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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
Estimate Of Return
Oil Given Investment.

Allowing an investment OF I'll, 100. $1o.ooo
Of which is spent the first year and $5.000
the second. the following briefly describes
the development Of a ginseng plantation
In four years:
$4,000 will purchase 100. 900 seeds and 5000
1-year-old slip roots; 100000 seeds will plant
one-tenth Of an acre. Twenty-Five thousand
roots (Which are planted exs inches) will
plant one-eighth of an acre. Less than one
fourth Of an acre Is occupied the first year.
After a lapse Of one year. same quantity
as above in ground and 10000 more roots
planted to effect the continuity of produc-
ton.
After q lapse Of two years. 5000 three
year-old roots are in ground. Allowing loss
of 20 per cent In seed planted. there would
be Sc, 900 one-year-old roots. Also there il
loo. 900 seed in ground. This year the seed
crop cuts a figure, as the three-year-old
plants would have produced about $4,000
seed, consequently the purchase Of seed Is
no longer necessary and the sale OF them
Is q possibility. The 5000 yearling plants
should be transplanted at this time. Allow
ing for this increase OF the ground taken
up, and for the planting of the seed crop.
the plantation would now occupy about
one acre.
After a lapse of three years. tho same
proportionate increase. plantation occupy
ing nearly one and a half acres.
After a lapse of four years the same pro-
portionate increase, producing an enormous
quantity Of seed By which the plantation
can be indefinitely extended. This year
there would be 5000 plants five years old,
or of an age at which the root is ft for the
! market. The experience is that each GIN
seng. root weighs one ounce to the plant.
Allowing losses due to moles and other
causes, there would be 1880 ounces of root.
At the Sc rate this amounts to $500.
Missouri Does Not Have
to Be "Shown" This Time.
The Willard plantation includes a small
irrigation plant. which secures 1t against
droughts. This would probably be a ne
cessity wherever the culture OF ginseng -
conducted on a large scale. The estimated
cost Of preparing the ground and of erect
Ing arbors is about $50 an acre. These items
increase expenditures, and to them must be
added the salaries Of workmen and a super
intendent. If the owner is now on tbs
ground. This total would likely be $4,000.
Then, on the investment OF $4,000. $500 is
returned at the end Of the fourth year. By
the seventh. eighth or ninth year the re-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
MR. RALPH HALL CANA
The xounEest editor In England and son Of tho famous noyets4

One IS continually hearing that It 10 the
age of young men. especially in journalism,
but up to the present the editor in his teens
has been unknown in England. The new
editoe q Household Words, Ralph Hall
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
Largest Plantation
Viewed at Close Range.

The plantation is surrounded by a high
picket fence. Two houses are within the
Enclosure, which are the homes of dey and
night watchmen. whose chief duty Is to
Eealously guard the acre Of ginseng with
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12

Caine. II not yet 10 years Of age, and can
certainly claim to be the youngest editor
in London. He is the son Of the we'll
known novelist, who purchased Household
Words for hun
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12

from s. to $40 a pound. Sang hunters here
have sold as low as So a pound to commits
sion dealers in this country. The price paid
for hfei-srade root here varies between
s. and $40 a.nntini.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
A Panther's Den,

1t was my good fortune to discover
the newly abandoned Fair of a cougar
family and further, and to me new, evi
oence of that fastidious cleanliness
which is a marked characteristic of the
animal. This retreat was not at all The
typical "panther's den" Of tradition,
but bush-grown harborage under the
edge Of a rock with just enough OF
shelf to keep off the rain. should not
have found this breeding place but fol
a certain well-gnawed array Of bones
scattered over a little smooth bench
above q creek channel. From this
boneyard there was very traceable
path leading through grass and brush
to the retreat where the dam had
housed her young. The evidence here
told plainly of the cougars long i'm.
munity from annoyance and attack
and Of a thoroughly cleanly habit of
life. There was no bone or other
sign of feasting about the lair. The
dam had carried her kill to the creek
bench in every instance, and the chill.
dren had been called to the dining
room. AS bones which would have
been crunched or eaten by grown ami
mails had been perfectly cleaned by the
kits, was able to judge of their sum.
mer's diet. This had consisted mostly
of minor game, rabbits, malmots.
grouse, and the like, with an occasional
small deer. At least one whole family
of badgers, old and young, had been
served, pussy having probably lain
for them at their hole until they were
all in.-Franklin Welles Calkins =
Outing,
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
I" asa by. P1 The FISHBURNE SCHOOL T'Ei:So' ts
$lacS Misy
Ris DinIomacY Won.

IL want to ask you a q-question,
stammered the young man.
"Well:' Qucred the fair one, who was
almost at the point where she would be
entitled to allowance for age.
"F-for the p-past seven years have
loved you," he continued, "and now /
er-that is, will you marry mer
Il suppose / ought to say, oh. this is
so suddenP " said the party OF the sec
ond part, in a tone redolent with sar-
casm, but it is nothing OF the kind,
Here you have the nerve to tell me that
you have loved me for seven long years,
yet have kept the secret to yourself
No, I'll not marry you just for that.
But, dearest" demonstrated the orig
inator of the trouble, who now realized
that it was up to him to make hay before
sunset 1.-THE reason | did not s-speak
sooner was b-because / thought
thought"
well, what did you thinki" she ask
ed, in a way that lowered the mercury
in the thermometer II degrees.
II thought you were t-too young,
stammered the young man, clutching
like a drowning person at Inc only
straw in sight.
20 George, my own true and faithful
love" she exclaimed as she threw her
self into his arms. can ycu ever forgive
my cruel words Sucn devotion shall
not go unrewarded, darling mine, an
| marry you tomorrow --oi sooner, !;
700 say So
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
DIR. Jekyll and MI. Hyde.

"a wig can make the greatest differ
ence III mans appearance" said the
hotel clerk. II never realized this
fully until this morning, when the
third floor chambermaid announced
that two men were occupying room
31S, and she was sure that only one
man was registered. She said this had
been going on for a week or more. !
looked up the register and found that
room 31S was assigned to one man,
and set out to investigate. The cham
bermad said she had on several occa'
sions seen a bald-headed man in a
dressing gown going and coming from
the room to the bath, and then had
noticed another man with curly black
hair leave the room a few minutes
later. As delicately as l could !
broached the matter to the fellow who
remembered had registered-the one
with the curly black hair-and he in
sisted upon explaining how the mis-.
apprehension had occurred by remov'
ing his wig. He wasn't at all sensitive
about t"-Philadelphia Record.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
SOMEBODY TORE MY PLAYHOUSE.
IA Sonpl

IA bOhBJ
A little boy with heart so light
Built for himself, with his blocks SO bright
A castle. and left it to stand all night;
But, ah! When he came to look nex'
morn
All the ioy from his heart had flown,
His house was wrecked, and l heard him
mourn:
Somebody tored my playhouse adown,
Somebody throwed my blocks around;
Just as got the work all done
Somebody tored my playhouse down"
Mother spoke to her baby low:
Hush. little dear! Don't you cry so!
This is the rule of life, you know,
You'll find as you travel the world around
Just when you get your work all done
Somebody'll tear your playhouse down.
"Somebody'll tear your playhouse down,
Somebody'll throw your blocks around;
just when you get your work all done
Somebody'll tear your playhouse down."
This is the old worlds way with us ALL
Often we've seen our castles fall,
Sweet dream-castles, fair and tall;
Weary we toll and plan alone.
Just as we think to claim our own,
Somebody tears our playhouse down,
Somebody tears our playhouse down,
Somebody throws our blocks around;
just as we get the work all done
Somebody tears our playhouse down.
Charles w, Patrick, in Puck.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
The Khedive and the Rascal

Even to the adventurers and down
right swindlers who hung about his
court at Cairo, and afterward pursued
his wanderings, Ismail extended a good
natured, half .contemptuous patronage
He liked a rogue far better than q
fool. Once, when he had formally
forbidden his door to a fragrant offend
er, the man, who knew his character
got a ladder and climbed into the
viceroy's room, remarking, II have
obeyed your highness' commands, and
have crossed your threshold by the
window, and not by the door" The
humor of the thing at once appealed
TO Ismail, and the offender was rein
stated in his fayor,-The Athenaeum.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
rhn Thrne NntionnIities.

An Engishman, an Irishman and
Scotchman, making tour around Man
chester, we're observed looking through
a coniectioner window at beautiful
young woman serving in the shop
"OhW exclaimed Mr.. Patrick, do lei
us be after spending half a crown witl
the dear craytur that we may look at heI
conveniently and have a bit OF chat vic
her" -.
you extravagant dog" said Mr.. Bull
"I'm sure one-half the money will be
sufficient; but let us go in, by all means
she's a charming girl"
"Ah, wait wee" interposed Mr. Nc
Andrew, "dinna ye ken i'll serve ouf
purpose equally weel just 10 ask th'
bonnie lassie to gle US two. siXpenc,e'
for a shilling and inquire where's Mr.
Toompson's house, and sic-like. We're
no hungry, and may as weel save the
siller. Tit Bits.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Buazard BelI-wethor.r ~

The superstitious feelings of many
Of the people Of Bucklin township, in
Linn County, have been excited recent
ly by the tinkling of bell in the sky.
Some of them thought it was the har.
binger Of some impending calamity,
and none was able to explain it by
natural causes. One boy who was
working on the Ballard farm heard
the noise while dark clouds were COM
ing up, and became so frightened that
he ran to the house for protection,
leaving his team standing hitched to
a cultivator in the field. He declared
that the heavens were full of sheep
bells.
The cause of the extraordinary phe-
nomenon has finally been discovered
to the great relief of some Of the ma
tives. Several months ago two boys,
Bert and Cal Kinney, caught a buZ-
zard on Yellow Greek, and after tying
sleeps bell to its neck turned it
loose. They have seen the bird sew
eral times since. For several weeks,
they say, other buzzards would have
nothing to DO with it. Now, however,
it has become a "bell-wether" and is
frequently seen and heard flying
through the air with several Of its
fellows sailing in its wake. It's un-
usual equipment seems at first to
have frightened the other buzzards;
but, apparently, since they have be-
come accustomed to it, it excites moth
ing but Observation-Disclosures City
Journal.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Nature Study.

In town where nature study RACES
an elderly lady met a friend in a S ady
avenue and asked;
DO you know anything about birdsF
mo" the friend replied in tone O
some modification. I'm sorry, but
don't"
Sorry? Oh you are such relief
Just met Mrs. c. and she grasped my
arm, and gazing upward, said; oh, die
you hear that perfectly lovely spike
beaked, purple-eyed tickle bird2'
mo sooner had l gone a block thar
| met Mrs X. Hush, she exclaimed
ecstatically. Don't move muscle
Right up there on that branch is one
OF those rare, exquisite, speckle-winged
ring-tailed screamers.'
You and seem to be the only sane
people. Let's rejo''e in chorus"
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
A Coin That is a PocketfuI.

The largest gold coin now in cir
culation is the gold ingot, or "loof," !"
of Anam, French colony in Eastern
Africa. 1t is a fat, round gold piece,
and on it is written in India ink its
value, which is about f65 The next
sized coin to this valuable, but ex-
tremely awkward one is the obang
Of Japan, which is worth Flo; and the
next comes the benda Of Ashanti,
which represents a value Of about 50,
The California $50 gold piece is worth
about the same as the benda, The
heaviest silver coin in the world also
belongs to Anam, where the silver in.
got is worth about f3. Then comes
the Chinese tael, worth about seven
shillings, and then the Austrian double
thaler.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Keeping Down Expenses.

80 you want your wages raised?'
said the trust magnate to his Office boy:
Let's see, what are you getting nowF
Two dollars a week, sir, replied the
boy.
"And you want how much1'
1.-TWO dollars and ten cents"
"Well, my boy, you go back to work
and think it over. We pay our en-
ployees all that we can afford to and feel
that we are dealing very literally with
them. This corporation only made S64,
4o7,1s3 in the last six months, and we
are not going to cut down our earnings
by any extravagant measures, You
may rest assured, however, that as long
as you do your work faithfully your sal
ary will not be reduced"
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
A New Material For Paper.

An invention has just been com.
pleted by Professor c, e. Anthony by
which the immense kelp beds Of the
ocean are to be utilized in the manu-
facture of paper. The invention con-
sists in taking the seaweed and form
ing it into a pulp, from Which paper
of the finest quality can be manufac-
tured, equal even to the finest linen
paper, which, though a product of
the chemists laboratory, it greatly
resembles. Professor Anthony de-
clares that the pulp can be produced
at fifty per cent Of the cost Of other
pulp.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Take Time.

To investigate before condemning on
hearsay evidence.
TO answer your wife's questions
about current events.
TO make up your mind as to a mans
disposition and honesty.
To explain your proposition before
looking for a favorable reply.
To arrange your business affairs be-
fore starting on long journey.
TO say yes to a proposition which
calls for big expenditure of cash.
To think of what is best to he done
in a trying situation that is to come.
To consider your husbands taste in
making up a dinner menu.-Ph.la.
delphia Bulletin.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

The only safe course to take is to keep
the blood pure, digestion good, and sleep
regular. No remedy equals, in all respects,
Peruna for these purposes. If the system
is run down and weakened by catarrh, Pc
runa renovates and rejuvenates the nerves
and brain.
A book on the catarrhal diseases of sum
mer will be mailed to any address, upon
request, by The Peruna Medicine Co., Co
lumbus, Ohio.
TIE above testimonials are only two of
$4,000 letters received touching the merits
of Peruna as a catarrhal tonic No more
useful remedy to tone up the system has
ever been devised by the medical profes-
sion.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Unconvinced.

A Presbyterian preacher in the central
part OF the State tells this story on him
self:
1T was Sunday morning, and | had
started for church. NThe family were
preparing to follow when the youngest,
a fve-year-old, protested: 1 do not
want to go to church.
81 don't feel much like it myself,
Fred, this morning replied his mother,
but we must 60 Father has to go,
has gone already, and he has to preach.
"'Yes,' said Fred unconvinced, but we
have to listen, and that's worser.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Why He Changed His Mind.

81 tell you, sir, civil service is great
thing" =,
The man addressed looked astonished'
Coming from any one but you
that remark would not greatly surprise
me-" he said. You didn't think so
when last saw you"
mo, I didn't" ,.,
"You considered civil service little
short of civic curse.
That's right but then | was on the
outside and trying to get in, while now
/ am on the inside and trying to stay
in. 1t makes a great difference"
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
CONGRESSMAN ALDRICH
.ENDORSESTHE TONIC, PERUNA
Says: SIT VIII Build Up a
Depleted System
Rapidly"

Hon. w. F. Aldrich, Congressman from
Alabama, writes from Washington, ID. c.:
"Thts Is to certify that PerunG,
manufactured bv The PerunG Medt-
cine o., of Columbus, o.. has been
used IN my fam tLy tOtth success. II
* a Hns fOntc aud CuL build up a
depicted system rapidly can rec
0m mend 20 to those rhO need a SAFE
cesetaOie remedy for debility. Nv
A. Aidrtch.
II. S. Emory, iceChancellor and Mas
ter of Arms X. P.'s, of Omaha, Neb.
writes from 2l3 N1rth Sixteenth street
the following words of praise for Perun'
as a tonic. He SAYS:
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
The Truth Out.

Clara Cat the seaside)-Therel l knew
it, He has proposed this evening, and
she has accepted.
Dora-They are acting like other
peoples merely polite that's all.
That's only blind. Look at her
yachting cap"
Its on hind side before"
Eyes. A man can't kiss girl under
one Of those peaks"
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

Swine are pretty well at home in thu
water, although they are strangers t'
baths Many a time in shipwrcek
pigs by the hundred have saved them
selves from premature death and un
known graves by cleverly making fo'
the shore.-Chicago Tribune.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
To Avoid Accidents.

The policemen Of the County of Wex-
ford, Ireland, are not allowed to carry
their pistols loaded. The weapon and
the ammunition must be carried in
separate pockets and the pistol must
not be loaded until 1t is wanted for
uae,
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Foolish Man,

Postal Clerk-You'll have to put an
other stamp on that letter.
Miss Peri-Why?
Postal Clerk-Because it's overweight.
Miss Pert-But, gracious! Another
stamp would make it still heavier.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Catarrh Of Stomach.

1T is with pleasure recommend Peruna
as tonic OF unusual merit. A large num-
ber of prominent members of the different
Orders with which l have been connected
have been cured by the use of Peruna OF
cases of catarrh of the stomach and head
also in kidney complaint and weakness oi
the pelvic organs.
ut tones up the system, aids digestion
induces sleep, and is well worthy the con
fidence of sufferers Of the above com
nlaints III s Emory
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
No Compulslon.

Landlord Ike-Sorry, pardner, that
there amt no bathroom, but yer see
am hgurin' on putin one in next year
-uu
Tourist don't want to take bath
next year
Landlord-Wall, of course we won't
insist on your takin' one.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
A nRird.n ANYWAY.

Mrs. Spenders-That's what l call a
duck" Of bonnet.
Mr. Spenders-Yes1 I'd call it 'peli-
can"
Mrs. Spenders-A "pelicani"
Mr.. Spenders-Yes, on account OF the
size OF the bill.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
PrnbnbIY Hour.

"Were there only two pigs in Noah's
Ark?' asked one commuter OF another
on their way to New York.
Only two, | believe.
How many seats do you suppose
they occupiedP
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Lndinn Can Wear shoen

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes tight
ornewshoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweat
ing, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores,
25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

President Ripley, of Atchison, says;
81 do not think that anything could hap
pen now to prevent the West from pro-
during a tremendous corn crop this year
Our reports from the West, indicate that
conditions are excellent"
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervous,
ness after frst days use Of Dr. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer S2trial bottle and treatisefree
DR.. R.H. KLINE, Ltd, 991 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

Mrs. Winslow's SC othing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces iniamma-
ton. .allaYs pain. cures wind collie. 25c. bottle
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

E. A. Rood Toledo, Ohio, says; "Halls
Catarrh Cure cured my wife Of catarrh If
teen years ago and she has had no return Of
It. It's sure cure" Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump,
tion has an equal for coughs and colds--JoHS
RoYER. Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1902
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Nervous Debility.

Everyone who is in the least degree sub
iect to nervousness, sleeplessness, .prostra
ton, mental fatigue or nervous debility il
any form, finds the hot weather of June
July and August very hard to bear, If no
dangerous.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

The optimist believes that the best years
of his life are ahead of him.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

e. Y - I -
"Oh, de circus wuz great, Jimmy"
"Wuz it?' Fine! Sy, it wuz as good
as de pictures" Judge.
"The Robinsons have made enough
money to retire on, haven't they?"
Enough to be restless on"
She after singing)-"The author of
that song died last week" He-"Did
they catch the murderer"
Mary had horselsss once,
Twas painted white as snow,
Wherever Mary wanted TO
The auto wouldn't go.
New York Sun.
Tramp-"What, sir! You wouldn't
let man starve to deathT Gruff Old
Gentleman-"Certainly. This is a free
country. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Hope-"Yes, papa, Jack says he ex
poets his income will be doubled next
year" That's good. Some day he
may make enough to support himself"
Detroit Free Press.
Don't you think she's a model
mother" "Why, her children are lit
tie terrorsw Yes; but she writes such
good papers for our mothers meet
ings."-Detroit Free Press.
The boy behind the soda fount
May make things foam and sizzle,
"And yet" says he, the world must sec,
My life is just tizzle."
Philadelphia Record.
Sometimes" said Uncle Eben,, "a
boy has reason to suspeck dat he's be-
in scolded fob doin' what his fathuh
would do hissef, if he weren't too busy
or hadn't de rheumatic. Washing
ton Star.
Friend-"Hard up and been married
only two months? Well, take cheer
and remember love makes the world go
round" Benedict (sadly)-"Yes, but it
doesn't make the milkman and the
butcher boy go round. Chicago News.
Eyes, Count, in all the park there is
no place l like so well as under this
old, old tree" (Sighing sentimentally1
There are tender associations, you
see." AHA, l comprehend, mam'selle.
You have yourself planted the tree"
Punch.
81 wonder" began the man with the
investigating mania, what makes
babies cryT Probably" butted in
the practical fellow, contemplation Of
some Of the things they're in danger Of
being like when they grow up. p."-Balti'
more News.
That" said Scrbble, "is the story
as far as I've got was thinking Of
winding it up with the heroine's let
ter accepting the hero" Good idea"
exclaimed the critic, "that'll give you
chance to conclude the whole thing
with please excuse bad writing -
Philadelphia Press.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

The shadow of suspicion always has
something behind it.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

The airship inventor is usually highty
individual
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

A golden opportunity doesn't always gilt
fpr
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
nIerrIII,a Foot Powder.

An absolute cure for all foot troubles.
Guaranteed to stop oil odor and excessive
perspiration. Brings red, burning, smartiDg,
tired and tender feet TO a perfectly normal
condition. Asuperior toilet article for ladies.
This powder does away with theuse Of dress
shields. Druggists, or sent direct in hand
some sprinkle top tin package for 25c.
EDWIN +. MERRILL, Maker, Woodstock, Vt.
The ashes, so called, from volcanoes arC
simply lava that Is finely pulverized.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Great Demand For Guttapercha.

There is a demand for guttapercha
coo times greater than the supply.