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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-05-05

agriculture wood ashes were the only
material offered to supplement the
potash of the barnyard manure but the
discovery of vast mines of so-called
stassfurt salts has given to the world a
practically inexhaustible supply In
the markets we find now offered such
materials as kainit, crude salt from
these mines containing 1916 percent
potash or refined salts such as the
muriate Of potash containing not far
from so percent of actual potash or sui
phate OF potash, containing 80 percent
of actual potash.
Coal ashes have little or no potash IN
their make up and have no great value
as fertilizer if indeed they would pay
for hauling. They might Tighten up a
heavy clay although, as matter of
servation they tend to cement such soils
into hard mass and are therefore use-
full in road building.
Potash usually exists in the soil in
combination with silica or sand. The
application Of land plaster or gypsum to
the soil has the peculiar property of
breaking up this combination and re-
leasing the potash. Gypsum is not in
itself a plant food but it acts Indirectly
in supplying food to plants in the way
mentioned. In years gone by gypsum
was very popular manure but the
amount required to do maximum
amount Of good is not large and on
many farms the entire want is supplied
at least temporarily and farther quaint
ties do not seem to do the good that
similar applications used to do.
The other soil ingredients mentioned
iron, magnesium and sulphur are rare
ly lacking from common Michigan
soils. There does seem to be lack of
iron in some soils which may possibly
account for a mysterious, emaciating
disease of cattle on certain sands, since
as soon as the cattle are removed to
other lands they rapidly recover with
out medicine, although fed on nominal
ly the same feeds.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-05-05
ISOLATED THE TOWN.
Then Robbers Entered GlIbertsviIle
N. Y, and Robbed Bank.

Oneonta, N. Y. May ga band Of
masked robbers rode into the village
OF Gilbertsville, about ten miles from
here, at 3 O'Clock Tuesday morning,
blew open the modern and supposedly
burglar-proof safe in the private bank
of e. c. Brewer and made good their
escape with booty estimated at be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000.
When the startled villagers were
awakened by the muffled roar OF the
explosion and had been halted by the
pistol fire of the retreating bandits.
they found that the robbers had com
pletely Isolated Gilbertsville from the
outside world by cutting all the tele-
graph and telephone wires Efforts to
communicate with neighboring towns
were futile, and when the village folk
finally started in pursuit the robbers
had gained a lead which could not be
overcome.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-05-05
Deafness Cannot be Cured.

by local apphcations, rs they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness. and that is by constitu.
tional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an In
famed condition of the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is infiamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, ana when IL is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to It's normal
condition, hearing Will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by catarfh) that can
not be cured by Hairs Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-05-05
Jeffries TO Retire From RIno.

Cincinnati. May 3.--James ]. JEFF
fries, champion heavyweight pugilist,
will retire from the prize ring and
from the stage and go into business
with his brother Jack in California,
according to statement made by him
to the Times-Star. He will leave the
stage May Is, arrangements having
been made to cancel all engagements
after that date. Jeffries takes this ac-
ton at the request of his wife. In ad.
dition to this Jeffries says that pugil-
ism does not pay.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-05-05

is also called. Plants will not grow
well in sour soil. TO tell whether soil
is sour, buy at the druggists some
litmus color, blue in color. Wet the
soil and place the lmitus paper against
it. If the paper turns red, the soil is
sour, if not it probably is not. If the
land is acid, apply lime in large quaint
ties. II does not follow because a soil
is muck, composed largely of slowly
decaying organic matter. it is necessari-
ly or probably acid, still all muck soils
should be tested for acidity at the out
set of their examination. Test particu-
larly the "cheesy" muck.
The loans on higher lands are some
times acid and need the addition of
lime to correct this sourness Try
therefore, all soils by the litmus paper
before deciding what to apply in the
way of fertilizers. Add lime whenever
you find acidity.
Lime acts on humus to aid in its
rapid destruction. Where therefore
the soil is cold and inert and needs the
fastening of decomposition, lime is
Just the thing to add. Where, on the
other hand the supply of humus is not
excessive and is in danger of too rapid
exhaustion, lime should not be applied.
When heavy coat of manure is plow-
ed under, or heavy green manuring
crop, apply lime to the surface after
blowing, to aid in the decay of the ex-
cess of organic matter and to correct
any acidity that may come from this
decay.
Lime may be applied as air slaked
lime, the poorest form, or it may be
hauled to the field as stone lime and
allowed to slake covered with earth in
little piles in the field. Marl is a
common form of lime carbonate in
Michigan. Whether mari is useful or
not depends on its physical condition,
its location and ease of access and
finally on.its composition. 1t may con-
tain but five percent of lime or as high
US forty percent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-05-05
Get.
SCOT rs
n1uIsion

When you go to a drug store
and ask for SCOTS Emulsion
you know whst you want; the
man knows you ought to have
It. Oont be surprised, though,
II you are offered something
else. Wines, cordiaIs, extracts,
etc., Of cod liver oil are pIenti.
full but don't imagine you are
getting cod liver oil when you
take them. Every year for thirty
years we've been increasing
the sales Of SCOTS Emulsion.
Why2 Because It has always
been better than any substitute
for Il.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-05-05
Special Low Rates.

To all points in Montana, Idaho,
Washington, Oregon and British Col
umbia, March LIST, to May 18th, 1905
Round Trip Homeseekers' Tickets on
special days. Write at once for infor-
nation and maps to III. w. Steinhoff,
Travelling Agent, Wisconsin Central
R'y, Saginaw, CIV. 81, Michigan
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-05-05
XIV.

Phosphoric acid is the next essential
plant food TO be considered. 1t exists
in the soil in combination with some of
the metals usually calcium or magnes-
ium or both as phosphate insoluble
except in the smallest degree and there
fore in condition not to be leached from
| the soil by rains. 1t is made slowly
soluble by the action of bacteria or
microscopic plants found in the soil.
How these bacteria work we do not
know and what part they play in max
ing the phosphates soluble we do not
know
Besides barnyard manure which is
the best source of all the essential plant
foods the commercial forms of phos-
| pilates are bones and South Carolina
Rock. Bones may be ground very fine
and applied raw. In this form the
phosphates are associated with an
abundance of glue and of fat and, while
decomposition soon sets the phosphates
free, they are not as readily available
as,when the bone is first treated to ex-
tract tbe.glne and 4ba ,ninerap, narts of
ltbe bones are ground fine and nsed 90
fertilizer. The large packing and
Strengthening houses Thus become the
poiists to which we look for our supplies
Of phosphates. They. send ont raw
bones, steamed. bones tankage mixture
Of bones, flesh and other parts of the
animal body. bone black and bone ash
The. pounds of phosphoric acid in 100
pounds of each. of average duality are
as follows 81 -
Raw bone. ~. .:.22 lb
Steamed bone. .2S to 30 lbs.
TanLage. first Grade. Is lbs.
second =" 16
third 1351bs
fourth .11.5
Bone black. ...... .32 to 36 lbs.
Soptb Carolina Rock contains usnal,v
about o. nercent Of total. nbosnboric
acid and II NAV he finely ground and
annlied without having been treated
with acid or Il NAV be treated with
sr,nbrr;c ac;d before sala Tn tho latter
case tho ,,bosnbor;c acid ia mrcb moro
soluble and shows its effects sooner on
tho crons 70 which Il ia ann,;ad
All soils NAV be exnected n contain
pbosnbor;c acid in considerable opanti.
ties 90 II rarely teaches ont in the wafer
tbronob the drains still, additions Of
nbosnbate sbonld be made 70 insure q
Sufficient sunnlv 70 give the maxinm
crow.
No ,ttemnt 10 made 70 arrange tbe
soil constituents we are discnssing in
or lar Of imnortance indeed there 10
no order Of i,nnortance when essentials
are comnared for all alike must be
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-11-15
VELMA.

Velma |. r., NOV. 13.-( Especial Cor.
respondence. Miss Jessie Taylor is
sick with typhoid fever.
Miss Leila Clifton has gone to
Pauls Valley.
Rube Cockburn captured a large
gray wolf near here last week.
Rain continues 10 retaTd the cotton
pickeTs.
John Marler has bought the res
dences Of Rube Cockburn and J. H.
Taylor.
w. II. Clifton went to Pauls Vail y
last Saturday.
Ernest Manley has bought the two
blacksmith shops here OF c. A. Miller
and ]. II. Taylor. who will engage
in farming.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-11-15
WARNING ORDER.

In The United States Court, South
ern District. Indian Territory, at Ard
more:
Noble Bros, plaintiff, VS.. e. M
Grim, defendant. No. 1915.
The defendant. +. NJ. Grim. is warn,
ed to appeCi in this court within thir.
ty days tc answer the complaint of
the plaintiff S.. Noble Bros.
Witness my hand as United States
Commissioner at Ardmore, |, T., this
October II, 1905.
T. n. ROBNETT,
U. S. Commissioner
Butler & McGill. attorneys for pltfs
II. A. Iedbettcr, attorney for non
resident defendant.
First published October 10, 1905.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-11-15

Group is quickly relieved, and
whooping cough will not run Its
course" II you use the original Bees
Laxative Honey and Tar This cough
syrup ia different from all others be
cause II acts on the bowels. You can
not cure Group and whooping cough
until you rid the system Of all conges-
ton, by working OF the cold through
a copiuus action OF the bowels. Bees
Laxative Honey an Tar does this,
and cures all coughs. Group. whoopin
cough. cts. No opiates. Sold by City
Drlrg Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-11-15

1t is difhcult to cure cough or free
yourself from the discomforts OF a
cold unless you move the bowels.
Bees Laxative Honey and Tar acts
on the bowels and drives all cold out
OF the system. For Group. whooping-
cough, colds, and all lung and bron-
chial affections, no remedy Is equal
TO the original Bees Laxative Honey
and Tar. A Liquid Cold Cure Sold by
City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-11-15
Aecep, No Substitute.

There is nothing just as good for
Malaria, Chilis. and Fever as Dr. Men
denhalls Chill and Fever Cure. Take
II as a general tonic and at all times
in place OF quinine. II II fails TO give
satisfaction the City Drug Store Will
refund your money.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-11-15

It's a lot easier to cry down al-
other fellows work and tell just how
he ought to have done IL than II is TO
tend 10 your own, and do II halfway
well
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-11-15
ROBBIE RSoN.

Robertson. /. T.. Nov Special
CorrespondenceD- THE wet weather
DELAYED cotton picking last week.
Cotton has been damaged from one
fourth To one-half by the frost
The box supper that was given last
night for the purpose of securing
funds to repair the school house, was
suite q success.
School will begin here tomo'f""
with Prof. WINS in charge.
Mrs Wright and Mrs. Lapsy have
gone 10 WynnewoOd.
p. A. ireland has gone to Dun' Hu'
Born. tu jun Hutson and wiz, u
daughter.
Muskogee where she went in reSit.
Musgokee where she went "a regard
To her land.
The health OF the community H.
very good.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-11-15
DRESS GOODS

Why not make your choice now
Of the newest fabrics, with trim.
mings 10 match.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-11-15
LADIES' WEARABLES

Ladies, misses and children >
shoes the stock is very com
'plete and every pair solid leather
and warranted 10 satisfy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-11-15

Don't you need a real handsome
parasol! If so don't forget we
have some beauties. Ask 10 see
them anyway.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-11-15
anna HELD CIGAR SC.

A delightfully."- smooth, rich flavor every puff t
even-burning satisfying in every particular Just such
three for a-quarter Sold by all dealers in good cigars
Trade supplied by PLATTER TOBACC
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-12-28
Wide Responsibility in China.

In China the whole family is held
responsible for the acts OF any of its
members and for certain offenses.
such as an attempt on the life of the
emperor, all are executed, even to the
babe in arms. The tepaom, or dean
of the village, elected by universal
suffrage, is responsible for the con-
duct Of the families OF his domain
The subprefect, project, governor and
viceroy are all responsible in different
degrees. An inundation and a famine
are laid at the door of the governor or
the viceroy, who are father and
mother to the people" About thirty
years ago mandarin was murdered
by soldiers. AS result thirty-three
functionaries - project, subprefects
and superintendent were declared
responsible and beheaded and the gov
ernor and treasurer Of the province
were exiled.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-12-28
COULD LEARN AND WORK. TOO
Good Spirit Shown by Educated East
Indian Girl.

The primate of India, the Right Rev.
Stephen Copleston. tells the following
story: In the hilly districts of his
diocese the people were very CHEEKY
and full of fun and laughter. But they
had an extraordinary mania for carry.
ing heavy loads on their heads. This
to them was a delight One day."
proceeded the primate, 'the head of
one of the tribes saw very smart
girl, dressed in a velvet jacket. carry
ing an enormous load of stone strap
ped TO her forehead. L think | have
seen you before he said. Yes, sir,
replied the maiden, you presented me
with a prize the other day You go
70 school, and yet you are carrying
stone?" queried the chief. With a
pleasant smile the girl answered, oh,
yes. | am reading for the Cambridge
local examination, but as it was half
holiday, | thought | would come out
and earn sixpence. London Tele-
graph.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-12-28
Wanted TO BE in lime.

81 would like to look at some house.
hold goods" said the tall brunette as
she entered the tg furniture store.
You see ! expo. 20 be married
soon"
"Ah, f. &c smiled the polite
clerk. lust step this way. We have
special inducements for young cou.
piles just starting in housekeeping.
Wien is the glad event to come Off"
"Well-er-the day hasn't been set
as yet"
"Oh. see; the lucky young mao
has just proposed and"
mo, he hasn't proposed yet,
but"
"Ah. he is going to propose. How
long has he been calling?"
well, he hasn't started calling yet,
but"
what is the young mans name?'
eally, | don't know at present.
but mamma says she thinks some
nice young man will start calling soon.
so / wanted to be le."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-12-28
ORE Heau's'rg sItcss.
Press Steadily Onward and Never
Think of Failure

A happy minded woman came from
the West to take her place In the van
with ,he girl who works-the girl Nth
a purpOse-an ami ton beyond soci-
ETY.. That she was in earnest there
could he no doubt.
She began with stenography; she
took a course In physical culture: she
studied the work of book cover de-
signing; she even spent a week as p
cloak model; she tried to win success
as an advertising agent In nothing
could she achieve ;ny success. Yet
she worked hard and was encouraged
and aided by friends. But she failed
TO keep on at any of the many
branches she adopted. says Success.
II is not always possible to see the
stars beckoning us. A philosophic
woman has written. we must dig to
end our star Blu we must keep on
Kindly. ometimes-through the dark
ness. with nothing but the keeping
on itself in view. Worry not over en-
vircnment or lack of the immediate
success that may co our due Waste
not time over small regrets or fail
ures or small achi' yements
These things only prove that you
are alive and in the battle, Just as the
singing OF bullet tells q soldier that
he Is in the field But when the tired
time comes to you-the girl who
works-and you look over untrodden
fields where the daisies may glow al
luringly and the sta of success may
perch low enough 70 reach without
too much straining, just stick tc ycul
purpose, whatever 1t may Re.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-12-28
NEAT AND PRETTY COMPLIMENT.
EneIishman's Tribute to Genius Of
Scottish Divine.

scottish DIVINE.
A tribute which was at the same
time both gratifying and clever was
once paid to the genius of Or. Hugh
Blair, the famous Scottish divine and
author.
DR.. Blair had collected a considera-
BILE party to meet an English clergy
man at dinner. A Scotchman present,
proud of the doctors fame, indiscreet-
ly asked the stranger what was
thought of 1.-The sermons" by his pro
fessional brethren.
To his horror, and to the mortifica-
ton of Mrs. Blair, the Englishman an
sweTed:
why. they are not partial to them
at ALL"
"How so?" faltered the querist;
how could that be?"
Why" replied the southron, "be-
cause they're too much read and SO
generally known that they can't bor-
row from them"
The whole company, hitherto In a
state OF embarrassment. were, at this
ingenious compliment put at their
ease once more.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-12-28
What The> Strive For.

At dinner that w. ID. Howells gave
at Kittery in Henry james honor the
talk turned to biographies.
Nothing is more difficult" said Mr.
James, than to write modestly the
biography of a contemporary. The
standard life of Dickens illustrates
this fac. we'll.
1T is fact we'll illustrated. too,
by story that las of late been trav-
cling over London.
Zone publisher said to another:
when are the Blanks going to
BIZ lg out that life of Whistler which
Jones, the art critic, has been work.
ing on?'
WELL said the second publisher,
Jones is pegging away diligently. but
he is not satisfied with what he has
done
THAT is odd laughed the first
publisher. Jones usually is well
pleased with mis- own work
al know was the reply, but in
this biography of Whistler he finds II
very difficult t. make himself out q
greater man than his hero"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-12-28
DOING THE MOST Fer oTHErs
surest Of All Ways to Bring Bright.
ness Into Our Lives.

ness lntO OGT LIVES.
Selfishness is darkness. Ii shuts
us up in the tight little box of our own
lives. Unselishness gives us a wide
circle OF interest and delight. What
we do for others has as much to do
with our happiness as what ! get for
ourselves Just think how many joys
a man may have who is not confined
TO his own reasons for rejoicing! Re-
member how jeanne Deans blessed the
good lady who helped her, saying:
When the hour of trouble comes
and seldom may it visit your leddyship
and when the day of death comes,
that comes to high 0nd low-lang and
late may 1t be youl, O my lady! then
1t isna what we haze done for our
selves, but what We haze done for
ithers. that we think of most pleas
antly." And this truth is for all hours.
though it be most clearly manifested
in the hour Of extremity. Doing the
most for others is doing the best for
ourselves. If you have never made
another life bright, you know not how
much brightness can come into your
own.-Montreal Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-12-28
STORY OF NAPOLEON REVIVED
Assertion Again Made That He Or
dered Sick Soldiers Poisoned.

Assertion Again Made That He Or
dered Sick Soldiers Poisoned.
A grim story of Napoleon is told
by Christian Was in a Frankfort re-
view under the title OF Napoleon at
Jaffa." A great number % the sol
diers were down with the plague, and
one day Bonaparte sent for his chief
surgeon, Larrey. IF | were you" he
said to him, Il should put our plague
patients out of their misery; II would
save them from having recourse to
opium to soothe them. But my duty
is to make them live" replied Lar
rey. Bonaparte then revealed the
grim truth. He and his staff were re.
dueed TO travelling on foot because the
horses were all being used for the
transportation OF the sick. He must.
therefore. either abandon the plague
stricken 10 the cruelty of the enemy
or get rid of them. Mr.. Was main
tains that the order was carried out
accordingly. There is an sud. OBJ
serves the Journal des Debats. to the
illusion Of the famous picture in the
Louvre Of "Bonaparte Visiting the
Plague-Stricken Soldiers at Jaffa."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-12-28
THE TRIuMPHs OF IRRIGATION.
Romance Of Agriculture Brought
About by the Engineer.

About by the Engineer.
or the various papers read at the
adjourned meeting of the British AS
ociation Of Johannesburg. none is OF
lore practical interest than Sir c.
scott Moncrieff's on irrigation. Only
he man who has seen what has been
one in Italy, in India, in Egypt and
n California can appreciate the veri
able romance OF agriculture which
he engineer has brought about.
In India the irrigation canal has
urned millions of acres TO fertility
md saved tens of thousands of lives
which must have succumbed to fam
ne. In the Western States of Amer
ca vast deserts have been converted
into orchards, and the land which
would otherwise be dear at S. an acre
has become worth fifty. Much Of the
E'.tish triumph in Egypt is summed
up in the word irrigation. English
engneers-Sir C. Scott Moncrieff
among them-came from India after
he British occupation and have ever
since been engaged liz some OF the
greatest irrigation works in the world,
so that Egyptian agriculture mas de-
veloped beyond the dreams Of the
most sanguine.
Whether extensive irrigation would
be good for South Africa or even pos
sible, Sir c. Scott Moncrieff aid not
attempt TO say, but there are many
who bplf~vp that Agricultural nrOgress
in South Africa will be small without
the help of rrigation.-Saturday Re
view.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-12-28
KITTENS" NOT TO HER TAs1E
Lady Feared Egyptian Cock Contem'
plated horrible Menu.


A lady living In Egypt tells OF an
amusing experience with her cook.
Ore morning afte- his marketing he
came and said he r'ust go out again
I asked him why; - replied that he
wished To buy some-(word incompre-
hens.ble) for luncheon. For about
five minutes | trio 10 understand
what this mysterious word was, ana
then In desperation ed him II he
knew the English of IL. He frightened
at once.
"Oui, madame: items"
"Kittens?" | gaspe9. ''Ycu mean
hickens-poulets."
mon, madame; kittens"
felt horror struck. To what kind
of savage country had ! come?
"Not kittens, Ali" | pleaded.
"Oui madame" persisted he. Kit
tens-trois. pour lie midi
He went on repeating. "kttens-trois"
as If hoping that when the idea really
sank into my mind | should not shrink
from It SO much lie seemed absolute
ly set on his kittens, while a picture
rose before my minds eye OF three
little roasted cats appearing on dish
to be carved by my husband at lunch
con.
Then pulled myself tor ether, assur.
ing myself that he could not really
buy us kittens TO eat and sent him
ont to get what he wanted. II turned
out 10 be kidneys Montreal Herald