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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-08-13

s1,54s, ,s4s,5es.
Will Steele OF DeKslb threshed
8001 bushels of wheat .aet week.
The announcement that cigars
can be made from alfalfa is no
surprise to many Missourians.
The cass County Court has
adopted plans for a new $4,000
home for the county's poor.
There is a distinct note of de-
fiance in the name of the Linn
Unterrifed Democrat.
Liberty has let the contract for
building a sewerage system to
cost $4,000.
A Davisss county farmer lost
140 head OF hogs by the late
floods.
Judge F. A. Kage has been re-
appointed u. s. Commissioner
for this district for four years.
He had no opponent.
A big log was dislodged on a
hill-side near Montgomery re-
gently and rolled down on a g.
year::old girl, killing hsrs
wondsr what is coming next.
1t is now reported that certain
Rushvill-ite has q Wyandotts
rooster that will tree squirrels.
Professor Somebody-or. Other
amszed the small boys Of Aurora
by playing baseball blindfolded'
A tsap Of fellowstike that would
make night games esssi. I. ! A. =
Scott county has a farmers
mutual insurance society, which
is doing we'll with nearly half 8
million dollars of insurance in
effect.
Bill spaugh of Iron, county
now serving a life sentence il
the penitentiary for the murdel
Of Sheriff Polk of that county
has applied for a pardon.
Col. Rufus E. Anderson, one o
the most widely known lawyer
in Missouri, died Tuesday at hi
home IN Palmyra, from cancer o
the stomach. He was a wei
known Mason,
Senator Francis N. Wilson o
Platte City, is still suffering fror
a sore thumb. There is som
fear Of blood poisoning, and tn
senator may have to go to a cit
hospital.
A drunk or crazy man entere
the Baptist church at jackson
Sunday before last and wante
the preacher to divide time wit
him. But the preacher had n
time to fool away.
Governor Hadley has honore
former Governor Dockery by AZ
pointing the latter as a mem5'
of the new waterways commits
sion, provided for by an act
the last legislature.
Louis Doan Of New Madr
county. recently caught from
limb hook in the Bay, an eight.
seven pound turtle. 1t measur'
eightinches across the head. !
shipped I to st. Louis.
It is estimated that three thou
and acres Of corn were destroy
In New Madrid county alone, q
failing the loss Of 81, 900 actu'
" expended, not 70 mention {
probabls profits from the cFol
After both legs had been I
off by 8 hay mower which be v
trying to fix, . ls-year-old B
near Chillicothe is said 70 ha
caught the team, crawled into
seat and drove home. but q
lrom the shock,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-08-13
PAPA GMELIGH'S BILL
Chairman Dickey Of State
4, Committee Out Fer
Funds.
Money To Beat Painter.
b Joseph Obseryer.)

AVh sAAO A
lieutenant governor contest was
on in the state legislature last
winter the Democrats continually
charged The Republicans with US.
ing money to defeat the will of
the people as expressed by their
choice of William r. Painter for
that position, and claimed that
underhsnd means were being en-
ployed to bring about such q re-
suit. Those charges were rsceiv-
ed with horror, and an eye-to-
ward Hsaven-that would have
almost convinced q few people
that the members of the G. o. P.
were being maligned, but to the
initiatedthis was not even decep-
tive. They knew and they went
ahead and were not fooled.
1t was always claimed that It
took a really respectable amount
of money to rob Painter of his
office, but the exact amount will
probably never be known except
to that select cotsrie who were in
the inner circle and handled the
stuff. Still little light is thrown
on an otherwise dark subject
through the medium of letter
that State Chairman Dickey OF
the &. o. p. is sending just now to
the faithful asking them to help
to make good for "Papa" Gmel-
ich the amount of money that
has not up to date been contri'
buted. There is still a balance
Of $500 shy and the bosses
| want it. 7G
INTO WRONG HANDS.
Sometimes little accidents hap
pen and a letter gets into wrong
hands. In this case that is why
the cat is now out of the bag and
it Is possible to learn a little more
Of Republican ways which, like
"the ways Of the Chinee, is pecu'
liar"
Diekey sent one of his letter
to Mr.. A. F. Russell, a wealthy
farmer and stockman who live
n ear Savannah. The letter anus
ed Russell and he added insult Il
injury (for he did not contribute
by giving the letter to Will DR.,
of the Savannah Democrat. Thi
letter 10 as full of suggestions a
an egg is full of meat, and il
perusal would not harm bu
would give the honest voters c
Missouri something to thin
about and ponder over. Here
{ the story and it shows Republi
can methods and manipulation
to the fullest extent:
Kansas City, Mo-, July 20, '0'
!. Mr.. A. r. Russell, Savannah, Nj
;. Dear Sir:-
o AS you doubtless know, Il
question who was elected Lier
% tenant Governor, was an acti,
q subject Of controversy that can
9 before the last legislature for d
h cision. There were less this
= one hundred votes difference b
n tween the two candidates, and
!. the question as to who was cleo
"a ed depended upon the investigi
g ton Of the returns from vario
!. counties, it was deemed advisat
by Governor Hadley, the sta
officials and members Of the sta
> committee that competent Q
, ,orneys should be employed
l. look after Mr.. Gmelich's interes
:, Accordingly Judge Selden
= Spencer and F. G. DonneIl,
= : st. Louis were employed a
i. they devoted all of their time
ID from SIX weeks TO two months
D. this work, wishing > number
W counties. and watching the !
count q the votes in The city
st Louis,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-08-13

1
six hundred gallons Of blackber-
ries off a haif-acre patch, and to
have some yet remaining.
Anew history Of Missouri seems
to indicate that settlements were
made in Holt and Atchison coun-
ties much earlier than is general
ly supposed. For instance. it is
said that there was trading post
at the mouth Of the NishnabotHa
in 1919.
The Morehouse Hustler is COM
planning that some person has
been poisoning dogs up there. If
it would happen that the ours
would be the ones to get the
poison it would not be 80 bad,
but 1t is usually some fine bird
dog, which gets the stuff and dies
as a result.
Last year William Jewel Col
lege, Liberty, received a gift of
5000, 900 to be added to its endow-
ment. This year William Woods
College, Fulton, got $4,000,
Christian University, Canton, re-
csiyed $50, 1000 and other similar
institutions were in like manner
Igiven a lift by men of wealth.
The body of the young man
found floating in the river on last
Saturday, week ago, has been
positively identified as that of
\ Albert Ault of st. Louis. Rela-
ltives Of the boy arrived in this
city, Wednesday morning and
lhad the body taken up and re-
moved to st. Louis.-Caruthers-
lyills Democrat.
a faystts mule rubbed his
nose against a bee hive and got
stung. Angrily he whirled
around and planted both heels
against the hive. The mule,
while badly swollen up, is expect
Cd to recover, but six turkeys,
which played the part of the in
nocent spectators at the perform.
ance, were stung to death.
! A Missouri editor recently
visited a lunatic asylum and was
mistaken by a lunatic for a fell
low sufferer just arrived. Tn,
| lunatic asked the editor wha
made him crazy and to humoI
the poor fellow, ssid, "Trying t,
make money out of the news
y paper business" Rats" SAT-
Q the lunatic, YOU'RE not crazy
you are just a dam fool"
John Fleming, who has bee
dwelling in a tent south of Cam
n den Point, went to bed last Satur
: day night with a big snake, bu
n he did not discover the reptil
d until he awoke Sunday morning
o when he felt the thing nestlin
: its head among his whisker'
d The snake was killed, but M
g Fleming came to town at ono
and rented a house.
/. Four weeks ago last Saturda
81 George McMaster cut a three acl
IN patch Of alfalfa securing six TOT
j. from it and cut the same pate
,e again this week, adding fol
" more tons to his pile. This Gre
/. will be more general in this SCI
n ton from now on for il win do
we'll here as it does in Kans'
land Nebraska. Hopkins Joul
II. nal.
:. The last chapter of the histot
~ of the once famous Iron Moul
Il tain is being enacted. VIM.
a. Smollinger, the present owns
is having the buildings raz
and is using the lumber TO bui
gs > mammoth hay barn. Alreas
e. the greater portion of the bull
alings have been removed q
when the despoilers have finis
" ed their. work, nothing but q Il
0Y isolated houses will remain 10 /
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01


While this n0es nut exhaust the
sui jscts Kansas educators are cot
siderlng 10 the Improvement of the
school adMpid trattop, it Indicates the
extent to which the attention Of the
legislature to the school ia needed, for
the business and Therefore economical
conduct Of this immense work or the
state. Governor ELECT Stubs some
time ago expressed the opinion that
of all the subjects Of state govern
ment, the school question is the most
urgent. Educators who have been
heard from, as in the report OF Gov.
Hoch's special commi ssion the other
day, entirely agree with hlm.-The
Capital.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01
Problems of the Kansas
Schools.

State Superintendent OF Education
Failehild in a letter on eompulsorl
district owne' sllp Of text books In the
public schools enumerates the merit'
and weaknesses Of the plan about a.
they are presented ia q number oil
letters in the hands OF the Capital,
from school men Of Massachusetts,
and Pennsylvania, to States that
practice this policy.
Pennsylvania has bad free tex
hooks" since 1885, amended to apply
20 ALI school supplies in 1898 The
districts 10 the Keystone state there
fore furnish free to pupils not onlJ
the text books, but pencils, tablets,
a.d other supplies used. From 1860
co 1884 Massachusetts had what IS the
law In Kansas at this time-optional'
or nernissiye, district ownership, bat
aimee 1884 "free text books" have been
compulsory upon school districts
throughout the Bay state.
Letters received from edusators in
ere two states include replies from
seveu city supsrintendents 10 Pehn-
.vlvaula, one secretary Of a superin
teudeni, two supervising principals
10 secretaries OF boards Of education
seveuteeh presidents Of school boards
one school solicitor, thirty sever
count, superlntendsnts and the Stat
superintendent OF Education. From
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01

BRAVE FIRE LADDIES.

Often receive severe burns, putting
cut fires, then use Bucklen's Arnica
Salvs and forget them. Itsoon drives
out pain. For Burns, Scalds, wounds,
Cuts and Bruises its earth's greatest
healer. Quickly cures Skin Erupt-
ions, Old sores, Boils, Ulcers, FelOns;
best Pile cure made. Relief Is instant.
25c at Oriental Drug Company,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01
GLASS PLANTS STILL IDLE.

The window glass plants are still
idle all over the country, and SO far
as any one here seems to know, are
likely to remain idle for some time
to come.
The real seat of the trouble seems
to be in the fact that machine glass
can be made cheaper than hand
made.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01

tack the vital organs, causing Catairn Vi
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by ceh.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
a cure is obtained quickest by a proper
'-catment of the kidneys. nyou are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake by
taking DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy,
1t corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it, ase over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day,
and to get up many times during the
aight. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
II stands the highest for its wonderful
cures Of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in hfty-cent and
one-doilar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle Of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that tells all about il,
both sent free by mail. Address, DR.. Kill
mer & Co., Binghanton, N. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the
address, Binghamton. n. Y, on ever
bossla.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01
We Want

The basket ball game Wednesday
night, between the Y. NJ. G. A. Of
this city and similar team from
Parsons was very one sided affair.
The superior team woak Of the Cha
mute team was verv apparent from Il Q
start. The score was 6S to 9. The
Parsons boys had not practiced to-
gether and were perfectly helpless
against the scientific playing Of the
Chanute boys. Practice up boys and
come again.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01
The Worst Not Told.

The terrible calamity In southern
Italy has stunned the people o.
Europe and cast gloom all over
the world.
1t IS now reported that 200, ooo
people have lost their lives. To the
horror of crumbling houses and
heaving ground was added the hor-
rors of an immense tidal wave that
rose like a great wall of water and
spept over the face of the low lying
country, sweeping away the build
ings weakened by the earthquake
and devastating the whole face Of
the country. To add to the horrors,
fire broke out in many places in the
the cities and completed the work
of destruction well begun by the
earthquake and water. Southern
Italy and the island of Sicily, which
is only separated from the main
land by narrow straight, is land
of flowers and perpetual sunshine.
Many tourists from all over the
world spend a portion of the winter
in this beautiful land and hundreds
of foreigners were caught in this
terrible catastrophe. The citizens
and visitors who escaped death are
homeless and destitute. Hundreds
of the natives who escaped with
their lives wander about the rains OF
those once beautiful cities in half
demented way with no place to 60
and no way to live.
The government Of Italy has dis
patched ali of her war vessels avail
able laden with supplies to the
scene of the trouble. And Other
nations having vessels in nearby
waters, have ordered the vessels to
proceed at once to the scene of the
trouble and render all possible
assistance.
The Pope of Rome headed a
subscription list with donation Of
$500, 600 for the suffers. The king
and queen have sailed In war
vessel for the scenes of the calamity,
that they may learn personally Of its
horrors. This is the greatest disas
ter of modern times, and it will take
that goodly country many years to
recover from its effects.
There are many Italians in this
country that had relatives and
friends in this stricken locality, as
it is in all parts of the civilized
world so there is sorrow and wall
ing everywhere for friends lost
Relief measures are already well
underway and stream of supplies
is now flowing that way.
1t is a splendid opportunity foi
the wealthy of the world to show
their generosity and humanity, and
they will respond nobly. They
may be able to relieve the persona
suffering but the sorrow for lost he
latives and friends, snatched away
in a minute, cannot be assuaged
all the worlds wealth.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01
PfOmain POISONING.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Row gave Christ
mas dinner TO a numbe Of their rela-
tives. All were taken severely sick
in the afternoon and suffered intense
ly. The trouble is supposed DO have
been caused by eating canned peas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01
A Concert.

The next number Ia the huh school
lecture course will be the Alma Smith
Concert Co. This talented company
will be here January 4. They are
said to be very entertaining.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01
Chanute CoooeratIve Sanitary
Company

Vaults and sinks cleaned by their
improved odorless apparatus in day
time without offence.
Dead stock hauled away aud Gre
mated. Leave orders with Boschert
& williams. They will be answered
promptly. HoUsToN RAY.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01

S because so decep
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it-heart dis
ease, pneumonia
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
the result of kid
ney disease. II
kidney trouble is
observation-disclosures
the kidney-poison-
ed blood will at
r.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01
Time

Is sometimes a matter OF great
Inn portance. A watch that doesn'i
tell the correct time il just as bad as
no watch at all. Ifyour watch shows
az Meditation to be eccentricor un-
steady 10 ITS habits, bring Il TO US and
we will put IL 10 shape at a very rea-
soEable cnst.
O. E. CONKLlN. the Jeweler
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-01
DON'T GET A DIVORCE.

A western judge granted divorce
on account of ilI-temper and bad
breath. DR.. Kings New Life Pills
would have prevented 1t. They cure
Constipation, causing bad breath and
Liver Trouble The ill-temper, dispel
colds, Danish headaches, conquer
chllls. 25c TT Oriental Drug Company
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-05-26
HoW's This l?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case Of Catarrh that can.
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all bus
mess transa ctions, and financially able
to carry out any obligations made by his
firm. WALD1NG, XINMAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls CatarrI Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimo-
nials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-05-26
The SubaItern's Retort.

When Sir Ian Hamilton was in South
Africa acting as chief of staff to Lord
Kitchener he had occasion to visit rath-
er a large depot Of which young Of
fcer was in command Going through
certain papers. General Hamilton found
that these were not quite in order and
at last said rather wearily to the Of
ficer: you know this SOFT of thing
will not do at all. What do you sup
pose your brains were given you for?'
Il am sure I do not know. general"
was the cheerful reply. "Since l came
here 1 have worked sixteen hours a
day and more. I have acted as mule
teamster, porter, van guard. supply
clerk, station master, orderly, room
clerk, typist and dozen other things.
think if I had not been endowed
with brains I might have managed to
take on two or three more jobs as We'll,
but as it is must admit am some
what handicapped"
Sir Ian Hamilton was forced to
laugh, and shortly after the young
officer found himself attached to the
generals personal staf.-London Tit
Bits.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-05-26
Psychic Phenomena.

The Chinese believe that the p'o is
equivalent to the supraliminal self,
the visible personality interpenetrating
and indissolubly attached to the body,
the hun being the subliminal or invisi-
BILE self, also interpenetrating the body
but not indissolubly attached to it."
For instance, "the hun of girl elop-
ed with a lover, leaving the physical
body Informed by the p'o only, and
there she lay in bed, semiconscious
invalid, for several years. until the re-
turn Of a runaway pair, who had been
duly married and were bringing home
a couple Of children. While the aston
tshed parents were wondering what to
make Of it all. the girl in the bed got
up and went out to meet herself. The
two fell into each others arms, and
there and then, in the presence Of spec
tators, they coalesced and became one
--one ordinary woman. dressed, how.
ever, in two complete suits Of clothes" "
Philosophical Review.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-05-26
Cheap Excursion Rates
Via. Southern Railway.

ASHEVILLE, N. c., and return.
Account National Association T. P.
AS, May 3lst to June 5th, tickets on
sale May 2Sth, 10Th and Goth, and Tor
trains scheduled tn arrive Ashevile
before 800 p. NJ, May 31st, 1909, final
limit 30 days from date Of sale. Stop
over privileges.
BLACK MOUNTAIN AND ASHE-
VILE, Il. c., and return account
Southern Student Conference Y. M.
Z. A., and Y. w. G. A., June to 20,
1909. Tickets on sale to Asheville
June 7, 8, 9, and to Black Mountain
June 8, 10 and II. Final limit return.
ing June %, 1869.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, and re-
turn account Summer School Univer-
sity of Virginia, June 1s to July 81.
Tickets on sale June Is, Is, II, 18, 19,
July S and l.. Final limit re.
turning Is days from date of sale.
KNOXVILLE, TENN, and return
account Summer School June % to
July 80. Tickets on sale June 20,
21, %. Final limit October 3lst, 1909.
LOUISVILLE, KY, and return &C.
count annual session Ancient Arabic
Order Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine
June to 10, 1869. Dates Of sale June
5, s, 7, return limit June II, 1909.
MEMPHIS, TENN, account annual
reunion United Confederate Veterans
June 8 to 10, dates of sale June 5, 6, Z
return limit June IA. with extension
to July 1st by depositing ticket anc
paying so cents extra. Stopovers.
SEATTLE, WASH, and return
Alaska -Yukon-P acifc Exposition
Tickets on sale May Oath until Sep
tember 3Oth, final limit returning Oct
31st, 1909. Diverse routes With stop
over privileges.
Summer excursion rates in effect
May 29th to September 30th, fina
limit October 3lst, 1909.
Convenient schedules and superio:
train service to all points in all direc
tons by the SOUTHERN RAILWAY
For detailed information, call c1
any ticket agent of the Southern
Railway or address
J. L. MEEK,
A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga.
w. E. MCGEE,
T. P. A., Augusta, Ga.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-05-26
Kills Her Foe Of 20 Years.

s"The most meTciless enemy had for
20 years." declares Mrs. James Duncan,
of Haynesviile. Me, was Dyspepsia. [
suffered intensely after eating or drink
ing and cculd scarcely sleep. After
many remedies mad failed and several
doctors gave me up. | tried Electric
BittcrS. which cured me completely.
Now can eat anything. | am 20 years
old and am onerjoy"d to get my health
and strength back again. FOR lndl-
geston, Les of Appetite, Kidney
Trouble. I.,lLn Back. Female Com
plants, lis unrGualel. Only SOC. at
kuufn m Drug Co. Drrrick's Drug
Store. Slld:I Drug Store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-05-26
From Wildwood, Fla.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Well. Mr.. Editor, the Wildwood
girl will write few lines again.
We are having some disagreeable
Weather-wind and rain.
There is fine season now and the
farmers will soon be through laying
by corn. Corn will soon be out in
silk and tassel.
The new ice factory will soon be i'll
operation here. Ollie II.
Wildwood, Fla, May p, 1909.