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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other dis
eases put together. and until the last
few years twas supposed to be incur
able. For q great many Yeas doctors
pronounced it local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by con-
stautly falling to cure with local treat
meDt, pronounced 1t incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be constitu-
tional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls ca
tarrh cure, manufactured by +.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. is tn
anly constitutional cnre on the market
1t is taken inteinallo iu doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly
on the blood and mucous surface
the system. They offer one hundred
dollaas for any case it fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
= Address: f. j. Chen IL Co.. Toled
Ohio.
Sold by Druggist IS C.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04
WORLDS FAIR EXCURSIONS.

WORLDS FAIR EXCURSIONS.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad. Last
Month or The Worlds Greatest Show
The low-rate day coach excursions
oJ the Pennsylvania railroad afford
Zoe opportunity for those who have
not yet seen it to visit the greatest ex-
position ever held in this county. We'd
nesdavs. November 2, o, l6 and % are
the dates during tbs last month
the Fair is open. Rate SIG from
Martiusburg.
Train leaves AZ S.l0a. M; connect
ing with special train from New York
arriving st. Louis 4.l5 p III next day.
tl123.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAIDRo I'D

kCHEAP EMU HSIONS
To he
st. Louis Worlds Fair,
Every WednesdaylIn
October Aud November
Oaly SIG. round trip from Martins
burg.
Tickets will be coed going ia coaches
only on specified trains.
Returning, tickets will be good in
coaches on'y on ali regular trsiDs, leav-
ing st. Louis mol later than ten days,
including date Of sale.
Calltn ticket agent tor time Of train
and full Information.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04
Speer's Port & Burgundy
Wine.

Tie Finest Wine in the world from
as IS Acres Of Vineyards, where
nc soal Is rich in iron, inaparting
Il To the0porto grape and the grape
70 the Nine-causes the dark, deep
rich color, and blood-making,
property Of this lige-giving Wine-
ghc Iron in it. This is the Vine
'lat beats the world in its yalua-
lie medicinal qualities, for family
Use and evening parties it IS
specially beneficial for females,
,nvalids and aged persons.
the Port Wine is nine years old
and the burgundy, . rich dry vine
eight years old. -
The Cisret cqlsls the finest r shch
product
Drug, - aoa crocers Sell 4.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04

Poverty is mans safest amulet
against a woman s charm.
The lesser lights OF society have
limited opportunities for going out.
A poor excuse, if new, is better
than good one that has been over.
worked.
Katherine-Do you think raw
oysters are healthy
Kidder--I never knew one to com
plain.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04
no cnpE A cnInI Nrc

TO CURE A COLD INsoNE.DAx
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money If Il
fails to cure. +. w. rove's sIgnatups
on each BOX. 25c.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-11-04
NOT A SICK DAY SINCE.

II was taken severity sick with Kid
ney trouble. tried all sorts OF medi-
Clues none, Of which relieved me. One
day / zaw an ad. Of your Electric Bit
tiers and determined to try that. After
taking few doses was relieved. and
soon thereafter was entirely cured, and
have not seen sick day since. Neigh
bors Of mine have been cured Of rheu-
matism, neuralgia, liver, and kidney
t,oubles aud general debility" This is
what b. +. Bass, OF Fremont, N. G.
writes. Only soc, at Clifford W. TaDler
Druggist.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-11-01
BY f. WALDEN

81. 90 per box for the apples delivered
in the packing shed, but refused to
pay 80 cents per box in other cases
because, as they assert, they did not
come up to their standard OF excel
lence. The man who has the location
where he can raise Splits worth a dol
lar this year, can make piles of money
if they will bear fairly well annually.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-11-01
Horticultural Notes.

lNOtOS'
r G.. Grindrod of Ellensburg, Wash,
who is a very successful market gard
ner as well as a fruit grower, writes
the editor of this department under
date of October IA, as follows: Il
understand that some of the Yakima
fruit growers are recommending and
nracticing the plan of picking their
anples and storing them awhile in
large boxes to go through a sweat be-
fore packing. Now, | wish to ask IL
in YOUR opinion there is any benefit
derived from so doing; and II so is
beneficial in all climates and under
all circumstances, or is only necessary
where apples are picked during warm
weather? Please answer fully. Know
ing how busy you are | will not ask
a personal reply, but that you answer
through The Ranch"
would say in reply to the above
INQUIRY that so far as | know this is
not practiced among the Yakima grow
ers. | do know that many thousands
of boxes of apples are going out now
direct from the orchard to the pack
ing shed and from there to the cars
for shipment We are doing this and
so are our neighbors. Some have
sold their entire crop and are deliver
ing them at the station as fast as
they can get them ready. We are
holding some of our apples but not
for the purpose of going through
"sweat'. but because we will not sell
at the price offered. We have sold
several thousand boxes and are dellV-
ering them now and would rush our
entire crop, amounting to over twenty
thousand boxes, if the price was salts
factory. I do not believe much in this
"sweat" business. My opinion is that
the idea that fruit, hay, grain OF all
kinds. and many other things must,
or even will, go through a sweat is
a fad with little or no foundation in
fact but must be claSSed with hollow
horn among COWS and other like mis-
conventions that in the light OF Sc1en-
tific research must "gO glimmerlng
among the dream of things that were"
MY opinion has been asked about
the Kennewick country for fruit grow
ing and especially for apples. have
before said in these notes that | be-
lieve that section of Yakima county
would become famous for early fruits
Some early strawberries were shipped
from Kennewick to Seattle last May
and sold for $500 per case of "a
boxes This is good price and if
many strawberries can be raised there
and sold for that price, money can be
made very fast at the business. When
I visited that section last year l saw
but one thing that might be in the
way of successful strawberry culture
and that was the strong winds that
prevail there coupled with the loose
ness of the soil. If sand or fine dirt
Sits over the patch the strawberries
will be unfit for sale. This can be
obviated by having alfalfa fields to
the windward. 1t may be that with
cultivation and irrigation this tend
ency of the soil to drift will disappear.
The soil there is good and the sea-
son is very early and berry and cante-
loupe raising ought to be very profit
able. | doubt if apple raising will
prove as profitable as the crops men.
toned above.
A strange thing has happened to the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-11-01
Soil Bacteria.


soil has only recently been understood,
and it is gratifying that the Delaware
station gives it's results in bulletin
No. 65. Regarding the functions of
soil bacteria it is mentioned that when
vegetable or animal matter is incor-
porated with the soil it undergoeS a
process of decay. In this decay GER
tain products are formed which react
upon the insoluble or unavailable
forms of plant food in the soil, and
render them soluble and available.
This latter decay is brought about
through the agency of myriads OF bac-
terra present in the soil. Of these
there are many kinds, each able 10
perform some part of this important
work. Here the division of labor is
exemplified to a remarkable degree
Thus the crude nitrogen of the soil
is first attacked by an army OF bac-
terra which convert it into soluble
products known as peptones and al
bumoses. These bacteria are known
as the peptonizers.
After the peptonizers have finished
either the same germs continue the
work or they are assisted by others,
which attack the peptones and al
bumoses, converting them into amonla.
These bacteria are known as the am
monifierS.
They are lastly followed by those
which convert the amonia previously
formed into nitric acid. These are
the nitrifiers.
The nitric acid once formed immedi-
ately combines with lime and potash
fro
which state nitrogen is taken up by
the plant
But the process of plant food diges-
ton does not end here. green crop
when plowed under is rich in non
heterogeneous compounds such as starch,
sugar and fibre. These undergo fer
mentation through the action OF GER
tain bacteria, in which process certain
organic acids are produced These
latter play a very important role in
rendering the insoluble potash and
phosphoric acid of the soil available
to the plant.
Phosphoric acid exists in the soil
largely in the form of iDsoluble basic
phosphates, which un0er the action
of organic acids are converted into
neutral or acid salts, which are sol
uble
Potash finds it's original source in
certain mineral particles which form
the sandy basis of soils. In this COM
bination it is quite insOluDle in water.
Carbon-dioxide is the final product
of bacterial decay, and is as result
freely present in soil waters. This
gives soil waters a certain solvent
action on the insoluble potash above
mentioned. The carbOn-dioxide COM
bines with the potash producing car
Donates, which in turn act upon the
silica in the soil, forming an import
ant class of bodies known as potash
ZeoliteS.
The potash locked up in this less
stable form is not strictly soluble, but
is quite readily so in dilute solutions
of the organic acids.
Thus it is seen how the essential
elements of plant food /. e., nitrogen,
potash and phosphoric acid, are,
through the agency Of soil bacteria,
rendered available to plants. The
whole process is what is known as
plant food digestion.
There is a close analogy between
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-11-01
DAIRY FARM FOR LEASE

$50 acres, all under fence, with barn
56x92 feet, 20 feet to plate running stream
of water; 80 mich cows will be leased with
the farm for or years. The party leas-
ing will be required to base at least 20 cows
of his own to put on the farm; also the
renter will have to erect farm house. and
remodel the barn to suit, which will be al
lowed on the rent Apply to or address:
ROBERT p. RIGNEY,
Lake View, Pierce County, Washington.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-11-01

plant food digestion il the soil, and
the digestion of food in an animal
In animal digestion there are certain
parts or digestive organs whose func-
ton is to hold and convey the food
during the process of digestion, such
as the mouth, gullet, stomach and i'll
testines. In plant food digestion the
soil is the digestive organ.
In animal digestion We note that the
lining walls of the digestive organs
are beset with certain pits or glands
which secrete the digestive fluids
These digestive fluids contain impal-
pable quantities of certain substances
called ferments or engines. These
latter are the products of certain coils
which line the secreting glands.
Different glands secl etc different
engines, which in turn act upon dlf-
ferent constituents of the food; some
on proteids, others on starch, others
on sugar and again others on the
fats.
In plant food digestion the bacteria
of the soil, which are simple cells.
like those which line the glands, cor
respond to the glands, or rather to
their constituent cells.
These bacteria in turn secrete GER
tain engines which act upon the d1f-
ferent crude elements of plant food
In fact bacteria themselves have nc
power directly of digesting plant food
but only in so far as they secrete GER
tain engines Gas do the cells OF
gland), which act in one way or an
other; in one case converting crude
protein into peptones, reptones int
ammonia, ammonia into nitrates,
starch into sugar and sugar into or
ganic acids.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-11-01

H. Bash, fruit inspector of Jefferson
county, informs The Ranch that the
fruit crop in that county was very
good this year. An increasing interest
is being taken in horticulture, and
modern methods in care and Guilt
walton are being adopted, which will
advance the standard of the crops pro-
duced.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-11-01

A strange thing has happened to the
apple growers in this valley this year:
the Esopus Spitzenberg has yielded
enormously. One of my neighbors
has about an acre of Splits, from which
he is reported to have picked 1900
boxes and sold them at $1.O0 per box,
the buyer furnishing the boxes and
paying for the packing. That takes
the cake. l know the trees were enor-
mously full BY the way the Spleen
berg varieties greatly in this valley.
Some men have been here buying for
a Chicago firm and in some cases paid
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
To XIII q Snake.

Senator Lodge 10 perfectly correct
In saying that the Massachusetts reci-
procity movement is a covert scheme
to divide and weaken the Republicans
party. The scheme is being engineered
with that purpose distinctly in view.
And 1t will succeed unless Republic
ans take 1t promptly by tho neck and
shut of its wind. That is what the
Iowa Republicans did, with the result
that reciprocity squeaks are few and
far between in that fine Republican
commonwealth. 1t will be found in
Massachusetts, as elsewhere, that you
cannot kill a snake by coddling it.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15

The report Of the Department Of
Commerce and Labor shows that II
the cost Of provisions has increased
during American prosperity the aver
sge income has increased still fur
Their, so that the general public Is that
much better off on those two compari-
sons. not to speak of its further bene-
for more money and the fact that
clothing anad other articles entering
into the cost of living have not in
creased.
But the American people have not
needed any tables OF expert calcula-
lions to prove to them how much bet
ter circumstanced they are now than
monthly and weekly and daily remind
or of the fact in something that Is
the very simplest yet the most i'm
pressive proof-their surplus Of earn
lngs above their expenses, their saw
lngs from their incomes after they
have met all their expenses and put
away fund for 'rainy day."
ohc INC bdNlu6o dCpOoiloi .
Of the United States for example.
What need have they Of government
reports to advise them how their bank
accounts compare with those which
they had when the cost Of living was
cheaper in the Wilson law days?
What heed will they give to the Dem
ocratic calamity cries when they look
over their bank books and find their
deposits have been climbing steadily
From 1897, when the Republican party
was restored to power, the total saw
ings banks deposits went from 81,
939,376,0 35 to $2,065, s31 ,2ss in 1898
to $2,23o,366,s54 in 1899; to $2,44S,
547,SS5 In 1900; to $2,5s7, o94,5s0 In
1901; to s2,75O,177,2so in 1902; to 81.
935, 2o4,S45 in 1908.
In the era Of Democratic "low cos
of living" the total savings banks de
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
ing eyes Of an

around the corner and with a puff the
huge machine drew up alongside Of
the curb.
In another second Dolly had jumped
into it. and with derisive "honk" OF
the horn the powerful car raced off,
leaving Miss Lydia breathless and the
major inarticulately profane.
HE must have arranged this with
her," spluttered the major, when at
last words came to his relief. Blu.
Miss Lydia was positive in her assur-
ance that there had been no communi-
cation. The major had to content
himself with telephoning the police
that his daughter Mad been abducted.
This had only the result of bringing
two plain clothes men and dozen re-
! porters to the house. 1t was to these
latter that Frank and Dolly owed their
immediate forgiveness.
"Bet they've gone across the river"
volunteered the youngest Of the scrib-
blers. "They don't need licenses
across the state line, Ind I'll bet they
have been married by now. Mako q
great headline" he continued, ha,t to
himself; Automobile Lochinvar;
Young Couple Outwit Stern Parent "
He made a note ON his pad, and the
| major burst forth:
Gosh hang it, you young cub!" he
shouted, I'm no ding sasted stern par
emit, you fathesded jackass! knew
they were going to be married. It's
| Just because I bet 'em a house that
they ran off, told 'em they couldn't
elope without my going along. and
Carstairs won the house. Now, You
go and put that in your paper. and If
you dare call me \ stern parent l shall
sue you for libel"
The "honk" of the auto horn sound
ed outside, and the major rushed down
the stoop and across the road to
where Frank was helping Dorothea
| Carstairs out OF the tonneau.
''It's all right" pulled the major, rs
the newspaper men came streaming
after him. Don't let EN- know how
you outwitted me and I'll forgive you
but how did you do It,"
And as the newsgatherers raced III
to participate in the sensation the,
found Frank and Dolly explaining t
the major the usefulness of Morse
transmission by flag and fash sys
tems.-M. H. Kerner in Boston Globe
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Why2

why leave for the evening shadows
The duties of early day.
Why grudge until bleak December
The Kindness we owe Ia May?
Ills timo for the bud and blossom
When skies are serene and blue;
Who soweth In chilly autumn
Rcnps harvest of bittor rue.
Thy frown or thy harsh unklndness,
AS bitter as draught OF gall.
Nay sing thee as scourge OF nettles
Ere lowers nights sable pail;
Beware lest thy tardy kisses
Fall madly on lips of clay,
Or heart thou this morn oouldst COM
fort
BE pulseless ere close of day.
Be kind while LIES morn still lingers.
Thy love and thy helpful hands
Shall be as the founts OF water
To wanderer DER desert sands;
A word from the heart, In kindness.
May pierce the gray mists of pain.
And arch DER the hills eternal
The rainbow of hope again.
Mary Il. Killiee, in New York Sun.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15

pany lacks so much of being a mo-
nopoly that the competition has been
of the keenest sort for years. And
vet in the Mckinley law and in the
Wilson-Gorman law and in the Ding
ley law the duty on window glass has
been very high. Notwithstanding
this 1t has been impossible to form a
trust or a combination of any sort
that would prevent the liveliest of
competition. Here are two cold facts
OF more than ordinary Importance in
the business world that ought to be
known to everybody-two facts that
standing alone, are SUFFICIENT to take
The pith out Of tho theory that the
tariff Is the mother of trusts. And
these are but two of numerous facts
all Swing tho direct lie to this tarifl
theory. But what has the tariff re
former to do with cts?-Greenheld
Qnd.) Tribune.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15

banks deposits on silver basis, when
he gave his hatlot In 1896 and 1900
to Mr.. Wfnsn q. Bryan.
The savings baaks deposltors OF the
country (there are more than 100000
accounts) are no moro likely to take
stock" in the Belmont. Parker argN-
ment that having more savings In the
bank they are worse OF than when
they had less, than they are to vote
for the candidate. Judge Parker. who
twice assisted in the attempt to put
the savings banks deposits on silver
basis, though he now says, for polit-
icsl effect on tho Eastern Democrats.
that he regards" the gold standard as
firmly established!-New York Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Canada's Idea Of Reciprocity.

The Canadians, 1t is now settled. do
not favor such reciprocity rs that de-
handed by the Massachusetts friends
of reciprocity in the Democratic party.
The Canadians would be perfectly
willing to have free exchange of all
raw materials, but they have given
England a preferential tariff and will
not consent to admit American manu-
features to Canada on fair terms. The
Canadians are doing well as they are,
and are not as eager as formerly for
American business. The Americans,
on their part, are pretty sure to get a
large dose Of Canadian trade, and are
shy Of any such reciprocity as the
Canadians will assent to, since such
reciprocity would be death to the ag-
ricultural and other important New
England ADMINISTRATION (Me.)
Journal.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Two Facts.

times have been agitated by what
they call the copper trust. Finally
they discovered that copper ore is on
the free list and most of them ceased
to use this particular illustration,
though they still proclaim that the
tariff is the mother of trusts. thus
conveniently forgetting, of course,
that If this Is true, then in this case
of the copper trust we have a crea'
ture that comes into the world with.
out g mother. At the same time they
might explain the window glass bust
Less. 1t is true that there is 4 com
pany that the newspapers speak of as
the window glass trust, but this com