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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-07-30
FINDS BURGLARS UNDER BED
Policeman Makes Rich Haul After
Jumping Through skyilsht--shoe
Fired at Officer,

New York.-How Patrolman Thorn.
as Weber, while Off duty at night
came to pull five young men
from under bed on the top floor OF
the fourstory white stone residence Of
Charles Muller, stockbroker at 47a
West One Hundred and Forty.ilrst
street, is q simply told tale
Weber was In his home, 47e Ona
Hundred and Forty-flrst street. when
a neighbor told him another neighbor
had seen a youth disappear through
the coal hole in the sidewalk in front
OF the Muller home, the Mullers beins
In Asbury Park for the summer.
Weber went to the roof of the apart,
ment house he lived in, and thence to
the roof of the Muller home, in time
not only to see the last of four young
men drop through the Muller skylight
but also In time to be mistaken for a
burglar by another neighbor. This
neighbor fred one shot at Weber.
Weber burst through the locked sly.
light and yanked Ave young men from
beneath bed. They were locked un
charged with burglary.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-07-30

kalsers Army Had a Stock Of Fifty
Thousand Of Them When the
War Began.

British Headquarters. France.--It ID
almost impossible to exaggerate the
Importance of the German strength In
machine guns. which they use with
the greatest skill and courage
They had stock of $4,000 on hand
at the beginning Of the war, and have
been keeping this supply replenished
constantly from their arms factories.
A favorite trick is to leave q ma.
chine gun or two hidden in q cellar
or similar place Of concealment until
the enemy's advance has swept by and
then open fire on the rear. The post
OF the men serving the gun is, OF
course. hopeless. but they are fairly
certain to sell their lives dearly, CON.
tinuing to fire their gun to the last
AS an instance of the deadly swift
ness OF machine-gun fire, 1t Is stated
that q man coming under the fire OF
one OF these weapons and shot
through the head can be struck yet ten
times more In the second or two that
ne takes to fall to the ground.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-07-30
ART GERMAN PRISON LUXURY
Captured Soldiers Allowed % sketch
Says Embassy Report Canadian
In Modern Barracks.

London. The official press hureax
issues q report Of the visits OF Doctor
ohnesborg and H. Rivington Pyne "
the American embassy at Berlin Il
the German prison camps for officers
at Heidelberg, Villingen and Igolstadt
and to the camps for other prisoners
at Stuttgart. Ulm. Nuremberg and
Wuerzburg.
The report states that Lieut.. Ernes,
McLurg and the Second Canadians al
Heidelberg are confined to modern
barracks not previously occupied by
Germans. The rooms are large ana
the food good. The German comman,
dant at villingen has inaugurated
daily excursions OF the imprisoned Of,
ficera. Bodies Of fifteen or twenty Al
. time walk through the surrounding
country In charge OF q noncommis-
stoned officer and three or four
guards. Those who are able to dol
sketching or painting are permitted
to 60 alone or in smaller groups With
a single guard.
The report emphasizes the fact that]
the men are all badly in need Of uniI
forms.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-07-30
COSTLY FUNERAL FOR HORSE
Wealthy Vest vIrginlan Has cosfin
Made for Favorite steed--Erects
a Monument.

Clarksburg. w. va.--David David.
son. q wealthy retired merchant,
scarcely could have been more grieved
over the death Of q relative than he
was when John. his favorite riding
horse, died.
In the last az years there had been
few weeks days when Davidson had
not taken q ride on his pet saddler.
and sympathy had grown between
horse and master. Davidson accorded
his four-footed friend a ceremoniousl
burial.
He had q carpenter make a hand
some coffin. in which the body Of thel
dead beast was laid. after the big box
had been prettily draped. A costly
blanket was placed over the body, the
cover was fastened on and the coffin
was lowered into q grave. on which q
mark has been erected.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-07-30
Fire Blight In Southeast
Missouri Orchards.

Fire blight 10 avery ssriou
orchard disease and has ba Il,
damaged many orchards i
Southeast Missouri. It attack
apples, pears and ounces, an,
other closely allied plants Of tn
same family. The disease be
gins in the spring and early sum
mer and works vigorously on th'
young and growing shoots. TIL,
leaves and twigs are killed, caus,
ing them to turn brown and ther
blacken. The most serious dam
age, however, 10 the killing oI
the fruit spurs which are not up
held BY new growth, IA
The disease ID caused by q
bactsrium which works In the
cambrium layer Of the twigs. II
spreads rapidly and may be found
below the parts with no outward
signs-of Infection. IT passes the
winter In the diseased tissues,
and spreads through the growing
shoots during the spring. Bees
are very common carriers OF the
disease during the blossoming
season. a
The disease cannot be control.
led by spraying. Cutting out Of
the diseased parts in the autumn
is the best methods of control.
The diseased parts should be
burned to destroy the bacteria.
The shears. or knife, used in cut.
ting should be disinfected each
lime after cutting % branch tol
prevent carrying the bacteria on
1he knife to the healthy tissue. All
solution of corrosive sublimate
Il to 10000 is very effective. It
. very effective. II is also we'll
% prime out the effected twigs as
hey appear during the summer.
J. @. LOGAN,
Department. Of Agriculture, State.
Normal School, Cape Girar-
deau, Mo.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-07-30

When there was difficulty in
obtaining q suitable location for
gospel tent in which protracted
meetings was to be held at Nays
vile. the mayor came to the res.
cue and permitted the evange.
lists to pitch their tent in the
street along one side of the pub
lie square.
Some OF Mexico's sportsmen
have just completed q club house
about six miles out from the Au-
drain county seat. That il is
properly equipped with the re-
quisite good cheer may be infer.
red from the fact that already
the "belled buzzard" has been
reported seen near the club house
by several Of the members.
Feeling that he needed O stim-
ulant at his work Of shoveling
coal under the direction of a
guard from the penitentiary. q
negro convict stole away and
bought seven pints OF whiskey. |
His reward was good stiff drink
and two years added to his term
Of imprisonment,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-07-30

The Upton Times says the In
dustrial home for negro girls,
which is being built near Tipton,
is nearing completion and that
the structure is so inviting in all
OF its appointments that Il will be
hard to keep it from being over
crowded by inmates,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-07-30

Noting that a Southern preach
or says the time ls coming wher
there will be no liars on earth
the Louisiana News, not shooting
ct anybody in particular, won
ders' how 1t will be possible ther
to write up a society wedding.
AS incontrovertible evidences
OF the strict neutrality of the
Pinsville Herald it offers to ac.
eept dollars on subscription with
out asking If the subscriber be
English, German, French, Aus.
train, Russian, Italian, Belgian,
Jap, Turk or the devil.
At Lexington, partly demen-
ted nsgro just released from Jail
crawled into q livery barn and
lighting his pipe soon went to
sleep. Result, the barn and elk
horses were burned, the proprie.
tor who slept in front had q mar
row escape and the trifling negro
was not even scorched.
"Let there be light" said the
Polo city council, and light there
will be, for the proposition of the
Excelsior Springs Electric com.
pany has been accepted and the
work of construction will begin
at once. 'Now let every good
citizen pull with the city mana.
gers and make q good town bet
ter" counsels the News.
How differently things look
from different viewpoints was
we'll shown in the arrest and
prosecution Of o well-known Ss-
ialia minister the other day for
maintaining q nuisance. He was
keeping five COWS in the most
fashionable part OF town. The
leighbors asserted that he did
,ot keep the premises clean and
hat the stenoh was intolsrable.
The minister claimed that in fur.
fishing pure milk he was q pub
10 bensfactor entitled TO praise
md commendation. The COURT
ook the neighbors' view OF I'LL
nd fined him 20.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-07-30
Another Freak Abroad.

Lyerly. Ga.--Mrs. W. H. Napier OF
Harrisburg has week-old white In-I
dian Runner duckling that Il freak
Of new order. having three feet per-
fectIy developed. This oddity Is live>
ly and hearty. growing right along
With Ita two-footed kin
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-07-30

among many Missouri farmer
that lime isa fertilizer. Lime |,
not 9 Fertilizer. The prime rea.
son tor applying lime to the sol
is TO correct sourness or ascidit,
where such exists. The legum.
crops, suoh 90 clover and alfalfs
do not thrive on sour soil. unles,
the soil is very rich. Sour soils
are not wellsuited to the devel.
opment Of beneficial bacteria
which are found in the tubsrcles
OF these Drops. II 10 mainly foI
the purpose Of favoring the
growth Of these bacteria that lime
is applied to soils. Ground line
stone isthe form Of lime which
is usually cheapest as a soil
sWeetener.
There are other effects OF lime
but most of them are Of less i'm.
portance. Lime tends to make
plant food available from the
soil. although this is largely
through its beneficial effect on
the bacteria. In large quantities
it tends to make clay soils more
friableg but this effect of lime is
usually observed only where the
freshly water Stacked or air
Stacked lime is applied in large
quantities. Ground limestone
has much less effect in this re-
spect.
A fertilizer usually gives a
quick response in the crop to
which It is applied, provided the
'oii isin need Of the plant food
added. Lime on the other hand
usually has less immediate ef-
cot, the benefit being distributed
through a number Of seasons.
m very sour soils, however,
where enough lime is added to
sweeten the surface Of
TX or seven inches, the effect
Ipon crops, particularly clover
nd alfalfa is often immediate
nd stricking.
The need of lime in Missouri
J increasing annually. Many I
oils cannot be expected to give {
satisfactory returns until they {
re sweetened by 1t. Farmers I
hould see il their soil is sour. |
he Agricultural Experiment 6
tation at Columbia has publish. l
! q number Of bulletins show. t
'g the results of lining and fer e
lizing in different localities of
10 State. Nos. 1875. 1877 and 1928 b
fer to North Missouri soils and Il
os. 1l9, 129 and 100 to South v
issouri soils. They are free. 8
lists OF companies handling o
'ound limestone, lime scatter. b
8 and small lime grinders will n
so be sent on request. O.
M. F. MILLER, g
sricultural Experiment Station, it
Columbia, Missouri. cc
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-07-30
Missouri To Celebrate Fried
Chicken Day.

. Fried Chicken Day" il tn
. latest addition to the poultr,
: celebrations In Missouri, and will
! be observed on Wednesday, Sep
/ tember first.
, Every branch organization 0
! the Missouri State Poultry Or,
; ganizations are urged to max,
J plans for an all-day picnic OF
that date and invite everybody
to participate in the event. i
will be an excellent time for the
! local poultry breeders to talk
over plans for exhibiting some Of
their best fowls at the Missouri
State Fair, September o5. Octo-
Der 2; at the Panama. Pacific
Exposition, November 18- 28 /;
and at the Missouri State Poultry
SHOW, Joplin, December I'll,
besides a number of local shows
in their own territory. Each 10.
cal committee should arrange
fora few poultry talks and DEM
onstrations to follow the nicn;c
dinner, and some provision for
the entertainment CT the young
folks should be provided. There
can be egg races for the girls, q
baseball game for the boys. and
wish bone pulling events between
girls and boys with other fea.
lures which local conditions NAV
suggest,
The celebration is being pro.
NOTED by the Missouri State
Poultry Association for the pur.
pose Of arousing more interest in
the poultry industry OF the State,
and to give everyone an excuse
for taking a days vacation. "Anl
work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy" and one of the great.
est needs of the rural communi.
ties is more social life, for which
a picnic probably is the easiest
arranged.
The farm work is not rushing
~ that time, and the entire fam
ly should be encouraged to at
end. The officers in charge of
'ach picnic should select suit.
able grove in the country or hold
he picnic in the towns public
bark The time, place and pro-
,ram should be advertised in the
ocal papers and through the
telephone exchange, SO that
very one will know about it.
The late Matched chickens will
% large enough for friers by that
lme and each family should pro.
Ide an abundance of that tooth
ONE delicacy as the main part I
1 the picnic dinner. Get a mum.
er OF families to pool their din. /,
ers and all gather around a {
ommon table set on the green d.
rass. 1t will give an opportun-
y to sample neighbor woman's 4
boxing and probably will taste !.
'ore appetizing because it 10 diff /
rent from the regular home t
,oking. b
The Missouri State Poultry :
ssoclation is making q cam
aign for new members in the v
'pes of increasing the present
lmber to 1900 before the State
oultry Show, and they are Of
ring the Association emblem to .
oh member who secures five :,
embsrships. Fred Crosby. W
Mountain Grove, will b
rnish application blanks and O.
Iswer all questions pertaining n,
membership, which is onIy al
ty cents per year. The picnic =, :,
II offer exceptional opportun- b.
es for soliciting members and
70 will give the local show off. ~ -
rs Q good chance to boost their Ss m
n show. hi,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-07-30
sSs****&*&A&s&4*&&
'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Oriei-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.


Ray county's new court hous
has been let 10 a Topeka firm TO
$12,391.23.
Wsllsville, through the Optic
News, boasts Of being the hom,
of the only Republican lawyer il
Montgomery county.
A man at Benton has survived
a life of marriage felicity for fifty.
mise years and he and his wife
celebrated the event last week.
From q strawberry patch ten
rods and ten feet wide a Nettle-
ton man, during the 1915 season,
gathered 485 gallons Of berries.
The criminal court docket at
Springfield for the July term is
the lightest in years. Only six
ty-three cases are set for hearing
at the term.
A Marshal chain store system
has added Boonville concern to
it's list which now numbers eleven.
The syndicate intends eventually
TO have twenty-five stores in the
chain.
Last week several farmers in
the vacinity Of Williamsburg re-
sorted to the old fashioned grain
cradle in order to save a part of
their wheat which was dead ripe
and the ground was 30 wet that a
machine could not be used.
The Whitlock farm, seven miles
north of Springfield, is quite a
snakery. A copperhead bit a
boy there some days since and
got away. Near the spot where
the reptile bit the boy, some
twenty-five copperheads and
big blacksnake have already
been killed this season.
David G. Bsggerly, odessa's
miller, has q most luxurious
growth Of alfalfa on his chinlet,
and the aforesaid alfalfa hath a
history. During the war he was
such an enthusiastic southerner
that he vowed never to shave
until the south licked the North.
And he has kept his vow.
"No Smoking" is the sign Will
Owens of Bates county is going
to hang on his new, though da-
maged, motor, car. Mr.. Ovens
is fond of his pipe, but will FORE
go the pleasure while motoring, J
for recently spark from his '
Jimmy pipe ignited the up- q
holstery OF his motor car and I
only by quick work did he pre- 8
vent the loss Of the machine. 4
The clock was going but it n
couldn't get away when the ool- =
lector for an installment house :
and q livery barn employe at :
Webb City had what the Register
terms "a serious alteration" O
the handsome time piece the in h
stallment man was trying to de- 81
liver was smashed to. bits. The "
fight continued thirty minutes. h
Then q policeman took the men 81
to police court. W
The Keytesville Recorder a
slams that its town is full OF IL Vi
icit booze and that many boot %
eggers hold out there. Then it Ie
ellis OF how a splendid young
'armer, as honest and honorable q
IS any In our township" took q dr
ew snorts Of bootlegged liquor, W
md It caused him to steal q lierse Al
md buggy. He was arrested. b,
rave bond for $500, Hon. John XII
}. Taylor being his bondsman. at
hat matter being settled, the v,
splendid young man" stole $50 tu
1 his wife's money and left for Ia
salisbury, Moberly and Kansas lis
'ity to wind up bis spree. 90
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-07-30

q SHS haoHeh " ouHO thO 5tdl
q OF Missouri received more tha
r $40, ,000. interest on its deposits
various state Repositories.
\ A Cape Girardeau minister I
9 the same name is kept busy deny
q ing a story that he ia a kinsma
of Holt, the assailant of j. F
! Morgan.
: Sugar lake was greatly bens
. fitted by the recent overflow o
the Missouri. Its rise of seyera
feet was badly needed as ii
waters were getting low.
A freak fish with four feet ant
o tail like an eel is on exhibition
in q show window at Norborne
1t Is five inches long and was
caught out of q branch near that
city BY a boy of the neighbor-
hood.
AT Moccasin Bend in Pulaski
county, the Gasconade river
winds through hills for more than
eight miles and at narrow neck
of land is only 78O feet from it's
upper level, which is twenty five
feet above the lower.
We shall not be greatly aston
ished II some one really devises
a plan whereby a man may lift
himself by his bootstraps. A
Brookfield genius has patented a
devise by which stranded mo.
tor car can pull itsself out of the
mud,
A Galloway county skirmish In
the Civil war was recalled by
veterans when recently o farmer
while plowing near Calwood un-
earthened ten human skeletons. |
II is remembered that ten Feder- |
al soldiers were killed and buried |
there.
"They are thicker than milk
bu'kets or wheelbarrows," says
the Louisiana Press Journals
headline over the story that there
are $4,000 motor cars in Missouri.
1t seems only proper that the
motor cars should be much thick
er, as they are SO mueh more,
costly than the two commodities
named and SO much more is ex-
pected OF thern.
My how the neighhors did talk
when Uncle MCPHERSON, an SO
year old pioneer resident Of Lock-
wood, went to the depot and met {
/ comely young woman with af- !
'ectionate greeting. Some said 9
The was his neice, but others b
lowed she was going TO marry t
lin, which surmise proved to be r
correct. The bride was Miss =
lara Burns Of Higglnsville, only
9 years of age. Z
How near former prospectors v
anne to q realization OF their Z
opes was revealed in sinking . p
haft recently in Jasper county "
there a drill put in near an old a
ole penetrated a natural cave, d
evenly feet long, thirty feet g
tide and from ten to fifteen feet Il
eep and rich in zinc ore. The
haft, put down years ago, had !.
Kissed the rich strike by . few :
set. "
Between Harrisonville and d.
light Mile o pack Of wolves m
riven from the bottoms by high k,
atcr and ravenously hungry, IA
'tacked o three days old colt n,
ut were driven of by the Mares nt
lckiIg and biting. Then they th
tackled some calves near by but II
ere driven off by the cows. Re- nj
rning they resumed their att Ilis
ok to kill the colt, but by this an
ne the farmer appeared on the to,
enc and the wolves fed, an
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
H0LDREGE DROPS OUT
OF PHELPS-G0SPER LEAGUE

LOOMS. Neb.. June 1s-Cspecial)A
HoldrGge has dropped out OF the Phelps
Josper league on account of a lack OF
home support. The team has not been
able to average the visitors guarantee
at the home games and was unable to
make expenses. The poor start OF the
club In losing the first eight games OF
the season killed the interest in the
Phelps county seat. Recent numerous
double-headers and nonleague games have
put a number OF the Loomis players on
the hospital list. with the result that that
team has been playing mediocre ball and
lost all three games played last week
Tuesday Elwood won from them by an
s 20 score, giving the latter team the
lead by a half game margin. Elwood>a
lead was increased a full game Thurs
day, when Loomis dropped both games OF
a double-header at Bertrand by TO /
and to 4 scores, Elwood remaining idle
through the retirement OF Holdrege. The
latter team played their last game on
Tuesday and defeated Bertrand. to g.
giving them two victories in ten games
TEAM STAINING
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
Irish-American
Athletes May Be
Here in August

J. G. Mao Weigh. president OF the
Amateur Athletic association OF Omaha,
has received a letter from Lawson Roll
ertson OF the Irtsh-Amerioan Athletic
club Of New York City. In which Mr..
Robertson says that a team of some
twenty athletes will represent the Irish
Americans at the exposition tournament.
This team will pass through Omaha on
or about August 20. and would be will
Ing TO stop off in Omaha IL q meet were
held here. Among those on tho team are
Kiirat, Mcclure. Ryan, Robertson and
others.
Mao Weigh has written several OF the
eastern clubs asking II they could make
arrangements TO stop over In Omaha n
day or two and stage big athletic car
nival here. Most of the big clubs find
themselves able TO do so. Mac Veigi
IL planning to make arrangements for
just such a meet. which would be about
the biggest athletic event OF in kind
ever held in Omaha
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
Auto Tourists
Stop Over in Omaha

The following overland tourists regis
tered at the Omaha Automobile club dur
ms the week;
W. g. Weston. Richmond, KY, TO San
Francisco; NJ. c. Kellogg. Richmond. KY
three in party. seven days to Omaha,
going to San Francisco; s. II Burton.
Elsinore. Cal, seven days to Omaha,
three in party. returning; Mrs. James
Wall MINI, Miss EuRenia Lee Finn. Miss
Natalia Wall Finn and dog Beebee. Mas
ter Frederic Wall Finn and maid. Miss
Louise Leary and Alfred F. Ingold, New
York City. seven Nm party. ten days Ia
Omaha, going TO San Francisco and Pa
cific coast points and returning via ma
tional parks in late fall Mrs. Msy b.
Anthony Miss Alice A. Perkins. Miss
Lorania C Beckwith, Roy NJ. Tobbitt.
Providence. r. l., four In party, thirteen
days to Omaha, going 20 San Francisco
and Pacific coast points; II. S. Luhman,
Fostville, Ia. 70 San Francisco; Emmett
Levy, three I'm party. Newark. N. j., to
California points. twelve days 70 Omaha;
Frank Weilhacker. Brooklyn. N. Y, three
In party twelve days to Omaha. going 20
California; Highland Park military boys,
tG San Francisco; r. C. Awkward. Peoria.
Ill. four in party, five days to Omaha,
going to San Francisco and national
parks; II. d, Gleason. Cheyenne. wyo.,
four In party, three days TO Omaha. re-
turning TO Cheyenne; a II. Bickford. two
in party, Greenfield, Ia, five hours to
Omaha going 10 southern points; A. p.
Dodds. city. going through to Iowa
points; Irving f, Mansback. three in
party. New York City, fifteen days to
Omaha. going 10 San Francisco and
northern points; c. C. Hagger. Indianap-
oils. three I'm party. seven days TO Omaha.
going to San Francisco; W. @. witte San
Fancisco. two in party. going 10 Chicago:
Ben Alexander. San Francisco, TO Chi
csgo: Joseph A. Mansfield. Mount YER
non, three In party, four days 20 Omaha.
going to Denver; b. r. Kaufman. Des
Moines. Ia, six I'm party seven hours 70
Omaha. going TO Colorado: John Hays.
Chicago. three in party, three DAYS to
Omaha. going to San Francisco: George
Backus. Chicago. three in party. three
days to omab4. going to San Francisco;
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lee. Valley CITY,
N. D., on honeymoon to Minneapolis; n
c. Leonard. Chicago. two In party. 70
c California