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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-07-01
,vEsToH's GREAT HIKE.
ssinner es Transeontinantal Walk
= Tells Seine or t4ia .Expsrsenees.

Wilmer es Transeontinsntal Walk
: Tells Seine Of Elis Experiences.
Edward Payson Weston. the famous
pedestrian who recently. started to walk
from Los Angeles, GaIr 20 New York
in less than, ninety days, was happy
at completiag his walk thirteen days
ahead Of schedule. In telling Of some
Of his experiences Mr.. Weston said.
People were good to me all atang
the way. Ican,t say where they were:
the most hospitahle But / enjoyed
the hospitality the most down in New
York state suppose 1t was because
l felt that the trip was abeut-oser and
that I was back among my own peo-
pie They would meet me in the mid
die of the night at some little old farm
house ont in the country with apple
pie and baked chicken and plum jam.
I weakened only once. got excited
or lost my head or something mp near
Syracuse and went on a regular clam
broth and asparagus debauch- You
know IL there IL anything / specially
like it's clam broth and asparagus- I
only eat one meal day when I'm
walking, and the rest Of the time I
drink matted milk. and when they
brought out this here clam broth and
asparagus-well, l just forgot every
thing, and, my. was sick afterward!
president Ripley Of the Santa Fe
was certainly nice to me. Everybody
on that road was fine. I walked on
that Santa Fe track all the way to
Chicago, and, do you know, they sched-
uied me and ran me over the road
same as special .tsain. At,erery sta
don the agent would come out and
give me a bunch Of orders. and all the
train conductors were given orders
where they would pass me or side
track for me. Some Of those con-
ductors and engineers didn't know
about me, and when they would get
orders to siaetzack for me to 90 by
they wauId think was an engine and
nine Pullmans. After they would wait
awhile and finally nothing would go
by but a little gray haired old rooster
who was heofing It all alone across the
continent they'd pretty near have a
1T But they never swore No. street
I walked over $3.50 miles on that rail-
road and never heard cuss word.
And all kinds Of cranks wayIaid me.
One woman came out in New York
state. and she said, Brother. do you
know every step is taking you nearer
to eternity? And says. 4 don't care
inst SO get to that etarnal city of
Utica And once a man grabbed me
and said, Brother, the way Of the
transgressor is hard And It was
rainy and cold. and 1, was hungry and
mad, and said, You sit away or this
old transgressor Is going to break this
lantern on your noodle! And you
ought to see him run. Yes. I'm glad
my walks over because / made good.
have shown the American people that
about the finest exercise In the world
is this thing Of waking"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-07-01
An African Cannjbal Haee,

One Of the queer customs Of the
Banmba race in Africa is eanuiba1ism
of particularly loathsome form, &C.
cording to a writer In the Geograph-
ical Journal, Families exchange their
young children, who are then eaten.
He continues that the Baamba In
many cases file their teeth. but this
practice is not quite general. They
are jovial despite these singular char
acteristics. The Bunyoros. another
tribe, have an unpleasant custom OF
extracting the four lower incisors,
which causes the upper teeth to grow
forward. imparting to their mouths q
most unbecuming rabbit-like appear.
ance. The Bahima. be says again, be-
lieve vaguely in an all powerful diety.
who is associated mainly with rain,
thunder and other weather phenome-
ma. They endeavor to pFopitiate va
rious devils. most Of whom are con-
nected with the prevalent diseases, by
erecting joss houses in which food and
beer are placed. They Invariably car
~ round the neck wooden charms or
small goats horns which have been
invested with magical power by the
medicine men and usually wear wire
bracelets and anklets.
The Longest Rivers.
The following are the lengths Of
some Of the worlds longest rivers:
Mississippi 4.194 miles; Nile. $3.50
miles; Amazon. $500 miles; OBJ. 1926
miles; Yangtsekiang, 1900 miles: La
Plata. 1850 miles. Lena. 1880 miles;
Kongo. $500 miles: Anur. 200 miles;
Mekong. 1900 miles: Niger, 1900
miles; Yenisei. $500 miles; volga.
1926 miles: Hwangho. $500 miles;
Yukon. 2O5O miles.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-07-01
Rostand, MAY Crow New 3.

5 The Society For the Protect Hon ofs
Animals at Paris has awarded grand
diploma 70 Edmond Rostand for writ
Ing aCnantecle err.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
NELSON

A fire started at the residence of
w. B. Flanders at about 400 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, destroying,
the smoke house and an outbuild-
ing adjoining, belonging to the
Sandidge property, causing aloss
of about $3.50. The fire, it is
thought, started from a bonfire
made by the children and was
threatening the residence when
the bucket brigade came on the
scene.---Chas. Murphy and
Herb Jeffress returned from Kan
sas City Thursday where the
former purchased thirty head of
sOO-pound steers and the latter 1875
head of sheep.-Advance.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
The Saving of Manure

The saving of manure is a mat
ter which is becoming more and
more important for the farmers of
Missouri each year. There was a
time when was of little
value so far as the immediate re-
suits were concerned, but on most
lands that time has long since
past. The decreased productive
ness of our soils under grain and
timothy hay farming, together
with the great increase in the val
ne of these lands in recent years,
demands more careful systems of
farm management if these soils
are to pay interest on their val
uation. In these systems the farm
er should figure worth at
least $500 per ton and he should
get that much or more from it
by its proper handling and appli-
cation. AS a matter of fact, a
tonof .barnyard manure will fire.
quently bring $500 or more in in
creased crop yields during the
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
The Census Count 80 Mil
lion.

Washington, Aug. 1T will be
about the middle of October be-
fore the people of the United States
learn the result of the thirteenth
census. 1t is believed that the
number will be about 80 million.
Aboug three hundred of the more
than 1900 clerks in the census Of
flee are compiling population fig
ures only, while the others are
working on other statistics. Con-
trary to the general opinion, all
the counting of the people is done
by hand the ~tabulating machine be
ing used only in classification as to
race, sex and other conditions.
Enumeration figures will con-
tinue to be given out day oy day
for the next two months or more,
while the sociological and indus
trial figures will come later. All
enumeration figures are counted
from three to four times and an in
vestigation is ordered if there is
any suggestion of an error.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
BLACKWATER

]. P. Duncan of Gillian father of
Mrs. Chas. Shouse is visiting his
daughter. R. M. .Woodroof
went to Marshall Saturday and
went from there to Kansas City
and visited until Sunday with his
wife, who was called there to see
her mother Mrs. Moore. F.
Woolery had the misfortune to
mash one of his thumbs while hand
ling acultivator and had to come
to town to have his hand dressed.
Marshall baseball team came
down from Marshall Sunday and
in the afternoon met the Black
water team. The result was the
visitors went home defeated. The
score was Blackwater 14,Marshall
6. 1t was SO easy not much to
the game. There was a big crowd
out to witness the game regardless
of the dust.-News.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
GILLIAN

A dog running and barking after
a team of mules Saturday after
noon resulted in a runaway which
totally demolished a spring wagon
and badly shook up the driver,
George Epperson. Mr.. Epperson,
who is a nan up in years was leav-
ing town for home near Fish Creek
when a dog from the vicinity of
Ayre's barn began barking and
frightened the mules. They be-
gan to run and we're soon out of
control. The end came near the
corner of Mrs. Nock's place when
the vehicle struck a stone block
and threw the driver under the
heap. Mr.. Epperson received two
cuts on his head and his body was
a little bruised.-Globe.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
County News
From Our Exchanges
MIAMI

MIAMI
The U. B. F., a fraternsl organiza
ton of negroes, held a county
meeting in this city Sunday. A
large delegation was present from
the lodge at Malta Bend, Waverly,
Marshall, Slater, Gillian and other
nearby towns. The principal speak
ers of the day were Prof. C. c.
Herbert of Sedalia and B. K. Bruce
of st. Joseph.---The infant child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Welch of north
east of town died July %. Mrs.
Welch and children were visiting
in the southern part of the state
when the child became sick and
died. The father attended the
burial which was at the place the
child died.-News.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
SLATER

I. N. Punteney looked as though
he might. have had a round with
Jim Jeffries or some other prize
fighter last Saturday morning, as
he had a bandage over his mouth
one arm partly out of commission
and some bruises on his body. His
condition was the result of I'M
hitching or attempting to unhitch
a horse in the darkness and leav-
ing one tug unhitched. The horse
objected to this and kicked Mr.,
Punteney up against an ice wagon
knocking him down and bruising
him up generally, but he is glad
that his condition is not SO bad as
it might have been.-Rustler.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
Saved From Awful Perils

II never felt so near my grave"
writes Lewis Chamblin, of Manches
ter, Ohio, r. r. No. 8, las when a
frightful cough and lung trouble
pulled me down to rs pounds in
spite OF many remedies and the
best doctors. And that I am alive
today is due solely to DR.. Kings
New Discovery, which completely
cured me. Now / weigh 100 lbs,
and can work hard. 1t also cured
my four children of Group" In
fallible for Coughs and Colds, it's
the most certain remedy for La
Grippe, Asthma, desperate lung
trouble and all bronchial affection
SOC and $1.0o. A trial bottle free
Guaranteed by P. H. Franklin.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12

years following its application
when its benefit a be observed.
Many farmers who feed prac-
tically all their crops on the farm
still get little value from the
MANURE produced. Too frequently
they feed in a sheltered grove on
a we'll drained hillside where the
manure is largely washed away and
where such accumulations as occur
are in the timber so that little re-
turn is secured from them. Again
it is customary to feed around
the barn with no protection being
given to the manure and it fire.
quently teaches until it loses half
its fertilizing value. 1t is just as
necessary therefore, that the man
ure be properly handled and got
ten back on the fields where it
belongs, as it is that the cattle be
fed at all, SO far as the keeping up
of the land is concerned. The
time is upon us on practically all
lands in Missouri, when every eff
fort should be made to preserve,
and to return to the fields, the
fertilizing material derived from
the crops fed. NJ. F. Miller,
Agricultural Experiment Station,
University of Missouri, Columbia,
Mo.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12

Then Jen's cry came again. more
distinct this time. ''The lever! Drop
the lever!'
In a fash she understood. With a
quick jerk she grasped the big lever
and sent the point of the pillow down
into the hard road. With a sharp
crack the stout whifletrees snapped.
but the shock threw the ways to
their knees and checked them for a
moment.
An instant later JEFF had them by
the heads and was speaking reassur.
ingly to them. while Gladys clasped
the wondering child In her arms.
Weren't you scaredr' asked Jeff
after Gladys had told her story.
To be continued.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
Key to Success.

$50 will open the door to C
fairly we'll; sos will throw it wide
open, if invested in the developing
of commercial branches for which
the business world pays cash. $50
buys an unlimited life scholarship
for a course of either bookkeeping
and business training, shorthand
and typewriting Or biography sos
pays for an unlimited life scholar
ship in any two of these courses.
Most of our students enroll for
two courses. Literary branches are
free with all courses.
The average time required for
completing a course in bookkeep-
ing and business training or tele-
graphy is four months, shorthand
and typewriting three months any
two courses combined, five month.
In addition to the above cost
the student will have a monthly ex
pense for board and lodging with
private families, of $3.50 per
month.
Upon arriving in our city, come
direct to the college, where you
will be given prompt attention and
choice of boarding place. For free
catalog, giving full particulars, fill
in below your name and address
and mail to Moberly Commercial
College, Moberly, Mo.
Name---------
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
Disagreeable at Home

Lots of men and women who are
agreeable with others get "cranky"
at home. It's not disposition, it's
the liver. If you find in yourself
that you feel cross around the
house, little things worry you, just
buy a bottle of Billiards. Herbine
and put your liver in shape. You
and everybody around you will
feel better for it. Price soc per
bottle. Sold by P. H. Franklin.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12


liver to me In good condition. There'n
easily be 800 barrels"
"WeIl be lucky II we get half that"
Gladys broke In. I'VE may get twice
as much a barrel, though"
You won't get 70 cents a barrel II
you don't sign up a contract pretty
soon," the buyer said. reddening. His
mouth hardened.
Maybe not from y~ou,'replied Gladys.
but with the apple crop almost a fail
ure In New York l guess wen be able
to sell them to some one"
"Who said the apple crop was a fail
ure in New York;" exclaimed the
stranger.
Gladys held out the paper toward
him. Read it for yourself" she said.
The buyer gathered up his reins, with
a scowl. It'll be a cold day when
you sell those apples in this county"
he said as he drove off.
why didn't you let him have them?'
cried Mabel; turning to her sister.
"That surely was a good enough price
for u.s."
Good enough If we can't get more"
replied Gladys. But we're going to
get more"
How do you known
mr.. Pearson said SO. He just
phoned over and told me about this
fellow. He sold his apples to him last
week before he found out anything
about II. Then he began to get sus-
picious, and he found out that Mr.. Sny-
der, or whatever this fellows name is,
is trying to corner the apple market
in this county and sell them for two
or three times as much as he is buy
ing them for"
But what do we care what he sells
them for as long as we get our mon
ey?" persisted Mabel.
why, don't you see. as soon as he
gets the price up wen sell ours and
get twice as much as we would IL we
sold them now. Let's go to dinner"
They stopped at the mail box on the
way and found a note from Beth In
viting them to a picnic the next Sat
urday.
a picnic" cried Mabel joyfully,
I'VE haven't been to a picnic this
year. I'm going to do my hair up on
top of my head, Shall we wear our
white dresses or our blue skirtsT'
Il think you'd better wear your blue
skirt" said Gladys judicially. white
dresses are such a bother to do up
I'm not going"
=
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
We do Not Recommend

Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve for
anything but the eyes. 1t is a
speedy and harmless cure for gran
ulated lids, scrofulous sore eyes,
styes, weak eyes and dimness of
vision. Sold everywhere Csc.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
Internally

DIR. Bells Anti-Pain cures collie,
flux, diarrhoea, cramps and all
bowel complaints.
Externally Cures sore breasts,
corns, bunions, toothache, neural
gia and all pains. Sold everywhere.
1t is antiseptic.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
Active at 81

This would be unusual news if
men and women would keep them
selves free from rheumatism and
all aches and pains as well as keep
ing their muscles and joints linn
Der with Billiards. Snow Liniment,
Sold by P. H. Franklin.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
MALTA BEND

The State Game Warden sert six
p%heasants to s. P. Houston, Mon
day. They are being sent to all
parts of the state for the purpose
of getting them started. They are
to be protected until they have
accumulated a sufficient number
that will insure their future supply
never to be exhausted.-News.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
We Guarantee Every Box

of DR.. Bells Antiseptic Salve to do
what we claim. Try it for ulcers,
boils, running sores, letter, ring
worm, eczema, salt rheum, fever
sores, cuts, bruises, pimples, black
heads, chaps, felons, burns or any
skin disease. Csc a box.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12
Won't Need a Crutch

When Editor j. P. Sossman, of
Cornelius, N. C. bruised his leg bad
ly, it started an ugly sore. Many
salves and ointments proved worth
less. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve
healed it thoroughly. Nothing is
so prompt and sure for Ulcers,
Boils, Burns, Bruises, Cuts, Corns,
Sores, Pimples, Eczema or Piles.
25c. at p. H. Franklin's.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12

The st. Joseph News-Press sup
ports the theory that love is a dis
ease on the ground that no healthy
person would fall in love with
some of the things girls get stuck
on.
The Marshall republican., 1910-08-12

Address
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01

cause watering in the evening or on
cloudy days will tend to chill the
beds and frost the plants. After
watering the beds they should be thor
oughly ventilated to dry the foliage
and the surface of the soil Careless
ness in this respect will result in
heavy losses from dampening off
or mildew. Cold frames should have
the same treatment as the hotbeds.
And now a few words as to seed
beds, as distinct from the hotbed and
cold frame. In one sense. it is true,
the whole garden is seed bed for
those seeds that are sown where they
are to grow. But the seed bed proper
is a specially prepared spot for start
ing plants when there is no danger
of frosts catching them, and from
which they can be transp1anted direct
to their final resting place. It's loca-
ton should be such that it can be easi-
ly reached for watering, and be pro-
tected either naturally or artifcia11y
from winds.
The best soil for the seed bed con-
sists of one part we'll rotted manure,
two parts good garden loan or rot
ted sods, and one part fine sand.
Of course it may prove somewhat
troublesome to procure the latter in
Florida, but my experience proves
that it can be done,-here and there.
I found enough, especially in my
shoes after outdoor work. Doubtless
others will be as successful in 1ocat-
ing "genteel suficiency" of Florida
sand.
While the manure for the seed bed
should be we'll rotted, it should not
have been exposed to the weather, as
that would leach its strength. The ad-
dition of some leaf mold or muck
will make the soil still better for
seed growth. Mix all the ingredients
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01

growing plants. And it did all hop
ed for. In after times [ made hot
bed similar in all things to this first
one except that I omitted the bottom
layer of clay. The bed showed so
decided a difference in the growth of
the plants that I always afterwards
adhered to my first plan Of a clay
floor.
The pit portion of the frame I
lined with two-inch heart pine boards,
and would have preferably used brick
could I have obtained them. The
above ground part was built of cheap
rough edge boards overlapping so as
to make tight joints. The frame fac
ed south and was two feet high at
the back, s1oping to one foot in front.
Instead of the regulation glass sashes,
[ made frames of narrow strips of
wood, and covered them with un-
bleached muslin painted with boiled
linseed oil. This made the cloth
translucent, and partly rain proof, and
answered every purpose of protection
from the light frosts of the usual
mild Florida winters, and from proWl
ing insects.
When the frame was completed, I
proceeded to throw inside the heap
Of manure which was now in prime
condition, adding good deal Of fine
leaf mold to prevent it from packing,
as hotbed should always be "sog-
gy," so that it feels springy when
stepped upon. The tots, by the way,
thought it fine fun to help dad pack
the mass, and their little feet went
twink1ing up and down and round
about until finally they actually made
a sort of spring board of the manure
bed You should have heard them
laugh when I called it "a bed," they
thought that the funniest thing ever.
and wondered who was going to sleep
there. When I told them that
whole lot of plants were going to
wake up there, they opened their
brown eyes wider than ever. but they
were too polite to tell dad he was
telling 'n1istakes"
In fact, those little folks passed
their days in a state Of perpetual
wonder at all the strange things they
saw in their new home, and it was
a sheer delight to watch them. A
happier pair of twins never were seen,
and from being pale, delicate chill
dren, they soon became sturdy,
brown checked roly-polys. They had
lots Of fun trampling over the manure
bed, and when it came time to put
on the top soil, I was reluctantly OBJ
1iged to dispense with their assis-
tance, as it was necessary that the
surface should be level and smooth,
and not dented with the tiny foot
prints that were so dear to dad This
top soil, four inches deep, was good
hammock loan, carefully freed from
twigs and other roughage. The
depth of the manure below was two
feet, just the depth Of the pit I SOW
ed some tomato and eggplant seeds
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01

in the hotbed when the thermometer
marked ninety degrees inside the clos
ed frame, that being the proper tenn
perature for the termination of seeds
requiring a great deal Of warmth. A
little later, when the height of fer
mentation of the manure had passed,
and, the temperature had dropped to
eighty and seventy, other more hardy
seeds went in. such as lettuce and
onions
A hotbed was not enough to sat
isfy me. I wanted cold frame too,
in order to harden off the plants that
bye and bye would be taken from the
hotbed before setting them out in
the open air. The making Of the cold
frame is the same as that of the
hotbed frame. save that no manure for
erately rich soil, much the same as
that to be fed to the adult plants out
side, and a cotton cloth covering are
all that are required for the makeup
of cold frame. And I will say right
here, after an experience of many
years, that for ordinary south Florida
winters, the cold frame alone will
be found sufficient protection
for starting early plants, or
for forcing lettuce, tomatoes and
other small fry to maturity. But al
ways there should be plenty Of ex-
ira covering at hand to meet sudden
cold waves.
Not all kinds of seeds, nor all Of
one kind, should be sown at the same
tine. Thought should be taken as to
the proper date for transp]anting to
the open, and also to a succession.
When the plants in the hotbed are
ready to be transferred to the cold
frame, it is a loss to leave them in
the former. At the same time. if it
is still too cold to take them from
the frame out into the open ground,
a loss will come in there also.
So you see that Judgment and cal
culatiOn are required in this as in
other matters, if one would be sue
cessful. There are some points in the
treatment Of hotbed and cold frame
plants that it may be we'll to mention
right here,-some things that I paid
dearly for in the learning in those
early days of experiment and ignor-
ance. During bright days the hotbed
will heat up very quickly, and so
the hinged lid must be raised early,
care being taken in venti1ating to
protect the plants from a draft Of
cold air.
On warm days the sashes may be
entirely raised. but towards evening
should be closed in order that the
bed may become sufficiently warm be-
fore the GOODNESS of night sets in
Another thing to remember is this,
and here is the rock on which many
an amateur gardener has come to
grief Hotbeds and cold frames
should be watered only on bright
days and always in the morning, be