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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-10-29
ROUND DABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Orlgi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

Fedarai ecprt was in session
last week 1t Cape Girardsau.
a big hog weighing ee5 pounds
was recently shown at the Bloom
deld stock chow.
One hundred miles of bitches
10 oost s400, 900 are TO be built At
once in Butler county.
A farm OF one hundred and
sixty acres in Mississippi county
recently sold for one hundred
dollars per acre.
In Scott county, they are pre-
pasng to experiment in cultivate
Ing rice and are even talking Of
building rice mill.
The Jackson Cash Book says
the wheat acreage in Cape Cir
ardeau county this year win far
exceed that Of last year.
II is expected that the list OF
bunting licenses for the county
will reach the five hundred mark
this week. .-Pemiscot Argus.
&
A rural telephone company in
Cape Girardeau county has about
four hundred subscribers aad is
getting new ones all the time.
Judge Sterling M Q Carly Of
Carnthersviile, is q probable can
didate for the Democratic nomi-
patton for congress in this dis
trict. s
The public schools at Benton,
in Scott county, have been or
1efed closed for two weeks On
account Of many cases Of Dip
iberia.
The City Of Charleston is busy
at present putting in a new sew
erage system. Strange, indeed,
How these 'ssdry1' towns improve
90 rapidly.
They have commenced to build
granitoid sidewalks at Benton in
Scott county, and as is usually
the case there is some objection
BY propert5 owners.
A. G. Spiksr has been appoints
ed highway engineer OF Stoddard
county TO- succsed G. 8. Kirk
patrick who resigned to accept .
position with the Frisco railroad.
Lum Jim Sing Lee. 3 i've
ysaF-old Chinese boy, Of I0plaE
Bluff, stols s12o from Charles
Demariss Of Sikeston on last
Thursday. The money was hnal-
" recovered.
Ths Messenger says The Dexter
folks are talking water works
seain. and II the sentimsnt is
strong enough the city council
viii be asked 10 order an election
% vote bonds fcr that purpose,
W. B, Runyan. county clerk
Of Polk county. .has been indicted
charged with attempting 10 bribe
the presiding Judge Of the ooun-
~ court 70 allow him TO retain
more fees than allowed By Law.
The ncx cuncenFstor and issz
washer ~ IfeeAyiii - about
completed. TIE plant represents
- outlay oi $4,000. The ps<
plant when running in full blas'
willeiye employment 20 400 men
lin Jenkins usually goos atts.
the spsrrovs Ct Biz place about
lhis tinae every year. He killed
z7z the othsr day aE eiehtear
shots. HE biggest kill being fort5
odd e one shot J4okson Cal
Book.
Dr. Paul Upton, Of cAruihers.
yills. has been aPpo|ated By q
Grand Master Of Nsso1a 4 Ms
&unri, % The position Of Depei,
Grand nsster Of the dlgt1ict con-
papsd of New Madrid, PsmIseo
n1nt'lp oonnties.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-10-29
THIS Selection and Care ~
Seed Corn.

There Is no more Important
factor conoerned in the produc.
tioa Of large yields Of corn than
the proper selection and care u
the sssd. The matter Of select-
ing seed ears of desirable quality
is just as important to the farmer
who ID growing his own seed as
is the selection Of animals for
breeding purposes. The vari-
cites Of corn which we now have.
have been developed by careful
selection; but too often there is
little Or no attention given to this
matter by our farmers.
If . man can spare the time,
the best method Of selecting seed
corns Is to allow it TO become
thoroughly ripened on the stalk
and then select it from the field
before the corn 10 picked. There
is considerable advantage to be
gained, in being able to examine
the stalk from which an ear of
corn comes. in this way . man
can select ears only from those
stalks which have the normal
amount OF room and which haye
the ears at the proper height.
Frequently good ears as we pick
them from the cribs are simply
due to the fact that the stalk on
which they grew was the only
one In the hill and therefore had
q much better chance than the
average. What we want is a
good ear produced on stalks
which have only an average
chance and which are good be-
cause Of some hereditary cause.
Such ears will be more productive
than thoss sslectsd from Isolated
stalks.
The next best way to select
seed corn 10 to select the good
ears as the corn is being picked
and throw these in q box on the
wagon separate from the main
load. This is the common method
of those who give reasonable
care in seed corn selection. But
in whatever way these selections
are made, a considerably larger
amount Of corn should be thus
selected than is necessary for
seed, SO 1t win then be possible TO
reselect before storing them for
the winter.
This selected corn. should be
spread in q thin layer on some
convenient floor space and allow=
ed to dry out quickly. Some
men provide rough racks in which
to store this corn to favor its
rapid drying. Cold weather has
little effect on dry corn. If the
corn is not thoroughly dry when
heavy freezing comes. it is al
most inyaribly injured In germi-
nation and the strength Of germi-
nation Of corn has q great deal
more 10 do with the yield than is
COMMONLY supposed.
There are Q numbsr of ways in
which corn can be stored 90 Is to
keep II dry and Of strong germi-
nation during the winter, such
as, hanging up BY the husks OF
on wires or storing In racks az
has been mentioned. Where 9
man has "a attic or vacant room
in the house, Il Is frequently .
good plan to use that for seed
corn storage.
The method of srtifcially dry
ing ssed corn is not Of much inn
|portanoe il Missouri where the
falls are usually long, but Il .
storage place oan b. found where
tue temperature does not run
much below freezing, THE Is de-.
sirable. The important point il
ne whole matter o. atofags e ts
| kst the corn dry quickly ani
-. - Il s. - 4L:<7 4. 81 -. :
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-10-29

| Postmaster Dan NJ. Fisher, ol
Altamont, by his attorneys, X
B. Randolph, OF st. Joseph. and
John G. Leopard, Of Gallatin,
Hast Saturday fled q suit In the
Dayiess county circuit court
against George G.. Tedrick, ol
Altsmont, correspondent for the
Gallatin North Missourian, and
8. G. Mcdowell, editor and owner
OF that paper, in which he asks
for $40, 900 damages to his char.
acter and standing in the busi-
ness and social community by
the publication of an article in
the North Missourian of July 2,
1909, written by Tedrick.
DR.. Nova W. wingo, 45 years
old, q we'll known physician Of
Chilhcothe, was found dead in
his office late Monday night by
by his brother-in-la DR.. d. L.
Dowell, and Sheriff White. An
examination Of the body showed
he had taken carbolic acid with
auicidal intent. Two hours after
his death his mother-in -law, Mrs.
John H. Dowell, died from the
effects Of ap operation for a
tumor.
A number OF young kirkadir-
kins escaped from the cage of
John Purple of Beaver Bait.
They took to the tree tops, and
Mr.. Purple reports that the woods
along Beaver Creek are likely to
become depsely populated with
these desert dying fish. The
boys in that fieighborhood are
said to have quit squirrel hunt
ing and gone after the kirkadir-
kins.
Isaac W. Davis, station agent
ct Little Blue in jackson county
died . day or two ago, just after
reporting a freight wreck on the
steep grade beyond his station.
He was in no wise to blame for
the wreck which was caused by
The tender leaving the track, but
the stress Of overwork and the
excitement brought on an attack
OF heart trouble. He was iorty-
eight years Of age.
Congressman Champ Clark in
an address at Laddonia, advocat-
ed the erection Of . monument
TO the memory Of Daniel Boone,
over bic fret burial place in
Warren county, this state. Tbs
| h<.1tna ~ non..n .~l ~. ..,sfa
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-10-29

at two o'clock. His wife beat al
of Wilbur wright's records 70!
going up in the air.
/ During the last month 1OI
Homestead enteries were made Ii
the Missouri ozarks. The each
receipts at the Springfield lane
Office were 81, ,93t.44.
John s. Bilby, Of Quitman, wal
married Oct. 2, to Eva Smith oI
Good Hope, near Macomb, Ills
He is said to be 78 years old, and
is one Of the wealthiest men in
his part Of the state.
A circus billed for Bethany las
week was frozen out by the cold
snap. The show originated in
Bethany in the spring and aban.
doned for the winter there wher
the cool wave struck.
A merchant Of Deer Park, nesl
Columbia, has placed his safe
optdoor. His safe was blowr
once and the next time he doesn'
want the robbers to have 10
wreck his store to get his money
About fifty cars of apples hav,
been shipped from here go fal
this season, proving this to be q
fruit country as we'll as a corn
country. We raise everything
here but he----athens. .-Hopkins
Journal.
Jim Cummings of James Boys
fame married at Kansas City this
week and left with his wife for
Ontario, Canada, where he will
60 on the stage as q bold, bad
man. Everybody hopes Jim will
like Canada.
During the first day at school
I
Of q Conway lad the teacher
pointed TO the letter A on the
chart add asked. 4What letter
is that?" The tot rubbed his
brow a moment and hesitatingly
asked, "Why, don't you know?"
A Nodaway county man last
week sold 81, ,848 worth Of Jona-
than apples from one acre Of
ground. That kind of land is
worth something. Another Nod
away county man sold S611.4e
worth Of Bartlett pears from three
acres.
Alfred Clipton and wife OF
Scotland county, we're killed FRI
day by q train striking the wagon
in which they were seated as il
was crossing the track. Their
six months old baby was in the
wagon with them and escaped
uninjured.
DR.. r. P. @. Wilson of Platte
City came to Weston Monday
night to catch q train and whan
bis driver went down Main street
to the depot he turned too sudden-
ly and tipped over the buggy
throwing Wilson out and fractur-
ing two Of his ribs.
wi,aam H. Owings, % years
lold, took carbolic acid in hii
room at the Clsrkson Hotel II
Mexico, Sunday afternoon ant
died instsntiy. He separated
from his wife q short time agS
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-10-29

for dead = q
| The Prssbyterians Of King City
have decided 10 build q $500
church, to begin work on the
new building as soon as SIS, ,00O
has been subscribed.
Missouri has an Andrew and a
jackson county. Also q Hickory
county whose capital is Hermit-
age, all named after the great
Democrat and his eountry home.
A confidence man in Phelps
county put s25 in q small box
and two watches in two similar
boxes. Then he offered anyone
his choice Of the boxes for $40.
A man who kept his eye on the
box with the $25 in it, "bit" and
got a box with a 81 watch In It.
The faker then left town, beating
his hotel bill.
There has been a great deal OF
talk about the meanest man in
Missouri, but nothing much has
ever been said about the meanest
woman. A Joplin woman the
other day asked the police judge
to send her 14-year-old son to
Jail and keep him there until she
could return from visit to rela-
lives and friends in the east.
The house on the old Howe
farm, five miles southwest Of
Lexington, was burned Wednes-
day morning. II was the last
and only old log house in it's
neighborhood. 1t was uilt
about 1885 by the Howes and
has ever since been occupied by
that family, except recently. 1t
belonged to r. NJ. Howe when
4 burned,
Twenty dollars for q gallon Of
Elberta peaches is the price re-
ceived by ]. M. HUFF Of Koshko-
nong, down in the big peach
growing district of the Ozarks.
The peaches were picked from
the orchard Of G. E. Brooks near
that place, and chemically pre-
served in q glass jar. The
purchaser has arranged to take
them with an exhibit Of other
fruit to California.
There were 1,947 liquor pre-
scriptions filled by Columbia
druggists In September. OF this
number 800 were filed by Gill
man 4 Dorsey, $50 by p. D.
Prsther, 386 by W. o.. Barrett,
800 by Helbel 4 Penn, and 156
by ]. E. Gillispie. Estimating
that a prescription, calling for
one-hali pint to d quart, amounts
to one TO fifteen drinks, the total
quantity sold was from i,947 to
%, ,20b drinks.
Sons time ago August King
advertised for q stray hog from
his farm, but failed TO locate the
animal. The other day while in
his implement house his notice
was attracted BY the grunt Of a
hog bsnesth the Aooring, and on
exsmination was greatly sur
prlsed to and the missing hog
lpinioned UNDER the shed whore Il
had lain for I'VE weeks without
foQd Or water, and sltho' . Iittls
Ithin IS . result Of the forced
Information, Is ready 70 take Of
fst for swift 4 Co. cly yde Times
According to the fieures d
Deputy Commlssioner John n,
Nolen. before the Flood Proven
ton and River Improvement Con
vsntion q eedalia. Thursday
Iths present years. Good in Mis-
souri, COZ the state IN loss o.
cFops and dealruclion of propert,
mofs ihau si8 so 90. with ID
exception Of ten counties out 0
63 thet suffered ilood Losses, IA
total estimated loss kers klfen {
= ~ : = ! t==z-- - :. r. = I = <,--5 :
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-06

A young highland plowboy was pes
;ering female servant with his I'M
Welcome attentions. and one day he'
proposed. At this instant the pair
they were walking In the nelds) came
apou another servant, n man, sleeping
instead OF working. The lassie. ~
brawny wench, seized stick and beat
the ider till he roared When he had
SUNK of to his duty the swain re-
marked admiringly:
mia certie, lussic. but yc cud ven
manage yer chllder."
aye. or their father" replied the
Iirl, with significant look
The lover turned pale.
"Ma lass" he gaspcd, 81 JUST re-
membered ma aud mlther at hamc
I'm her only laddic, and think It's na
RIGHT for me tae MARRY while she's
alive. W-w-when she does I'll cons
back an MARRY ye."
And as he got safely away he SAID
fervcntly, May the Lord alloo ma
mither to live as lang as mep'
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-06
IhnN Had Met Before.

Mrs Matthews bought n French
cookbook The book told her, among
other things, how 10 make ragouts and
farcics and navarins out OF leftover
steak, the ends Of roasts, cold vege-
tables, and so forth. This was delight
full Hash, which Matthews hated.
would be banishcd, and yet, as before
nothing would be wasted In the Mat
thews home.
SO one evening she set her hungry.
tired husband down to n paper frille0
navarin rescof'er. The dish looked
grand from the outside, and the man'sa
wan face lit up at sight OF 1t, but ns'
soon as he lifted the lid the Joy faded
from his eyes.
ASK the blessing, please, George,
bis wife reminded him.
81 think, dear" George answered.
YEARLY, we've blessed everything herr
before"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-06
Junction News.

Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Hendritz have
arrived home from a business trip to
Omaha.
Pete Peterson of Mobile, Ia, is here
visiting his old friend, Jake Christen-
sen.
Mr.. Clark and his gang of painters
are giving the office coat Of paint on
the inside.
Mrs. Hamp Nelson and daughter,
and Miss Madaline Denton went to
Scribner yesterday to take in the
Campbell Brothers circus.
Miss Merine Seldom of Verdel is TAX
ing in the carnival here this week.
Tom Shively has moved his family
from Andy Dryden's place, on Third
street, to his new dwelling, on South
Fourth street.
Jack Merriam has moved his family
from the Johnson property on Third
street to Andy Dryden's place, which
was formerly occupied by Thomas
Shively.
Mrs. Jewell Fountain went to Mis-
souri, Valley yesterday on business.
Nose Howell has moved into his new
dwelling on South Fourth street.
Miss Tessie Greyson of Inman is
here visiting relatives.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-06
Not n Good Mark.

A French actor named Hyacfnthe
once illustrated the saying, "Discretion
is the better part of valor." 1t was
in the month of June, and company
of the national guard Of which Hya-
cinthe was sergeant was engaging ar,
body Of insurgents behind barricade'
at the other end Of n short street. One''
Of the insurgents In particular, from
a corner Of the barricade, was making
remarkably effective practice on the
assailants. At that moment up cams
a general.
I'VE must get him to expose him
SELF" said the general. zone Of you
must Chamber up on top Of the bar
ricade; then, when our friend at the
other end of the street shows himself
to take aim, two or three Of you fetch
him down. Up with you. sergeantw
BEG your pardon, general, but per-
haps, you see, an insignificant noncom-
missioned officer like myself may have
no attraction for him. but a handsome,
distinguished man like you, in that
stylish and becoming uniform-he'd be-
more than mortal II he could resist
the temptation. I'll lend you a hand
general"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-06
Six Ball Games Planned.

The new management of the base
ball team has changed the prices on
grand stand admittance. 1t has been
heretofore thought that 20 cents was
about the right price for the grand
stand but on account of few CON-
plants the new management has re-
duced the grand stand price to 10
cents.
A few new pitchers have been ad-
ded to the local team. Among them
are Hartman of Stanton who pitched
Wednesday and Young of Omaha who
will probably pitch Thursday
Thursday will be a big day. PEG
pie are arriving to attend the base
ball tournament and race meet. The
track is in excellent condition and
the committee is delighted with the
prospects which are looking fine.
Thursday Dallas and Norfolk viii
play a double-header-one game a.
10 a. m. and the other at $3.50 p. m
Dallas has a fine bunch Of ball play
ers. Friday Gregory will be here fol
one game and Saturday, which is thu
last day of the races, Stanton will b.
here and a fast game is expected.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-06
Old Wheel OF Fortune.

IN the village church Of Comfort.
near Poat-CrOix, In western Brittany.
Is a very good specimen Of the now
rare wheel OF fortune" 1t Is made Of
wood. with a row of bells ON Its outer
rim and Divoted between a couple of
rough beams, altogether very primitive
workmanship. BY means Of a cord at.
tached to a crank the wheels can be
made to revolve and set all the bells
a-jangling. I have often heard that
the peasants believe that It has mi
raculous power Of healing when rung
over the head Of a sufferer who has
placed a sou In the box to which the
rope Is padlocked- l received remark
able confirmation Of this belief, for
while making d photograph a well to
do sailors wife and her husband came
into the church and looked round. The
woman asked me II i thought there
could be any truth In this belief, az
her child was very backward In learn
ing to talk. Her nurse. who came from
those parts, had advised her TO bring
the baby and ring the bells Of Comfor
over his head. when he would be SUR
to talk. AS she was passing she hat
looked In to see II It was worth trying
London Chronicle.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-06

Friday night between Bob o'Brien
(colored) and Young Kelly of Cleve-
land, o. A strong preliminary feature
is promised. The fight starts at s
o'clock. w. F. Rhum, Kelley's man
ager, is behind the match. O'Brien
came here to fight Kid Denny but
found Denny too heavy for him.
O'Brien is the negro who fought a
white man at Atkinson some time ago.
That white man claimed to be Kid
Jensen of Norfolk, but was not.
O'Brien says he knocked out Pump
Wagner at West Point, Neb., in five
rounds; fought Johnny Richards to a
draw in six rounds at Wisner, knocked
out man at Atkinson, and put out
Young Hollins at Plainview. He says
he fights Kid Tremble of Australia OF
Darrell Gardner of the coast in Kansas
City August 26. Kelly, the white man
is said to be a fast fighter.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-06
How Wars Bealn.

"Papa, how do nations get into war
with each other7' asked Tommy Sea-
sonby.
Sometimes one way, sometimes an
other" said the father. Now, there
are Germany and Spain. They came
near getting into war because n Span
ish mob took down the German flag"
mo, my dear" put in Mrs. Season
by; "that wasn't the reason"
"But, my darling" said Mr.. s., "don'
you suppose I know7 You are mis-
taken. That was the reason"
"No. dearie; you are mistaken. II
was because the Germans
Mrs. Seasonby, say It was be
cause
"Peleg. you know better. You %,
only trying to-
Madam, don't understand thai
your opinion was asked in this matter
anyway"
"Well, don't want my boy instruct
ed by an old ignoramus."
"See here you impudent'-
put down your cane, you old brute
Don't you dare bristle up to me or II
send this rolling pin at your head, 20,
DID,
Never mind" interrupted Tommy
81 think know how wsrs Begin
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-06
His Mistake,

A congressman was asked by
newspaper man to affirm or deny q
story Of current interest relating to q
bit Of legislation.
Ibid you ever hear the advice OF this
old Politician" replied the congress-
man.
The newspaper man admitted he had
not.
well this particular individual wns
running for office. His opponents
charged him with being CRATER. IL
made him mad, but he did not deny IL.
Next somebody said he was a liar.
That made him madden, but he did not
deny IT. Then some virtuous citizen
said he was a profane man. He great
ly feared this charge would cost him
the church vote, but he did not deny
It.
when they finally said he had made
deal with the corporations in order
to be elected he got so blamed mad he
could not hold in any longer, and he
denied that and, by George, they prov
ed 1t on him! Deny nothing"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-06
Picnic at Madison.

Madison, heb, Aug. Especial to
The News: Mrs. Kate Donovan, ever
mindful of the pleasure and happiness
OF the young people with whom she Is
n great favorite. chaperoned a com.
pany OF young ladies on a trip to
Schwank's island in Captain zessin's
launch, Juanita. The gay galaxy of
favored ones were the Misses Hazel
Horsham, Margaret Long opal Planck
Lydia Donovan of Madison; Fannie
Wood and Florence Wood of Lincoln
and Helen Tyler of Sparta, Wis. Ice
cream was served and a real enjoyable
time had. Captain Fritz Zessin, who
is sailor of some experience, was al
the helm.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-06
Deeply Interested.

The play was one of Shakespeare's
tragedies. Mrs. Simmons and her little
boy, having been unable to secure
seats in the parquet, were well located
In the front row of the first balcony,
where they could see better and hear
almost as we'll as IL they had been
farther forward on the main floor.
Mrs. Simmons was agreeably surpris-
ed at the interest that Bobby appeared
to take in the somber drama. He sat
leaning forward, with his elbows on
the cushioned railing in front Of him,
resting his head on his hands. deeply
absorbed. AS the curtain went down
on the first act he Strengthened up.
"Well, dear, how do you like Shake
speare?" asked his mother. "Are you
enjoying the play"
Mamma" said Bobby with the air
Of one who has made great discov'
cry, ''there are siXty-nine men here
that have got bald spots on top OF
their heads! I've counted 'em five
timesv'