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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10

suicide by hanging himself in his
barn. His fourteen year old son
discovered him and cut him down
before it was too late.
"Sheridan will make a relay
race of one hundred miles in
Maryville Decoration Day" says
the Tribune. An orator from
each Of the five Sunday schools
will recite "Sheridan's Ride, "and
as the original ride was twenty
miles, the general will be taken
one hundred miles by the young
orators.
H. l.. Jackson, cashier OF the
Newburg State Bank, states that
the sum Of $1,000 is on deposit in
that bank payable to anyone de-
livering the body of John W.
Schanlan, dead or alive. Mr..
Schanlan, who was president Of
the above bank mysteriously dis.
appeared several mouths ago and
has not been heard Of.
Triplet children born to Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Saunders of
Iatap, Wednesday of last week
are living and doing well. Sun
day the Saunders home was
thronged with visitors all day
paying their respects to the trip
let's, The aggregate weight at
birth was 10 pounds and they
weighed respectively four, five
and six pounds.
Evaline Clifton, 80 years old,
a daughter OF the revolutionary
War, died at the home of u niece
Mrs. Charles Reece, seven miles
south of Marshfield. Miss Clifton
never married. She moved with
her father, Nathan Clifton, to
Missouri from Tennessee in t840.
The father died in 1862 at the age
of 107 years. A half-sister of
Miss Clifton reached the age OF
104 years.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10
Fertilizers For Corn.

There is an increasing interest Ia
Missouri regarding the use of fertil-
lzers for corn, and large number
OF Inquiries are being received ut
the Experiment Station us TO the
best methods.
In general ii is better practice to
keep up the soil by u careful system
OF rotation, clover and cowpea grow.
lug and manuring, than to depend
upon commercial fertilizers, but
properly used fertilizers may be q
great help
Briefly, the Recommendation of
the Experiment Station, according
to the results secured on the vari-
ious outlying soil experiment fields
are as follows On the average up.
land which is mt dium to low in fer
tillty, the application in the hill or
drill with a fertilizer planter, of 20
to so pounds Of fertilizer contain
ing z to 3 per cent potash will prob
ably be accompanied by the highest
net return per acre, per dollar in
vested in fertilizer, il the corn crop
alone is considered. The same APP
phcation OF steamed bonemeal Is
also good.
On very thin lands, the use of the
same fertilizers at the rate of 200 Ia
250 pounds per acre ahead of the
corn planter with q fertilizer grain
drill is usually better. The same is
true on land medium to poor in fer.
tility, II the crops following are CON
sidered, since some return will also
be secured from the fertilizer on
these crops. Care should always
be taken not to apply too much fer
tilizer, particularly In the hill as
there is danger of the corn firing In
a dry season. On seasons OF abuns
daut rainfall double the amounts
recommended for hill fertilization
will often pay better but taking the
seasons as they run, 100 pounds is
about be maximum that should be
used.
1t must be remembered that the
use OF fertilizers for corn does not
keep up the land. II is merely
temporary eSpedieut Of getting a
crop and should be used only with
the best system Of rotation, legume
growing and manuring that farmer
can practice. Used year after year
on the Same lund, the effect on tha
soil Is the same as il corn had been
grown without fertilizer. Where
proper systems Of keeping up the
land through rotation aud manuring
are practiced. particularly where
occasional clover or eowpea crops
are plowed in with cheap phos
phaie like raw rock phosphate,' The
use Of fertilizer AZ the time of plant.
ing is rarely remunerative.
~ II. MILLER,
University o. Missouri.
Columbia.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10
Two More Farm
Publications,

Circular No. IS, entitled Forage
Crops for Swine" is four page cir.
cular which summarizes IN concise
form the more important results ob,
tanned 10 the feeding trials with
hogs reported In bulletin No. %
Ten thousand copies Of the latter
we're printed, but the demand for IL
was so great that the supply was
soon exhausted. The new circular
discusses the value ofallalfa, clover,
rape and blue grass as forage crops
for hogs. Farmers who have not
received Bulletin No. 90, should
write now for circular No, %, adj
dressing the Agricultural Expert
ment Station, Columbia, No.
Bulletin No. t0l Is the official re-
port OF the Director Of the Missouri
Agricultural Experiment Station for
the last fiscal year. The reports
show that during the year l2 publ
cations we're issued, 10 new men
were added 10 the station staff over
$4,000 letters were received and
answered, nearly 400 public ad
dresses we're made TO nearly l43, 600
people, and 30 distinct lines of iu-
vestlgation we're carried on for the
benefit Of Missouri Farmers. The
report tells OF the extensive co oper-
ative experiments on several hun
dred iarns 10 this state, and gives
the interesting results obtained 90
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10
FIassed Train with shirt,

Tearing his shirt from his back an
Ohio man tagged train aud saved d
from q wreck, but II. T. Aston, RAJ
leigh, n. G. once prevented wreck
with Electric Bitters "Iwas in ter
Tible plight when began 10 use them, =.
he writes. My stomach, head, back
and kidneys we're all badly affected and
my liver was IN bad condition, but four
bottles OF Electric Bitters made me feel
like a new man." A trial will convince
you Of their matchless merit for any
stomach. liver OF kidney trouble, Price
% cents at Jvhnstou's Pharmacy.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10

in the Nodaway county rural
schools there are this year 115
graduates,
"A dark horse." observes the
Mexico Leader, sis nothing to
make light Of"
Carthage is such a disgusting
" heAithy place that the hospital
there may be closed for lack OF
patronage,
The Carrolton Democrat OF
last week told OF George Branch
bringing an ear Of corn to town
that was 46 years old.
The Houn' dog Society which
was organized some weeks ago at
Cabool has about forty members
and promises to be a bowling
success.
Regardless Of whether the
Yorld is growing hetter or not the
Liberty Advance says the roads
n Clay county are growing rap
ldly worse.
From the Monet Star; "On
account Of the mad dog scare Of
tast Sunday, no dogs will be al
lowed in Dreamland during the
evening shows
What's in a name, anyhow A
girl from st Louis was married in
Jefferson City last week to man
nsmej Dzsngolewski, and she
went to the altar smiling.
The Webb City Register an-
nounces that eight persons were
bsptised at Lakeside, which is
certainly the appropriate plaue
for that sort Of q celebration.
Anderson down in tho straw
berry district of southwest Mis-
souri, is advertising for eight
thousand berry pickers, accord
ing to the Four.C County Windsor
ito.
The Carterville Record remarks
with = Sigh that the degenerate
westhss OF the present Gay is not
to be compared to the weather
Of the good old days before the
war.
Fly Creek advertises in the Ell.
dorado Springs Sun for a school
teacher and 1t is presumed that
one with q good swatting eye and
0 strong right arm is what Fly
Greek needs.
eddie Erwin Il The targart OF
large number OF jokes. accord
-: A. a.. Irvoaf.to~ c,rsn~a fs.lf
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10
The Missouri Prohibitionists

The Missouri Prohibitionists
are holding their state conven-
ton at Marshall, this week, yes.
terday and to-day.
]. A. Truck, who for % years
owned and edited the WestPlains
Journal, died at the home of hi;
son in Kansas City on Thursday
April %. He was buried at Wes
Plains.
"Don't be loafer, young man
cautions the Houston Star. "If
there is nothing to do except to
whittle dry goods boxes and spit
tobacco juice on the sidewalk,
get fish hook and go down to
the river; you will at least be out
of sight there. "
Mrs. Mofiie Holt, Of Callaway
has filed suit against her son
Oren, to recover 81, ,259 paid on a
note for him and also q personal
loan Of 1925. Holt last week was
sued for $4,000 by Miss Cora
Tackeit, in which she charges
breach Of promise.
A man with leather pads strap
ped to his hands and feet waved
two large revolvers around a
Maryville woman's head in ap-
proved melodramic fashion the
other morning and demanded
breakfast. He got it and depart
ed and has not been seen since.
J. ]. Gilhnger and r. II. Smith
of Quitman are applicants for
places among the worlds indis-
pensable ten. They built a
"horsefess carriage" eleven years
ago, which ran away before it
was ever taken out of the shop
and smashed itself against q wall.
A Moberly man received a
shock when he fondled an elect
rio light bulb in court. He yelled
and the circuit clerk, remember
ing the Allen gang, crawled un'
der the desk, according to the
Monitor. Now the man who Yell
ed is TO be tried for contemp. of
court.
H. A. bankers and sons are
moving the L. c. Thieman house
on the bankers old homestead
near Corning back FROM the river
The old Missouri is cutting very
close to the house and this makes
the third time in the last six
years that his house has been
moved back.
Louisiana, Champ Clark's home
town, is likely to be in a sad way
unless the men there get busy,
man who. writes to the Pike
County News believes. He says
that the improvements there
brought about by the women look
like a diamond stud in a dirty
shirt at present.
]. L. Carmichall, a prominent
farmer near Holden, is an en-
thusiast over fine stock and be-
came so discouraged over the
feed shortage thai he attempted
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10
Prescription department.

We are equipped to fill your Prescriptions and Fam
lily Receipts at better prices and better service than any
drug store in Southeast Missouri We specialize in this
line and have the stock to meet the requirements
Patents, NOn-secreis Sundries Cigars, Candies Per-
fumes, Soaps, etc. Our stock is complete We have
anything in the line.
The famous Durham Duplex Safe Razor Demonstra-
tor at 30 cents, Come in and see them Absolutely
the best bargain out to- day
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

y~S$S$$$v$$$$$S$$$$$$SvS$$
months" Gays the Douglas Coun-
ty Herald, "the church bell chin
ed in Cedar Gap Sunday, March
81, and a few of the Cedar Gap
ties met and organized a Sunday
school,"
zone Of the largest hogs ever
seen in Warrensburg, not count
ing the 2-legged Variety" says
the Iournal-D Democrat, "w a 8
brought in by John Gunser. It
weighed 800 pounds"
A Hopkins man was telling
how small and insignificant one
of his enemies was; "Why," he
said, "if that fellows brains were
to turn to dynamite thare would
Mt be enough to blow the hat off
his head"
The Carterville Record saysi
"A German author has published
a dictionary Of ouss words. He
has found $500 of them. II they
are oil German It will be pretty
hard to keep that language from
spreading"
The Moberly Democrat, telling
Of a fight between wife and an
affinity, deposes and says that at
the conclusion Of the fray the af-
finity "bore q striking resemb-
lance to the frszzled end of a
loaded cigar stump"
These plate houses have no
sense of the fitness of things. The
"patent inside" sent to one Mis-.
souri, paper has q thrilling story
about a girl in black silk pajamas
and right next to it the interna-
tiona! Sunday school, lesson.
81 am in some doubt" Gays
Noah Count Of Chiggerbite,
whether the term Uncle hung
on before ones name by the gen.
eral public is term Of affection
or eontumely. Somehow it all
ways reminds me Of Mr.. Cannon.
In Palmyra a young woman is
suing the city for damages re-
ceiyod in fall. and the city is
contesting the suit on the ground
that the young woman was ar.
rayed in a hobble skirt and high
heels, which constitute an unsafe
garb.
A man observed q bulletin in
front Of q large department store
10 Kansas City which read; "Be.
fore you buy pants. come in and
ask TO see ours.n He went In,
and there was not . man clerk
on the floor, so he bought . fan
and walked out.
The Chilliooths Tribyne pre-.
diets that thers will be some
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10

peaches this summer in spite OF
the excessive cold last winter,
We have long contended that the
only way to safeguard peaches
absolutely against frost is to put
them in brandy,
"Word was received here,'
says the Fairfax Forum, 'thaI
Miss Emma Allen, daughter Of
Henry Allen, an old time mer-
chant here, was married" They
reside at Logan, la. The Forum
doesn't mentionthe groom's name
but then, that's an unimportanl
detail, anyhow, as no one ever
thinks anythingabout the groom,
the bride being the envy Of the
girls, the married women sympa-
thizing with her, and the boys al
wishing theystood in the groom's
shoes, for awhile, at least.
Charley Fox, young farmer
living on Spring creek, near Pot
tersville, Howell county, while
trying to climb to crows nest
in a tree near his home, fell out
of the tree and broke his neck.
phe mother crow had been killed
in a storm, (the same one that
swept through Carter county res
gently and caused the death OF
Isaac Webb, near Grandin) and
the cries of the young crows
distressed him 80 that he tried to
get to them to take them out and
care for them.
A Dade county farmer brought
to town a 6-pound turnip, twen-
ty-eight inches in circumference,
according to the Lockwood Lumiy
nary. 1t was raised on ground
that had already produced fine
crop Of potatoes. This is rather
early in the season to begin tell
ing stories Of big things produced
on the farm and in the garden.
But maybe this is a story that's
got thawed out since the warm
weather began.
The Missouri river is cutting in
at the old German church and
cemetery west OF Langdon, Rel
stives are taking up the dead and
moving the remains to other
cemeteries. The river is now
within few feet OF the church
and this is being removed back.
The cemetery is one of the oldest
in that section and we learn that
quite number were buried there
who died with the cholera in the
Cities.
The Carthage Democrat gives
a long account of how their cem-
etery there is overgrown with
blackberry bushes, weeds and
then remarks cautiously: "Car-
thage families neglect their cem-
etery lots, say some." And they
are not the only ones, either.
The citizens Of Houston have
subscribed several hundred dol
lars TO build q new depot for their
railroad. They must have . fly
old railroad up at Houston.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10

the Outlying Experiment Fields.
Every farmer who wants the official
statement Of what the Experiment
Station Is doing far the state should
write to the Agricultural Expert.
ment Station, Columbia, Mo-, aud
ask for The Report Of the Director,
Bulletin No, l0l. It is free.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10

'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.

Cleaned from Exchanges--Madeb by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited, and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All interesting Reading.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10
Sporting Goods

Balls, Bats, Gloves, Masks and everything
used in the popular game. We have the
best assortment and the best prices.
Everything In fishing tackle, all the new
Bats, MinnowS, Etc. Trot Lines, Min-
now Selnes, Hooks, Staging, Lines, Etc.
Fs
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10

We have new line of House and Decorative Paints
and Varnishes These goods ready for and can
be applied by any one We have them in handy pack
ages so as to be inexpensive
In cleaning house, you have various Articles of fur.
nure which requires coat of paint or varnsh to make
it correspond with the many things you add
Phone us whal you have to finish and we will suggest
what you need and deliver anything you want.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-05-10

peaches this summer in spite of
the excessive cold last winter.
We have long contended that the
only way to safeguard peaches
absolutely against frost is to put
them in brandy.
The evening world., 1912-07-08
SAYS SHELF
I. DESPITE THE FATE
! OF MISS DUMMY
Women Are As Courageous
q As Men Are, Declares
Bemetta Miller.
KEEN DESIRE TO EXCEL.
Will Not Be Kept Back by
Tragedy That Has Befallen
One of Their Sisters.
KEEN DESIRE TO EXCEL.
Maygueyite Mooers Marshall.

Tall. gray-eyed. graceful. shyly. but
surely self-possessed-that Is Miss Ber-
netta Miller. the girl-pupii at the Mol
~Ant School Of Aviation. who will finish
her course and take up her chosen pro-
fsssicn, despite the tragic death Of Miss
HARRIET ouinnby. ono Of the most FAM
Gus graduates Of the Garden City flying
Geld.
oNss Miller 10. on the surface. Q dif-
Ssrsnt type from Miss Quimby. Who
with . deserved reputation Tor caution.
eemolned laughing vervs. an obvious
~ IN high adventure for It's own sake.
Miss Miller - ouieter; fancy there are
Tsutonio branches on her family tree
But In her own way she has quito as
nsm . faith a. her predecessor in the
wosk they both chose.
Z have absolutely no idea Of giving
- dying" she told me with gentle en-
Dhaaa Y considered the question Of
rtsks vsry carefully before I made my
decision TO attend the Moisant school.
And nothing that has happened since has
changed my feeling In the matter. II
one 10 properly careful asroplaning 10
10 more dangerous than many other
Vursuits."
but that's exactly what Miss Quinn
~ told me only few weeks before her
lsath." protested
MSS oUlMBY's DEATH NOT DUE
- TO cARELEsSNEss.
sAnA rs true" Miss Miller said
again. None Of Us down here who
know Misc Quin,by feel that she lost her
NE through her own carciessnesa We
are almost sure she was not to blame.
and We have our own theory about the
catastrophe. OF course such things
VIII sometimes happen
Then you agree with Miss Blanche
s1ott?" In interrupted. You know she
10 thoroughly fataiistic and declares
that sooner or later something will get
every aviator"
Miss Miller considered. meanwhile
The evening world., 1912-07-08

pushing BACK the strands Of golden
brown hair which insist on blowing
across her forehead. Then she remarked
calmly: "A great many accidents do
happen. but the only way to decrease
their number 10 for more and more OF
us to experiment with this new element,
the air.
Miss ouimby's death made q ire
mendous sensation because she was a
woman. and many people said that OF
course no woman would ever again try
to manage an aeroplsne. But scores OF
men have lost their lives In the cir, and
other men are not discouraged from
flying.
As see IT, women win not ~
kept back By the tragedy that has
bsfsllsn one Of ths1r sistsrs. wom-
en- are at least ~ courageous -
men; they have at least - KEEN .
desire to excel, ~ least ~ strong
power Of initiative. believe that
there will be more rathsP than few
or women aviators, and DO not
think any woman with the proper
natural qualifications VIII hesitate
to take mp the work."
w hat do you think these Qualinca-
lions ar,'" asked.
''Nine-tenths are common sense" she
replied. Then one must not lose ones
head easily or be subject to nerves. One
must think quickly. but move slowly.
This Is enough to begin on. AfterwArd
one comes to know the air. but It takes
practice.
Practically no physical strength is
required except when one 10 up in a
very high wind. And that's a wise time
to stay on the ground anyway It's not
necessary to know much about machin-
cry. as It Is the duty OF the mechani-
can to attend to all that. The i'm
portant thing Is to get a good mechanl-
clan. ] never even drove a motor car to
any extent. but / am finding no special
difficulty in learning how to handle .
monoplane."
But how did you come to take up the
work." asked.
Z Just decided that "a like IT," she
confessed, and it seemed to me that I
had the necessary first qualifications.
I've done ever 90 many things. grew
up in Ohio. but came to New York sew
oral years ago. Since then I've done q
little OF nearly everything, and before
The evening world., 1912-07-08

came down here I was assistant man
aGer In a business once. Then I gave
UP everything for this. My people pro-
tested at first, but I finally convinced
them that I should never be content un-
I'll ] had at least made a trial Of avia-
ton.
II have been here at Golden City sew
eral weeks. for there are days and days
when wind or rain prevents us from
touching the machines. Sometimes I've
gotten up at 4 o'clock In the morning in
order to get a few minutes Of calm.
rye not been up In tho air many times,
as we are not allowed to do so at the
beginning Of the course. One has to
learn how 10 send the machine over the
ground, how TO stop and start, 20 up,
come down. turn-in fact, practically
every motion used in the air. Just as
good swimming teacher makes his pupils
practice all the arm and leg movements
oefore going into the water AZ all. you
know.
SHE HAS HAD ONE SMASH UP,
BUT WASN'T HURT.
Next week and the week after hope
to make several flights. and II all goes
wei I'll be flying regularly before the
END OF the summer. I have had one
smash-up. which was bad for the ma
chine but not at all bad for me. The
monoplane I consider much less dan
serous than the biplane. as with the
former all the machinery and weight
are under you. making a good deal to
break your possible fail.
Costume? At present wear about
what the men do. When I begin flying
for exhibition purposes shall probably
have a costume similar to that Miss
Quimby always wore. It consisted Of
distributing knickerbockers. high boots
and hood-ifke cap. you remember.
Skirts are absolutely fmpracticable IL
an aeroplane.
'One other thing should like to
say" Miss Miller concluded. 1T seems
to me that men are nicer to women IN
the profession Of aviation than In any
other. There isn't trace Of Jealousy
or Intolerance; the whole spirit 10 one
OF sincere helpfulness. Perhaps tie be-
cause there were women aviators al
most from the start. and they didn't
have to break In among long-estab-
lished members Of the other sex. What
ever the reason. never encountered
anywhere such courteous treatment"
Which 10 surely one good reason why
moro women may want to hyi
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-02-03

with other She think It waste any Of
her charm h
Was there hideousy dull than the man
less hour In the English drawing room after
dinner: The women yaWned. nodded sulked.
Then presto The appeared Oh. what change Eyes
frightened lii smiled the damage done. Wrinkles
were forming maniess which only could
eradicate
do not believe suffrage but all women should
te grateful for Thing There dun eyes
and ro1Ging heads IonIon New York drawing
Hs minute that burning
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sral tHiaE
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