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with an alI.star cast, which included Knots,
Laftte and sharpe. OF the Chester Delaware
County nine, also Howard Berry, Of Penn, the
p9imyra 'Riyerton team was forced to bow TO
Strawbridge & Clothier, = to l.. Latitte had a
slight margin. only allowing six hits, against
eight off McKenty, but the latter was more
effective in the pinChes.
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The most exctlnF game OF the season was
staged at Stetson PARK between the hatmakers
and Camden city. and tho locals finally won
TO A. in the twelfth inning. Many sensational
plays were accomplished during the game and
HesgelbsCher was very steady, and in the eighth
inning with speedy runners on second and third,
famed the next three hatsmen.
Dlsston was without n game In the Industrial
League, owing to Midvale Steels athletic meet
but Dick Seeds took his sawmakerS over to
HarrowEate aud handed the home team an ar
tistc laCing by II to o.
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In n game for the benefit of the Red Cross.
Christ Church A. A. won from standard steel,
o to :, and more than $50 was added TO that
worthy cause as a result OF the bit done by
these amateur bah players.
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place in the Manufacturers' League. Lanston
Monotype. Barrett and American Pulley all ]
away to a poor start the Wheeler nine has
found Itself and is steadily gaining. ON Satur'
day Wheeler easily defeated Girard Shoe, Ia TO ..
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22
Let The Sympathy Be Real.

The breast ol every American was
filed with sadness at the news OF the
death Of Capt. Charles T. lloyd, one
Of the victims Of the Mexican massacre
at Carizal. AS an officer, in line o.!
duty, he laid down his life for the re-
public. Sympathy went out to his wi
dow and two orphans, a girl Of 9 and a
boy OF 7. They have the heritage Of
his heroic memory, while they will al
ways cherish. But they have lost his
companionship and the support Of his
strong arm. The country cannot re-
store him to his family, but it can and
should make provisions for the widow
and children. This would be real
sympathy, becoming in great, rich
nltion.
Representative Dyer Of St. Louis has
introduced special pension bill pro-
vidiDg a payment Of rs dollars month
to the widow and 25 dollars a month
to each OF the children. His special
interest is aroused by the fact that
Mrs. Boyd is a St. Louis woman. But
the merits Of the case do not rest on
the accident OF residence. The con
picuous gallantry and heroic death oI
Capt. Boyd aud the uttet inadeqlacY
Of the general provisions OF law to care
f3r his dependent family make the case
appeal 10 the whole country. The
general law would pay the children 2
dollars a month. AS the Christian
Herald remarks, after dwelling on the
TACT that Capt. Boyd gave his whole at
tention TO the public service fer pay
that made future provisions for his fam
lily impossible: No provisions at all
would be shameful enough but paltry
2 dollars a month is an insult. II is
not relief; it is only degrldition. -
Globe Democrat.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22
A Wise Move.

The Republican members Of the
ways and means committee have done
wisely in preparing tariff bill along
protective and Republican lines with
which TO combat the vicious and sect
ional plan Of direct taxation which
Chairman Kitchin and the Democrats
propose 10 fasten upon the country and
to compel the maj)r payment to be
made in the Northern States.
The new Republican bill has been
drafted under difficulties inasmuch as
the official statistics Of business at the
custom houses are in the hands OF the
Democratic bureau chiefs, who are
most dilatory in giving them 10 the
public, who refuse to allow Republi'
cans TO have access to them in advance
Of publication a privilege which is not
denied to democrats and whose meth
ods Of classification are such that it re-
quires superhuman intelligence com
bined with no small amount Of physic
ability to divine their real purport.
Nevertheless, the Republican pro
posal will we'll withstand scrutiny, fol
| it is based upon the lundm entail theory
Of securing revenue for the Treasury
through protection 10 the American
wage Garner. No bill framed upor
such principles can be far wrong ever
! il individual schedules Of it do no
meet the opinions and expectations 0
everyone. In and event, the new Re
publican bill affords opportunity TO rail-!
the party strength to a iundmenta
party principle. It destroys the Dem
ocratic CRY that the minority in Con
gress is a mere group Of negations. l
presents what must soon be the great
est economic issue which the countr,
has ever faced; and it prepares the wa,
for a larger measure oi party unit in ac
ton in the next Congress. Itis wis
move.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22
Increase OF Free Imports.

A $40, 100000 increase in import
atoms under the manufactures groups
over 1918 and $50, 100000 over 1912
is the record for the calendar year 1916
The year 1912 was under the pro-
tective policy, business being some
what disturbed by the noise OF Demo
cratic hammers as they played an an
vii chorus on the republican tariff law
Of 1909, Three Months OF 1918 wit
messed the Democratic party issuing
passes TO foreign competitors 10 enter
the American market. During FIVE
months Of 1914, and since that time a
gang fight in Europe tied up expora'
tions. to what extent will never be
known.
AS trade competitors Germany Bel
GUM, and Austria have been temper
arily eliminated from the markets oI
the world and 80 per cent our Euro,
pean imports come from those three
countries during normal times, prac'
lically all Of them manufactured pro-
ducts. But Great Britain and France
have scored incress over previou;
records, which, considering the amount
energy expended in the war, are the
marvel Of commercial history, while
Japan has doubled sales to US. The
Wilson Underwood tariff law has play
ed its part in making these increases
possible.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22
FumigatiOn Protects Beans And Peas
From WeeViIs.

Farmers frequently complain that
bean seed stored apparently in good
condition are found to be full OF holes
at seeding time in the spring, These
holes are caused by the common bean
weevil. The beetle attacks the bean
pod in the field and is also able to
breed in the stored seed. In most
cases the first appe arance Of the wee
vii is in stored beans. Examination
will disclose the holes where the adult
bettle has emerged and also may show
grubs still at work on the inside.
T. J. Talbert Of the Missouri Col
lege Of Agriculture suggests measures
Of control. Weevily seed should never
be planted, because the beans usually
fail to germinate. Those that germin-
ate do not grow satisfactorily, A tenn
perature Of las degrees F, will kill
the weevils in all stages Of develop
ment, provided they are subj cted TO
the heat for six hours. The heat does
not injure the termination Of the seed.
They may be placed in an oven for
this treatment.
Weevils also may be eliminated from
seed by fumigatiou with carbon bisul'
phide. From one to three pounds are
required for 100 bushel OF seed or !
ounce for IS or 100 pound Of seed
The best method for treatment is &c
place the seed in a tight htreceptacle ant
pour the carbon bisulphide into ar
open dish on top Of the seed. The
tunes from the liqid will settle among
the seed and kill the weevils. ALLOW
the gas 10 act from "a So hours. The
gas is highly explosive and consequen
ly must not be exposed TO artihcia
lights OF fire.
The pea weevil has but one gener
alton a year but may remain over wint
er in the seed. The same remedy re
commended against the bean weevi
will also destroy the pea weevil.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22

tating brusqueness strangely contrast
ing with the tactfulness OF the German
ambassadors Of commerce who have
adapted themselves 10 the manners
and custams Of the countries in which
they have built up German trade. 1t
is generally admitted that Germans are
the most popular foreigners in Mexico
and South America.
Count Won Bernstorf is literally a
born diplomatist, for his father was
German ambassador to England and
he himself was born in London. After
serving in the army, he became attache
at Constantinople, secretary at Belgrade
Dredsen St. Petersburg and Munich,
councillor and first secretary to the
German embassy in London and coun-
Gil general for Egypt. He married a
New York girl and his appointment as
ambassador to the United States in
1908 was very pleasing TO him. His
yued experience and his American
wife contributed to his special fitness
for one of the most delicate positions
any diploma,ist was ever called upon
10 fill. Globe Democrat.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22
A COnsumRate DiplOmatist.

Count Johann Won BernStoff late
German ambassador 10 the United
States has left the country followed by
EXPIRE ssions Of personal regard that
must cause the German Foreign Office
no little wonder. For nearly two years
our relations with Germany have been
strained, and even before that there
was q pronounced anti German senti'
ment 10 some qIarters. But this did
not seem 10 II FL. the spirit OF the
count. The air was filed With rumors
ref h-cting On his personal and official
activities, but they did not disturb his
good humor Military attaches were
sent home, the Austrian ambassador
was declared persona non grata and
individuals we're prosecuted ior alleged
violations Il our neutrality laws but
nothing was ever discovered that war
ranted complaint against Bernstorfi,
He conducteh himself with rare dis
cretion aud with a genial lranknes:
that won the respect Of the county
although there were times when {
single misstep would have brcught I
clamor for his recall.
These facts establish him as a con
summate diplomatist. So far as thu
outside worlds judgment is concerned
d plom4cy is the weakest branch @
the G. rman Government. The Ger
man Foreign Office has shown an iui
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22
A Coalition Cabinet.

We believe that nothing could do 81
much to inspire universal confidence
in the ability Of the government 10
meet any condi ion that may auie
from the present entaDglement ti
world politics as the creation Of a rong
coalition cabinet. A new presidential
term is about to begin, al time when
we are On the verge Of state OF war,
at time when all humanity is in a
turmoil, when civilization seems to be
seething with the colflc OF strange and
cruel forces, when America is mena'
ced as never b. fore by il A tnce'
from without, and when the bes judg
ment Ct the notion is needed to shape
and direct our course. It is not Z
time Tor partisan government; it is moi
a time for " ek government. The
admiuistr4il IT,, IN any event, will have
at It's bach ut support Il The Ameri
can people H. .he pfolec Ton ana tn
iorcement Of An Ian tgl,s. Bl
|! should have, and aOuye Al It shou
ii I'VE, m re than tat l. s1uliC
hay ihe toll nhdence VI the people
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22
Literacy Test -Four Times Endorsed.

-Four times an immigration bill with
literacy test in it has been passed
through Congress. Four times it has
been vetoed. Cleveland Talt, and
Wilson, the latter twice, refused 20
sanction the measure. The driving
force behind the literacy cause in Con
gress has been the insistence Of orga
nized labor upon it, the theory being
that a literacy test will reduce the flow
Of cheap labor into the United States.
This time, though knowing the Presi,
dents attitude, organized labor procur-
ed a second passage Of the bill, which
represents one cf the fundamental prin'
ciples for which labor organizations
sand. Yet organized labor does not
Withdraw its support from the Presi'
dent because he vetoes the immigra'
ton bill Is it because it receive;
from him other things Of more immedi
ate and perhaps more personal benefit
| 10 its leadersI
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22

ceeding crops by the dust like spores
clinging TO the seed oats. These spor
es may be killed by the use Of iorma-
lin solution. Clean seed may cont
animated from a threshing machine
which has previously been used for
smutted grain. The contamination
may also come through bags, bin, or
drill.
The lormalin treatment is the best
method Of control for this disease. E.
M. Mcdonald Of the Missouri College
Of Agriculture gives the following dir
eclions for making the treatment: Nix
one pint OF formalin (40 per ceLt
Iormaldehyde) which may be secured
at any drug store at small cost, with
forty TO fifty gallons Of water. This
solution is OF sufficient strength to kill
the smut spores but will injure the vi
tality Of the seed. Spread the seed
out on canvas or barn f1or and sprinkle
thoroughly with the solution. Shovel
into heap and cover with canvass,
blankets, or bags to keep the grain
moist for at least two hours. Dry by
spreading the pile and string occasi.
onallY. II losse bags are available,
the bagged grain may be immersed in
the solution and spread TO dry at the
end Of two hours. About one gallon
OF the solution will be required Tor
each bushel Of seed.
Formalin is poisonous and is some
what irritating to the eyes and noStrils,
In this very weak solution it may be
handled with safety. 1t vaporizes
quickly and treated seed left over may
be used Tor feed when it is thoroughly
dried and aired.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22
Damage From Oats Smut Unnecessary

The annual damage to the oat crop
due to smut is estimated to be about
eight per cent Of the total crop. This
Tor Missouri, would mean a loss Of ap,
proximatelp 100000. The loose smu
Of oats is one OF the most common o
the fungous diseases Of the field crop,
It natures about the time the oat pan
icle is in f)wer and spreads rapid,
through the field. The loss is caused
by destruction oi the infested kerne'
a1d BY the decreased value Of tn
threshed grain and straw.
The disease is carried over 10 sue
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22

Of the whole people, in its wisdom. in
its capacity, in its alertness, in its
readiness, in its broad and fearless
patriotism.
M one with any knowledge would
claim that such a confidence could be
had in the administration as il is now
established. Whatever NAV be the
ability Of President Wilson to lead the
nation in such crisis-lnd 0pinills
are not in unanim Jus agr aement as to
that-ihere is no doubt whatever that
his official family is below the standard
required lor this emergency. There
is not really great man in the cabi'
net, as it is now constituted. There
are two or three men Of ability quite
sufficient Tor ordinary conditions, but
not one Of the stature needed at this
time. In particular the department
Of State, Of the Navy and OF War are
lamentably weak. Mr.. Lansing is an
able man, but far from being great
one. Mr.. Baker is in no way fitted
for the direction Of the Department Of
War at such time as this, and Mr..
Daniels eccentricities, to speak con-
Servatvely, have made him the butt
Of ridicule throughout the past four
years. One cannot think with patience
Of th3 Navy Of the United States being
controlled in war by a Josephus
Daniels.
But even if all the members Of the
cabinet were great men, thoroughly
efficient, they would still be representa-
tive Of division Of the people il
chosen exclusive from the party in
power. That they should be so chosen
in ordinary times is beyond the ques'
ton. Ours is a government Of parties
and when the people give control to a
party it is responsible for the results
and must administer the government
accordingly. But when the neces'
sites Of exterior circumstances compel
US 10 unite for common defense there
should be no such thing as party,
The government then should be
neither Republican nor Democratic
but altogether American. The ad
ministration should blend the opposing
influences Of party into a single in'
fuence for a single end. The presi
dent should gather around him in hi,
cabinet great men Of both parties, mer
Of conservative and practical judgment
men who would command the respec
and confidence Of the nation, land tht
respect and confidence OF the world
Such an administration would have
vast influence at home and a waste
influence abroad. 1t would show tia
we were indeed a United States. -
Globe Democrat.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22
May Have Consumption who do not
Know it

Know it
Note-This is one OF series Of med
ical articles for the home prepared IN
der the direction OF the department Of
preventive medicine OF the University
Of Missouri at Columbia. Similar
articles will appear in subsequent
issues.
Only few years ago consumption
was considered an incurable disease,
1t was believed 10 be hereditary, and
once it spread in any family there seem
ed TO be little hope Of stopping lis
ravages. We know now that consump-
tion is not only cureable, but that the
vast aj)ritY Of people who contract
the disease get we'll without ever hav'
ing consult physician Dr. NJ. P.
Raw mel of the department Of preven
tive medicine CT the University OF
Missouri says. 1t is the most
widespread Of all diseases. The Ger
mans have a saying, Every man has
before the end little tuberculosis. "
These facts have demonstrated to US
the cureability Ct the disease.
There is no medicine which has any
specific or special effect in consump-
tion, All so-calied consumption cures
are fakes, pure and simple. They are
apt TO be loaded With opium, alcohol
or some narcotic drug, and invariably
irjure The digestion and lessen the
chances Of recovery. 1t may be said
that the chances for recovery from
tuberculosis depend entirely on keep
ing the digestive system in good CON
dition, and anything like opium or
alcohol which injuries the digestion
will also lessen the prospects oI re
covery from tuberculosis.
What then are the cures for tuber,
culosis7 They are four in number,
and no one has any patent on them.
They are fresh air, sunlight, good food
and rect. Drugs should be used spar
iDgly, and only on the advice Of a
physician. The most successful
physicians use them as little as possible
in treating the disease at the present
day.
To obtain the four requisites men
toned above, sanatoria have been built
throughout the country in large mum
bers. They carry out the so'called
open air treatment Of tuberculosis,
Almost all states have provided such
institutions for their citizens and many
cities have done likewise. The earIi
er a case Of consumption is taken tc
an institution, the better. Much val
liable time is often lost by druggins
with patent medicines which are in
yariably injurious.
Don't neglect presistant and long
continued cough. Colds do not las
indefinitely. A cold which lasts 70
several weeks is almost invariabl,
consumption. Don't neglect earl,
symptoms. The earlier proper treat
ment is begun, the greater the chances
Of recovery.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22

The Vilis,a bandits are still mena-
cling the board Ct his country on the
southwest, and last week killed three
American citz us on a ranch in Texas
1t does not look very encouraging loi
peace in that part It the county Just
now.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22

Newspaper reports say that the pa
per makers have been forced 10 make
reduction in the price Of paper by
the action oI federal grand jury in
New York. What is the matter with
a grand jury tackleing some Of the
ether high prices now 50 common in
this country.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22
Insect Carriers Of Human Diseases.

1t i3 generally known that insect
pests are destructive to crops and that
some damage livestock, but the i'm
portaUce cf insects as carriers Of human
diseases is unfortunately too often en-
tirely overlooked. S)ma OF the worst
humln diseases can be contracted on
ly by coming in contact with cer.ain
insects, or germs which they distribute.
Leonard Hasemen of the Missouri
College oil Agriculture discussed few
Of these disease carrying insects in a
recent Farmers Week lecture at the
University Of Missouri,
Bubonic plague, the scourge Of In
dia and repeated visitor to cities Of
America and Europe, would be OF no
importance il it were not for the blood
sucking fees which bite a diseased
patient and later attack healthy per
son giving him the disease. Sleeping
sickness, the plague Of tropical Africa,
is in the same way carried and trans
mitted by blood sucking fly. Tyhus
fever which TOO often breaks out in
army camps is transmitted by one Of
the human lice. Yellow fever which
until recently made living next to i'm
possible in the tropical and aub tropical
America is easily kept down by dis
troying the yellow fever mosquito which
transmits the disease from sick 10
healthy persons. Malaria fever which
is most abundant in the tropics but
which is common every summer in
Missouri especially in the more swampy
sections is dependent entirely on three
kinds Of malaVial mosq 4itoes for trans
mission from man to man. Malarial
fever can not be contracted unless one
is bitten by one Of the malarial mos
quitoes which has previously bitten a
diseased patient from whom it secured
the blood parasites which cause the
disease.
Typhoid fever is also, 10 a consider
able extent at least, carried by the
house fly and other filthy insects. The
fly visits open closets or other germ
laden materials and later carries these
germs TO human food.
Insect carriers OF human disease.
are Of three general types; those which
like the house'fy, simply transpor
germs on their bodies; second those
which suck blood and thereby secure
germs which can be introduced bodily
into the blood Of second patient
and third, those which act as intermedi
ate hosts, incubating the germs for
time after which the germ in dlferen
form is introduced in the seconC
patient.
The importance Of sanitation and iht
protection Of oneself from blood suck
ing and germladen insects cannot b,
overestimated. Remember that hi
effective time to fight these insect
especially flies is in early spring. |
precaution against ihsm is delayed
until other duties demand a,ten ion
they will be overlooked and the insect
will have full sway again this year a
they did last. Nobody realizes tn
importance Of protecting himself nor
disease until he Is attacked. File
are probably the most serious pests i
Missouri. An earlY-season campaig
against them will hold them in cheek
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22

Il will soon be time 10 make garden
again, and we have about made up our
minds TO make ours in the usual way
by proxy.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22

II an enemy battle ship should start
up White White river to get our town
we could just telephone Mr.. Gard at
the dam, and have him shut of the
water Tor few holrs and ground the
pesky think.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22

What would happen in this county
if tax commission was Fixed TO 20
after the tax dodA Aers1
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22

What do vol know about teller
getting a seven pound bass in Feb
ruary7 That's what Doc Davis did the
other day, and it was a dandy, too.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22

First Assistant Cnief Dis,urber Car,
ranzl OF Mexico has sent out a letter
to other nations in whi:h he wants
them all to ioin with hi n in an effort
to bring about peace in Europe. We
have some very peculiar chief executi
ives in the world at this time.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-02-22

Springfield held a pure food show
last week and this week an automobile
show. 1t is poor week in that town
that someone doe; not put o. a
shoU."