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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-12-13
FREE OF CHARGE.

ANY adult suffering from n cold set
led on the breast, bronchitis, throat
tr lung troubles of any nature, who
will call at MiddlebGrg Drug Stores
will be presented with sample bote
tie of Boschee's German Syrnp, fre,
of C narge. Only one bottle given to
one person, and noue Of childen with>
out order from parents.
No throat or lung remedy ever had
such a sale as Boschees German
Syrup in parts of the civilized world.
Twenty years ago millions of bottles
we're given away and your druggists
will tell you its ST ccess was marvel
Gus. 1t Is really the only Throat and
Lung Remedy generally endorsed by
physicians. One 75c cent bottle will
cure or prove its value. Sold by deals
ers in allcivilized countries.
Get Green's Prize Almanac.
When you feel that life is hardly
worth the candle take a dose OF
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. They will cleanse your
stomach, tone up your liver and re,
gulate your bowels making you feel
like a new man. For sale by the
Middleburg Drug Co.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Peach trees suffer the most from
standing in the thick grass, and cherry
and pear the least of any OF the fruit
trees.
The objection to trying to grow
grapes in the orchard among the fruit
trees is that the grapes need all the
sunshine possible.
Mulching of fruit trees at this time is
help in delaying poisoning in the
spring, and in this way injury from late
frosts may be prevented.
When an orchard is to be planted in
the spring it will often be found a good
plan to pillow the ground at any time
now when it is not frozen.
The secret of keeping apples during
the winter is cool storage and thorough
ventilation. Keep them as near the
freezing point as possible.
Most fruit trees thrive best on rolling
land. Fruits are less liable to injury
by frosts on rolling land than on level
land, even though the latter be high and
dry.
1t will lessen the danger of injury by
thawing and freezing if a small mound
of earth is drawn up around the stem of
the tree before the ground freezes. 1t
can be removed in the spring.
In nearly all cases large seed are bet
ter than small ones. They furnish more
nutriment to the young plants than the
small ones, which give them good
start early in the season, and they make
better growth.
Dwarf pears and grapes are the two
fruits that seem especially adapted to
small places, where not much room can
be spared, and where it is designed to
combine the useful with tie ornament
al.-St. Louis Republic.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
READY TO PULL THE POST.

hook will about touch the ground
"a little longer or shorter, according
to the size of the posts to be pulled
up.
Now back the axle against the post,
raise the coupling pole toward the
post, against which it may lean, place
the chain like a moose around the
post, slipping it down until tight.
Next bring the pole forward and to
the ground. This will raise the post
nearly foot and generally fully
loosen it. If the post is very deeply
set or hard to pull out it may be nee
essary to repeat the process. slipping
the moose farther down. Back to the
next post and repeat.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
ARE QUITE USEFUL.
Earth-WOrms Perform Lots of Work
That Is of Great Use to Farm
ers ana Gardeners.

ugly looking creatures!" we ex-
claim as we see the earth-worms
crawling about the garden beds in
the early morning or after a rain.
But let us look upon them with a
more kindly eye and consider the
great work they do in the earth.
Darwin and Henson have proved their
intelligence and their wonderful pow
ers of preparing the earth for seed
lings. Although not so low in the
scale as the prevalent superstition
would indicate, they cannot see or
hear. They show some intelligence
in lining their burrows, usually seiz-
ing leaves, etc., by their pointed ends.
Leaves not only serve to line and to
plug their burrow, but also for food.
They feed, likewise, upon the or
ganic matter in the soil, which they
swallow in great quantities and eject
in the form of familiar castings"
1t has been estimated that about ten
tons of earth in each acre of ground
pass annually through their bodies in
places where they are numerous. By
this means fresh surfaces are contin-
ually exposed to the action of carbon
dioXide and the humus acids, and are
thus decomposed and disintegrated.
These worms prepare the ground
excellently for seedlings. They slit
the soil SO that no stones larger than
they can swallow are left in it. They
mix it, as does gardener who wishes
to prepare fine soil for his choicest
plants. They cover up bones, etc.,
thus bringing them in more or less
decayed state within reach of the
roots. They cover seeds which lie
upon the surface, thus giving the
radicle a leverage, and, last of all,
their burrows facilitate the penetra-
ton of the roots.
Says Darwin: "The pillow is one
of the most ancient and most valuable
of mans inventions; but, long before
he existed, the land was in fact regu-
Iarly plowed by earth-worms. 1t may
be doubted whether there are many
other animals which have played so
important part in the history of the
world as have these lowly organized
creatures" Mature Studies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
THE RASPBERRY BED.
Good Crops Cannot be Raised for Any
Length of Time without Thor
OuEh Fertilizing.

Do not forget to place good lot
of barnyard manure around the
young raspberry hills that were set
out last spring. 1t will cause them
to make very fine growth next sea-
san and establish q fibrous root sys-
tenn at about the proper distance
from the crown of the plant, which
is much better than to encourage a
few long, coarse roots to start fibers
two to three feet from the plant.
The red raspberry should be encour-
aged to start a fibrous system of roots
close to the plant while it is young,
and this can best be done by placing
shovelful of well-rooted manure
around the plant as soon as set, not
crowding it too close to the cane
where the new shoot will come up.
The more manure and coarse material
scattered among the roots, as a gen.
eral rule, means the larger crop of
better quality of raspberries, provid-
ing cultivation has not been contin-
ued so late that it will cause the
canes to grow too late in the fall,
thus causing them to not be hardy
enough to stand severe winter.
Good crops of raspberries cannot be
raised for number of years without
properly fertilizing the soil between
the rows. While writing about rasp-
berries 1 will say that there is non ~
in the red Cuthbert variety. 1t al
ways sells at an advance over
other varieties, and is in quick de-
mand. 1 have found a well-drained
clay loan to be the best for growing
the largest sized Cuthberts, and have
grown this variety on both leachy
sand and clay loan with a subsoil
so hard that it would have to be dug
up with a pick; and l find that the
latter soil grows the largest and finest
berries and enables the hills to stand
the drought much better.-Charles c.
Nash, in American Gardening.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
GIRDLING GRAPEVINE.

Tools used by the New York state sta
ton in girdling grapevines, and appear
ance of girdled vines.
ting back new growth on ringed arms
gave the fruit better quality. The effect
of ringing devitaliZes somewhat, but
judiciously practiced even the cumula-
tive effects on strong-growing kinds
need not be disastrous.
Growers have found that the best re-
suits are obtained by doing the work
when the grapes are about one-third
grown, the exact time depending on
the season and variety. The operation
may be performed with knife, but,
where ringing is extensively engaged
in tool designed for the purpose is
used.
The accompanying figure IS ex-
planned below the cut itself.
The same station explains the reason
of the effects on the fruit, as follows:
The food materials taken in by the
roots pass up through the outer layers
of wood to the green parts of the plant.
Here new material for growth is
1Oi hSO anu ahC pOl tloh tbiI 10 AOh
needed by the leaves and other green
parts passes downward, for the most
part through the inner bark, 10 be dis
tributed wherever it is needed. The
wood is not disturbed in the process of
ringing, therefore the upward move
ment of the solutions is not interfered
with; but since the downward passage
takes place through the inner bark the
flow is arrested when it arrives at the
point where the bark has been removed.
Consequently the parts of the plant
that are above the point where the ring
of bark has been removed receive more
than a normal supply of food, which
tends to produce increase in size and
earlier ripening of, the fruit. - Ohio
Farmer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
PITH AND POINT.

The average young man of the day
thinks himself about so years ahead of
the times.-Philadelphia Press.
An argument is a wordy effort by
which the other fellow is convinced that
you are wrong.-Chicago Daily News.
Jaggles-"What's his war record ?"
Waggles-"He has made application
seven times for a pension. = Town
Topics.
The Maiden-"Claude, dear, hold tn
umbrella more over me, or else tn peo-
pie III think we're married. Mel
bourne Weekly.
Any kind of religion that can be fig
ured out on slate can be rubbed out
with sponge RAMS Horn Brown"
in indianapolis News.
Kean-"Isn't your wife afraid to
drive that horse?" Steam-"Not at all.
It's the people she meets who are
scared" Sydney Town and Country
Journal.
Success" observed the famous pu-
gilist, "comes all at once!" ''It certain
ly doesn't come by Degrees" replied
the scholar, but with no trace of bitter
ness.-Detroit Journal.
He Wanted Credit.-"Loafit is going
to move 10 Rhode Island" "What for?'
ooh, he's exhausted his credit here, and
he has heard about lots of people trust
ing in Providence Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Old Widower Tin an effort to pro-
pose) you think, Miss Blank, that
you could learn to care for me more
than you do?" His Housekeeper-'I'm
sorry you amt satisfied, sir, but I'm
doin' tn best I can on SIP month";
Ohio State Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
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GIRDLING GRAPEVINES.
This Process Is Said to Hasten Ma.
turity and Improve Size and
Quality of Grapes.

The process of girdling grapevines
to hasten maturity, increase the size
and improve the quality of grapes has
long been extensively practiced in the
Lake Erie archipelago. The New York
state experiment station has made
many experiments showing varying re-
suits on different kinds of grapes. On
Empire State both bunch and berry
were larger and began to ripen 81 days
earlier than on the unringed. Other
varieties showed little or no effect.
Thin-skinned kinds like the Worden
had the tendency to crack increased.
Delaware seemed to lose quality. Cut
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
A Photographic Rock.

On ranch at Bradley Flat, near Hot
Springs, S. D., is ledge of rock which
seems to possess all the properties of
a Photographic plate. When the rock
is moist the rock will show after a
thunderstorm a clear photograph OF
the surrounding trees and bushes.
Gradually pictures SO taken seem to
fade out, being renewed by each new
thunderstorm, though the same OBJ
jects are not always reproduced. The
rock seems to be combination Of
flint and sandstone and is of dirty
red color.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
Dah1ia Bulbs rs Food.

In many flower gardens may be
found the dahlia blooming beautifully
yet the average gardener may not be
aware that its bulb is of the same class
of food as the potato; when roasted. the
dahlia bulb is wholesome and tooth
some. A London paper says that when
this plant was first introduced into Eu-
rope, it was not as flower that it was
valued, but at vegetable. The Mex
lean tree dahlia crows to height of IL
or IA feet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
THE STOPPING OF THE CLOCK.

Surprising falls the instantaneous calm,
The sudden silence in my chamber small,
1, starting, lift my head in half alarm
The clock has stopped-that's ALL
The clock has stopped! Yet why have so
found
An instant feeling, almost like 6ismay?
Why note its silence sooner than its sound ?
For it has licked all day.
So many lives besides my own go on,
And such companionship unheeded keep
Companionship scarce recognized till gone,
And lost in sudden sleep.
And so the blessings Heaven daily grants
Are in their very commences forgot:
We little heed what answereth our wants,
Until it answers not
A strangeness falleth on familiar ways,
AS if some pulse were gone beyond re-
call
Something unthought of, linked with all
our days
Some clock has stopped-thats al.
&C. H. Coomer, in Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
PULLING FENCE POSTS.
Not a Very Hard Thing to Do When
One Combines Patience with
q Little Ingenuity.

Take the hind wheels and coupling
pole of a farm wagon and chain
with a ring, or better, large hook
at one end. Fasten the chain to the
pole in front of the axle in such
manner that when it is passed back
over the axle and bolster the ring or
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
We Must Have 1t.

He-Is there nothing in the world
you care for except money?
She-Lots of things, but they all
cost money.-N. Y. Journal.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18
IN AN ELEVATOR.

Weather-Changeable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18
Carroll Club Outing Day.

The annual outing of the Carroll
evening at Wheeling. The annual af-
fairs of the kind are always most en-
joyable ones, but an effort is being
made by the several committees to
make this one surpass all previous.
Aside from the numerous amusements
afforded at the resort, a number of
others in the shape of speed contests,
have been provided. A committee of
ladies will serve refreshments and lunch
all afternoon and evening. During the
afternoon the Opera House orchestra
will render a concert in the open air
pavilion.
In the evening a programme of an en-
tirely informal nature has been ar
ranged by the entertainment commit
tee to precede the dancing, which will
continue until an early hour. The
Opera House orchestra viii play.
The committee on dancing is Messrs.
Harry Vogler, Walter Cochran, George
Sonnefeldt, J. j. P. O'Brien. Alfred
Faulhaber, Gus Weitzel, NJ A. Reilly,
John Shaw, George Conner. rorg
A hearty invitation is extended to all
friends of the Club Special cars will
convey the crowds from the park, at
the conclusion of the dance pro-
gramme.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18
IN SOCIETY.

Miss Nellie STEELE, a charming and
accomplished young lady OF the East
End, was joined in bonds of holy we'd
lock yesterday afternoon TO Mr.. Joseph
Borland, of the Intelligencer The
ceremony was performed at 2:S0
O'Clock at the home of the bride, 154
Fifteenth street, by theA REV. Dr., j. L.
Sooy, pastor of the Fourth Street M. e.
church. A number of relatives and
friends were present. Mr. and, Mrs. !
Borland left over the Wheeling & Lake
Erie for tour of the lakes. Before,
returning home they will go@up the
ST. Lawrence, coming home by way Of
New York City.
The affair of the week in debutante
society will be the Junior Cotillion
Club dance at Wheeling Park Casino.
Thursday evening. A large number of
invitations have been issued for the
affair. Meister's full orchestra will
play. The patronesses of the affair
will be Mesdames Alexander Glass. w.
Nv. Gilchrist, Joseph Gibbs, j. w.
Grubb, Harry w. Mcclure and ]. d.
Culbertson.
The many friends of Mr.. Loman Sat-
terrified will be pleased to hear OF his
marriage to Miss Nellie Ryan, an ac-
complished young lady of the juno
ton, on February 18th, last. The
groom is a popular employee of the
Riverside mill.
The Kenmore Club will entertain at
Mozart Park Monday evening. July %.
Dancing will be the chief social diver
sion. Prof. Killmyer will play. The
affair is by invitation.
--<E@x@---~
Ostcopathy In Diseases of Women
stands unexcelled. 1t Is more compre-
hensive and secures better results than
the justly celebrated Thure- Brandt
Massage.
TRI-STATE OSTEOPATHIC IN6TI-
TUTE, Tenth and Main streets.
=.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18
TWO 70 ONE AGAINST n.
VOTERS OF OHIO COUNTY REFUSE
TO RATIFY TIE BOND ISSUE
ORDINANCE.
A VERY HEAVY VOTE PoLLED.
And Considerable Money Was Paid
Out to Men to- Work for and
Against the observation-disclosures
Received Last Night From all But
Five Country Precincts-Every
District Against the Ordinance.

/ The voters of Ohio county yesterday
refused to ratify the ordinance pro-
viding for an issue of bonds to cover
a subscription of 100000 to the capt.
! tai stock of the proposed Uniontown,
Waynesburg and West Virginia Rail-
road. A three-ffths majority would
have been necessary, but the ordinance
i was defeated by about two to one
Complete returns from every magister-
| ial district in the county will show that
the ordinance did not carry a single
district. Only four voting precincts in
the city gave a majority for the ordi-
nance.
AS a result of the lively fight over
the proposition, heavy vote was poll
ed, considering the nature of the ques-
ton at issue. The total will not fall
much short of 5000 votes, which is
over fifty per cent. of the vote of Ohio
| county.
Seldom or never has there been such
a display of money at the voting
| places. Hundreds were hired to work
for and against the ratification of the
ordinance. The use of money was
not confined to one side by any means.
The opposition put out large sum in
the aggregate, and it is understood
that the Pittsburg, Connellsville &
Wheeling, and the Pennsylvania COM
pany took an active part in the fight.
There were instances reported in
which workers" took money for SER
vices at the polls, and voted the other
way.
An interesting incident OF the cleo
ton was the spectacle of factions in
the Republican party lining UP against
each other, and working as hard for
their respective sides as they would in
a general election. Not little i'll
feeling was engendered by this fight
of the politicians, and the election did
nothing toward healing up old faction
al sores.
The returns were received very
promptly in the Office of the Board of
County Commissioners, as it required
very little time to count the vote. At
ten o'clock all the precincts were in
except four in the country, and as it
was probable that they would not be
brought in until this morning, the Of
fee of Clerk Moffat was closed. The
missing precincts will all go strongly
against ratification, and will increase
the vote to between $500 and 5000
in the county.
The following table will show the
result by districts:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18

Incomplete.
The vote by precincts in the entire
county, with the exception of four
country precincts, was as follows:
WaShiu GfOn.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18
CADIz AND BRIDGEPORT
To BE Connected by Electric Rail-
way Is the Plans of the Promoters
are Carried Out.

are Carried Out.
Yesterday J. A. White and several
others were in the city in the interest
of the Cadiz and Bridgeport Electric
Railway line, and while little could be
learned from them, it is understood
from reliable authority that the pro-
moters were in town for the purpose
of arranging to take out a charter. AS
soon as the charter is secured it is I'M
derstood the promoters will be in po-
sition to secure the financing of the
enterprise.
The outlook for building the road
therefore is very bright. The construc-
ton of this road means the accession
of one of the most valuable lines ever
built in this section of the country,
and will connect the river front with
territory that is now remote from
Bridgeport because of the tedious
method of transportation.
The new road will be of much bene-
fit to the city of Wheeling as well as
Bridgeport, bringing each a large
trade, that in the past has been isolat-
ed from this section, and it is hoped by
both the West Virginia and Ohio peo-
pie that this road will be built. Those
who are promoting this railroad sys-
tenn are good business men, and have
made a careful study of the situation,
and fully understand the requirements
to make the enterprise a success.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18

The Rev. Father r. r. Harris, for
merly chancellor Of the diocese OF
Wheeling, and now visiting his birth
place in Ireland, will probably be APP
pointed rector of the parish Of st.
James in McMechen, w Va, upon his
return from Europe. Father Harris
is an able and Jealous priest. and un-
der his charge the little parish at
AcMechen would be in mast capabls
hands.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18
ANOTHER WARM ONE.

An Exceedingly Close and Sultry
Day-No ProstratiOns Reported.
1t was another hot and sultry day.
the thermometer reaching 9S1a at Ills
o'clock in the morning. equalling the
highest degree of heat on the pre-
vious day. With all the hot weather,
Wheeling has escaped very luckily in
having no cases Of prostration from
heat The hourly thermometer re-
cord, furnished by Observer G.
Schnepf, is as follows:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18
A South Side Girl Had Her Foot
Badly Mashed at McMechen's Fac


tory.
Annie Dougherty, Of Walnut street,
Eighth Ward, was the victim of a very
painful accident yesterday afternoon
about three o'clock While at work in
McMechen's preserving factory, she
caught her foot between a foSring
and moving elevator. AS soon as
possible she was extracted and taken
to the Office of Dr. Rau, on the South
Side Later she was removed to the
North Wheeling hospital in the City
ambulance. At late hour last night
the surgeon had not decided whether
it would be necessary or not to ampu-
tate the injured member.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18

DR.. c. NJ. Case has just returned
from Franklin. KY, where he spent
year as professor of principles and
practice in the Southern School. of Oste-
opathy, and he would be glad to see
all his friends and all others who are
interested in osteopathy.
TRI-STATE OSTE0PATHIC INSTI-
TUTE,
Corner of Tenth and Main streets.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18
The Hazletr Quofnffann.

The following New York quotations were
received yesterday by Howard Hazlett G.
Son, National Exchange Bank Building:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18

In Clerk Robertsons Office ID. G.
List, Jr., Ambrose List and John X.
List qualified as executors of the will
Of their father, the late Henry X. List,
giving bond in the sum of 100000.
but furnishing no surety according to
the provisions of the will
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18
lily nth, 1900.
=
The Trim of The senso,

Excursion to Niagara Falls, Toronto
and Thousand Islands via Wheeling &
Lake Erie, Cleveland and steamer. Fri
day, July both. Fare to Falls and re-
turn only $500; round trip TO Toronto,
$3.50 extra; Thousand Islands. $500
round trip from Toronto Special train
leaves Wheeling p. m city time. See
S. Sherman. T. P. A. City Bank Build
ing. Phone 924.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18
a CHILD ENJOYS

the pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effect of Syrup of Figs, when
in need of a laxative, and if the father
or mother be costive of bilious, the
most gratifying results follow its use;
SO that it is the best family remedy
known and every family should have a
bottle Manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-18
Cheap BuiIding Lot.

Sale OF lots in Henderson's Second
Addition, North Wheeling, at front
door of the Court House. beginning at
10 a. M. Thursday. July 18th
J. G. HERVEY, Auctioneer.