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The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


W. II. Owens, republican nominee for
treasure r of Wright county, from q
eonRcstivc chill.
State Gcologist John 4. Gnllahcr at
his home In WarrenSburg.
Hr was born In Monroe county. Tenn,
October & ist2. and iotated IN Johnson
county. when very young. He spent MS
huyho0d days on the tartn, receiving hts
education at tho public schools 0f Knob
noster. Iie entered tho confederate army,
and fought unaer Price, Van Dorm and
Horton. ~ the close of the war h. took
scientific cnurse. after which he took a
course In medicine, lie returned to Johns
son county and engaged IN merchHndis-
Ing numbering and mining. lie was of y
scientific turn Of nsinh and spent a pti-
vatr fortune IN scientific researches lie
was deeply ycrEod IN mining and had viH-
ned the principal mires in the United
States, Mexico aud Canada. In eeuca-
tional and literary circica be stood hlEh.
lIr wnB appointed state RcoluEisi IN June.
iss7. He ~ well known IN every mining
center Of the state.
Henry l.. Gray, who was operated
upon at Jefferson City for Appendix
ciiir
Henry Lock Gray was supervisor og
building and loan association Tor the state
Of Missouri. was horn IN 81 Charles
county, in February. 1876: received COM
mon school education, supplemented by
two years a. the Old 81. Charles college.
which was then a famous institution ~
learning For many years ho has reAtd-
ed at Sturgeon, boone county, He was
onrr assistant secretary uf the senate
ana twice held the once nf secretary %
the SENATE iis was chief clerk for years
IN the ofiic- Of commissioner Of labor sta
tiEtirE, ana when the once Of supervisor
WAS established and placed under the
charge 81 the state treasurer. he WAS
made deputy supervisor Later. when the
otilrr wan made "a separate bureau and
placed Ia the hands 0f the governor. Mr.
Gray was appointed, and has held the Of
nee ever siacc
Leslie Z. Orcnr. Of Marshall, at Col
orado Springs. Col
lIio was born IN Montgomery county
ny. four miles from Mount Rterlins, IN
ls1 where he was reared and educated
In the public schools. he taught usnoai
earning enough 10 enable him 10 com
mrncS the study of law In 1856 he moved
and began prnrticinE law on tho banks of
the kHw, but relatives IN Saline county
Induced him tr iOCaEt In Marshall and
there he continued q EuccrHAfui practice
OF his profession Ior u years After NOV
inE 10 Marshall he married. Misa May Hem
derEpn, dt Glasgow. who, with four chill
drcn, survive him. sir. OrrJr was a dem
ocrat prior to the campaign OF ~. at
which ne hoItrd his party Al thr con
venilon. held In May. he was nominated
BY the republicans for congress. The fu-
ucral services were conducted by tho Ma
sonic order A. a public spirited and
charltnbly Inclined man hc was very pop.
ular; a. q lawyer h. was recognized by
able iuriat
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05

During the psSt fiscal year muni-
clpai collections fro mall sources In
81. Louis aggregated so,ite.7i3.sp; ex-
penditurss footed up ss. .oee. .20s.ss.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05
weman Killed hr I.IahsnIns

Lightning struck and instantly
killed Miss sallie Campbell. near Rus
selIsiIle, Cole county. Daughter Of Il.
+. Campbell, prosperous farmer.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05

George ID. Biggs. of Rails county,
and u. r. Clark, of DeksIb county,
have been appointed state hank exam
liners by Secretary of State Lesueur.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05

II N doubtful II the Laisor college.
the gift OF British workmen. In return
Cor Ruskin hall. will he located Ia 81.
Louis as originally Intended.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05
|uG FIRE At PITTSBURGH.
One Fireman Killed and Eleven
Others Injured, One Fatally,
by Falling Walls.
Loss Ae0uT THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

Ths Machine shap Of the Hes, sinn-
afactariHE Co. Epsiresy Destroy I'd
bY yiEe, Toaether with All the
Machinery and stsek OF Patterns,
Many of which Cnrr hc feptscee.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05
"CasualtieN 70 date:

"l'ritisf, killed. 81; wounded rs.
American. killed, :; wounded. Is.
French, killed. /; wounded. 10.
German. killed. i2; wounded. 62.
Italian. killed. 5; wounded. ..
"JapaneHc killed. 2: wounded, ..
Austrian. killed, /; wounded 1.
"ilussian, killed. 10; wounded. "a"
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05

While working in a field near Mary
Vile, Clyde IIalier. aged "a, and hia
horse were struck by holt Of light
sinE and instantly killed.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
~ 49,
A CYCLONE SAFETY.

rods in the downpour Of rain that fol-
lows the wind.
The safety is built in the cellar un-
derneath the house. In an ordinary
cellar one would be anything but safe
should the house be lifted or blown
over, for the chimneys, upper fcunda-
tons and debris Of the house usually
I'll the cellar. The safety is to guard
against being crushed by these. 1t Is
constructed in the form Of a table, in
the southwest corner of the cellar.
Posts large enough to withstand the
greatest weight should be in pairs
about four feet apart and the tops q
the pairs should be cut with shoud4rs
On corresponding sides, upon which
rest the plank that the protecting i!ooi
is to be spiked to. These plank are
bolted to the posts, and should be OF
oak. The covering plank should also
be of three inch oak and fastened with
large spikes.
The side should be boarded up or OK
ira posts put in to guard against re
bounding stones or timbers. 1t should
cover as large a space as convenient.
IN ak, crowbar, spade, saw and hatchet
shoulG' always be kept inside. Boxef
also upon which to sit should be pro
.ided. This is much cheaper than The
cave and as safe as any refuge can be.
Orange Judd Farmer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
TILE CUTTING TOOL

chisel. The poll is round and the shape
of the base of a cone, and one inch
in diameter; the shaft round and cylin-
drical. The poll should be ground
square, or, better, little.concave, leay-
ing sharp cutting edges, and should
be a little more faring on the handle
side. With this tool have never found
any need of anything else.
Some get tile at the mills with holes
cut in them, but I never do, for with
tile hammer 1t is less trouble to cut
the holes wherever you want them. In
connecting lateralS, most persons cut
q hole, or get tile with holes In them,
and stick the end of the connecting
tile into the hole, but l never do that.
por allow it to be done on work under
my supervision. The connecting tile
(z) must be cut to fit against the tile
connected to, on an angle (see 2 and 81.
The hole should be cut the full size OF
the inside of 2, which will be an egg
shape, the small end upstream.
also cut the tile on all curves to tit as
close as other joints (see ~.
A soft tile is not the best tile to cut,
and I promptly discard a cracked tile
Select well-burnt tile, that will ring
when struck with hammer. Cut holes
near the middle of the tile. In cutting
the connecting tile (2), leave part OF
the end full, as shown, instead of cut
ting it to thin edge. Except in pick
ing small hole through tile to start
with, the poll of the hammer Is gen.
orally used. The edges should be kept
sharp. No patent on this hammer;
free to all. - s. F. Moore, in Ohio
Farmer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
Primer Handling of Bees.

If you know how to handle bees you
can earn good pay oyerhauling the
spiaries OF farmers who are too busy in
spring and fall to put their colonies in
shape for the season. Many swarms
are worthless now that might bring
good profits to the owner II cleaned up
and perhaps combined with another.
Wormy hives and hives with old brood
might as well be burned or thrown in
the sea as to be kept in their present
condition. Let man get reputation
for knowing how to handle bees and
being willing to do it for others, and he
would not find time to fill his orders.
He would soon carry large stock Of
bees and bee goods as well as honey to
sell, and should make it all turn in good
profts.-Midland Farmer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
Cnre for AIornhLne Habit.

Great interest has Deen aroused In
medical circles in Germany, says a
Berlin dispatch to the London Chron-
icle, by the discovery by DR.. Otto EN-
merich, of Baden-Baden, of a specific
against morphia poisoning and that
peculiar form of disorder known in
Germany as "morphiDismus." The in
creasing use of morphia among a con-
siderable section of society has been
lately exciting much attention, and
medical men have been unable to pre-
scribe any efficient remedy. 1t is
claimed for DR.. Emmerich's discovery
that 1t has proved infallible in the
numerous cases in which it has been
applied. 1t is distilled vegetable oil
of intense acidity, two or three drops
of which are taken internally daily.
After a cure, extending from three to
six weeks, patients acquire an intense
loathing for the use of the morphla
needle.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
Sheep az Farm Fertilizers.

Prof. Roberts, of Cornell university,
says the fertilizer produced by sheep
in a year is worth $3.17 While the
most of this is left in the pasture, its
value to the farmer depends 4uch
upon the condition of the grass there.
Many pastures are in such condition
that they need breaking up and re-
seeding as much as they do fertilizer,
and until something is done to remedy
this trouble the vaiue Of the manure
made by the sheep would to some ex-
tent be wasted. We know that the
sheep improve the pasture by killing
many varieties of weeds, and thus give
the grass a better chance, but the
sheep should not be forced to live en-
tirely upon weeds and bushes. If they
are, it will be a question whether the
bushes or the flock OF sheep will be
killed first.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
A SILVER BEDROOM.
Pretty Creation in White of One OF
NewpOrt's Smart
Set.

Recently 1 went to very Smart
luncheon given by one of Newport's
richest women, writes Edith Law
renee, in Ledger Monthly. Her house
is dream of beauty and good taste.
Her bedroom is the loveliest thing ]
ever say. The whole room had the eff
feet of white and silver. The wood
work was white, the wall paper white
and silver Her bedstead was white en-
amel, with bars and posts and knobs
of silver. Her dressing table was white,
with a beautiful oldfaShioned stand
ing oval mirror on it. in a carved sill
yer frame. Instead of small PIN
cushion in the middle and trays for
pins and stick pins, she had two good
sized sensible triangular pin cushions,
covered with white satin embroidered
in silver, and fitted into two upper cor
ners of her dressing table; Of course,
her complete toilet set was silver. Then
on herwritihg desk she had some things
l had never seen before. A solid sill
yer blotting book, a pad of blotting pa
per. with silver back, as it were. Such
an improvement on the pads with sill
yer corners, which are always coming
off. And she had small silver bowl
filed with sand, where her pins were
stuck, to keep them from rusting.
Her silver inkstand had a small
tank attached, which her maid
filled every day, and mucilage pot,
sponge holder and paper-cutter, all
in silver. In her dressing-room, off
from her bedroom, we saw the loveliest
toilet outfit imaginable, and so many
new things. She had silver tooth-pow-
der bottle, which had sliding top,
and was filled from the bottom; and a
most attractive silver rack, with .
place for a tooth brush for every day
in the week. The tooth brushes were
of ivory and were numbered, with
tiny silver figures. There were silver
pegs over the washstand, as well, to
hang sponges, etc, on, and silver
stands for toilet waters. Altogether
never saw such complete outfit. The
articles were all made to order for the
lady in Vienna, but probably they can
be duplicated here with slight varia-
ton in form and ornament, If one can
afford the luxury.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
ABOUT BELGIAN HARES.
Breeding of This Animal as an JnduA@
try Began, II Is Now Claimed,
Ten Years Ago.

In answer to a number of inquiries
In regard to the Belgian hare, wo
find, upon investigation. that the
breeding of this animal in this coun-
try as an industry began about ten
years ago. The breeders are natural
" enthusiastic and possibly are too
optimistic in their view of the future
81 this constantly charging business.
II is claimed by them that no other
line of breeding offers anything like
the profits that the breeding of the
Belgian hare does. Both the meat
and the hide are valuable. The cost
of producing the meat, it is claimed,
is not over five cents a pound at the
most, and we have been informed by
breeders in the vicinity Of Denver,
Col. that the meat in that market
sells from Is to % cents a pound.
The meat of a young Belgian hare is
highly extolled by those who are ac-
quainted with its quality, and all such
unite in saying that as a toothsome
article of diet it cannot be excelled
by any meat that comes to our tables.
The hare is exceedingly prolific, the
doe sometimes producing 35 to 80
young hares in the course of the
year, and does begin to breed at the
age of six months.
The food is that which is common
ly eaten by sheep, and should be a
variety which can readily be provid-
ed from oats. clover, roots, bread and
milk, etc. All the shelter that is
needed is an open shed that will
always be dry and must be clean.
Cleanliness in the hutch must be
maintained. Three by four or five
feet is large enough for hutch. The
nesting box, which must be provided
for each breeding doe, should be three
feet long and two feet in width and
height. A portion of the cage should
be covered with wire netting. Cover
the bottom with fine straw a litter
is from six to a dozen. When about
two months old the young are weaned
and the sexes separated. The weight
Of a Belgian, if pure bred, at ma
turity is from eight to ten pounds
Epitomist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11

ana your family in financial and a
moral way than anything you can dc
on the farm. But if you have good
standard trotting mare, and can cross
her with a good French or German
coach or standard bred horse you car
make money in raising coach or car
riage horses. Such horses are sell.
ing all the way from $50 to $1,000.
They weigh from 1,15O to 1880
pounds, and stand from 1874 to 1c
hands high, with all of the style and
nice, easy action that you can get in
horse, not a low shutting gait, but
one that gets his feet up and shows
nice knee action and nice hook action.
That will give you an idea of the kind
of horse that / think is advisable for
the farmer to raise. You may have
the very best breeds of either one Of
these kinds, and if you neglect feed
you will have the veriest scrub that
ever grew on a Wisconsin farm.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11

slipped under the picture, it can be
readily wiped off while it is still fresh
The gilt paint is used to make border
about the plaque. 1t appears well, eth.
er as a stiff band or when it is stippled
a little.
In the making of these plaques, says
the St. Louis GlobeDemocrat, much OF
their success depends upon the choice
of the picture. By far the prettieSt
one that has so far been seen was
young girls head, crowned with a
wreath of flaming peoples. All else
that was particularly noticeable about
her were her filmy green draperieS. TIC
further offset its beauty, the plaque
was hung upon sage green back
ground.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
UNIQUE ORNAMENTS.
Pretty Plaques That Can BE Maue o'
plaster of Paris and COlored
Pictures.

A burst of ingenuity seems to nave
conferred itself in a new plaster OF paris
plaque. II has come as welcome way
of preserving some of the exquisite col
ored heads and f5Tal pictures which
we yearly have sent to us on caIen'
dars. A little good taste and consider
able nimbleness of fingers is all that
is required, in addition to an agateware
pieplate, some plaster of paris ana
water. a knife, bit of tape and cur
tain ring, with pretty colored picture
which has been neatly cut out from
its background, and a bottle OF gilt
paint. These various things are then
handled in the following way: AT hrst
the plate should be filed with water,
which, however, is soon tossed out
again, the object being simply to have
a moist surface. The picture is then
taken up and placed face downward
in the center of the plate. AS soon as
II Is seen that it adheres to it quite
closely the plaster of paris, which has
nreviously been mixed with water until
II is smooth and of the consistency OF
thick cream, is poured in upon it, and
in sufficient quantity to fill the plate
up to the very top. Here, then, the
knife is useful in smoothing 1T over
At this point, also, a contrivance Is
arranged for hanging up the plaque
in the future. The piece of tape with q
curtain ring on one end of it is pressed
down in the plaster, where it soon hard
ems into permanency. AS soon as II Is
found that the plaster is sufficiently
hard. the knife can be slipped around
the edges of the plate to facilitate the
whole turning out well. When this Is
accomplished the picture will appear
as though it had been painted upon
the pure white surface of the paste
Should, by any means. the plaster nave
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
TIMELY SWINE NOTES.
he hogs are mortgage filters this

The hogs are mortgage lifters this
year.
Converting corn into pork this sea
son has been a paying business.
Do not let the harvest work or cult
walton of the crops interfere with the
care of the pigs.
The wheat that did not pay to cut
can be harvested by the hogs to de-
cided advantage.
Let the hogs run in the orchard now
and they will destroy lots OF worms
and insects by eating up the dropping
fruit.
A farmer who cannot find pleasure
in handling the swill pail for the pigs
is not able TO enjoy all the pleasures
of the farm.
Hogs are filthy animals only when
they are compelled to be filthy. They
enjoy clean quarters as much as any
other animal, and will keep them so If
given a chance.-National Stockman.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
POSEY COUNTY VIM.
Famous Indiana Community Sets
Good Example in the Matter
of Road Building.

Who has not heard of Posey coun-
ty, land of the hoop-pole and the
pumpkin, region popularity given over
10 "chills and fever" illiteracy and
moonshine whisky? Old Posey may
be all that the paragrapher's fancy has
painted her, but we doubt it, and our
dubiety is based upon an article in the
indianapolis Press wherein Posey
county's part in the good roads move
ment is set forth. Other counties and
other states have conventions, bills,
agitation" and all that, but Posey
builds the roads. Therein lies the
difference between the people OF the
hoop-pole and pumpkin region and
their critics. Last week Posey issued
turnpike road bonds aggregatjng
100000, which sold at a premium OF
two per cent. In one township 81
miles of stone road-macadam - are
building and next year several hun
bred thousand dollars Will be eXpend-
ed in extending these turnpikes -
smooth and hard as our Hennepin
boulevard - over the country. Early
next spring the road from Mount Yer
non, the county seat, to the historic
town of New Harmony, Is miles IN
length and traversing one OF the love-
liest rural panoramas in this coun-
try. will be macademized. The contracts
have been awarded, and they call for
crushed stone, tile drain and scientific
construction in every particular.
Posey county can afford good roads.
In fact it cannot afford to do without
them. Small in area, but we'll popu-
lated, 1t is a wealthy agricultural com
munity. 1t leads the state in wheat
and corn, area considered, and the
land that Is not given up to the cereals
or groves produces abundantly OF all
fruits and vegeta bles known to the
temperate zone. 1t has public libra
ries in nearly every township, and
graded high schools are common "out
in the country" Nearly all OF the
school houses are Of brick and stone
and are of modern construction. Or
he 1873 teachers in os Posey county
schools last year, 30 were college
graduates and IA held state, life or
professional license. The average
wage was S52 a month. At the close
of the year there was $4,000 on hand
in the school fund. The percentage
of illiteracy is the lowest in the state
and the farmers of old Posey have
more brick dwellings, more pianos,
more books, more rugs and carpets in
proportion to population than those
of any other county in the state.
Old Posey has her faults, no doubt
but there are other counties that
might profit by her example In the
matter of good roads and schools. -
/ Minneapolis Times.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
THE HORSE BUSINESS.
Cbose who Raise the Right Sort o.
Animals Have Never Yet Made
Failure of Ii.

At the roundup institute in Wiseon'
lin last year, IL. \. Briggs, an extensive
breeder of that state, gave the fol
lowing good advice in regard to th'
brood mare:
Ifyou are going to raise draft horses
see what kind OF brood mare you have
Don't try to raise draft horse from
1000 or 1,10C-pound trotting mare
Select your largest mares and cross
them with the breed you like best
a pure-bred draft horse, whether he il
imported OF American bred, you mus
get size and quality. If you are goins
TO breed carriage or coach horses, Sc
lect your mares that have size ane
quality, and cross them with the very
best carriage horse you can. am no
going to point out the particular breeC
YOU should have. Among our American
trotters we can get as good type o
coach horse as there is in the world,
we look to size and quality, but Their
are not enough Of them. If American
people had paid as much attention Il
producing good carriage horses as the.
have to producing speed, and spec
alone, we would have the best coacl
and carriage horses of any nation il
the world, and we would have ma
tional reputation for producing car
riage horses equal to the one we hav
had for producing little trotters. Tha
has been the one great trouble with tn
men who have been raising trottini
horses, they have lost sight of every
thing except the speed and the spec
pedigree, and the result in many case
has been that not one in 25 has bee
fit to put on the market to sell for an,
kind of legitimate use. Get the ide
of trying to raise trotting horses GU
of your head; if he can't do anything
but trot you do not want him, becaus
J you would do more harm to yoursel
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
Ynried Rationn for Hogs.

feed my hogs corn and oats princi-
pally. Bulk Of the feed, corn. Make
a swill using corn and oats ground to-
gether one-third corn and two-thirdG
oats, and add to that a little wheat
shorts. Hogs have run of pasture.
Have access to salt at all times; plen-
ty Of water. Pumpkins are fed in the
fall, also small potatoes and waste APP
pies and such stuff from the garden
not disable in the house. In fact any
and all things raised on the farm that
will tempt their appetite and be con-
ducive to their health.-F. 6. Barfoot,
III Farmers Review.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
TILE CUTTING TOOL.
Description of a Non-Patented HaM-
mer Which Is Said to Be SUI
perior TO Az Others.

lam the inventor of a tool for cut
ting tile that is superior in every re-
spect to any tool l have ever used, and
that is a tile hammer, a drawing OF
which I send herewith. I have used
these hammers for years, and the shape
and size here given (six inches long) is
about the best proportions for the pur-
pose. They should be made of the
best steel and both poll and pick tenn
pered the same as stone-cutters' CHS
els. The pick is beveled like q cold