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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY! FARMERS' CORNER. The Lady. of the House This column is for the benefit oi farmers and stockmen; lor the discussion of all 'subjects of interest to them. Old Soldiers' and Settler's Re-Union. This annual Re-Union will be held at the beautiful park at Cassville, on August 23, 24, 25 and 26, 1004.

The enjoyable re-unions heretofore held induce nearly everybody to come back again. Fine spring water on the grounds, and plenty of shade. An ideal place for a week's outing. There wil be many attractionsgood speaking, music and a geaeral good time. Come and spend the elilllti iuUl Willi tie, ii JOli AUUi tJ have one of the best times of your life.

For privileges, address, the Privilege Committee, Cassviile, Mo. O. Fi. Thielh, L. Beasley, Secretary.

Chairman. Would like to brighten up her rooms with a new dress this spring, she can find many new designs in Wall Paper at our store. Or she may want a nice piece of Furniture or a new carpet, and right here we want to say if there is anything in these lines, they can be found at our store at right price. A WORD TO THE FARMERS. You will want to buy new machinery this season.

Let us put you onto a good thing: If you need a Binder, Cultivator, Harvester, Wagon, Plows and Plow Repairs or anything of the kind, see The Man That Leads in Hardware and Furniture business P. 13L 9 m. 9 "it. 1 S3 Someipeonle say I am lucky in business. Well, this may be.

For some reason I have been successful, and 1 am led to believe it isJbeeause of the low prices I offer in all lines. HOUSTON UVERY ND large number of Teams and Vehicles always on hand. Teams Tv ell cared for and rates reasonable. A call from you solicited. State Officers.

Governor Alexander SI. IWkery I.ii ulciianl-tioveruor Thomas Knby Si-iTclary of State Sam H. Cook State Auditor Albert (J. Allen Slate Treasurer Hubert Williams Kilwaril C.Crow tSupt i'f Schools v. T.

('animiton Kallroad E. Sinfully, Joe P. Ilic. John A. Knott Supreme Midges V.

M. ltobinson. V. 'I o(lore Hraer, W. C.

Mar-hall, 1.. 11. Yalliaiit, James (iavou 1). it. Kov.

United States Senators It'. M. Cmkiell, Win. J. Stone Congressman, Mill liist, Hobert Lamar State Senator, IMt lohn 1.

Vounif County Officers. fli'prehentative, lion. Louts Kimrey Slu rilt William II. Karris Collector Prank W. Taylor ('rn-vi'iiting Attorney William L.

Hiett Circuit Clerk lam, F. Kinney HiKorilcr ol Di cils Kiigar K. I.yles County Clerk, John W. Dewcex David It. Young A William H.

A gee Public Administrator H. L. Sliacklett Surveyor Sim. S. liuark Cormier, Dr.

John K. SchtHil Coinmiftslniier, J. A. i.iodf i titl C.iii.-talilc I'incv Township Jas. Miimard Ju-tii'ts oftlie rente, 1'iiiey Township, L.

D. l.rov-. 11. T. Koanl.

J. W. Wilson. City Oflicors. Mayor, Mai -lull, TrciMiier, Collector, Clly City Clerk L.

It. Crow. lohn M. Farley, M. Iliaiunoiii.

I. K. M. iCinr.t j. Clark Dooley.

...1. A. IViiitinont Street I ommi-ioiier li. Milton. ALDLH.MLN: First W.

H. Klinoie. J. W. lliwer-t Second Ward, V.

P. Kiilhertord Henry liiitton Third Ward, A. H. (iiendine Col bett Courts. t'lieuit Court, li.

Woodside, Juclne, meet third Monday in May and second Monthly ill November. I'lolwte Court, U. I), (lohlile, Judge, meet "vil Momlay in January, April, July and October. County Court, L. ('.

iii'iiions. Trendim. 11. Ka-teui M. umiiuhaiii, extern li-ttict, meets tint Monday in February, May, August anil Churches.

M. K. Church, South. Kev. H.

L. Wright, I'U-tor, I'reaeliiui; every 'Jd Sunday at 11 a. in. p. in.

Sunday Sehool at In a. in. l'layerineeting every Weilnes-ilay at 7 p. in. M.

1C Church, Kev. (i. 1'. Miller, pastor. Preaching Nt ami Sundays ol each mouth at li a.

in. and p. m. League meeting every Tuesday night. Sun-dfiy eveiy Sunday at 10 h.

hi Clasf, mivliiig every Friday night l'teaching in lluiiliM liureli every stli Sun-day, 11 a. and p. m. Business Saturday before, p. in.

Sunday School a. every Sunday morning, l'rayeimeelingevery Wednesday evening p. m. KlderK. 11.

Foster, Castor. Klder IS. F. Noiris preaches at Christian Church every -llli 'Sunday at tl m. and 7 j).

in. I'rayenueeting every Friday night at 7 p. in. Sunday school every Sunday ai in a. in.

This church Is kept up by contributions from members and friends, as commanded in 1 Cor. Soeioties. TKXAS l.OIHIK, No. 177. A.

K. A. M. Meets on Saturday night mi or attei til si full moon in each month, Abels, W. li.

C. Molttide. S'e. TKXAS I. ().

o. Meets every 'Jiul aiuHlli Saturday night ill each, month. Kirhy Smith, N. 11., J. H.

See. TKXAS Ldl iliK, No. -Jfi4, K. Meet 1-1 and Saturday nights of each month, liyron I'm iiieiiter, C. I).

Veiling, K. 11. A liOl'STON CA.Ml' So. 6535. M.

W. Meets 1st and od nights in each molitli. .1. A. UeAtimoiit.

V. C. C. W. May, Clerk.

HOl sr.lN COl'SCIL, K. L. of S. Meets '1 and 4ih Friday nights in each mouth. ,1.

C. Judwiu, Mis. Delia I.yles, Cor. See. A 1 S.

CHAP I EK. No. PJ0, Order of the Kastvrr, Stur, meets first and third Friday nights in each Mrs. Jennie Lamar, W. Marietta Barton, See.

UolSTON I No. 'Jill. Fraternal Home: Dr. J. A.

Johnston, J. Deweese, Sec. IT WAS SUMMERTIME IN DIXIE LAND At present the bicgest 'Soni? Hit" in the country, was witten by Edwin Kendall, and it is being sung nightly in the principal theatres and music halls in the conntiy. It is such a great hit that the predictions are fair that a million copies of this song- will be sold during 1904. On receipt of 25 cents in postage stamps, a copy of this beautiful song will be mailed to any address in the United States, by tho Theatrical Supply No.

46 West 2Sth street, New Yorfc. Protect Yourself. Intending visitors to St. Louis during tho World's Fair, can assure themselves satisfactory rooming accommodation through tho Merchants' Service Company at a nominal expense. For particulars apply to the nearest Frisco Sybtem Agent.

For SI. 75 you can get the Herald and the Daily St. Louis World for one year. See ad. in another column.

Corn Cultivation. Corn cultivation is at hand, and tbis is a good thing for every farmer to consider carefully two questions. First, why wo cultivate corn, and second, how to do it to the best advantage. There are two reasons why we cultivate corn. One of these ie to kill weeds.

The other is to save moisture and keep as much as possible in tbo ground, that it may escape up through the stalk and out through the pores in the leaves. Deep plowing, to stir the soil and loosen it up about the roots, probably always does more harm than good. If the ground has been properly plowed and put in proper condition for the seed teis loosening up, root-breaking process, can weli be dispensed with. Experiments are quite uniformly in lavor of medium or shtllow plowing. Even in killing weeds plow as shallow as will be effective.

In cultivation to save moisture (and probably this should be the object more often than any other), the object should always be a fine, looce, level mulch of two or two and a half inches, This saves moiiture and increases the warmth in the soil. I'ro-bibly everyone ha noticed that the traOK of the plowman, wnere the surface ot the soil is fine and in good con-ailion, will be moist, wmlo where it is not thus packed the surface will bo dry. Not otiiy does a large amount of moisture evaporate from the compressed soil, but it cools the ground to considerable depths. Just how mueh heat it takes to evaporate a pound of water is probably not necessary to state, for it is difficult tu believe; but it is always well to prevent surface evaporation as mush as possible The tiru-s thai a crop should be cultivated append on these two principles. If clean from weed's, and the surface is covered by a lnjrit mulch, cultivation will protably no Kood, and the energy can well afford to be saved and applied after a rain.

Iris worth while to make a special effort to get tin surface oi tbo ground stirred after a rain as quickly as it will work well. Nothing is gained by frequent cultivations that do not come under under one of the above principles. Rural World. The use of tobacco as a protection against nicihs and other insects is well known, but a new adaptation is reported in tne form of an itraet, which is said to be fatal to various forms of insect life. Trie extract is prepared from tubaeco waste, and is of about 40 per cent solidity and has 9 per centstrength of nicotine.

Diluted according to its proposed use, it promntly exterminates the but is absolutely harmless to plant life. The solution from 1 to 3 per cent being sufficient for all ordinary purposes is sprinkled or sprayed in the usual manner, and ia winning popularity. Among the insects on which experiments h.ve ben made with encouraging results are plant lice, plant wasps, earth fleas, caterpillars mid beetles. The extract is also used with success tor animal parasites such as Sheep lice. Rural World.

The seedless orange has long been familiar and its popularity has naturally stimulated efforts to repeat the procesis with other fruits, It was thought especially desirable to pr.duce a seedless apple. A Colorado grower after experimenting seven years, announces that he has produced tho leng-looked-for boon. In this new apple tie core is entirely lacking. The fiber that goes into the core of tho old live apple becomes part and parcel of the check in the new style. Now what are the girls to do for something to count with win they sing, "Oue, I love; Two, ho loves, ana so wnm about the boy who 'speaks for the core' when there is no core? Then there are the apple-coring maehiucs, produced at great expense, that will bo completely knocked out, and all those who obtained odd jobs in season cutting the cores out ot this popular fruit.

It seems that we can not g't a blessing without a drawback, and every improvement leaves something to be desired. In another article it is explained how the ox has been deprived of his horns, the horse of his loos and the rooster of his crow. Now goes the apple core. If some iemus will come forward with a method to pioduce a boneless fish, thornless ro-ie, and a toothless snake, triis will not be such a bad old world to live in after all. American Farmer.

Many dead apple trees stand as monuments to folly and negligence. A dead apple tree does not speak well for the farm on which it ie found. There may be exceptions where storms have raged them, of wher the trees are aged and have become "oald headed," as some old men do when in the "down hiil" of lile. Cut them out Ex. Sued by His Doctor.

"A doctor here has pucd me for $12 50 which I claimed was excessive for a case of cholera morbus," says White, of Coaehella, Cal. "At the trial he prais ed his medical skill and his medicine. 1 asked him if it was not Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy be used as 1 bad good reason to believe it was, and he would not say under oalh it was not." No doctor could use a better remedy than this ie a case -il cholera morbus, it never fails. For Bale by Millet Hay. One of the best "catch crops" for summer is some one of the many kinds of millet.

AH are hot weather plants, bear drouth well and can be made into hay which, if not the best, is very good, and which costs very little, says Prof. S. M. Tracy in Memphis "Appeal." The millets need warm weather foi their growth, and so can often begiown in Fields from which oats, wheat or some other early crop has already been gathered, and as they mature very quickly they can be taken otf the ground in time for sowing oats and other winter crops. While the millets make their best growth on a ri-h, light, well-drained loam, they are not very particulas about soil, and will make a fair crop on any soil not too wet.

The seed germinates so easily that less care is necessary in preparing the ground than is the caBe when most other grasses or any of the are to be sown, and as the seed will germinate when the ground is quite dry, it is possible to sow at almost any time without wailing for a rain, In fact, many growers claim that the seed should always be sown in a dry time as it will start into growth at once and so keep ahead of crabgrass and weeds, The ground, however, should be made as smooth as possible before sowing to save trouble in mowing, Seeding may be done at any time in June or July, and the crop will be ready for cutting in from forty to eiity days. There are three principal varieties ol millet on tho "Hungarian," the "Common," and the "German," though there are several others which are seen occasionally. Of these the "Hungarian," the Br6t one introduced in this country, is the earliest and smallest, Ii seldom grows more than or 3 feet tall, and is ready for cutting in from 40 to 45 days after The "Common" usually reaches 3 to feet in height, and requires from 45 to 50 days to make its growth, The "German" millet is much larger than either of the others, often reaching 5 feet in height, with heads from 8 to 10 inenca in length, it is best suited to very rich soils, while the "Hungarian" may De grown in dryer and poorer locations. Whatever variety may be grown it should be cut early as soon as the heads bt-gin to show well and before the seed is well formed. Cut at that stage millet makes excellent hay, while if allow ed to become to ripe the stems become dry, hard and woody, and the ripe seeds are very undesirable in the hay.

Jf, for any reason the crop can not be made into hay at the proper time it can still be made profitable by allowing it to stand until well matured and then harvesting it for the seed, for which there is always a demand at good prices. In gathering it for seed it is handled most easily if cut, jund and threshed like wheat or oats, though the threshing machine is not available. When the crop is grown for hsy the seed should be sown thickly, using at least a bushel of seed per acre to prevent the stems from becoming too coarse, but when a crop of seed is wanted a half bushel per acre is sufficient, The crop makes such a rapid growth in hot and dry weather, yields so heavily, is such an excellent crop for soiling, and makes hay at so little cost that it should not be overlooked in planting for summer and fall feed. The cotton boll weevil of Texts has at last found an enemy, the little red ant. Jose Cassiano, ex-collector of Bexar country, claims that red ants destroy the boll weevil in Texas.

His fields, less than a month ago, wert alive with the cotton pest, rsow the rows are strewn with dead weevils which the busy little insects are carrying away by the thousands. Secretary Wilson of the U. S. Department ofAgncultur telegrophed expert entomologists to investigate this field. Rural World.

It will soon be time to use your mower, wheat binder, hay tedder, rake and other harvesting rrachines. Are they all in good condition? If not, it is high time to put ihem in shape to use. Clean and oil all of the running gear. See that there are no broken sections in your mower or binder blades, and sharp, en those that are there. If anything else is about worn out or rusted, as wo know some are get that part new; it will fave ha'f a day or more and some strong language about the busiest time during harvest.

We know a man who, last year, lost a good many dollars on bis hay crop by not having repairs on hand for his machinery. Ha had about half hiB crop of hay cut when his mower broke down. Before he could cut the rest of it, after spending more than a day in getting his machine fixed, a heavy rain rame, which so washed over his meadow that his hay was reduced to second and third grade instead of first. He Is prepai-J for emergencies thii year. The wise farmer eonsidereth the fool's advice.

See that your machinery is ready for business. Rural World. iNoricE. My wife, Magfjie muuz, Having left my board and bed, all parties are hereby notified that i mr I 1 Will not uo rBpuiiBiuio iui tuj debts she may contract. 111 KTfTT T7.

Par me nter Bros, Proprietors. A little boy was once asked to spell the word infinite. After several trials he spelt it, and then was asked to give the meaning. After thinking a few minutes, he said very Blowly, "Infinite means a small baby." June Lip-pincott's. NO ICE.

My wife, Magpie K. Jordan, having left my board and bed, all parties are hereby notified that I will not bo responsible for any debts she may contract. 38 T. Jordan, Sr. Corn worth $10 an ear is exhibited in the Palace of Agriculture at the World's Fair, bj Illinois.

This corn was raised by 8,000 farmer boys of Ilii-DOis. To each one of tneie, boys was sent 500'grains of corn la-it yeai Each one grew his corn according 10 an outlined plan, and sent ten enr3 tueh to be exhibited by the state. Premiums amounting to have been offer' upon this corn, and the boy winning first will receive SHOO. A prominent farmer from South America lias offered $10 each lor the -si ten ears of Corn in this exhibit. Th object of the eutire experiment, conducted by Mr.

Otweil, was to spread the tne of pedigreed seed corn. Rural World. Overheard on the Pikt. Mr. Easy "Why should people visiting The Exposition at niht, Use moie Allen's Foot-Ease than in daytime?" Miss Foote "Because under the brilliant illumination of the grounds, every foot becomes an Mr.

Easy "Fair, Only fairl Pray, conduct me to th 3 nearest drug store and I promise nevfn to accept a substitute for you or Allen's Foot-Ease." I-oot-Notk--'1 he twiiln will be madoolie in uue. Call for Republican County Convention. Notice is hereby given that by authority of Texas County Republican Central Committee given May 14, 1(101, ail Republican voters of Texas county and all other voters who desire to affiliate with the Republican party at the next general election, are requested to meet in i mass meeting in their respective town ships at the voting precinct thereof, or as hereafter specified, on Saturday, June 18, l'JOl, at 2 p. for the purpose of selecting the number of delegates each township is eotiiled to under this call, to two county conventions, as follows: 1st. One set of delegates to a county convention to be heid at Houston, July St, l'Ml, at 1 p.

which county convention in turn will select 5 delegates to the state nominating convention to be held at St. Joseph, July 27, 1104; also 3 delegates to the Judicial convention to be held at Jefferson City, Aug. 16, 11104, all in accordance with the requirements of the official call of tho Republican State committee. 2nd. One set of delegates to a county convention to be held at Houston, Friday, Aug.

12, liM, at 10 a. for purpose of nominating a Republican couuty ticket. The townships having more than oue voting precinct, in 9aid townships votets are instructed to meet one mass meeting at prixinci known as "No. 1," ai in Ozaik township at Big Creek school houso, The basis of representation for each township will be 1 delegate for every 20 votes or fraction of 10 or over cast for Wm. Higbee in 1902, wtveh will entitle each township to the fallowing number of delegates: Boone 1...

Bur.line 6 Carroll 3 Cass Clinton. 'J Out rent Dale 2 Jachs.jn Lynch 5 Mori Ozark 2 Fierce Piney 10 Roubidoux Sherrill 10 Upton Total 71. Smallwood, w. Elliott, Chairman, secretary. Triumphs or Modern Siiryery.

Wondeifu! thinp are done tor humaD body by turpery. Orana aie taken out and scraped and polished and put baclt, or they may be removed entiiely; bones are Bplieed; pipes take place of diseased sections of veins; antiseptic dressings are applied to wounds, bruises, burns and liko injuries before inflammation sets in, which causos them to heal without maturation and in one -third the time required by the old treatment. Chamberlain's Pain Balm acts on this same It is an antiseptic, and when applied to such injuries, causes them to heal very quickly. It also allays the pain and soreness. Ceep a bottle of Pain Balm in your homo and it will save you time and money, not to mention the inconvenience and suffering which such injuries entail.

For sale ty V. C. Johnson. -General Warranty Deed Blanks (or sale at the Herald office and Recorder's office. Standard form.

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HOUSTON LIVERY Barnv R. W. WILLIAMS, Proprietor. Daily Mail Hack Line to Cabool in connection. Beet of Rigs and Teams; prompt and courteous attention at all hours.

The Traveling Public is invited to give me a call. Rates Reasonable. Kesp'y, 44 R. W. WILLIAMS.

PROTECT YOURSELF. With a view to insuring intending visitors to Saint Louis during the World's Fair period satisfactory accommodations the Merchants' Service Co, has been or-gunied, being at present the authorized agent of the owners or lessees of a large number i hotels, apartment houses and private residence? in the city and is fully equipped to rent furnished rooms for lodging purposes. Under the arrangements which have been perfected, it is proposed to book the intending, visitors whether individuate, families or clubs, for atiartments such as they desire both as to location and pric, thus assuring those who are coming to the Fair relief from anxiety as to where they will stay. An understanding has oeen reached with the Merchants' Service Company whereby our patrons can secure satisfactory accommodations at a nominal expeuse. For panieiilari, apply to nearest FRISCO SYSTEM agent.

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