William D. Gladstone" read the oth- CT man, aloud. Why that's that Eng fish feller that makes the speeches. amt it, Jim?"
 "Tbat's the. feller," replied his com Danion.
 Look at them Indians" said Jim. Dye see them tattoin's on 'em? l seen jist the same kind of crowd down at the museum once. There ain't nothin' like 'em on the plain. I reckon. The fel- Ter in the museum said they was canni- bals."
 ''Whoa this feller here in the corner?' asked Jim's comrade.
 Edgar A. Poe" read Jim.
 Poe" unused the other. Seems to me I've heard that name"
 :'So have r. replied Jim. They thought awhile in silence. At last Jim said:
 "Poe. Poe-why, that's the feller that shot Garfield"
 'That's so,,' said his friend. They looked at the picture of the poet a little while, and as they turned away Jim said:
 He's a mighty tough lookin' feller, Bob"
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Rowland Hill, late of Ealing. Eng.

Whereas application has been made to the chancery division of the high court or Hill, deceased, Bullen V. Norman Hill 1896, No. 962, with reference to an annuity ana a share of the estate of Captain Norman Norman Hill, deceased, late of Edina Castle sex, England to which the said Rowland Hill, if living, is entitled.
 And whereas Upon such application MT Justice Stirling has directed inquiries to be alive or dead If alive whereabouts, and if dead who are his legal personal repre- The said Rowland Hill left England for believed, to Birmingham, Ala, in the United States. It is stated that ne vas for some time in the employment or a Mr. Montgomery, at St. Louis, that about June, August, 1891, to Salt Lake City, Utah., and it has been suggested that he may nave gone to New Zealand or California. ,e The said Rowland Hill is, if living t1ros or II dead, his legal personal representalves' 1898. to come in and prove his or their claims 0f any) to the said annuity or share at the chambers Of MT. Justice Stir I.o5don. England or in default thereof he or they will be peremptorily excluded rom any orders that may be made in the said proceedings. ,ooo 12 o'clock. at noon, at the said chambers Is appointed for adjudicatiDg upon such claims, if any. -
 Dated the i2th day of August. 1897,
 H. r. CHURCH, Master.
 Note--Any person who can give any in- formation as to the whereabouts or usa m of the said Rowland Hill is requested to communicate with Messrs Pontilex deW- horn Circus, London, England, the solicit ors in the said action.
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KING LAND COMPANY
Lots Around Avondale Cot
 Cotton Mill.
Price Only $2oo-1-4 Cash.

The surveyors have completed the survey of the company's property along Fifth avenue macadamized road and around the big cotton mills and now offer the lots, 50x15O, each at s2OO. A cash, balance l. and 8 years. There are 115 of them and you can get choice by coming at once. Sev- eral people have already bought and are preparing to build. You have no time to lose. The mills will be running in less than four months and hundreds of houses will be wanted. These prices are less than half what others ask, but they must go at once. S. E. THOMPSON, Agent
 215 21st St.
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NEGRO MORTALITY.
Statistics Show the Race Is Fast Succumbing to
 Disease.

Springfield (Mass) Republican.
 The publication of the mortuary g atis- lfes for the past month of a number of the leading towns of North Carolina re veals a remarkable death rate among negroes as compared with he wfttes. In Raleigh, for instance where there are LOGO more whites than blacks, during July there were Two and -an1-one-half times as many deaths of negroes as of whites. lin Wilmington. N. C., where there is only small excess of black popu- la,ioH, there were fourteen deaths of whites and of negroes th.:'.y-eight, or nearly three to cns. I'm Winston, where therc are considerably more whites than negroes, the negroes dying numbered more than ewo to one, the ratio aceord- ing to nace population being much greater. Other towns show a like record The unusual mortality among negroes is mo, due to any epidemic disease, and cer- i.ainly nourishment. as has in some few isola..ed instances been the case in win ter,
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LOW RATES AND LONG LIMITS
On Cheap Excursion Tickets to Eastern Cities
 via the Southern Railway.

The Southern Railway, the short line and popular route, operating through Pullman sleepers, will sell round trip tickets to Washington, Richmond and Norfolk on September 1, 2 and at the low rate of one fare, tickets Mmi.ed to thirty days from date of sale. Double daily trains, making the quickest time between the east and the south. Take advantage of these low ra les for short outing. J. P. BILLUPS,
 Travelling Passenger Agent. Nil sen 5