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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07
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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07

thrilling yet humorous incident or
his youth. Willis was ferrying a fine
bull across the Ohio river in an old
fashioned horsepower boat when the
animal, whose feet had been hobbled
as a precaution against accident, par
TALLY broke from its fastenings and
went overheard, sinking at once.
The bovine being very valuable
one, Colonel Willis offered q liberal re-
ward to the man who would save 1t.
Oberting, then lad of eighteen, vol
unteered to make the attempt
With keen bladed knife clutched
between his teeth he dived to the bot
tom Of the river, where he speedily To-
Gated the bull and liberated it with a
few strokes of the sharp blade.
Freed of its letters, the animal at
once rose to the surface.
Oberting, however, was not so fortu-
nate.
His efforts to free the bull had
caused him to sink almost knee deep in
a treacherous quagmire at the bottom
Of the river and 1t was only after al
most superhuman exertlon that he sue
ceeded in eXtricating himself.
When he reached the surface Of the
river. his strength was almost spent.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07
The Stomach IS the Man.

A weaK stomach weakens the man,
because 1t cannot transform the food
he eats into nourishment. Health
and strength cannot be restored to
any sick man or weak woman with
out first restoring health and strength
to the stomach A weak stomach
cannot digest enough food to feed
the tissues and revive the tired and
run down limbs and organs of the
body. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests
what you eat. cleanses aud strength
ems the glands and membranes of the
stomach, and cures indigestion
dyspepsia and all stomach troubles
Sold by All Druggists.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-07
Ron Do6an
OufIaeO
MarSboI Nick OberffnSS
Way 6Iifb DeS-
per0doeS.
He USed No Weapon bur His
Fisfs and .NeOer Was Wounded
bar Once - ReScued by
BuH--A HoIdup.

In the person Of ex-Marshal Nick
- Oberting of Lawrenceburg, Ind, Dear
born county boasts of citizen who in
many respects is undoubtedly the most
remarkable man in the Hoosier State.
In the course of his eventful career,
covering more than thirty years of ac-
tive service as a member of the police
force of Lawrenceburg, marshal of that
municipality and special officer in the
employ of railway and other corpora
tons, he has saved seven human lives,
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28
Disaerees With His Party.

Phil. Dallam, editor of the War
saw Bulletin, is Il strong republi-
can, but believes in tariff reform,
as is shown in the following edito-
rial:
Oh, no; there is no room for
tariff revision consistent with the
principle Of protection! In hear.
ing before the merchant marine
commission at Cleveland Tuesday,
James G. Wallace, of the Ameri,
can Shipbuilding company stated
on the authority of the assistant
salesman for the Carnegie compa-
ny, that American steel was deliy.
cred at Belfast for $2l ton while
the steel cost purchasers in this
country $82 at Pittsburg. This
caused Senator Galliuger TO ex
claim, Ii that's so it is an out.
rage and ought to be remedied;'
and the exclamation was applaud
ed. Senator GalIinger is a repub
liean and a protectionist, but he is
wise enough to comprehend tina
this and kindred abuses of the tar
if will sooner or later lead to it,
revision in the slaughter pen o
the enemy if it is not revised il
the house Of its friends, ~
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28

cinnatus, called from his pillow to
the defense of his country; Moses,
renouncing the honors and glories
of Egypt to become the leader Of a
despised aud downtrodden people;
Paul, the most polished and logi-
cal intellect in all literature, swap
ping the Establishments of fame
for the stripes inflicted upon his
back for his Masters sake, will be
remembered and loved; when Al
exander the Great and Caesar and
Charlemagne and Napoleon are
sleeping in oblivion. When the
dogs of war are slain; when the
fife and the drum shall cease, and
the voice of the red mouthed can
non shall be hushed forever. Good
ness is greatness, the motto Of the
angels shall some sweet day ring
around the world. "
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28
T.B. HASSLER
The Mexico Blacksmith.

Work in Steel. Iron or Wood and
perfect satisfaction guaranteed.
Have engaged with me Mr..
j. w. futile. a first-class
horseshoer. He has had
years Of experience, and
and we guarantee first-class
work.
Cal aud SEQ rs We will treat
you right
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28

Congressman Wade of the Sec.
ond Iowa district has a
story about a sack of grain taken
to an old-fashioned mill to have it
ground into meal. The ponderOus
wheels revolved so slowly that only
a tiny stream of meal trickled fee
bly, while the young man waited
patiently. Finally his patience was
exhausted and he complained to
the miller. Do you know" he
said, Il could eat that meal faster
than your old mill can grind it?"
Yves" replied the miller, but
how long could you keep on eat
ing it?' L could keep on eating
it until | starved" was the conclu-
sive answer of the young man.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28

There is to be a grand picnic at
Barneyville Bridge, eight miles
south of Vandalia, next Saturday.
1t promises to be the greatest that
Section OF the country has ever
known. Hon. Walter Burch and
Audrain's next Public Admins
traitor, Attorney L. A. Shannon,
have both been invited to address
the people on the above occasion.
These young men thus will have
the honor of firing the first gun
opening the campaign for Democ-
racy in the State and in the West.
Hurrah for Audrain and the Bar
NEVILLE Bridge picnic!
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28
We Risk 1t
Druggists Who Sell
DR.. Miles Nervine
Agree, If 1t Fails,
To Refund Cost.
OF course we reimburse tho druggist.

vi tbulSt we IelnDuIse luo hIubblbLs
You know him, and trust him.
DIR. Niles Eervine is medicine for your
nerves.
1t cures diseases OF the internal or
gans, by giving tone TO the nerves which
make these organs work. o..
It IS n novel theory-not Of anatomy,
but OF treatment; first discovered by
DR.. Miles. and since made use OF by
many wide-awake physicians. who APP
preciato its value in treating the sick.
II you are sick. we offer you a way TO
be made well--Dr. Miles Nervine
This medicine is a scientific cure for
nerve disorders, such as Neuralgia,
Headache. Loss Of Memory, Sleepless-
ness, Spasms. Backache. 81. Vitus'
Dance. Epilepsy or Fits, Nervous Pros
tration, etc.
BY toning up the nerves, DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine will also cure those
diseases Of the internal organs due to
disordered nervous system.
Some Of these are: Indigestion. Bill
ious Headache, Kidney Trouble, Chronic
Constipation, Dropsy, Catarrh, Rheuma
tism etc.
My brother had nervous prostration,
and was not expected 20 live. / pre-.
vailed upon him to try DR.. Niles
fully recovered. You remember l wrote
you how 1t saved my lifc u few years
ego, when / had nervous trouble.
preach Its merits 70 everyone. '---REV.
M. j. MYERS. Corrcctionyille, Iowa
FDEE Write us and we viii mail
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Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28

Since the nomination Of Judge
Parker for president the metropOli-
tan papers inform us that at this
particular time that there is a sur
plus Of money the world over.
Except for the immense war eX-
penditures of Russia and Japan
the situation in money would be
even more lax than it is. The
conflict in the far East makes use
for something like $500, 200 a
day beyond the sum that would be
used by the forces of the two coun-
ties when on a peace footing.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28
Executrix's Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters tes-
tamentary upon the estate Of r. 4. Can
nell, deceased, have been granted the un-
derslgnd by the Probate Court Of the
County Of Audrain, bearing date Of June
Il, 1904. All persons having claims
against said estate are required TO eXhib-
it them to me for allowance within one
year after the date of said letters or they
may be preeluded from any benefit Of
such estate; and II such claims be not eX-
hiblted within two years from the time
Of publication Of this notice they will be
rover blrrol.
ANNIE CANNELL,
EXecutrx.
juno %, 1904.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28

The Chillicothe Democrat says
that a certain Livingston county
preacher has decided to announce
the name Of every one who enters
the church after the services have
begun and tell what they are wear
ing. He will do this to keep people
from turning around.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28

The body of John Cough, who
died in Texas last week was
brought to Mckee for interment.
Funeral service was held at the
Catholic church. conducted by
Rev. Father J. j. Dillon. The
pan bearers wpr, Ed Dermody, j.
+ Moore. J. A. Abbay, Sid Gar
rett, +. 7. Smith, and S. p. En-
mons.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28

Fortunes in GINSENG. GOLDEN
SEAL AND SENECA. all valuable med
Zeal plants. Easily grown and hardy
turnout the L. 5. Always Il ready mar
ket and demand increasing. Room in
yonr garden to grow thousands Of dollars
worth. We sell roots and seed. Plant in
fall. Booklet and magazine telling about
it &c. Write today.
OZARK GINSENG co.
Dept W.. Joplin, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28

Are you engaged" is one of
the questions asked young women
who take the government examin-
alton for teacher in the Philippines.
Married women and those engaged
are to have first choice in the ap.
pointmeuts.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28
COUNTY COURT.
PRODATE COURT

Second Monday in February,
second Monday in May, second
Monday in August and second
Monday in November. Adjourned
terms are held regularly the second
Mondays in January, March, April
June, July, September, Octobei
and December.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28
AUDRAIN COUNTY COURTS
CIRCUIT COURT.

Meets third Monday,in january,
first Monday in June and third
Monday in September,
COUNTY COURT.
First Monday in February, first
Monday in May, first Monday in
August and first Monday in Nov
ember.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-07-28
A. NJ. PATTERSON.

A. NJ. PATTERSON.
Physician and Druggist, north
west corner Public Square,
Mexico, Mo.
Full line of Staple Drugs and
Druggists Sundries, Patent
Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Etc.
A full assortment of HOmoe-
pathic Medicines always on
hand. These remedies sent by
mail when ordered.
Will do strictly an Office prac-
tice.
ADVICE FREE.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25

building up rural free delivery, the
departments deficit was less than 4
per cent of it's receipts. There would
have been no deficit at all. were it
not that the railroads are paid two
or three prices for every pound of
mail matter they carry, and the post
Office privilege for governments is
grossly absurd.
The postal service is only in its in
fancy. The parcels post, and the
postal currency (to take the place
of the enormous and expensive sys-
tenn of express money orders now
in vogue) will add stupendously to
the volume of business done by the
p~ostofice, and to the convenience of
the public. This development will
also be self-sustaining, and in fact,
will yield a profit, as rural free de-
livery is already doing, provided the
department is properly managed
and not continued as a nest of
thieves.
The Government a well afford to
spend many millions to make up a
postal deficit, rather than deny to the
people the largest extension of pos
tai conveniences. Congress votes al
most untold millions for the War and
Navy Departments, in which the ode
felt" is really 100 per cent. Let it
be equally liberal towards the Post
Office Department, the more since
this service is practically self-sus-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Agriculturist.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25

not make a study of markets as well
as of soils and tillage. Prices should
be regulated by conditions on the
farms rather than by the cratic i'm
pulses of spectators; and when far
mers as a class have learned how to
market properly, they will be. 1t
must be admitted, however, that most
of us are not very expert in this line
at present.
Meanwhile, under the impulses of
"dollar wheat" the A. S. E. goes
merrily on at the nominal cost of ST.
a head.-E. E. Miller, Hamblem
County, Tenn, in Country Gentle
man.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25

The postofice has doubled its bust
ness within ten years. For the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1908, the re-
ceipts exceeded 1874 million dollars.
The total financial transactions of
the postal service, Including the
money order system, for the first
time passed the billion dollar mark.
1t is a remarkable fact that, with
this stupendous development, and
with all the expense incident to
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
Business Men Who Want Your Trade.

For the benefit of our new readers,
we again call attention, as we did
last week, to some of our old ad-
vertisers.
The Cole Manufacturing Co.,
Charlotte, N. c., announces that you
can ave 20 per cent by buying a
Cole planter now instead of waiting
till spring. Write them for particu-
lars.
If interested in gasoline engines,
write for Catalog G" to White
Blakeslee Manufacturing Co., Bir-
mingham, Ala.
For cream s~eparators, try the old
reliable De Laval, writing for catalog
to De Laval Separator Co., "a Cort-
landt St., New York City.
The Continental Plant Co., Kit
trell, N. O., is selling fruit trees and
strawberry plants direct to farmers
and gardeners at wholesale rates.
Write for catalog, mentioning this
paper.
All kinds of feed and ensilage cut
tiers, shredder blades, blower eleva-
tors, ETC., are made by The Silver
Manufacturing Co., Salem, Ohio.
Send them 10 cents for a copy Of
Modern Silage Methods"
Now that grain sowing is at hand,
the farmer again needs a manure
spreader. And there is none better
than the Success" made by the
Kemp & Dupree Manufacturing Co.,
Box 453, Sycracuse, N. Y.
Texas r. P. oats are offered at SO
cents a bushel by W. B. Cooper, Will
mington, N. c.; seed wheat, oats.
rye, clover and rape by Hickory Mill
ing Co., Hickory, N. O., and all kinds
of farm and garden seed by T. W.
Woods & Sons, Richmo1 Va.
The largest furniture and music
house in the State is that of E. M.
Andrews, Greensboro, N. @. Write
him for what you want.
IF in need of any kind of improved
live stock, consult our Breeders Di-
rectory. In it the best herds and
focks in North Carolina and adjoin-
ing States are represented.
Any of these firms will be glad to
give you any information you may
need in regard to their goods or
products. Don't hesitate to write
them.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
The Cotton Boil Weevil.
nan

Messrs. Editors Again has the
cotton bolb weevil gotten into the
lime light of public attention. 1t
is obvious that this depraved insect
must be reckoned with by those in
terested in the South's chief staple,
whether they be producers, manu-
f%acturers n consumers. Materially
higher prices for raw cotton, and
consequently for the finished article,
must be the result of it's continued
inroads. 1t invaded Texas from
across the border only ten years ago,
and it has now spread over a territory
which produced in 1900 more than
one-third of the total crop of the
United States, or one-fourth of the
crop of the whole world. The State
of Texas has offered $4,000 for an
effective method of determination,
but so far, no n has been able to
claim the reward. The Guatemalan
ant (called kelep), which was i'm
ported with a flourish of trumpets,
has not yet given satisfactory proof
of its prowess in extirpating it's
enemy. It's friends and advocates
urge that it has not been given a
fair chance, as it is yet to be seen
whether the winter climate in Texas
will suit its constitution, and wheth-
er it will propagate with sufficient
rapidity to permit of it's use over any
considerable area. Meanwhile, the
Department of Agriculture has is
sued a report on it's Investigations of
the problem of controlling the pest
iii seed and at ginneries. 1t recon-
mends the storage of the seed in a
building separate from the seed cot
ton storage house; the installation
in the latter of snecial cleaners or
troopers, more extensive use of
cleaner feeders and cotton cleaners
in the Clubhouse proper, the trash
therefrom to be so treated as to de-
stroy the weevils, and the perfection
of a device for removing the insects
in the seed and notes. In short, pre-
vention is considered the best cure.
W. III. TODD.
Washington, d. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
Prices and Their Makers.

the american Society of EQUITY"
and organization started by a west
ern Publisher to get subscribers and
control the prices of farm products.
The plan by which this is to be dol ,
is alluringly simple. The farmers
will merely unite, fix a minimum
price for their produce, and hold it
) until that price is paid. The work
ing basis of the society is equally
swift and sure. The farmers organ
lie local unions, pay membership fee
of 81, subscribe for the national or
gan" and obey the directions of the
president as to the price at which
they sell their crops. The president
of the society seems, in fact, to be
pretty much the whole thing; and
as the present head of the order was
its founder and is the publisher of it's
official paper, his tenure of office is |
secure. If his plan works-and he
says it will. P~ierpont Morgan and
John D. Rockefeller will look like
thirty cents when compared with
him. If it does not succeed, he will
certainly not have lost anything, as
the society claims a membership of
over 10000, and rapidly increasing.
That so many farmers could be in
duced to believe in a notion so funda-
mentally absurd is almost incredible;
but the arguments advanced are al
most as plausible as they are fallaci-
GUS. Farmers feed the world" they
say In substance, "and if they unite,
they can get their own price for their
products, as other ~eople must have
them. If he fix a minimum, it will
be paid, and people will soon get used
to paying it and think nothing of it.
Then every increase in production
will mean an equal increase in profit,
and the farmers will speedily take
their rightful place as the happiest
and richest people in the world. Now,
the greater the product, the lower the
price; and the agricultural press, the
experiment stations, the colleges, the
farmers Institutes, are all goading
on the farmers to industrial suicide
by teaching them how to increase
production. This evidently does not
apply to sediment Join the A. S. E.,
and farmers will be the people and
rule the world"
Of course this presumes that all
farmers will join the order; that it
will control the arabic land of the
world, or at least as much as pro-
duces a surplus of anything; that
no n will be so false to the tillers
of the soil as to sell at a price below
that fixed by the president of the
A. S. E.; and that all farmers are
interested in raising the prices of all
farm products. 1t also presumes that
if the prices of all farm products go
up, there will be no corresponding
increase in the price of other things;
for if this should happen, what would
the organization be worth2
-zz..l1a =, +b,a scheme "a r. will |
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
Irving's Columbus-v.

LIE OF COIumDuS Dy MS
Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye, will be
of interest to the busy teacher who
has not time for frst-hand investiga-
ton:
"It was the fashion of the older
biographers of Columbus, of whom
Irving was the chief, to see all the
Christian virtues in their subject.
When the discovery of America was
the theme, Columbus became a
knight-errant with an admixture of
saintliness, while Isabella played the
counterpart Of heroine to maintain
| symmetry of the narrative. Such a
method belongs to a poetic age and
had its uses, but it was fatal to sound
historical conclusions. It reached
the extreme of folly in the movement
set on foot to have Columbus can
onized by the church for a saint.
owe have now swung to another
extreme in our literary methods.
Producing fiction much of which is
quite too sordid to be justly called
realistic, we are possessed at the
same time with a sort of rage to de-
base the great figures of history. Be
cause they have been praised for
qualities they have not, we scorn
them for false ~pretenders.
Zone of the worst sufferers from
this reaction is the great Genoese
sailor whose achievements of four
hundred years ago gave to civiliza-
ton a world unknown before. There
seems to be an emulation of detraG
ton among the most recent 1nVesSsaed
gators and learned b~iographers. To
paint the discoverer in the darkest
colors is accounted nowadays an evil
dence Of scholarship. But the pessi-
mistic and destructive IL of judg-
ment is as far from being scientific
as the now discarded romtantic treat
ment.
"Let us grant, then, that this nav
igator was not a saint. Like other
great men, he had his faults even
when judged by the light of his own
time; and we have right to censure
him by the standards of our age.
But he was a great fifteenth century
man. He had in a degree rarely
equalled the power to ~consecrate
himself to one great achievement.
No other navigator of his time had
conceptions so bold or a pertinacity
of purpose so unfagging. Men of
aptitudes so special are usually one
sided. No one can make him less
than what his own merit has made
him, the most conspicuous figure in
the history of his age-the man who
rendered the world the greatest Sc
vice possible at that moment.
"He was not in advance of his age
in other respects. He was supersti-
tious; he was ambitious; he sought
wealth, which was the prize that
spurred other Geoncese adventures
to hard tasks. Nature does not give
everything to one man. And the
very faults charged against Colum-
bus-his pursuit of wealth and his be-
lief in his own divine mission-pro-
PEELED and supported him in his ar
duous and perilous enterprise. Let
us Judge him fairly and by the stand
ards of his age, and honor him for
what he was and did, without censur-
mo him that he was not something
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
TEACHERS READING I R

Conducted by MISS ADA ". WoMBLE. RAJ.
eigh. N. c., to whom all correspondence re-
garding the Course should be addressed.