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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-02-11
lowest notch and make the sup-
ply Of manure cover as much
ground as possible. M. F. Mil
Ter, University Of Missouri, Col
lege Of Agriculture.
HOLD BEAR HUNT IN PARK
Fireman Finally Kills Bad-Tempered
Pct Which Had Been City Zoo
Attraction.

Elkhart, Ind.--A real bear hunt I'M
Willowdale park followed the escape|
Of q two-yearold bear owned by Frank,
Brumbaugh. The animal had been
sent to Mr.. Brumbaugh when q cub
by q friend In northern Michigan. It
recently developed bad temper and!
the owner decided to have II killed.
Brumbaugh and his brother. Charles
led Babe, as the bear was known, out,
Of o barn. The animal broke away
and resisted capture 30 strenuously
that both men suffered tooth and claw
wounds on their hands. They then
permitted the fugitive to trot to the
nearby park.
Frank Little, city fireman. who ia
known as good marksman, was sum.
moned with his rife. His FIRST shot
only wounded the bear, which then
climbed to the top Of high oak, roar
ing defiance. Little's second shot
brought down the animal. the ball
piercing its brain. The bear was one
Of the attractions In the city park zoo
during the summer.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-02-11

ped in a barrel Of this solution
until they are thoroly soaked, or
piled on the barn floor and thor
oily sprinkled with 1t. After treat.
ment they should te covered with
blankets or sacks for four or five
hours 90 that the formalin will
not evaporate too quickly, but
they must be stirred frequently
until thoroly dry In order that
they may not heat.
Some inexpensive machines
now on the market for treating
wheat and oats give very good
results. They pass tho grain
thru a tank containing fermalin
and dump it out on the floor to
dry.
Altho formalin has a very un.
pleasant effect upon the eyes and
10 very poisonous, it is not really
dangerous to handle in such q
weak solution and any left over
seed may safely be fed to any
farm animal after IL has been
thoroly aired for some time.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-02-11
Manure The Wheatfield.

There are few places where ma
nure shows better returns than
in top dressing wheat during the
fall and winter. This is particu-
larly true on thin land where
wheat starts slowly in the spring
and where slower and grass are
apt to fail. The readily available
plant food from the manure gives
a quick thrifty growth, while the
surface protection offered aids
materially in preventing freezing
out.
A top dressing OF this kind al
most insures q grass or clover
stand on land where these crops
are inclined to fail. The manure
should be applied at the rate OF
five to seven loads to the acre
with q manure spreader. 1t may
be scattered by hand out Il is
difficult TO get 1t on evenly in
such small quantities. It Is best
to set the manure spreadsr in the
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-02-11
DOG SAVES WOUNDED HUNTER
Brings Aid to Master Who Almost
eIeeds to Death In the
Woods.

Alton. Ill.--Edmund Weis. eighteen.
son Of q wealthy farmer living near
Freeburg, ILL.,, owes his life to his
hunting dog, which saved him from
bleeding to death, after he had been
shot by another hunter.
Weis was in some timber near his
home, and as he came into q small
clearing. another hunter whom Weis
saw. but did not recognize, fred. The
charge struck Weis In the legs and
rendered him helpless. When the 9TH
or man saw the effect Of his wild shot.
he ran.
Weis tainted from loss Of blood. A
passing farmer heard the howling and
barking of q dog and traced It. He
found the dog near his unconscious
master. Weis was taken to st. Eliza
beth's hospital in Belleville, where II
is stated that his condition ID critical.
He lost large amount Of blood and
would have bled to death but for the
aid summoned by the dog. according to
hospital physicians.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-02-11
Formalin Treatment Of Seed
Oats.

G. B. Hutchison, University of Mis-.
souri, College Of Agriculture.
Missouri farm ers probably
loose about two million bushels
Of oats a year from the decrease
in yield because OF smut. At the
1915 farm price OF about thirty.
seven cents bushel. this amounts
to a loss Of $4,000 a year which
is easily prevented by means Of
the formalin treatment OF seed
oats. The seedlike spores Of
smut pass the winter in the grain
and when the untreated kernel
sprouts in the spring the spores
begin 10 grow and develop a little
plant within the oat plant. The
smut plant remains near the top
Of the growing oat plant and is
ready to replace the kernels with
black dustlike spores which give
the heads the black appearance
which they present in the fields
and blow to other oat plants to
infect the young grain from which
next years seed must bs select.
ed.
The best method that the Mis-
souri, College of Agriculture can
recommend for preventing this
loss Is the formalin treatment.
Mix with forty or fifty gallons OF
water, q pint Of formalin (forty
per cent formaldehyde), which
can be secured at any drug store.
The oats may be sacked and Dip
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-02-11
PREACHER WINS IN COTTON
Cleans Up $4,000 Which Hs VIII Put
Into Trade School for Poor
Children.

Atlanta.---As o result Of investment
Of 500 In cotton when the staple was
down to seven cents the Rev. Stephen
D. Cremean. pastor of Mount Vernon
Southern Methodist church In Atlanta
has $4,000.
When the bottom fell out Mr.. Gre
mean put his 500 In cotton. borrowed
all he could on the staple and bought
more. When the cotton began climb
ing the pastor kept on 'pyramiding"
as heavily as he could until he held
$4,000 worth Of the staple. !
The minister now Ii disposing Of his
holdings and proposes to put the
money In o trade school for poor chill
dren.
Il have always wanted to give poor
children chance by teaching them =
trade" he says. and now am able
TO do It." -------
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-02-11
Tye Law of Diminishing
Returns.

Deep soil and sufficient plant
food are no more essential for
growing corn than room. II we
had unlimited land at our dispo-
sal and wanted to grow 100 BUSH
els OF corn, we could raise that
amount with the least effort by
planting a large number Of acres.
But land is all occupied. We
cannot have all we need to pro-
duce the 100 bushels with the
least labor. Instead OF planting
large area in corn, we reduce
the number Of acres and put on
more labor. One hundred bush.
els can be produced on two acres
on most land In Southeast Mis-
souri, with q very moderate
amount Of labor. One might pro.
duos this amount on one acre II
he would give the necessary la
Dor.
Suppose to produce 90 bushels
OF corn on one acre required 70
hours Of labor. 1t does not fol-
low that il we put 40 hours Of la
Dor on the same acre we could
grow 1873 bushels. A total OF 40
hours would probably produce
only 80 bushels. That is, the
first 20 hours produced go BUSH
els and the second 20 hours pro.
duced only 20 bushels.
In an article last week we tried
to show how a system Of renting
land could be devised that would
equitably distribute this last 20
bushels between the landlord and
tenant. II the landlord received
only one-third up to 80 bushels
and a smaller per cent or none at
all produced above go bushels,
the tenant would be encouraged
to do better farming.
SETH BABcocK,
Department Of Agriculture,
State Normal School, Cape
GirarJeau, Mo.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-02-11
Grippe.
Furnished by the Department Of Pre-
sentive Medicine, University Of
Missouri, Columbia, Mo.

Furnished by the Department Of Pre-
ventive Medicine, University OF
Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
For the last five or six weeks,
the country, from one end to the
other has been experiencing an
spidemic Of what 10 generally
known 90 grippe.
Symptoms are those OF q go.
vtre cold with more or less sore
Throat, ,ough, pains in the head
and about the body. In some
cases the symptoms are quite
persistent.
1t seems certain that the great
majority, at least, Of these cases
are not true grippe. Some bac-
tsriologists have reported finding
Strep,ococcus in the throat and
not the bacillus which causes
grippe. Nevertheless, the pre-.
vention is exactly the same for
such case as for the true grippe.
The disease is .aoutely conta.
|gious. Contagion takes place
most readily by direct contact.
The more intimate and prolong-
eds this contact, the greater the
danger of contagion. Persons
should avoid crowds as much as
possible, and II it is necessary to
be with those suffering from the
symptoms which have been de-
scribed, they should insist as far
~ possible upon such persons
keeping at respectful distance.
While coughing or sneezing, the
person afflicted should keep the
mouth and nose covered with
handkerchief. kissing, espec-
tally, should be avoided. The
habit which many mothers have
of blowing the noses Of number
of children in the same handker.
chiet should not be practiced. :,
There lie no specific which will
prevent this cold. The best
methods VI prevention are good
diet, consisting of nutritious, but
light, foods, the use Of the cold
baths daily, sleeping with an
abundance OF fresh air and the
avoidance of excesses Of all kinds.
Especially to be avoided is pro.
longed cverheating in close.
stuffy rooms and railroad trains.
Avoid patent medicines in the
treatment. Those recommended
for the relief Of such symptoms
almost invariably contain the
coal-tar preparations, most Of
which deprsss the heart and are
dangerous. Consult good ply.
sicisn aud do not fill the system
with dope.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-02-11

'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears.
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal, Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

| DR.. D, A. Parker and 0. D.
Hall sold fifty thousand pounds
Of sunflower seed-~a car load, to
a st. Louis firm last week for
which they received S4.75 per
hundred. DR.. Parker was the
first gentleman who experiment
ed on sunflowers in Caldwell. -
| Outlook.
! According to statement made
by John T. Fitzpatrick, state
labor commissioner, 1915 is to be
the greatest year ever known
for labor in Missouri and the
United States. Fitzpatrick says
that there is an insistent demand
from the east upon the west for
labor. This demand. he says, is
principally from the railroads
and iron and steel industries.
Marshall John McAllister, who
shot and killed Jim Jones at
Bloomfield two weeks ago, WAS
acquitted on preliminary trial at
Bloomfield on last Saturday. The
evidence was strong, showing
that it was a case of sslf defense,
and that Jones attempted to shoot
McAllister and did snap his pis-
tol at him before McAllister
fired. 1t wac further proven that
Jones in his drinking period had
threatened the marshal and
stated he would kill him. -Dex-
ter Messenger.
1t has developed that N. R.
Duke, a Baptist preae her at Coot-
er, Mo-, who disappeared from
that town about two weeks ago,
is bigamist, and is alleged to
have two living wives, his second
wife was formerly Miss Linnie
Rassell Of Cooter, a very highly
respected young lady Of that
place. He was a member OF tie
Odd Fellows lodge there, and
steps are being taken to ascer-
tain his whereabouts and he will
be summarily dealt with il found.
I-Caruthersyille Democrat.
"Dago" Nolan, a negro
wanted in various places in this
state and in Arkansas, was
arrested at Poplar Bluff last
week after he had been seen en-
tering the mouth OF q sewer
where there was trap door in
the floor OF a ROOM. The officers
found hundreds of dollars worth
Of dry goods and clothing in the
room above the sewer opening.
A negress was found in the
house. It is believed the negro
had been robbing stores at Poplar
Bluff and in neighboring towns
for several months.
Puxico Index: The revival OF
the iron industry in this state
may in the end benefit this com-
munity as we have the ore in
large quantities. Besides the
large Chicago corporation rs-
Gently organized with sufficient
capital to take over the rich iron
lands in Butler and Wayne coun.
ties, the news comes that q five
million corporation has been
organized in st. Louis and will
take over the old ST. Louis Blast
Furnace Co., and will enlarge
the plant and build more to it,
When the Pico Iron Mines near
this city were operated o few years
ago the ore was sold to the st,
Louis Blast Furn'c Co., and when
the furnace company went broke
the mines were closed because
there was no market for the ore,
II is claimed for the Pico ore
that II is q brown hsmatits and
very soft In quality, just the kind
needed to mix with hard ore Sc
! cured from other places in ths
msnufacturs Of high grade iron,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-02-11


A bank was organized at Thay-
or Rftssn years ago and one man
took ton shares for $1,000. Since
that time he has received 81, 200
IN dividends and sold the stock q
few days ago for $4,000.
Willow Springs. Howell county,
has . mystery in the shape Of a
dead man, who died in his room
At . hotel there. Parties have
come from Indiana and other
states to Try to identify the body,
but have not been able to do so.
Richard Beckett, the 19-year-
old boy who, several weeks ago
passed and attempted to pass
several forged checks around
town was sentenced Tuesday by
Judge Huck to five years in the
per. Fredriektown Democrat
News.
In November, 1912, ]. L. JUS
tice OF Illmo was attacted by
dogs and one arm and both legs
were badly bitten by the vicious
animals. He has now, through
his attorney, filed suit against
five mon, owners OF the dogs, for
5000 each as damages for his
hurts.
Last week ]. l.. Pratt sold to a
De Soto butcher five hogs which
were exactly six months old.
The five weighed 1880 pounds,
averaging 206 pounds each.
They were of the Duroc Jersey
breed. Can you beat that for
8 months old hogs?-Hillsboro
Democrat.
Citizens Of Wayne county are
circulating a petition for signers
which will be presented to the
county court asking that an
election be called to submit q
proposition to vote a bond Issue
of $500, 90 to be used for the pur-
pose of improving the public
roads of that county.
The recent vacancy caused by
the death Of Judge Rainey Of
Cape Girardes IL who presided
over the Common Pleas Court Of
that county, will be filled by an
election called by the governor.
Senator Lane and John H. Snid-
or have announced their in
tention Of seeking the place.
II psys to breed fine chickens.
M. l.. Puckstt showed US a letter
he raae;yed from J. Louis Crum
OF Fayette, Mo-, enclosing 500
for o hen and pullet from one Of
his prize pens. Ten dollars a
piece for chickens is q good
price. yet care and careful breed
ing will bring fancy prices.--
Fuxico Index.
Doctors at West Plains last
week operated upon a negro, who
was injured Q few months ago,
on an Atlantic transport, while
caring for mules being sent to
Europe. He was taken off the
ship ut the first port, and the
vessel was destroyed by SUBJ
marine, before 1t reached its des-
tination, and all on board were
lost.
w. r. Lacey, editor of the
Csruthersvills Twice-a- Week
Democrat, died at his home in
that city, at 11:40 p. m. January
e8th, aged 40 years, | month and
az days, In the death of w. r.
Lacey the Southeast Missouri
Press Association, Of which be
was an active member and vice.
president, loses one Of its trussi
members, Broad, liberal minded,
generous, warm hearted, he was
that type Of man seldom fully
appreciated when living, bui
sadly missed after he il gone.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-02-11

section motor car out for q Joy
ride Sunday. He had just reaoh-
ed Miner Switch when the car
caught on fire and was entirely
consumed by the flames. Mr..
Young was not injured, we are
glad to say.-Sikeston Standard.
A most pitiful object Of hu-
manity drifted into town one day
the first OF the week and was
around here q day or two. The
poor old fellow was an inmate OF
the county farm . couple Of years
ago and for some reason con-
cluded that he preferred the
"road" and left. The old fellows
feet were very sore from chil-
blains. His face also showed the
marks OF exposure and his clothes
were anything but clean or COM
Portable. Now just why a man
would prefer such . life to being
where he could have regular
meals and q comfortable place to
stay is more than we can UNDER
stand.--Marble Hill Press.
Congressman Russell, some
weeks ago introduced hill in
congress to pay q claim OF $685.
"a cents due Thomas R. Mason,
of Dexter, Stoddard county, for
services rendered 30 years ago,
while carrying the mail il Ken
lucky and Tennessee. On &C.
count of the outbreak of the civil
war the route was suspended and
the amount due him entered on
the Books of the postoffice depart
ment at Washington, but was
never paid. Mason afterwards
moved to Missouri and a bill has
passed the house three times TO
pay this claim, but failed to
Eresch the senate. Since Con.
gressman Russell introduced the
bill at this session, Mr.. Mason
has died, but Mr.. Russell hopes
to get the claim allowed for the
benefit OF the widow, who sur
wives.
Last year horses could hardly
be given away, while mules had
slumped about fifty per cent in
value, but now big change has
taken place, especially regarding
mules, for well built animals are
in demand and are bringing
prices about like in "the good
old days" AS evidence Of this
assertion a number of sales made
in the last few days will serve.
Hez Estes bought span Of mules
from Russell Webb for S485, paid
C. C. Gladish $3.50 for team
and S425 to John Gladish for q
span. On. Monday also he paid
Ferdinand Kuhle S400 for q team.
Wash Gladish sold one team to a
dealer for $500, while number
OF sales Of single horses and
mules have been made at $3.50
and $3.50. There is q demand
from the warning countries, but
the big factor is that the south
again has money with which to
enter the market. t.--Jackson
Items.
Not long ago the National
Forestry Association Of the
United States, gave big tree
contest by which they made
effort to locate all the extra large
trees in the United States. We
do not know of a tree around
here eligible in this contest but
on the farm of G. j. Sorrel east OF
this city, there is still the re-
mains OF what was at one time
undoubtedly one of the largest
trees In this section. Only the
stump now remains. Some twen-
ty years ago Uncle Mart Cline
and q lumberman by the name
Of Ahrens measured this tree,
which was . poplar, and found II
SO feet in circumference. Some
time later the tree was cut.
Several charges of dynamite
have been unsuccessfully fired
under 1t and 1t still resists all
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-02-11
SETH BABCoCK,

Department Of Agriculture,
State Normal School, Cape
GirarJeau, Mo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-09
A Fearful Fate.

The following is a proclamation made at the Market Cross of Inverary, Scotland, some hundred years ago:
 'Ta hoy! Te tither a-hoy! Ia hoy three times! An ta hoy-whist! By command of his Majesty, King George, an her Grace te Duke O Argyll:
 eff anybody is found fishing about te lock, or below te lock, afore te lock, or ahint te lock, in te lock, or on te lock, aroun' te lock. or about te lock, she's to be persecutit vii three perse- cutions: first she's to be burnt, syne she's to be drownt. an then to be
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-09
Inventor of RoIIer skate.

The inventor of the roller skate was a Dutchman named Merlin, who visit ed England in 176o. Eight years later he exhibited a pair of skates contriv- ed to run on wheels at a museum in London and also gave public exhibi- tfon of his prowess in skating over a smooth floor, playing violin the while. It appears, however, that his demonstrations were on occasions rath- CT more exciting than successful, for ''he used to fall about and smash into mirrors and pictures which covered the walls of the room.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-09
Clashes Forged Check And Steals From His
 Boarding Master


 A young man known to the police only as Maxine got $27.50 by cashing a forged check, and $35 from the home of his boarding master, yester- day. Two complaints about him have been made but he has disappeared.
 Maxine, who came here from Hackensack. N. J., had a check on the Peoples National Bank of that city, made out to c. M. ReinhoId Reinhold, it was leaned had given the check to Abraham Baron, a mark etman of Hackensack. A. Baron was signed to the check when Maxine cashed it at the store of Herman Cohen, 145 Ha1lett street. Cohen had know Maxine in Hackensack
 The check came back from the bank marked as a forgery. Search was made for Maxine, but at the boarding house of Michael Novisky, 191 Hallam street, it was said that Maxine had disappeareds and $35 went with him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-09
Extra Sporting Page

to that time undreamed of, had enter ed his brain.
 Tn Jeff the lank Australian was up against a brand uew style of fight ing. The crouching Jeffries presented difficulties that he had never had to meet before. In the second round Jeff landed a jab which sent Fitz tumbling. In retaliation Fitz fought precision on his stalwart opponent
 Bob was game to the last. He was fresh and smiling when he started the eleventh round, although he had been badly mauled by the giant. Then came the finish A right to the ribs took a lot of the wind out of Bob's sails. A left on the mouth sent Bob down flat on his back. George Siler began counting, but Fitz, bleary-eyed and groggy, scrambled up. A left and a right in rapid succession finish ed the job. The greatest middle weight gladiator the ring had ever had was done for. He fell on his face, struggled a little, rolled over on his back, made a vain effort to rise, and then lay still, oblivious to the count of ten that enrolled his name among the ex-champions. He fought Jeff again in San Francisco three years lat CT, and except that he broke both his hands, he might have won. In the second bout the veteran Cornishman hit Jeff when and where he wished, but the injury to his wings prevent ed him from finishing the job. and Jeff knocked him out in the eighth round
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-09
Where IJIxsse. Ruled.

Cephalonia, originally Cephallenia, was under the sway of Ulysses, who took his royal title, however, from the smaller island of Ithaca, which lies opposite and above it to the northeast, and under his leadership the Cephalle- nians went to the Trojan war. It is by far the more fertile of the two is lands and has for centuries been noted for it's wine and oil. Being divided into four districts, 1t was sometimes called Tetrapolis, while it sometimes borrowed the name of its chief city and was known as Same or Samos, being occasionally confounded do the pain of the student, as some of us can recalD with the little island of the same name in the Aegean sea.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-09
Humor In Arehitsetur..

Up and down England are to be found hundreds of examples of the humor of ecclesiastical architects of a past age, from the snarling grifhns worked into the stonework of Henry VII.'s chapel, Westminster abbey, to the dun COW and m1lkmaids in Durham cathedral. A cat playing a violin can be seen in the Wells cathedral, and in Hereford cathedral two cats, apparent 1y performing a violin duet. Boston Stump is crowded with fantastic carvings, among which may be men toned wife chastising her husband, a teacher canfng a pupil and an or chestra composed of bears playing an organ, bagpipe and a drum.-West- minister Gazette