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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-08-09

We know, because we tried 1t th'
other night, bat the bed brok'
down and We woke up"
One Of our exchanges says tina
the New Madrid county court
some time or another, we dom
know when, gave a man named
Himmelberger a body Of lane
equivalent to a strip twelve miles
long. This is an outrage, We
don't care under what conditions
or what considerations the grant
was made. Instead of allowing
individualsor corporotionsto gob-
BILE up great bodies of land some
equitable means should be devils
ed by which those who hold in
their possession immense tracts
ought to be made made to turn il
loose, so the people can get hold
of it and build themselves homes
We do not advocate harsh meas
ures, but believe it would be a
blessing to Southeast Missouri il
the people would take out and
hang the next county court that
grants to any land grabber the
shadow of a title to any amount
of land whatever in excess OF 100
acres, that, too, for spot cash al
the market price. A half dozen
land grabbers in this part Of the
state have got possession Of
enough ground to afford several
Thousand families with good sig
ed farms. jackson CASH Book.
Itis said that q canal from
Cape Girardeau to Poplar Bluff
and Black Rock, Ark, would
greatly benefit southeast Mis-
souri, and northern Arkansas. It
would, we believe. Water trans
portation is cheap and holds the
railroads in check as regards
rates, as is shown by the jealousy
with which the roads regard the
recent reopening of Missouri riv-
er navigation. There is enough
capital in Cape Girardeau and
the district to be benefited by the
proposed canal to build it and
Cape Girardeau, now so fully
aroused from her lsthargy, can't
afford to miss the further oppor-
tunity for prosperity and growth.
-Oran Citizen.
A young man by the name Of
Jim Spears fell in front OF an en-
gine on a tram road at Eaglette,
Monday evening and was run
over by the engine and killed.
He was riding on a>flat car that
was being pushed in front of the
engine and got up and went to
the engine for a drink of water,
In attempting to again board the
flat car from the engine his fool
slipped and he fell beneath the
wheels and the engine passed
over him before it could be stop.
ped.-Adyance Guard.
Whit Dodge tells o good snake
story and he says he has witness
ses to testify to it's truthfulness
While out in wheat field Mon.
day he killed a snake about two
and . half feet long. Noticing 3
lump In the snake about midway
between its head and tail, hi
took the snake by the tail and
young snakes began to come out
When he quit counting there wsr,
81 little snakes. The snake was
what's known as ahighland moe,
casin, Benton Record.
One Of the most horrible acci.
dents we ever heard Of befsll 81
IS year old boy on . farm Ii
Ozark county last week. HI
was working on . stack OF whea
and slipped, gliding down onto
pitohfork handle lsaning agains
the stack, He died In epsa
agony In 4 few hours, LEX
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-08-09

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stolen. bus Nearly Ala Gssd
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suit against j. v. Conran OF new
Madrid for $4,000.
The contract to build the water
and light plant at Jackson, Caps
county, has been let for s24, 900.
Postmaster Bowels had Geo,
Bone arrested for ''cussing" in
front OF the Flat River postofiee.
A man in Dunklin county was
fined for rafting off a watch. II
seems to be against the law to
rattle.
Jno. G. London was caught in
a belt at a lead mill a Doe Run,
st. Francois county, and literal
ty torn to pieces.
The Pennington clock is not to
cost less than $1,000. A tower is
10 be built on the courthouse for
the clock. The county has do
mated S700 towards the tower
which will add much to the ap-
pearance OF the courthouse.
The restaurant keeper who kill
led the big turtle at Cape Gisar-
ardeau made over 200 gallons Of
soup out OF It and 70 now looking
for another snap. The darkey
that got . snap from the other
one is not hunting for any mans
snaps.
The Charleston, Enterprise
says; II has been said that the
yield OF wheat on Congressman
J. J. Russell's farm was 30 small
shat the threasher did not have
to stop when they arrived at the
field, They threshsd the entire
crop while passing by"
Ths Presbyterian, Sunday
school Of Maiden passed a reso.
luton of thanks to the Maccabee
band for having given a Fourth
of July celebration wholesome,
clean and patiotic, splendid in
every detail and nearly as pos
sible reaching the IDEAL"
McKendree Chapel, the oldest
Methodist church west of the
Mississippi river, was built. in
1909. It 10 almost 6 miles out of
Cape Girardeau and will be re,
paired and Q camp meeting held
there this fall. Rev. A. II. o..
born is to preach for them at that
time.
r. L. Moore, o druggist in
Dunklin county. was tried on "a
indictments for violating the 10.
cal option law. He was fined
$500 each ON 1a and given 8
months, in Jail on each Of the
10 indictments. making his fine
$500 and his Jail sentence 8
years,
The Sun says Q blind tiger was
captured at Greenville the other
day. It's name was ]. D. Oowan.
in its den wers found 400 pint
bottles Of whiskey, Q barrels Of
whisksy and Fl oasss of beer,
The tiger will be on exhibition at
the next term Of circuit pour.
with II indictments against It,
q'hs canning factory began np-
sration Wednesday canning
beans. Everything worked nice.
" except the soldering spparstus
which failed 10 do the work props
srly On account Of too much wa,
tsr IL the gasolines The com.
pany was forced 10 ordsr : sup
ply thst he'd not been watersd,
OsmpbelI citissp,
4 South Missouri editor tells
hia aphsorIbtfu hov Il tssls "a
evp = nl|lion dollsrs, stWhsu
yoR hevp + milIlne / saollsr hilIs''
~ - l'apd F. >n a es 81
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-08-09

Last Tuesday afternoon a par.
ty OF young men went to the rail.
road bridge, below Lutesville,
fer a bath, In the crowd was
Charles Lambert, aged %, who
was unable to swim. The boys
pointed out the dangerous
water and told him how far out
he could wade. Then they swan
off from him, but almost immedi.
ately discovered that he had
dropped into deep water and was
sinking. Before they could
reach him be had disappeared.
His body was recovered later
Young Lambert was the son of
Judge Lambert of Scott county.
He leaves a bride of a few months
to mourn his sad and untimely
death. Marble Hill Press.
New Madrid people are still
eating fine. large, ripe strawber-
ries home grown and of the sec.
ond crop. The berries are from
the patch of Geo. Lay, colored,
who is good fruit raiser and
seems to have gotten hold of an
everbearing strawberry. The
Record reporter was surprised to
see Georges patch from which
heis now gathering 1S to 20
quarts every morning and selling
to our people, and il a drouth
does not catch the new shoots
now on the vines there will be a
third crop of berries, and the
! producer will have them for the
market as late as September
New Madrid Record.
Last Sunday about noon, at
Hodges Ferry, two boys, Claude
Hart and James Reivley, were
drowned in st. Francois river,
while in bathing. 1t seems that
the younger vas ii q sinking
condition and the older went to
his assistance. The younger
caught his rescuer around the
head and both went down and
died. The body of James Reive.
ly was found about dark Sunday
night; the body Of the other boy
had not been found the next day.
Young Reively was a son of a
widow lady and much of her sup.
port depended on his labor
Puxico Index.
John R. Spradling and family
were badly poisoned last Sunday
from eating canned apples. The
acid with which the fruit had been
canned was probably too strong
and had eaten much Of the tin
away from the can. A physician
was called and antidotes given
which gave relief, but not before
each memberof the family had
become deathly sick. Mrs.
Spradling was go badly poisoned
that she has not yet fully recov-
cred from the effects of it.-Farm- :
ington Times.
The Circuit Clerks and Record :
ers of a number OF counties in
this state held q meeting in st.
Louis last week and organized
the Circuit Clerks and Record :
ers' Association. The object of
the new organization, they say,
is to provide a more uniform sys-
tenn OF blanks, deed books and
public records which can be used
interchangably in every county
in the state.
j It,certainly is remarkable that
there are comparatively no ap-
tples grown in this community
any more. Twenty years OF
more ago there was never such Q
thing as total failure OF the ap.
ple crop, ard slmost every year
there was q hountiful yield. In
many years we haven't had q
fair apple crop. Why the
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-08-09

Last week DR.. Spence Redmar
received q telegram to come tc
Albany, N. Y, that Campbell
Wells wasquite sick ct that place
The doctor started immediately
A letter received Wednesday b,
Strcther Wells says that hi
brother d improved, but that be
Mrs. Wells and Doctor Rsdmar
win 90 70 the coest for . wssl
before they return 70 Platte City
His many friends hsrs l,ust Mr
Wells viii seen rsoover his for.
|nsr stnneth nnd ~ sbls 70 n.
|rsfarn 1hert|y = ~ pIal>s CT
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by electricity. and every blacksmith in
the town eventually had an electric motor
attached TO the forge bellows.
Before the day of the "stem-winder"
watch, every man had 10 take care Of a
watch-key in order 10 keep his tmcpiece
running. The old-fashioned watch-key
had little square hole which fitted over
the post in the watch. and when carried
in the pocket, this little hole would often
get filled up, making IL necessary TO clean
# out with a needle or a pin. Sometimes
this was quite difficult. A Kansas genius
bored a hole in the other end of his key
and blew the tobacco crumbs and dust
through IT, Il was good idea and he
patented it. Watch keys remained gen
eral necessity long enough FOR him 10 get
rich.
bill" Reinhart is one Of those who
have taken advantage Of the many
chances for making money In Alaska. He
has little patch OF ground just outside
Of juneau. on which he raises vegetables
and flowers. He delivers his stuff to the
stores every morning in a wheelbarrow
and takes in SO worth at "a trip. He gets
81 for the same amount Of lettuce that
sells for a nickel in the Mississippi Val
ley. In the height Of the season Bill will
sometimes sell in a single day radishes to
the amount of $i5, onions, so, and lettuce
$50 Aside from this he has a big sale
of flowers In a little hOt-hOuse on
patch of his garden there is an ivy ger
anium planted in an old water bucket. lie
sells the flowers from this plant at a
quarter each, and has realized so from
it in a single season. He gets 81 each for
all cut flowers. such as roses and the
like When big wedding occurs Bill
reaps a harvest his sales having run
as high as $50 for a single function Of
this sort.
Woman who had known many bachelors
and had heard their plants about missing
buttons and ventilated socks. was sud
denly thrown on her own resources. She
knew how TO do plain sewing, and con
ceived the idea Of the first 'darning
club" She advertised that for certain
nominal sum. payable monthly, she would
send for all clothing and socks mend and
darn them, and deliver them 10 the bach
elor's quarters on the same day The
unique syndicate leaped into instant pop
uarity, and the resourCeful woman hired
others to do the actual work, while she
managed the business, which is now an
established institution in many American
cities
1t is hoped that the recital of such
cases will whet the ambition of some
reader whose circumstances might be bet
tered. and cause him to grow a new
scheme. Exercise your bump of inltia-
tiya. All the prizes have not been pluck
ed from the tree of opportunity. 1t -four
ishes forever.
Tomorrow The Vendetta in
America.
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ISlIT YOUR I'D ~ THE HERALD
LIGHT DEATH LIST ON ISTHMUS
Only Four Ont of 5.4S4 white Amer
leans Die During April.

The Washington Office Of the Isthmian
Canal Commission has just received from
the sanitary department on the isthmus
the report Of health conditions on the
Canal Zone for the month Of April The
death rate during April among the en-
ployes at large shows a decrease as com
pared with March. the rate continuing to
be much larger among the negroes than
among the whites Among 5.4S4 white
Americans connected with the commits
sion. there were only four deaths during
the thirty days in April. which would
give an annual rate Of 81 a thousand.
This decrease in mortality is due prin-
cipally to the falling off in the cases of
pneumonia. there having been but forty
deaths from pneumonia tn April, as
against fifty-three in March. OF these
forty deaths. thrty-nine occurred among
the negroes. and but one among the
whites. There were twenty-one deaths
from typhoid fever, twenty occurring
among the negroes. and one among the
whites. The number of hospital cases
during April was about three-fourths of
the total in March. while the constantly
sick rate is only p per thousand. which
Col. Gorgas, chief sanitary officer, con-
siders as small a sick rate as could be
found in a similar body of men anywhere.
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Tomorrow The Vendetta in
America.
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Original ideas are not confined to those
who are dead broke. They are as useful
in extending an established business as
for the promotion of a new one In a
small city In Wisconsin, of about 12ON
inhabitants, the manager Of the electric
light plant reached the conclusion that
every family in town that could possibly
afford electric lights had been supplied
He rested on his oars. but was not salts
fed. He told his employees that the man
who could work up new business was the
man who would get the first promotion.
One young fellow had the job of reading
meters, and so came in touch with the
current users all over the city. He usu-
ally entered by the kitchen door 10 read
the meter and he made friends with the
women who worked He observed that
ironing clothes is a hot proposition when
the old-fashiOned irons are kept heated
on red-hot coal or wood stove He took
a sample electric sad-iron with him on
his trips, and In q short time he had
placed 80 of them in as many kitchens
He made his hit, and was promoted to
be manager Of the new business depart
ment Within three months he had half
the sewing machines in the city running
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-0c Fine Chiffon
Gauze and Lace
Lisle Hosiery, iu
tans and white. bar
gain price. 5jC, 3
pairs for 2L00.
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nported Wearables at Sacrifice Prices.

500 Elbow length
silk and Net Gloves.
in black and white
only. bargain price,
Sl.O0.
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FRTE ENDED SUCCESSFULLY
Second Day of Hospital Benefit Sur
passes the First.
Stream of Visitors ut Affair Given
for the Eye, Ear, and Throat
Institution.

Col Truesdelrs lawn was fairylanl
last evening when the fete for the bene-
fiji of the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital was brought TO a close. The
myriad electric bulbs were lighted, diffus-
ing their soft. vari-colored light over a
maze of beauty. Pretty girls fitted every
where between the gayly decorated tables
and booths, soliciting with many wiles,
the pittance for sweet charity's sake.
There was a stream of visitors all aft
ernoon and evening. and 1t was predicted
by the officers of the board of lady man
ayers that the fete would undoubtedly
be the most successful ever held. The
fact that It was the closing evening
seemed a spur 10 the many workers, and
their enthusiasm knew no bounds. There
was very little left over to make possible
a continuance for another night, even if
this had been considered.
All the features Of the night previous
were in evidence, with many improve
ments in detail
Pretty girls. attired in witching cos
tunes. were on every hand. Society
bellies in white dresses, red hats, shoes,
and stockings. carried ice cream. cake,
and other edibles with easy grace. Others,
in the costume Of the hospital, disposed OF
cigars. flowers, and other things Many
others. in the raiment of the Flowery
Kingdom. were at various tables
The Washington Barracks Engineer
Band furnished the music, both for the
concert and for the clever little dancers,
who went through the Maypole dance
with unfailing precision that won APP
plause
The Virginia reel was also gracefully
done to the tune Of Dixie"
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VIII Give Concert at Church.

The Nordica Mandolin. Banjo, and
Guitar Club Walter T. Holt. director,
assisted by Miss Helen Donohue Deyo,
soprano; Miss Sue II. Murray, elocu.
zionist; the Appollo Male Quartet. and
S. Frederick Smith. organist and ac.
companist. will give a concert in the
Hamline NJ. +. Church. Ninth and ?
streets. at s o'clock tonight. The pro-
gramme will consist of a number OF
classical and popular vocal and instru-
mental selections. The admission is 25
cents.
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10 pairs of s. and
$3.50 u and Is button
. GlaCe Kid Gloves.
. slightly damaged
bargain price. l2j.
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BANKING CHAPTER IN SESSION
Installation of Officers Followed By
Social Evening.
Invited 10 Join baltimore Chapter
on Excursion to Beach-Bau
Game Saturday.

Washington Chapter. American Insu-
tute Of Banking. installed its new officers
last night. The installation exercises
We're simple and upon their conclusion
the evening was turned over TO enjoyment.
The regular business meeting Of the
chapter preceded the installation. with
the retiring president. J. Poole, presiding.
Reports, emhodying a review OF the year.
were heard from all the retiring officers,
including President J. Poole, Secretary
E. Percival Wilson. Treasurer Charles L.
Bright, and Librarian j. NJ Riordan. The
years standing committees were also dis
solved after reports had been received
from their chairmen, F. b. Devereux. de-
bates; c. II. Lee, refreshments; l. n
Tillman, ways and means, and Edmund
5. Wolfe, entertainment
Upon his retiring from the chair. Pres
ident Poole was presented with hand
some clock. l. NJ Tilman making tho
presentation address on behalf Of the
chapter.
The new officers installed are as fol-
lows: President. W Nick. Stowell. vice
president. +. Percival Wilson. secretary,
Edmund S. Wolfe; treasurer. a. b. Clax-
ton, librarian, j. NJ. Riordan, assistant
secretary, G. Father; board OF governors.
L. NJ. Tillman. H. Y. Haynes. +. +. De-
vereux. 4. H. Bedford. and C. II. Lee.
President StOwell called on the past
presidents present for addresses and ad-
vice Frank Herron the first president.
and now auditor Of the Union Trust Com
pany; George White, cashier Of the Com
mercial National Bank. and George Wal
son, treasurer OF the Union Savings Bank
and cashier Of the Washington Exchange
Bank. responded
An invitation from the Baltimore chap
ter 10 accompany Il on its annual excur-
sion 10 colchester Beach was read 4
committee was appointed TO consider the
matter and report TO the chapter. Atten-
tion was also called to the ball game 70
be played on Saturday, july S, at Van
Ness Park with a team representing the
Baltimore Ch8Dtpr
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Opportunity must be seen before it is
grasped, and il is the ability to see the
opening that makes for the success OF the
American I'm business Frequently this
sense must be whetted by adversely; but
once the opportunity comes. it must be
met with a bold front A young man OF
good presence. plenty Of nerve. and
cline Of talk, found himself in a North
western city with S15 and some good
looking clothes. tie had no other re-
sources, and he realized that il was up
10 him" He saw that r0ller-skating was
a popular street sport with children, and,
by inquiring, found that there was no
rink in town.
He went 20 see a hardware merchant
and found he could get a supply Of skates
from the factory If he would guarantee
to pay for them I'm weekly installments.
He took the risk. He found a big empty
warehouse which had been an elephant
on the hands Of the real estate agent. He
rented il. and the agent was so impressed
by the Zine OF talk, that he did not dare
ask for a deposit because he was afraid
OF oIcNuliE MS new ltlttllt. ! lt so Ilt
spent in popularizing himself with the
boys about town, and in getting acquaint-
ed with the different newspaper men from
whom he had 10 procure needful publicity.
The skates were paid for in the course of
time. and before his lease expired the
young man had $S000 to the good and
his nerve was still unimpared.
A coal mine which had been paying
proposition began 10 fall behind. The
owner couldn't imagine what was the
matter. \ man i'm the office. who had ex-
hibited some degree Of ability to ferret
out trouble. was sent to investigate. The
mine had paid a profit not exceeding 4
per cent. and the inspector knew that
very small leak might eat up that margin.
What do you suppose the difficulty proved
10 be? He found the mules which drew
the little cars that carried the coal 70 the
shafts were an suffering from sore neCks.
Tho pads under their collars were not
fitted properly, and they worked so much
slower on account Of the pain that the
output Of the mine each day was reduced
> per cent, while the expenses were as
high as before. Tire mules necks were
cared for, proper pads were put on them.
and the mine soon recovered its status
as a paving proposition. Are there any
little leaks in your business, Mr.. Reader?
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Yankee Business Ingenuity
Bv FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

You had better overhaul things and find
ont. A dollar saved jingies as loudly in
the money drawer as one earned.
In the days when country editors could
command an unlimited number Of railroad
passes. but when money was as scarce
as hens teeth about rural newspaper
shops. a young Missouri journalist was
smitten with the curse Of the wandering
foot He had 10 travel. He got passes
to a Southern city on one railroad and
return tickets on another. He managed
10 scrape together the munihcent sum of
s., and, fortified with that amount start
ed out TO look the world over. He slept
in chair cars and ate at 5-cent lunch
counters, but even with the practice of
such rigid economy, his capital rapidly
dwindled. II soon became necessary for
him to raise the wind
lie stopped at a small town and went
into a grocery store. The grocer was
weighing out sugar I'm twenty-pound bags
of manila paper. The tourist hustler had
an idea. He proposed to the grocer to
get up a lot Of advertisements from mer-
chants In other lines Of business TO be
printed on the sides of those twenty
pound paper bags. with a large free ad
for the grocer at the top II wouldn't
cost the grocer anything. Most people
can't resist the idea Of getting something
for nothing. and the ''line of talk was
winner. other groCers We're approached
in the same way, and then the druggist
and the clOthier and the milliner were
persuaded to buy ads on the attractive
dummy which the Missourian had pen
Ciled on one OF the bags.
He sold SIS worth of space the first day
and made a contract with the local editor
TO do the printing on the grOcer's sacks
for S-proiit Sl5. The country editor
worked the scheme daily in various
! Southern towns for several weeks. and
soon found that he would make more
money en- tour than he could by staying
at home. When he got back TO his ma
tive town he was sporting a diamond ring
as big as a hazel nut. and II was not nee
essary for him TO write an editorial on
hard times for several weeks.
Among the Americans who went 10
Porto Rico shortly after the occupation
by our troops was a young man named
Allen, who had been a subscription So
licitor for a New York newspaper. One
Of the first things he did after his arrival
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Taft to Tell of National AItruIsm.r

The subject Of Secretary Tafts Memo
rial Day address before the miller's con-
vention in st. Louis will be Some Recent
Instances of National Altruism." He will
refer to the efforts of the United States
to aid in the Philippines. the South and
Central American countries, Cuba, and
Santo Domingo.
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25c and soc En-
brOidered W a s b
Belts, in white and
colorS, gilt and pearl
buckles, b arg al n
prices, lie.
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opportunities substantial
quality worth Here the offerings: