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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
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morning occupation" for every wo- man. She herself appeared to take naturally to the hybridiztng of flow CTS and to originating new varieties Her method in developing new flower Is to "cut out" in ranchmans parlance. the particular plant that l shows sport blossom different from others of the same species. This she fosters with the utmost care. When l the flower goes to seed, she gathers the seeds, sows them, watches and tends the resulting plants till they fructify and in like manner gathers the seeds of this second generation and gamers them for planting She regards all change in the floral kingdom as mani festation of force that Is seeking new expression, and she treasures 1t ac- cordingly. being wiser with her plants than most parents are with their chill dren. In time the change she has | fostered becomes fixed. then a new flower appears on the scene.
 l Hybridizing Is m intensely interest ing part of Mrs. Shepherds work. She carefully selects the flowers she wishes to cross, then takes upon the tip of q I little camel's hair brush some of the pollen of one flower and deposits 1t upon the pistil of another flower. Thus transported to a new nome, the strange life. whatever 1t is. In the pollen, seizes upon the pistil of the ferttltZed plant and nourishes Itself and produces a
 flower different from either of the orig inals.
 Mrs. Shepherd. fascinated with her
 beautiful task, thought little of the
 outside world till at length the outside
 world came to her. People desired
 seeds and cuttings from her garden. and
 presently a fourishng trade with pro-
 fessional horiculturists and seedsmen
 developed. She sent out new varieties of begonias, nasturtiums, poppies, cos
 mos and other flowers. Women who
 cultivate from the seed in their pretty gardens in the East the wonderful yell
 low California poppy and other exqui-
 site flowers from the Pacific coast will be interested to know that this quiet, Iindefatigable woman fioriculturist was the first person to grow flower seed l for the Eastern States trade. Her seeds have found their way throughout Europe. She Is the pioneer flower seed grower of California. Mrs. Shep- , herd also writes and lectures on her favorite topics. LILLIAN GRAY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
WOMEN WHO DO THINGS
Theod0sia Burr Shepherd

i This Is the splendid Marjorie Daw" begonia. originated by Mrs. Shepherd herself. there in her fairy queen garden at Ventura by -the-Sea
 The wonderful poppy known to the trade as the Golden West" is another of Mrs. Shepherds contributions to the flower world. It Is a descendant, ob- tained by careful cross pollenization. of
 the dazzling yellow California wild poppy. Mrs. Shepherds new Golden West" poppy has a maltese cross of deep orange at the base of the petals. in the heart of the flower. Several giant double petunias have also been added to the kingdom of blossoms by the woman originator Of new flowers. She has really made the plain old pe- tunia a thing of beauty
 One of Mrs. Shepherds most illus trious successes has been achieved with the common cosmos. She took 1t, a rather small. fringed flower about two inches across. She selected fine spec | linens. crossed the pollen of one upon the pisttl of another. tended the plants and watched results patiently, till now
 she has developed thirty-five perma- nent varieties from three original ones | She has increased the size of the bios soms till they measure in some cases
 seven inches across. Mrs. Shepherd
 has e whole field full of cosmos of diff ferent kinds. She has changed no, only the colors of this familiar flower
 but also the configuration of the petals causing those of one to be plain. an other ruffied. while others still are laid in strange folds.
 At first this remarkable fioriculturist had no thought of fame or gain from her gardening. but went at IL through pure love of flowers and for recreation She Is a native of Iowa. and her father Augustus Hall was a member of Con gress. She was married to a young Iowa lawyer. Mir. William Edgar Shep- herd. In 1873. on account of her i'll health. she went to California. Her husband went with her and they estab- lished themselves in a cottage at Ven tura
 The marvellous floral richness of California impressed Mrs. Shepherd as 1t impresses all newcomers. She de- termined to have a garden of her own. There was health, there was joy in cultivating flowers. Mrs. Sheph erd spent her mornings at work in the gar den. She declares that Horticulture. seed raising and the developing of new plants constitute an admirable occupa- tion for women who have their living to earn. She thinks 1t ought to be a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
THE FREQUENT "HoNK."
How the Automobile Has Reached the Nerves of the People.


 Nerves of the People.
 They were discussing the effect produced by familiar sights and sounds unexpectedly encountered and heard, the involuntary movements of people who are startled. and the man about town said inquiringly:
 You all know the individual who never grows up-who'll be a boy if he lives to be ninety years old?'
 They all knew him.
 He always has some novelty " his clothes like the sleight-of- of-hand performer who's making the rounds of the barrooms," continued the man who was talking.
 "One day it'll be a rubber cigar filled with water. and the next fake diamond pin connected with an electric battery-something that tick les him to death, although nobody else is highly amused. Well, one of these freak specimens was seated with a crowd of nine or ten of us in a cafe in New Haven the other night. He had the latest fool device in the shape of a bulb that produced a noise precisely like the honk of the auto mobile horn, and without showing 1t he honked 1t. With a single excep- ton every man jack around that ta- ble jumped straight into the air made for the nearest wall and hugged it."
 '"The exception must have had his wits with him, along with good nerve" ventured one of the group
 Perhaps so." replied the first speak CT. He's never heard a sound since he was born. He's deafer than dead adder"
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 to be. She made trips to Europe and to Eastern cities and elsewhere. she entertained friends and distinguished guests at her home and was able to shape her life at will
 Then there is that other California woman. Theodosia Burr shepherd. now known to every floriculturist in civili zation as a hybridlzer of blossoms and originator of new flowers. Scarcely outside of dreams in which flowers of unearthly beauty float before the vision can one behold blooms as beautiful and wonderful as those reared by the namesake of Aaron Burrs lovely i'll fated daughter. At Ventura-by-t the Sea is the home of Mrs. Shepherd. The blossoms about her home at Ventura are so wonderful, so abundant and so fragrant that they are fairly over whelming to the sense. and the sight of them makes the heart ache because no human words can describe their beau- ty The begonia Is Mrs Shepherds favorite flower. and she has one bego- mia plant fifteen feet high. It has some times l5o clusters of blossoms upon 1t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
PANAMA CANAL
 BIGGEST HUMBUG OF THE AGE''
OPINION OF FORMER INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
 ER YEOMANS.
Railroads Back of Plan to Dish Gov ernment--Wallace "Made . Fool of Himself Givfngs Rea-
 s0ns," Yeomans Says.

Sioux City Special to New York World
 Wallace was right when he resigned
 as chief engineer of the Panama Canal Commission" said J. D. Yeomans, of
 this city, in beginning sensational
 interview today.
 welt six months ago, after having
 served more than a decade on the In- terstate Commerce Commission. Con-
 tinuing. he said: 1 Wallace made a fool of himself | trying to tell why All he should
 have said was. I have had enough of
 Panama and I resign. It Is no place
 for anyone to want to stay. Before | was moved off the Interstate Com
 merce Commission 1t was intimated
 to me that would be a valuable man | in Panama. No Panama for me-not 1 for a thousand dollars a minute.
 didn't come to this world to die; came to live
 Biggest of All Humbugs. The Panama Canal Is the biggest humbug of the age. have no he's itancy in saying that in my opinion
 there will never be canal built there No important American engineer, who was not paid for 1t, ever hazarded the opinion that there would be a canal there. The last monthly report of the work done shows that 1t will take 1lO years to finish 1t. The weeds grow in one end faster than they carry the dirt out of the other.
 No engineer has ever found a
 rock or a clay bed in that celebrated Culebra Cut. where the United States has done the most of Its work. There
 has been a cut of $50 feet there. and thirty inches of rain fell in thirty hours down those banks. Does any one suppose that the alluvial soil won't wash down in there to make a mud canal too thick for government
 dredge-boat to keep afloat in?
 The Nicaragua route was feasible and for that reason 1t was abandoned.
 I was a member of a syndicate pre- pared to build a canal there for $120,-
 100000, which would have carried 27,-
 000, 900 tons of merchandise annually.
 We were prepared to do the work in | four years. This looked too much | like a canal, and the fireat influences
 behind the present transcontinental ltransportation business suddenly ceas-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09

It Is enough to make the Eastern wo- man jealous to read what the feminine sex is accomplishing in California
 Eastern folk have long known of the ranch of Mrs. E. P. Buckingham of Vacaville. It was not particularly profitable ranch when one day now more than twenty years ago. there came to the keen intelligence of Mrs
 Buckingham the brilliant idea of mak- ing the waste samp grass on her land pay her a good sum. How sho had the cleverness to persuade the leaders in presidential campaign to adopt the pampas grass plumes as their emblems in parades throughout the whole land Mrs. Buckingham furnishing the plumes from her California swamp lands, many know. It was as clever a business stroke as agriculturist ever accomplished. The sale of the pampas plumes gave the brave ranch woman
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
Dimdence of J. NJ. Barrie.

J. M. Barrie ia as shy as school girl, says a writer. Let pretty girl look steadfastly. at Barrie for five min utes and if she can catch his eye he will exhibit about the same symptoms of distress as a man who has swallowed a fishbone. Constant activity and con tact with the world seems Go be power less to cure him of the shyness which is developed the moment he talks with a good-looking woman. only the other day a young actress who had been re- hearsing fin one of his plays and direct. ly under his eye. pleased him SO much
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
ed opposing the canal project an,

ed opposing the canal project and
 pushed the clamor over to Panama The men who run our big railroads know what Panama Is.
 Nicaraugua Route is Feasible. By the Nicaragua route as pro. jected a ship could leave New York harbor and arrive in San Francisco in eighteen days. No freight train is now scheduled to go overland inside of twenty-three days. That's what struck in Nicaragua project. Red tape. civ il-service reform and yellow eyes will do the rest.
 Do you suppose Congress will go on putting money up for gravestones and quinine down there? I am glad I am not in it. Everybody down there wants to do what, Wallace did or what the boss of the whole works Is doing-live in New York and run 1t by proxy. Why should Shonts or Wallace be chosen to dig a canal any way? They never did a piece of work in their lives of this sort or anything calculated to equip them for doing 1t. Every man selected so far to do the work has been picked from a trans continental railroad. Would you pick competitor to build n.ceting bus mess? They may be all right, but none of 1t looks like @ canal to me-"
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looked up and looked into the siri eyes. From that moment he was ao- solutely speechless He did not utter one word during the meal and after It was over he was just able to gasp out: Shall we return to the theatre? and offer his arm. Then, as sort or re- lief, he hunted up the stage manager and talked to him>at the rate of ninety words a minute for half an hour.
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her start. She planted vineyards and orchards, she raised prize live stock, and the Buckingham place became one of the famous farms of the Golden State.
 Mrs. Bucking- hams life became @ pleasant and fortu- nate. as every plucky. intelligent
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that he asked her to luncheon She
 couldn't po that day. and the refusal embarrassed him, but he plucked up courage and asked her again the next day Another engagement interfered,
 but on the third Irial the girl accepted
 and was pleased to think that she was to have an hour of delightful enter tainment. Barrie ordered the iuncheon and as the dishes were brought on he
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09

Penr's Gfycer'ne Soap, I0c. cake.
 4711 White Rose Gly- cerine and Violet Toilet Soap, each 13c. cake.
 Roger and Gallet's Violet and Scented TOi- let Soap, 22c. cake.
 C0lgate's Floating Bath Soap, 47c. for a dozen cakes. .. Lusterene, the best polishing soap for sii- yer, brass. and hard wood, 6c. cake. = Bathasweet an d Bathasweet Rice Pow der, each, 18c.
 SatinOla and Egypt ian Cream, each, 37c.
 Dr. LyOn's Tooth Powder. 1Sc.
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39c For Choice.
Cut Prices On oilet Articles.

Beauty Violet Toilet Talcum Powder, large 15c. bottle for Dc.
 COlgate's Violet Tai- cum Powder, new can, 15c. Perfection Sweat Vi- Olet Ammonia, l0c. per bottle.
 Crescent Brand BO- rax, half pound pack age, Sc. +u cs...
 Hirsh's double dis titled Witch Hazel, Toe. per bottle.
 4711 Violet Toilet water, 47c.
 Splen did 25c. Hair Brushes at 10c.
 35c. Hard Rubber Dressing Combs for la- dies, 21c.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-19
Women and Jewels.

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that is the order Of woman's pref
erences. Jewels form magnet "
mighty power to the average wo-
man. Zen that greatest of all
jewels, health, is often ruined in
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If !
woman viii risk her health to get
a coveted gem, then let her for
tify herself against the insiduous
consequences of coughs, colds
and bronchial affections by regu-
lar use of DR.. Boschee's German
Syrup. 1t will promptly arrest
consumption in its early stages
and heal the affected lungs and
bronchial tubes and drive Uv
dread disease from the evst-rn. It
is not q cure-all, hrt y certain
cure for coughs "nots and al
bronchial troubles You can -
DR.. Green's reliable remedies at
D. A. Hendershot's.
Get Green Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-19
Brain Food Nonsense.

Another ridiculous food fad has
been branded by the most compe-
tent authorities. They have dis
covered the silly notion that one
kind of food is needed for brain
another for muscle, and still an
other for bones. A correct diet
will not only nourish a particular
part of the body, but will sustain
every other part. Yet, however
good your food may be, it's nutri-
ment is destroyed by indigestion
or dyspepsia. You must prepare
for their appearance or prevent
their coming by taking regular
doses of Green's August Flower,
the favorite medicine of the
healthy millions. A few doses
aids digestion, stimulates the liver
to healthy action, purifes the
blood and makes you feel buoyant
and vigorous. You can get DR..
Green's reliable remedies at D. A.
Memberships.
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-19
WAYSIDE BRIEFS.

@-@-@-@-@-#-@-@:
George Smith has been confined
to his home the past week with
stomach trouble.
Mrs. Bessie Buck of Paden City,
who has been very i'll with pneu-
monia, is some better.
U. G. Heslep. attorney, will
leave for Middlebourne today to
attend circuit court.
Albin Tippins went to Wheeling
last week to visit relatives for a
few weeks.
Mrs. Sarah J. Smith and Miss
Mary Gigley spent Sunday with
Geo. Smith and family on Slider
Run.
John II. Tippins began the as
sessing Of Lincoln district today.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-19
A HARD STRUGGLE.
Many a Sistersville Citizen Finds
the Struggle Hard.

With back constantly aching,
With distressing urinary disor-
ders,
Daily existence is but a strug-
gle.
No need to keep it up.
Doan's Kidney Pills will cure
you.
Mrs. j. Brown, wife of j.
Brown, night Waterman in the
enamel. works, living at 1902
Third street, Moundsville, W.
Va, says: Kindly allow me to
bear testimony to the general ex-
cellence of Doan's Kidney Pills.
They performed wonders for me.
Procuring a box and taking it as
directed the treatment stopped an
attack of dull aching in the small
of my back, only a successor of
many similar predecessors. Some
times the attacks were very Sc
we're, especially after the contrac-
ton of a cold or if was required
to bring any extra exertion on
the muscles of my back. I used
several remedies and wore plas-
tiers before I tried Doan's Kidney
Pills, but they turned out to be
only makeshifts. I noticed the d.
rect effect of Doan's Kidney Pills
upon my kidneys after a dose or
two and when I had completed
the box my back was stronger and
better than it had been for some
time and was absolutely free from
pain"
For sale by all dealers. Price,
so cents. Foster-Milburn COM
pany, Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan s
and take no other.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-19
The Property Called Health

Is the most valuable property we
have and should receive the most
attention. 1t helps in business,
helps good looks; helps make
friends, helps get situations and
helps hold them, and always
makes happiness. Property like
this out of repair, should be look
ed after. Bilious spells, indiges-
ton, dyspepsia, belching, dizzi-
ness, sick headache, sallow COM
plexion with pimples and liver
spots, a drowsy feeling after
meals, sour stomach, etc., all show
loss of health. Druggists will sell
for IS cents a box DR.. Gums I'M
proved Liver Pills. One for a
dose. A cure for all these dis
eases. Made by DR.. Bosanko Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa. 4,1-1m
For sale by Arthur Corbitt.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-19
EPWORTH LEAGUE
CONVENTION,
Denver, COL, July SO, via
BALTIMORE g. OHIO R. r.
Very Low Rates.

From all points east of the Ohio
river, tickets will be sold June 90
to July 3, inclusive, valid return
ing to and including July IT,
Extension of return limit ohrd
1905.
Extension of return limit to Au,
gust II may be obtained on de-
post of ticket and payment OF
fifty cents.
For full particulars, address
nearest B. & O. ticket agent or
G. W. Bassett, G. P. A., B. & O.
R. R., Baltimore, Md. 4,6-75t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-19
#-@-@-@-@-@-@-a
5 PURsLEY JoTT1NGs.
.5s-@-St-&-@-@-@-s

Pursley, w. Va, April "
The severe changes OF the
weather has caused many of our
people to have colds.
Mrs. Will and Mrs. Adam Ev-
erly of Cluster, Peasants county,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. JON
athan Moore on Sunday.
d. L. Core and Jonathan Moore
will be in attendance at court, be-
ing members of the petit jury.
L. L. Twyford is again at his
post of duty after an absence OF
several days assisting his father
at Hanford City.
Miss Zelma Twyford of Han
ford City, was calling upon Miss
Myrtle Schamahorn Sunday even
ing.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-19
A Daredevil Ride

Often ends in a sad accident. To
heal accidental injuries, use Buck
lens Arnica Salve. GA deep
wound in my foot, from an &C
cident," writes Theodore Schuele
of Columbus, O., "caused me
great pain. Physicians were help
less, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve
quickly healed it. :" Soothes and
heals burns like magic. 25c at D.
A. Henderson,, druggist.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-19
$40, 500; Hotel and Board
ing House; $4,000

Located in one of the best
towns in w. Va; near B. & o.
R. R. depot and yards; fine view
overlooking river; "a rooms, fully
equipped; water closets in bldg. ;
hot and cold water; 80 to 10 reg
ular boarders; i'll health, must
sell; $4,000 cash, balance easy
terms. Write w. F. Richmond,
GAINESVILLE, 0. All
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Unclaimed Letters April 10.

Bradford, Miss Flora.
Collins. Mr.. f. G.
Cox. Miss Minnie.
Davis, Miss May.
Eldrid, j.
Graige, Miss Mollie.
Green, Mr.. Jim.
IIanidd, Miss S.
Henderson, Mrs. Della.
Linett. Mr.. Joseph.
Moore. Mrs. Louis.
Mudgctt. Mr.. F. A.
Redick. Mrs. Jennie.
Rice. Mr.. Geo.
Rite. Miss Pround.
Shrjver. Mr.. w.
Smith, Miss Blanche.
Stewart. Mrs. II. VI.
White, Mr.. Cyrus S.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-19
A Tried and True Friend.

One Minute Cough Cure con-
tains not an atom of any harmful
drug, and it has been curing
coughs, colds, Group and whoop-
ing cough so long that it has prov
en- itself to be a tried and true
friend to the many who use it.
Sold by Opera House Drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-19

Jerorne I1,uxwell she Wheeling, West VII
zinia r. 1lisner, says that =: any one Athlete
18th icocele or impOtcnry, or are weak
I-rre ,,erfect men are strong, will acdr>s
perfect cure de VIII tel, ~ou how he va
.ured after years OF St.s.0r ~ perfect man
God. Hundreds have teSted this with SUI
~esA TEf;e ~ liay - l1l confidence.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-19
80A Farm IN Ohio for only $4,000

If this little farm can be sold
soon you can get a BARGAIN.
and no mistake; it's got to sell,
and depends on the 1st money
paid on cc~'~""t as to who will
get this f rgain; less than
$2S rer acro; Gwlg. and barn on
public road. near school; coal. oil,
gas, with deed. Write W. F.
Richmond, GAINESVILLE, o. 4,19