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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04

such dangerous rivalry to capture the
patronage Of passengers who have so
little time that they can not bear the
thought Q! spending few extra hours
crossing the Atlantic. 1t is this speed
mania which causes a man to rush in
front Of a train, though he may then
turn around and watch the train 60 by.
It causes him to risk life and limb to
catch a car instead Of waiting two min
utes for another. It lines an automo-
bile speedway with 100, 900 spectators
OF a race in which many may be killed
or manned for life. This human trait
can not be immedistely ersdicated,
but stringent laws may prevent railway
and steamship companies from catering
to it. 1t is one feature OF the safety
first" movement to which Legislators
may well devote their attention.
Globe Democrat.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04

no account OF creditors who will refuse
to forget. A bank absent minded in
the collection Of its notes woald soon
be avoided by depositors. Bookkeep-
ing is device growing out Of the
necessity Of knowing the exact state Of
an enterprise at any time. The trial
balance sheet is the practical worlds
inevitable answer to talk Of psychology
in business affairs,
There have always been Impractical
men, and dreamers, capable OF taking
the same cheering psychological view
that the president takes now. In fact,
we would place Col. Mulberry Sellers
in a much higher niche in the psyche
logical temple OF fame than that in
which the president places himself,
Col. Sellers could entertain a friend on
cold day and be surprised that his
guest was less comfortable than he
himself pretended to be in the glow Of
candle set inside a small heating
stove with a mica window front door,
The door falling off its hinges, the
colonel grew eloquent, but not con
vincing, in expounding the theory tha!
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04
Psychology Of Hard Times.

President Wilson'S saying that the
prevailing impression Of hard times is
nothing more than psychological shows
the president to be a devotee Of the
New Thought cult. Why il should
be called the new thought is not clear.
The delusion that people can imagine
themselves into financial difficulties,
and as easily imagine themselves out
Of them, must have had its victims in
ancient Greece. For good natured
satire Of such a thought made many
grains in the Attic salt which old
Aristophanes sprinkled on life 10 save
it from putridity. But the Greek COM
edian laughed, and the world has ever
since laughed with him. The modern
New Thought is deadly serious, and il
has never had a more serious exponent
than Mr.. Wilson in his saying that hard
times are only state Of mind. The
idea is tina, people in difficulties car
escape by forgetting them. This take
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04
The Might Of the Helpless

A fat man was walking along one Of
the principal streets Of New York the
other day when he stopped suddenly
and looked with interest at something
on the sidewalk. The men immedi-
ately behind him stopped also, par
tally perlorce and partially by inclina-
tion, and in a moment traffic was
blocked. The fat man stopped and
picked up the object that had attract
I'd his attention. It was a young spar
row that had evidently tumOled out Of
its nest as the result OF laudable but
90 previous ambition to fly.
The helpless, gaping birdlet, seem
ingly Of very small importance in the
world, proved the touch Of nature that
makes the whole world kin. People
gathered in a bunch around the fat
man and chartered like chickadees
with suggestions for the little birds
disposal. Finally some one discovered
the nest from which it had tumbled, q,
located over a door about twelve feet
above the sidewalk, and with the fat
man as the foundation, a human lad
der was formed and the young adven
turer was restored unhurt to its home.
This incident holsters up the teach
ing that there is nothing useless in the
world. In quickening into a glow Of
action the spark Of kindness in the
hearts Of these men, this little bird
filled a considerable mission in the
world. There is no way Of telling just
how lar-reaching was the wave Of sym
pathy and helpfulness thus started. To
arouse the finer feelings Of existence
in men is an important achievement for
men; how much more must it be for
birds2
But the weak, the helpless and the
innocent have this power always. Ma
turity, rougnened and blase, invariably
responds to the appeal Of immaturity.
Every budding life has the right tc
blossom; in all the riddle OF existence
there is no more universally recognized
truth. Little birds, little dogs, little
kittens, little people-these hold frsI
place in the hearts Of men.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04
Col. RousevaIt's Discoveries

The Chanute, Kan, Tribune rather
doubted the discovery Of a new race
and strange river by T, r., which
caused the EmpoTia Gazette to Sc
verely chastise the Tribune. Where
upon the Tribune comes back and de-
clares that the colonel not only discoy-
cred the new race and the strange
river, but that he discovered the hu
man race and dug the river Of time.
He also invented the alphabet, the
printing press, the cotton gin and the
steam roller, to say nothing Of his hav-
ing written the Ten Commandments,
the Declaration Of independence and
Home, Sweet Home It likewise
goes without argument that he is
greater military genius than Napoleon,
a more iar-seeing statesman than Bis
marck, a more prolific author than Ber-
tha M. Clay and a more astute diplo-
mat than Huerla or John Lind. We
even think that the first citizen oi
Oyster Bay is the Colossus Of Rhodes,
Atlas and Hercules all in one, with
Alexander the Great and Solomon and
Christopher Columbus and Doc Cook
thrown in for good measure. We
would bet good, hard subscription
money that 7. R. is fully qualified to
square a circle, discover who hit Billy
Patterson, invent a perpetual motion
machine, find a real dandelion killer
and make Henry Allen issue another
affidavit that he will stay in the guber-
material race. Now, il this isn't enough
to cause the fat editor on the Cotton
wood 10 be ashamed Of misiudging US
and calling US such terrible things, we
wot not and we care not how many
more suspender buttons he loses be-
cause Of increasing rotundity, or how
hot it gets in Emporia before fall, for
we leave it 10 the XYZ mediation
board that the Gazette owes us an
apology"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04
II You Are Going to Try Sheep

For the man about to try sheep in
his farming, the system he shall follow
and the breed he shall select are two
important things to consider, Usually
two general systems Of sheep farming
are practiced in this country. In one,
wool is given the first consideration.
In the other, mutton is the most i'm
portant. The man who would succeed
with sheep cannot afford to ignore
either wool or mutton. In many in
stances they should be given equal
consideration. At present the ten
dency on most farms where sheep are
kept is 10 give more attention to NUT
ton and consider wool a secondary
product. This is due to the constantly
increasing price Of meat; but as long
as nations are civilized, there will be a
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04
bitches Used in Fight on Worms.

Farmers in the northern and central
parts Of St. Louis County are ditching
to check the progress OF the army
worms, which began TO make their ap-
pearance a week ago, and which have
multiplied into millions. Large guam
titles Of them are being killed, but they
are causing much dsmage to crops.
The ditching process, which seems 10
be the most effective way known Of
fighting them, consists Of trench dug
by blowing several iurows around the
fields containing the growing crops.
As they approach they tumble into the
ditch and find it difficult TO climb the
steep incline. To prevent the ditch
from filling with them log is dragged
through it, or straw scattered over it
and burned, Despite this method Of
thinning them out, however, a sufficient
number often cross to devastate a crop
Of wheat or corn, or apparently any
other kind.
The worm army appears to be thick
est in the Missouri River bottoms north
east Of Florissant, but several miles
west Of Clayton and northwest Of Kirk
wood they have appeared in great mum
bers. A vacant house near Cross
Keys is so full Of them no one can en-
ter the place.
A telephone pole on the Florissant
road was so thickly covered with the
worms that when there was trouble on
the line and the repair men attempted
to fix the wires they had 10 first clear
the pole Of the worms.
This disproves the theory they are
unable to climb. The Kinloch tele'
phone repair department men claim
the worms had reached the top Of a
pole twenty five feet high.
Coli players at the new St Louis
Country Club, west Of Clayton, have
given over the links TO the worms. In
some places they are so thick the
automobiles moving along the roads
through an army Of them soon skids.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04

able product will increase the profits
in marketing wool, Another advan
tage Of growing only one breed in a
community is that good rams need
not be sacrificed after they have been
used two seasons. When the daugh-
tiers Of a ram of merit are old enough
to breed he can 60 to another flock in
exchange for one that has been string
lsmbs Of equal worth on another farm.
The u. S. Department Of Agricul'
ture has a good bulletin on the best
breeds OF sheep, in Farmers Bulletin
576. The merits OF the different
breeds are described and the illustra-
tions are made from photographs, The
Department will send this belletin TO
any one on request. Turner Wright,
in Missouri Valley Farmer.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04
Candidates for Office Will Have Made Their Filings

weather cuts short its food supply, it is
obliged TO migrate in search Of fresh
food and will destroy any cultivated
crop which comes in its way. The
army worm, al this time, is about half
grown and will measure from one-halt
inch to a little over an inch in length.
It is marked with light and dark stripes
running iengthwise Of its body.
In the control Of the army worni
prevention is the most effective. II
crops are rotated so as not to permit
sod to continue in field too long, or
so as to break up waste lands regularly,
the breeding Of the pest can be largely
prevented. At this time, however,
remedies and not preventive measures
are necessary.
The Missouri College OF Agriculture
recommends two methods Of checking
the army worm. The one consists Of
the use Of roller, weighted brush or
drag run over the infested portions Of
fields so as to crush or grind up as
many Of the caterpillars as possible.
This method can be used only in a
relatively lew cases on account Of in
juring growing crops. The second
remedy is a ditch used as trap into
which the migrating worms fall, and
where they can be killed with coal oil
or by burning straw or similar material
in the ditch. The ditch should be
eight or ten inches deeg and can be
made by first plowing a deep turow
and then using a shovel to square up
the side next TO the Drop to be pro-
tected. The army worm is clumsy
caterpillar and has trouble IN climbing
! up a atraight wall Hogs and poultry
help to reduce the army. Spraying
with Paris green or other poison is ei-
iectiye where it can be used. The
pest usually migrates for from ten days
to two weeks. 1t feeds rapidly, SO
remedies should be applied at once.
Missouri farmers will do their com
munities a favor by reporting all out
breaks Of the army worm to the ento-
mologist, College Of Agriculture, Co
lumbia, Mo. Where possible, samples
Of the pest and a description Of the
fields and crops infested and a history
of the work Of the past few years,
should be sent with the report.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04

our sensations are all psychological and
that sense OF warmth, growing more
out Of the glow Of heat than out Of the
heat itself, conld be as readily expert
enced from the glow alone. The mar
ra,ive discloses that the coloneps teeth
chattered while ne made elucidation
Of the idea.
Therein he takes higher rank in the
New Thought school than the president
can. Mr.. Wilson has never had TO set
the abstract theory against such con
crete experiences as Col. Sellers was
called TO contend with. We have
often thought that, had he been un'
cloistered and out in the world, in
stead Of in Princeton University during
the free trade experiment Of the '9Os,
the present tariff law would be much
less radical than il is in its abandon
ment Of the protective principle. The
New Thought would not have taken
such deep root as TO lead him now into
public statement that business
man, after consulting his books and
his bank balances, may have no better
understanding Of his affairs than the
veriest ne'er-do-well can have Of eco
nomic affairs in general. As the state
ment stands, il must rank with the
one attributed 10 Marie Antonette on
the day OF the visitation Of the Paris
mob at Versailles. The mob cried for
bread. why don't they eat cake7"
the doomed queen is said to have
asked. II asked, the question voiced
pampered woman's ignorance Of life,
and limited at a belief in misfortune
and distress as only psychological con-
ditions. Shacabac dealt with Barme.
eide in the only way such delusior
should be resented when il is delib
erately conirived TO deceive or disap
point. The president would not spreaG
Barmeeide feast before a hungr
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04
Another Costly Lesson.

A grieE-stricken world is demanding
an investigation to fix the responsibility
for the fatal disaster to the Empress Of
Ireland, with vague hope that some
thing may be learned which will avert
such eatastrophes in the future. But
there has been little in the worlds
experience since the Titanic horror
cast a pail on the civilized woild to
justify high hopes. 1t is true that there
have been precautions taken to avoid
collision with icebergs. An ice patrol
is maintained and warnings are issued.
The danger from this particular source
has peen reduced to the minimum.
Steamship companies straightway provi'
ded their vessels with additional life
boats, the lack OF boats having added
to the lost Of drowned in the Titanic
accident. But the next accidents
were OF storms or collisiona. Then
came the burning Of the Volturno in
midocesn in a sea so angry that life
boats we're useless. Nov comes a
wreck due to a collier ramming pass
enger steamship during fog. The
ship sank within a few minutes, hun
dreds Of sleeping passengers drown
ing in their berths.
The danger from fogs is omnipresent
and has existed since the first seafarer
pushed his dugout from shore. 1t
seems that an unreasonable speed was
being maintained during log in the
St. Lawrence, and it seems strange
that a collision Of such character could
have caused such damage to a we'll
built ship. individuals who partici-
pated in the international conference
to promote safety at sea are quoted as
declaring that the vessel did not mea-
sure up to the requirements fixed in
the agreement reached at that confer
ence. But il was well'known vessel,
belonging to one Of the best known
lines. Passengers had right to sup
pose that it was in every way sesiaring.
It is too much to expect passengers to
privately inspect steamships for the I
own safety. They have a right to
demand that governments exercise this
function and that steamship companie:
take every precaution essential or CON
ducive to safety. There is little salts
faction in postmortem inspections snd
Investigations. But discouraging a:
recurrence Of such calamities is, the
world will still hope that some lessor
may be learned from their costly school
ing.
One salient feature stands ont in th'
St. Lawrence disaster, and that is tn,
evil Of thespeed mania. Primarily tn
people are at fault as to this, thoug
proper regulations BY law might pre-
vent steamship companies engaging j
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04

demand for good cloth and wool will
be an important source Of income from
the flock even though it be considered
Of secondary importance.
The feed and labor available and the
markets for wool and mutton should
determine the system which should
lead. II the pasture is sparse, feed
expensive and market arrangements
poor, wool should be given as mrch
consideration as mutton. II plenty Of
pasture and feed is available and there
is a good convenient market for lambs
or fat sheep, the ability to produce
good mutton at low cost should be the
important thing to look for in breeding
stock.
Considerable thought ought TO be
given to the selection OF the breed.
The breed chosen should have been
bred for the purpose you have in mind
and developed in an environment sim
liar to the one in which it is to be
put. But any breed is better than no
breed at all. There are thirty breeds
OF improved sheep that have been
brought TO fixed types. Twelve oI
these breeds are well established in
the United States.
It is not 10 be expected that all the
farmers in a county will select the
same breed. Some may wish to follow
plans that differ from those preferred
by others. However, there are many
advantages when the farmers Of one
community raise sheep Of the SAINT
type and breed. II the lambs raised
on the different farms are Of the SAINT
type and age they can be sold at tht
same time. Also the lambs from
number OF flocks may then be shippet
lin one car or, if there are several cars
this will bring buyers to that com
munity. The same corporation 70
the production Of standard, merchant
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04

and approved by the United States
government, has reached the depart
ment OF agriculture. Articles praising
this medicine, Benetol by name, are
being sent out widespread to newspa
pers. These articles are so worded
that it appears as if the department Of
agriculture had received reports from
the state Of Minnesota showing that
the medicine had proved most bene-
fetal. As a matter OF fact the one re-
port received BY the department was
an unofficial and unsolicited statement
sent presumably from the promoters
themselves. The department attaches
no importance whatsoever to this state
ment. It has no reaaon TO believe in
the efficiency Of any proprietary cure
for hog cholera and does not recon-
mend any. Under certain conditions
it urges farmers to protect their stock
with anti-hog- cholera serum, but that
is all.
In connection with this attempt it
may be said that the medicine, which
is now put forward as good for hogs,
was advertised some time ago as a
means Of killing tuberculosis, typhoid
and cancer germs, according 10 an
article published in the Journal Of the
American Medical Association. AT
that time it was asserted that the army
was interested in it. AS a matter oI
fact the army was no more interested
then than the department Of agricul
ture is now.
In view Of the fact that the attempt
TO create this false impression is pei
sistent and widespread, all hog owners
are warned to communicate with the
Secretary oI Agriculture, Washington
ID. c., before accepting as true an
statement that the government recon-
mends any treatment other than III
serum already mentioned.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04
Dry Weather Starts Army Worm.

The army worm is the latest scourge
which is threatening agriculture in
some counties Of the state. Within
the past few days, trouble has beeu re-
ported fiom Barry, Vernon, Howard,
Montgomery, St. Charles, Bates and
St. Louis counties and with continuing
dry weather it is sure to prove injurious
in other parts Of the state. The army
worm is native insect found in greater
OF less abundance every year. When
conditions are especially favorable it
increases rapidly. 1t usually breeds in
pasiur S, meadows, bottom waste land
or in rye and wheat fields. When dry
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04
The Market Letter.

Kansas City Stock Yards, June l So
Cattle receipts last week fell of 5000
head from corresponding week year
ago, and while the average Of prices
was probably a dime above the previ-
Gus week, heavy steers closed the
week feebly, and stockers and feeders
showed signs Of imminent distress.
The supply today is 5000 head, a
thousand greater than last Monday,
and sales are steady to a shade lower.
The best native steers aold at $3.50
today, mixed yearling steers and heit-
ers at S9.0S, and choice cows S76S.
Veals are of SOC, choice ones selling
at $3.50. About so loads Of Colorado
and Montana cattle are here today, the
choice Colorados selling at $S.75, l5c
above same cattle last Monday, other
Colorados at $500 and sS.45, Colo
RADIO bulls 5000. The Montana train
consisted Of % cars OF grass steers,
weighing l,050 to 1880 pounds, and
selling at $500 to $500. Only few
cars OF quarantine cattle came in today,
three cars Of l,058-pound south Texas
grass steers at G.35, being the leading
sale, fully steady. A sale Of 500
pound Oklahoma yearlings at $500
was the best stocker sale today, al
though choice quality thin calves
might bring more. Stock COWS and
heifers are off soc to 75c from ten
days ago, and choice ones may be had
for 5000 to $3.50, springers being a
quarter lower. A drove Of thin Kan
sas stock cows sold today at S5.25
Missouri and Illinois are very dry, and
seasonable showers there will bring out
orders for cattle that will be help to
the market. Hog receipts today are
5000 head; market weak, at Sc lower
at the start, but the close was strong,
and some big buyers were still looking
for hogs at the finish. Top was
S8.07 ID, same as the early top in
Chicago; bulk Of sales, ST. IS to S8.0s.
The big drop in receipts after the
break last Tuesday indicates that the
country is under 10 stress to market
hogs yet, hence the expectation that
prices will stay around $500 for some
little time before going lover. Spring
lambs are selling up to S8.7S, native
sheep S5.35 to $3.50. Texas multons
are about done running and are quis
ting the season worth sS.25 to s5.7
for best clipped ewes and wethers, and
goats bring 1915 10 $3.50, probably
the highest on record for this late in
the year. Receipts today, 5000 head.
Market strong to isc higher, Supplies
promise to be light for some weeks
ahead.
J. A. KICKART,
Market Correspondent.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-06-04
Fake Hog Cholera Cure"

Washington, May 29. - Evidence
Of what appears to be a we'll organized
campaign to delude farmers throughout
the country into buying an alleged
cure for hog cholera, under the i'm
preston that this has been investigated