Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-06-20

attic, the seat of the fire at the
me, when as her husband SAID,
a churn which contained a large
number Of loaded shells exploded
killing his wife and driving him
. from the house.
About 1000 indian relics, con-
sisting of stone pottery, idols,
axes. pipee and arrowheads, have
; been added to the Missouri State
| University. These were pur-
chased from Chas. E, johnson
: of Montgomery City. Most OF
; the arroaheads were collected
5 from Missouri, which stands
: second to Ohio in richness OF
such relics. A skull found in a
, Galloway county mound and an
Indian skull from Illinois are in
, the collection. There are two
stone idols, found in mounds in
Tennessee and New Mexico. Two
stone grain mortors in the col
lection weigh nearly fifty pounds
each. Among the other relics
. are stone axes weighing fifteen
u pounds each, with which Indians
chopped down trees; stone pipes
= weighing several pounds each,
n stone shutiles, knives, spades
8 and gaming stones. Among the
il ornamental relics are wampum
n heads and a war club from South
Dakota which has a beautiful
! beaded handle. Stone cups in
) which the Indians mixed their
, paints resemble a woman's puff
. box.
n "Some fellow down the line
!. says the happiest people in the
world are those who keep out of
=, debt, out of politics, out OF Off =, ,e
NJ shun.notoriety, make an honest
=, living by honest methods, living
=. up to tn, Gllden Rlle, serving
the living God, and neglect nc
70 opportunity of doing good" III
should have gone little farther
and said the reason this class o
'st people are the happiest is be-
y, cause they are all dead,
'is Ripley county will have farm
u advisor. The county court Of tha
!.S county appropriated $1,000 t.
!" pay the salary of the advisor 10
= the next two years and the peopl
over the county will donate t.
ed make the salary large enough t
b. engage a good man. Other SoutI
la Missouri counties should do like
Ic- wise-and this means Howe
,m county, too. West Plains Gazett
Ie- If men are the salt of the cart
'as women are undoubtly the slgai
e', Salt is a necessity-sugar isa lux
I'll ury. Vicious men are saltpeteI
his stern men are rocksalt; nice me
the are table salt. Old maids al
brown sugar; good natured mat
W.. rons are loaf sugar; and prett
for girls are pulverized sugar. Pleas
ars pass the pulverized sugar.-Ex
md A resident of Liberal says Ii
, Of town is in a measure handicappt
vas in getting certain improvement
it "Like most towns of its size,
eys says he, "Liberal is filled wi
the tired farmers who moved to tow
way to Gle and then set down and 10
got what they came for"
,tv Near Billings not long since
red Mr.. Evans and his wife we're Q
a riding in buggy drawn by
the thirty. .four-year-old mare, VIII
on. she ran away, throwing them c
,me ofthe buggy. Mr.. Evans sustain
was injuries from which he died
In short time afterwards.
mas Springfield recently purchas
ouFt a large quantity Of new hose
not its fire department and a rect
iseu inspection by the fire chief d
estl- closed the fact that about 3,
her feet OF tthe same had been sprir
She, led with sulphuric acid a
pied ruined.
:" The peach crop OF Howell 0
lire. .--..1n n1,,pt;ao fhic x,nan a