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Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
Missouri State Fair.

The state Fair at Sedalia last week
was a grand success in every pSrticu.
lar. This was the third year 81 the
Fair since the permanent location AT
Scdalia and the attendance was all
that could be asked By the manage.
ment. The institution has had n re-
markable growth, the grounds have
been improved and present a fine sight
TO the average visitor, while all de.
partments, including the horse, cattlc,
swine, textile, poultry, agricultural
and art features were well filed. All
who attended the Fair are loud in their
praise OF the splendid displays which
made the exhibition interesting.
The races throughout the entire pro-
! gress OF the Fair were the best that
have ever been given in the ring, and
only one complaint has been made bv
the visitors generally as to the man.
agcment, and that should be remed,ed
by the officers in the future.
The adr ssiOn to the grounds was
SOC at thu gate, but when the visitor
wanted a seat In the grand stand an
extra charge Of soc was exacted, maxi
ing the admission practically 81, pro-.
vidcd the visitor wanted the comfort
of u seat in the shade, and even then
they were jainmcd to ~snffOcatiou,
Many hundreds who patronized the
state institution were compelled 20
stand in the boiling sun To- witness the
events in the arena, aftcr paying soc
q: the gate, They we're outspokcn in
their condemnation of the hold up
Of u double admission fee.
The weather during the week was
fine and it is estimated that 100, 90.
people attended the Far from th'
opening To the close, and the cxhib.
ton, aside from the "hold up" wal
very satisfactory and reflects credit o,
the management
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
The Medal Contest.

The Medal Contest held a. the opera
house Tuesday evening under the aus.
pieces of the W. G. Il, H., wns attended
by a good audience and the program
proved quite interesting throughout,
the stage being decorated with natural
.iOwcrS. There were seven contestants
for the Medal, Bcnny Anderson, Edwin
Williams, Misses Ross Burns, Maud
Baker, Helen Wray, Marie Anderson
and Alpha hgee, The judges were
James McNair, j. w. McClellund and
J. r. Curry, and so well were the sub.
jects rendered that the points had &c
be closely defined to determine the
winner.
When the decision was handed in
Miss Helen Wray was declared the
winner and e. a. Crewson presented
the medal in a brief but neat talk
Aside from the contest muse by boti
male and female quartets was rem
dered, while Rev +. w. McC!osky nnC
Prof. Ireland each sang solos and Mrs
ireland favored the audience with on,
OF her best readings, Taken Az
whole the entertaiumCnt was the hes
| yet produced in connection with thes'
Medal Contests and merited the favor
able comments expressed by every on
present.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
A Worm Killer.

j. A, J Montgomery, pnx'co, WAYNE
Co., Mo-, writes: - have Iittlc twin
Elrls, who have been bO,AefOd with
worms al their lives. tried every
thing to relieve them which failed un-
I'll ! uacd Whites Cream Vcrmifupe:
the first two doses brought four worms
from one Of theta, the next two doses,
twelve, pne nI tluein measuring twelve
inches; the other child wa only le.
I"V"'t Of fpu worms. II iq mos en-
ccileHt medicine" White, Cream Yer
nn,tuE" Is good Tor ch,loren. II not
only destroys worms, Il helI the caild
IT. perfect grp"tn, wards OF s.GaGc,,.
2jc at Witten Drug Co.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28

Coming as IL does. in the busiest sea-
sou, when "a a can least afford to
lose time, u sure and quick cure for
disrrhoea is very desirable. Anyone
who has given IL q trial will tell you
thai the quickest, surest and most
pleasant remedy IL use for this disease
is Cham erlain's Collie. Cholera and
D%iarrhoea Remedy. There is no loss
OF time when II is used "a one or two
doses OF 1t will cure. any ordinary Mt
tack. IL never fails. not even IN the
most severe and dangerous eases. For
sale by Nitten DRUG Co.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
WALNUT GROVE,

Freedom Church now has a new
roof.
Miss Della Todd is visiting ~ Tom
Stones.
Henry Wreiden has re.roofed his
dwelling.
Miss Annie bowman Is visiting at
Bourbon, Indiana.
Shores Williams bought a fine horse
from Milt Mcdaniel,
Preparations are being mada TO en-.
large Glensted Church
Uncle Billy Sims had u stroke o,
paralysis last Saturday.
Aunt Shl!ie Hawks is fast recovering
from IA fan received some time ago
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.

We believe in the coming Of His
Kingdom whose service is perfect froe-
dom. because His laws, written in orr
members AS well as in nature and in
grace, are perfect converting the soul.
We believe in the gospel of the gold
den rule, and that each mans habits Of
life should be an example safe and
b~eniicent for every other man to fol-
l1w.
We believe That God created both
imam and woman in his own image,
and, therefore we believe in II stan
hard of purity for both men and wo.
men, and in the equal right OF all to
hold opinions and to express the same
with equal freedom.
We believe in II living wage; In an
cight-hour day; in' courts Of %concllia'
| tion and a~rbitration; in justice an OPP
posed 20 greed and gain; in ''psace OF
earth and good will TO men" .
We therefore formulate, and for our
sclye, ndopt the following pledge, ask
ing our sisters and brothers Of u COLE
mon danger and IL common hope, u
make common cause with US, in work
ing its reasonable and helpful precept'
iato the practice Of everyday life:
! hereby solemnly promise, God help
ing me. TO abstain from all distilled
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
Worlds Fair News.


MISSOURI MOI DEPENDENT upoN KANSAS.
L. A Goodman, Superintendent Of
Horticulture for the Missouri Worlds
Fair Commission, says that the dis.
patches from Topeka, Kansas, TO the
effect that fruits for the Missouri ex.
hibit were being secured in Kansas, Is
absolutely ~untOunded.
Missouri has fruit enough of it's
own" said superintendent Goodman.
I'VE do not need the ASSISTANCE Of fruit
from Kansas or any other state. The
department is gathering fruit speci-
mems from all over Missouri putting
them up in glass jars in preservation
fluids in st. Louis, Columbia, Kansas
City or Springfield. Strawberries,
peaches, plHIns and early apples have
already been put up. Soon 900 bar.
rels OF winter apples viii be gathered.
But | wish to protest against the re-.
port that we are going to Kansas for
fruit"
q. l.. Holsinger, treasurer of thc
Kansas Horticultural Society, saya Ii,
did not make the statement originally
attributed him TO the effect that Kan.
sas was selling fruit u Missouri 10,
exhibit purposes. "Kansas is not {
rival of Missousi in fruits as we expec'
Missouri to make "A better showing
than Kansas" Mr.. lIolsinger will MOI
be disappointed.
MIssouM's LARGEST HONEY CHor TIL
YEAR
The white clover crop of Missouri
which Is unusually large this year
has, according to reports to the Mis-
souri, Worlds Fair Commission, fur
nished the finest yield of honey eve
known in the state. Few NJ s,ourian
realize that the highest price paid 10
honey is that which is given for tn
Missouri white clover honey. Tn
state tops the honey marhet.
MISSOURI PEACHES A DOT AROUND
Charles Ocrther, Of Blue Springs
Jackson county, has sent the Missour
Worlds Fair Commission for exhibit
number Of peaches each measuring
inches ia circumference. They will b
exhibited in the department, Of hort
culture Of which Il. II. Bon!qcy, {
Knoxville, is chairman and L. 4
Goodman, Superintendent.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
The New Line West.
Windsor Review

NiuuSc NUN'N"
Contractor j. Fl. Buck drove
over to Chilhowee yesterday
where he has q large force of
teams and men at work hauling
material for the bridges and cul.
verts in that section, and from
there goes to Kansas City for q
couple of days. He now has 1870
teams on the line, those AZ work
here hauling material for The
big bridge at the Mckee fill just
east of town.
The town is now full OF rail.
road people and Contractor
Bucks long string Of teams
hauling sand, cement and rock
through town to the bridges and
cuiverts along the new road is
an interesting sight, Main street
from the camp TO Benton street
OF mornings being an unbroken
line Of big rock wagons drawn
by two and four mule teams.
Contractor j. II. Back thinks
he is II pretty good horseman,
and he is long az the team will
stay on the earth, but when it
comes to driving IL broncho that
thinks it is hitched to Borclli's
comet, he doesn't know 40 much
about II. "A few days ago he
wanted to visit the crusher west
Of town and the best he could do
was to hitch up a woody western
broncho alongside IL livery horse
and he and Ernest Grinstead
mounted the seat and drove off.
Crossing the bridge west OF town
they were commenting on the
docility OF the broncho and how
nicely he cantered along. The
bronch caught the drift Of the
conversation IN his off ear and
concluded to show them q little
fancy circus work, Just how il
all happened the broncho coulc
probably tell best. Ernest was
out Of the rig, so was Mr.. Buck
but he was at the bottom OF &
six.foot ditch with the buggy
turned over on top of him. Grab
bling u wheel to extricats him
self, the buggy Strengthened VI
the team gave a lungc, turned
completely around and came t'
. town, being stopped on Main
: street without doing n cent
r damage. Mr.. Buck was bruised
considerably on both legs lroE
the hips to his feet.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
MISSOURI PEACHES A FOOT AROUND
ROCK SPRING.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Lyles visited a.
John Groves.
Quite II number from here attended
the Scdnlia Fair.
Miss Ncva Kring returned home
from SedaIia last Saturday.
Fred Williams has gone to the But
ialo m.res west of Versailles 70 work.
Miss Lucy Ephland who wat visiting
Miss Farra Williams returned HON,
last week.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
Cured ~l1uraIySiS

W $. Rally, p, o. True, Texas,
writes my wife had been offering
five years with paralysis in hnr arm,
when wa Iursuad.d to noe ntllprd's
SNOW Imminent, which cured her All
right, lave also used ID Tor odd sores.
frost bites. and skin efurtioas. # does
the work CSC, soc aud 81 bottle at
WiLtcn Drug Co.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28

My boy when four years Cd vas
tahen with collie and cgnnps in his
stomach. ] sent for .he doctor and he
injected morphine, brt the child kept
getting worse. then gave him half
u teaspoonful OF Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoca Remedy, and in
half an hour he was sleeping and soon
recovered.--F. l.. Wilkinn. Shell Lake,
Wis. Mr., wilkins is ,ook.keersr FOR
the Shell Lake, Lumbos. Co. For sale
by Wittcn Drug, Co.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
W. c. T. U. Department

This column is conducted and under
the entire SUPERVISION Of the WOm"n's
Christian Temperance Union OF Vef-
~saillcs
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28
SUMMER EHcunSi1TS,

Unusually low rates TO Colorado,
Yellowstone Park, California and great
orlhwe Descriptive matter aud
full particulars Union Pacific T.. X. Co.
9U3 Owe St, ST. Louis. no.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28

fcrmented and malt liquors. including
wine, becr and cider, "as "A beverage
and to employ all proper means to dis
courage the use of and traffic in The
same.
To confirm and enforce the rationale
of this pledge, we declare our purpose
to educate the young; TO form a better
public sentiment; to reform So far as
possible, religious, ethical and SCENT
ac means, the drinking classes; to seek
the transforming power o. divine grace
for ourselves aud all for whom we
work, that they and we may wilifullv
transcend no law OF pure and whole
some living; and finally we pledge our
selves to labor and to pray that all
these principles, founded upon the Cos
pei of Christ, may be worked out into
the Customs OF Society and the Laws
OF the Land.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28

The Commoner Organs paper for
three months and THE DEnoCEAT far
one year, both papers, for else. Sub.
scribe today
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28

For hiliOusncS> use Chamhcrla'n's
stomach " Liver Tablets. They cleanse
the stomach and regulate the liver ana
bowels. ctfectiug a qu.rH and p"run-
nent cure. For SAFE Wy Witteu Drug
Co.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-08-28

The W. {. T.. y. Will meet at the
Baptist Church Wednesday, Aug, 2Gth
at 3 o'clock p m.
The Young Peoples leading Circle
will meet at the home OF Mrs. Briggs
Saturday evening, Aug. 2. at s p m.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-08-22
HANDY CHARCOAL SITTER.

fish is bought. Cut piece of netting
(from WORKOUT ash sitter will do)
about five inches square. Tack this over
the bottom Of the box at one end using
double pointed tacks Bend the edges
of the netting up against the box on the
outside, then tack the bottom of the box
on again, letting 1t just cover the netting
and project An inches or so beyond the
box. This forms handle, and piece of
cord passed through two holes and tied
to form loop makes it possible to hang
up the sitter.
This sitter seems a small and slight
affair, but 1t works much better than a
big one into which several quarts Of
ashes would be dumped at once. Armed
with an old pan and fire shovel. put
ting in only few ashes at time, the
contents of the ash pan from our kitchen
range will yield over quart of fine
charcoal.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-08-22
BEAUTY MEASURED In EYES.
Proper Proportions Of the Face, Neck,
Waist and Hands to he
just Right.

In perfect face every feature should
bear certain fixed proportion to every
other feature. Take, for example, the
relation between the width OF the eyes
and the width Of the face. says the New
York Sun.
The width of the face should be equal
to five eyes. The distance between the
eyes should be exactly equal to one eye.
Another important relation is that
between the eyes and the mouth. The
width of the eyes should be equal to
two-thirds that of the mouth.
The nose should be equal In length to
the height Of the forehead, Of regular
shape and precisely defined outline. The
forehead should be equal In height to the
length Of the nose and of that part Of the
face belowit.
Foreheads are high or low. round or
square. fiat or convex. A smooth, round
ed, slightly convex forehead is the most
beautiful, but the higher, broader and
fuller 1t is, all other things being equal,
the greater the capacity and strength Of
the mind.
The ancients admired low forehead
in woman. A large, broad forehead
gives woman a masculine and defiant
look.
The ideal head rounds out above the
ears, globe-like; its size should be an
eighth part Of the height Of the whole
figure. The height and width of wom-
ans head should be one inch less than q
mans.
The ear should be twice the width OF
the eye, and the distance from the open
ing of the ear to the top Of the crown
should be exactly the same width as the
head Ears should be small, delicate and
compact, of shell-lke shape.
The length of the neck should be a
trifie more than one-third Of the length
Of the head. The diameter of the neck
should be little less than one-half of
that of the head. 1t should be rounded
and full.
The waist should be twice the size of
the neck
The length of the hand and wrist
should be equal to the length of the face.
II there is any discrepancy, either the
hand or the face is badly proportional.
The length Of the index finger should
be exactly one-half the length of the
hand. The foot should be the same
length as the forearm.
The left side of a woman's face Is
nearly always the prettier. 1t is almost
Invariably fuller than the right side,
which, by comparison, has slightly
sunken appearance. The right eye itself
appears to lose something of the ANNA
ton shown by the left, which is stronger.
The right eye, too, is somewhat higher
than the left.
The difference in the two sides Of a
face is more noticeable in the old than
in the young.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-08-22
LATE BEE PASTURE.
Why II Pays to Sow n Little AIsilSe
and White Glover ON Land
Needing Rest.

In some localities. late in the season.
the honey-producing plants fail or their
season passes and the bees find them
selves without anything to work on.
The ordinary farmer considers 1t too
small business to take into considera-
ton the needs of the busy little workers
when sowing his crops, but when we call
to mind the fact that all bees bring us
Is just that much clear gain, with little
or no labor, we can afford to expend
some time and labor In providing for
their wants. Especially is this true
when the crop sown is one that will
bring a profit or prove benefit outside
of it's value as bee food. Alsike and
white clover sown in waste places ard
on land needing rest and regeneration
will furnish much stock food, as well
as the best bee pasture. There are
many fields and patches about the farm
where the early crops will be taken OF
in August, which can be planted in
buckwheat and good crop of salable
grain realized, while the bees can find
the material In it. for their winter stores.
Prairie Farmer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-08-22
NOTES ON THE MULE.

, A mule will pine away and die when
rheumatism attacks his hind feet.
Disease is friendly to the drinking
fountain lined with green slime.
In kodaking a mule don't focus its
rear, unless you have wheelbarrow
escapement handy.
A mule is a vegetarian by nature and
training. and although he will kill he
will not eat his prey.
A mule never discriminates between a
tramp and q preacher. He is like the
rain-gets the drop on bad and good
alike
A mule has one great advantage over
less favored creatures; he has no de-
scendants to leave a good name and
fame 80 leaves neither.
A mule standing motionless with both
eyes half closed Is not dreaming sweet
dreams Scientists say he Il either
thinking Of the man he kicked last or
the one lie viii kick first. Rural World.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-08-22
USE OF FERTILIZERS.
II IL = Problem That western FARM
ers Are Now Facing and VIII
Continue TO Face.

What is a fertilizer? It is anything
added to the soil to increase the
amount of plant food in 1t or to make
available that plant food. There are
IA elements entering into plant
growth, but ten Of these are used in
such small quantities by the plants
and are SO abundant In the soil that
they are seldom taken into considera-
ton In the discussion of plant food
The four that are considered are cal
cium, phosphorus. nitrogen and potas-
stun. Calcium in combination with
water forms lime. Calcium Is SO
cheap. in the form Of gypsum and lime.
that 1t is seldom mentioned in connec-
ton with commercial fertilizers. New
ertheless, the soil surveys are show
ing that millions Of acres OF land are
bearing half crops because they are
too acid, needing but the application
of lime to enable them to bear full
crops We have thought too little OF
lime simply because 1t was so album
dant and cheap. }3
Phosphorus, potash and nitrogen are
the three elements that we find most
difficult to secure. Sometimes the
land becomes SO depleted Of a certain
element that the cost Of resupplying
It is almost prohibitive. Thus. Prof.
Hopkins, of the Illinois Agricultural
college, says that some Of the stock
raising farms of Illinois have been so
exhausted Of phosphorus that 1t will
require an expenditure Of $50 per acre
to bring them back to their virgin
state. as to soil content of phosphates.
The question of fertilizers in soils
is one that must interest farmers to
a greater extent than it has in the
past. The increase of our population
points out. the end of system that
depended on getting new virgin soil
when that occupied had been exhaust
ed of its fertility. The supply Of fer
tility in soil should be as carefully
reckoned for as should the capital
in the vaults of banker. The use OF
fertilizers is a matter that our west
ern farmers are now facing and will
continue to face. 1t will be easier to
put on little each year and thus keep
up the farm than to wait till certain
element is exhausted and then attempt
to supply it.-Farmers' Review.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-08-22

the virgin prairie is harnessed to its
work of feeding the world, we think of
lonely women, like the one who stands
in front of that pitiful little sod house
In Nebraska, shown in the cut. Our
friends tell us that sod house or a dug
out is often very comfortable, but the
housekeeper has to renounce many
things that she thought necessities in
the tree-embowered home back east"
We should like to visit awhile with that
Nebraska housewife. who stands up
so courageously by her front door; we
have no doubt she has met many house
keeping problems, and bravely sur
mounted them, and we hope the rich sod
beneath her feet will produce among its
other crops a modern farmhouse that
will make up for all the privations she
may first pass through.-Rural New
Yorker.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-08-22
CUTTING AND FEEDING CORN.
Mt of His Crop Explained by
an Agriculturist.

No farmer receives the full benefit
from his crop unless he feeds both the
fodder and grain, writes Fred H. Suhre,
in Orange Judd Farmer. The best plan
is to purchase a corn binder and cut
the crop with 1t. My experience proves
hat it is cheaper than to have it cut
by hand. One man with machine can
cut six to eight acres day, and two
men can shock it, Corn cut this way
and bound in bundles is easier handled,
whether hauled to shredder or husked
by hand. l have a feed cutter and
four-horse sweep power. with which L
used to cut my fodder but found that
l can have this work done cheaper and
better with a combined husker and
shredder.
Ny cattle waste less shredded fodder
than they do good clover hay. never
plan to fatten my cattle on grain, but
intend to feed enough to keep them in
good growing condition, so they will
fatten readily when turned on grass. I
live three miles from a mill where l
can have my corn ground on corn and
cob grinder for seven cents per 100
pounds. This mill will grind about 80
bushels an hour, therefore never have
to wait very long when getting load Of
corn ground. This is much cheaper for
me than to have mill Of my own, for
/ think that to do a good job of grind
ing power should be had from a steam
or gasoline engine, the cost of which
is too much for me. as l seldom have
over 35 cattle. old and young.
Every intelligent farmer knows It
pays to feed some grain to cattle In
winter, but about the first Of January,
when the corn gets hard and dry, some
of my cows will not eat II on cob. there
fore | must have It ground. l believe
IL It is ground with the cob 1t is more
easily digested than corn meal. Cattle
not being fed heavily, eat their grain
rapidly. II corn is fed on the cob,
think enough is wasted to more than
pay for grinding.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-08-22
WESTERN FARM LIFE.
II II Not Always Pleasant and the
Wives of Pioneers Are tho
Chief Sufferers.

Many farmers wives in the east hard
ly realize the comfort that surrounds
them, even in an old-fashiened house
with few modern conveniences, as com
pared with the privations encountered
on some Of the virgin prairies. 1t is
true that communities build up rapidly
in the great west, and the sod house of
one generation soon gives way to the
convenient modern dwelling of the next,
but life is hard for every pioneer, and
some Of its greatest trials fall to the
women. A witty woman once observed
that her sympathies were not so much
with the Pilgrim Fathers as with their
wives; they endured all the hardships
that the Pilgrim Fathers did, and the
Pilgrim Fathers, too! In like manner,
when we read Of the courageous home
steaders who fight drought and cloud
bursts, grasshoppers and billiards, until