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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-09-12

Comment by the Editor: We
have all due respect for our many
friends among the farming class
who believe in the moon theory
and roots dying at certain periods.
They are good people but have
meyer had the advantage of scieu.
tlfic training, and these old su-
perstitions have been handed
down so long, they have all re
ality of truth to them. Roots
don't die at stated periods. If
roots are broken or diseased they
die, and nature tries to overcome
this misfortune by putting out
new ones. There is no time when
you can or should break the roots
in cultivation. In rainy seasons
the injury will not be SO appar
ent as the moisture will help the
plant to survive and also to put
out new roots to take the place
OF those destroyed. The moon
theory Is incorrect; if the side
roots of cotton died at any time
the stalk and foliage would with.
or at once. Go out and cut all the
side roots at any time, and see
the result. Our best farmers do
not regard the moon either in
planting or in cultivation and
their yields are always in pro-
portiOn-not to the phase of the
moOn--but entirely to the ma
nuring, and still in cultivation.
The root system of any plant has
the same life period as plant un-
less interferred with IN some
way. This monthly dying period
is not in accordance with the
facts.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

American boy. He was a farmer lad,
and at the age of ten years was follow
ing the plow. This was not so diff
cult an operation on the prairies as
it might have been among the rocks
and stumps of the New England hills.
but 1t was a pretty strenuous life for
youngster of that age. At the age Of
II he was a student in an Iowa col
lege, where he graduated at 20. He
studied law and soon went to practice
and by the time he reached the age of
80 he was member of the house of
representatives.
Mr.. Burkett had as an opponent in
his race for the senate no less a dis
tinguished character than William
Jennings Bryan. The latter had the
united support of the democrats, popu-
lists and free silver republicans. There
was a red-hot fight for the election of
members of the legislature, and Bryan
took advantage of every mistake the
republicans had made since they had
regained control Of Nebraska, and
spoke in every district in the state
His fight was unavailing, however. and
Mr.. Burkett found at the end of the
campaign of 1904 that he had a ma
jority of the Legislature with him.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

San Francisco in 1855 On arriving
there lie engaged in merchandising,
and is now multi-millionaire. He is
a good politician and has knack Of
remembering names. This faculty is a
source of envy to some of his col
leagues. The other day he met at the
door of the white house a man whom
he had not seen for II years.
How do you do. Stone" the senator
said. you are looking better than
you did the last time | saw you"
We'll, how on earth do you remem-
Der met" cried the man. Il don't be-
lieve that you ever met me more than
two or three times in your life any
way"
"Oh, it's an easy thing to remember
a name or a place" replied the sena-
tor, that is, if only you have a sys-
tenn. l have one but | cannot just ex-
plain how it works. 1t is by associa-
tion, of course as all system of mem
ory training must be. l began study
ing the matter a good many years ago,
and | suppose l could now sit down
and name a thousand men in Cali
fornia and give the town and street
number where each lives"
The senator then related how he had
puzzled clairvoyant once by having
the latter write down the names of
hundred men which the senator gave
him, and then betting him $40 after
the list had been folded up and he had
been turned around several times that
he could reverse the names without
making single mistake. Hewon the bet,
simply because he had given the
names of men living on a street that
he knew and by beginning at the 9th
er end of the street he could reverse
them in order very readily.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

make you irritable; you can't sleep,
you are unable to quietly and calmly
perform your daily tasks or care for
your children.
The relation of the nerves and gen.
erativc organs in women is SO close
that ninc-tenths of the nervous pros
tration, nervous debility, the blues,
SleeplesSneSS and nervous irritability
arise from some arrangement of the
organism which makes her a woman.
Fits of depression or restlessness and
irritability. Spirits easily affected so
that one minute she laughs, the next
minute weeps Pain in the ovaries and
between the shoulders. Loss of voice;
nervous dyspepsia. A tendency to cry
at the least provocation. All this points
to nervous prostration,
Nothing will relieve this distressing
condition and prevent months of pros
tration and suffering so surely as Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. NJ. e. Shotwell, of 1O3 Flatbush
Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:
Il cannot express the wonderful relief l
have experienced by taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. | suffered for
long time with nervous prostration, back
ache, headache, loss of appetite. | could
not sleep and would walk the floor almost
every night
II had three doctors and got no better, and
life was a burden. ] was advised to try
Lydia +. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound,
and it has worked wonders for me.
g | am a well woman, my nervousness is all
gone and my friends say L look ten years
% younger"
Will not the volumes of letters from
women made strong by Lydia Z. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound convince
all women of its virtues? Surely you
cannot wish to remain sick and weak
and discouraged, exhausted each day,
when you can be as easily cured as
other women.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

who throng the halls about the capitol
but they are all of mild type, as the
police watch carefully that no one of
a dangerous character gets inside the
big building
There is one human prodigy who
has been about the capitol for several
congresses who is known to the guides
and employees as the Elixir of Life
Man" He is a venerable specimen,
and carries about with him bottles of
a queerlooling, reddish mixture
which he claims, if properly used, will
prolong life. He also asserts that this
same preparation will cause bursts
of oratory and return of youth and will
produce a winning personality" This
old fellow became so persistent in an
noying senators last congress that he
was put out of the capitol. He is back
again this year.
Some of the eccentric characters met
with in the corridors are women. One
of these is a national character, and
has been looking after bill in her
own interest for several years. This is
DR., Mary Walker who has achieved
national netoriety by her persistency
in dressing in male garments. She
was nurse during the civil war and
now in her old age she wants Uncle
Sam to grant her pension for what
she did She looks like a little weaz-
ened old man in a rusty black suit
with long skirted coat, a standing col
lar and four-in-hand tie and a some
what ancient silk hat on her head.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
he Doesn't Curse Now.

Washington, Kans., Dec. 25 (SpeciaD.-
Jesse L. Mitchell is telephone lineman, and
also a well-known resident here. Every
body acquainted with Mr.. Mitchell knows
that he was a man who held very positive
views about Patent Medicine. Hear what
he says now:
81 used to curse all kinds of Patent Medi-
cines, for they never did me any good, but
Dodd's Kidney Pills have caused me to
change my mind. For twelve years l suf-
fered from Kidney Trouble. There was a
hurting across my back that made it posi-
tive agony to stoop, and as l am in stoop-
ing position nearly all day, you can imagine
how l suffered After days work that
any man would think nothing of, would be
tired and worn out. In fact, was always
tired. l began using Dodd's Kidney Pills
and after taking four boxes feel like new
man, | am as fresh at night as when | be-
gin work in the morning. | have no pain
in my back now, and am stronger than
ever"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

IHt opening OaN OF congress. He
hailed from New Jersey and had been
a regular visitor at the capitol since
soon after the civil war, in which he
served as a sailor
The old guides about the capitol
gave this queer character the sobriquet
of the little statue man" because of
his habit of frequenting Statuary hall
and talking loud and earnestly to the
bronze and marble statues there. He
was small in stature himself, but as
full of energy as a live electric wire.
His favorite statue was that of Rob
ert Fulton, the inventor of the steam
boat, who is represented as holding in
his hand a model of his first steamboat,
on which his gaze has been intently
fixed. The little statue man" would
approach the stone Fulton reverently,
hat in hand and begin talking to the
statue like this:
"Ah. good morning, Robert. Still
busy perfecting your little steamer, |
see. But, Robert, you had better hurry
your scheme along, or | will beat you,
for | am thinking about inventng a
ship that will both fly through the air
or skim over the waters"
This little Jerseyman was also very
fond of the plaster statue of Gen.
Washington, which stands in Statuary
hall, and which he always fa-niliariy
addressed as George" He believed
that this statue still breathes the spirit
of '7G, or, as the little man expressed
It: George Washington, in plaster,
has been reincarnated with the pa
triotism of the late George Washing
ton in the flesh and stands in this hall
as a living inspiration to the Ameri-
can people"
Another peculiar character who Is
missing was a tall strapping individ-
ual known as 'the Irish Mexican" "
His real name was Murphy, but he had
given it a Mexican twist by comforting
St into "Murphreerero.' He could talk
Spanish fuently, but with an Irish ac-
cent He had an imaginary claim
against Uncle Sam.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

tie champion of the administration
policy on the railway rate question.
He has already shown that he is on
the alert by being in his seat and oc.
casionally propounding a question dur.
ing the preliminary skirmish on the
rate question. 1t is expected that Mr.,
Knox will give good account of him.
self at this session as his service as
attorney general has Won for him the
respect and admiration of the big law.
yers in the senate.
Ordinarily new member IN the sen.
ate does not take a leading part in
.$he proceedings of that body during his
first congress, but where a man has
come from a coordinate branch of the
government into this great legislative
body this restriction is not observed.
and earnest hearing whenever he takes
the floor to discuss a bill. The fact
is that the lawyers of that body are
anxious for him TO jump right into the
work of the senate and take part In
the proceedings on the floor.
Mr. Knox is about the smallest man
in stature, with the possible exception
of Spooner, of Wisconsin. there is in
the senate. but is of the most polished
and distinguished appearance. His
fine. intellectual countenance and re.
fined features attract the attention of
the stranger at once lie IS a very
careful dresser and always looks as
neat as though he had just come out
Of the tail0rs hands Mr. Knox Is a
devotee of golf and a great lover of
fine horses He has the best team OF
roadstors in the country and his love
for "A good horse has establi she'd a
bond Of friendship between him and
lhe democratic senator from Toyas
Mr. Bailey. that i8 liable 10 draw
them together on matters nf lcFlsla.
tlon. Mr. Bailey i0 great lawyer. but
ho has the deepest respect for thn ubIl
ity OF Knox. with whom he became
acquainted early in the lalters term
as attorney general
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

He baby member
of the U II i t e d
States senate, or
the kid" as they
call him in the
house, is Senator
Elmer ]. Burkett,
of Nebraska. He
is but 81 years of
age, and in his
III e eXempliies
the great posi-
bilities that lie
before eY cry
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

The house emptied itself before the last
scene, the opera being somewhat drawn
out. A dowager was pushing her way
out with the total disregard of other peo-
pies feelings land toes) that marks the
British arstocracy, when a man, annoyed
at the onslaught, observed out loud The
last bus, hasn't gone yet, ma'am. No
need to hurry"
If locks could kill, coroners in
quest would have followed Vanity Fair.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
Philander Chase Knox.

GOOD many eyes
are turned nova
days on the juni-
or senator from
p e II n S ylvania,
Philander Chase
Knox. attorney
general of the
United States un-
der William Nc
Kinley and Theo-
d o r G Roosevelt.
He is looked on
as a doughty lit
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
The "Little Statue Man.

ONE of the polit-
ical cranks have
GRO S S e d t h e
Great Divide
S ] II c e con gress
last met. Among
these was an in
I e T e S in & old
timer who was
known as "the
little statue
man" For years
he was a con-
spicuous figure on
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
WASHINGTON LETTER
ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS IN
HALLS OF CONGRESS.
DR.. MARY WALKER A FIGURE
old-Timers That Are Gone-A Man
with Gift for Remembering
Names and Faces-Elmer
Burkett of Iowa.
p A ~ HI NGTON.-


The opening of
congress attracts
cranks from all
over the country
as the flame of
the candle at
t rae I s moths.
There are a num-
ber of these &c
centric geniuses
with all sorts of
s C h e m G s they
hope to impress
IL DOn congress,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

"De average argument" said Uncle Eben,
"doesn' settle muffin. It's jes' a contest
to see who kin look dc maddest an talk
de loudest. Washington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
Proud Of Him.

my grandfather was a butcher" de-
clared Miss Sly, in the midst of discus
sion on ancestry.
The other girls gasped.
TITS 80, though" she declared. "He
slaughtered lambs on Wall street" DE
troit Free Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
Gilt-Edged.

Bacon-They say Jiggins put up some
gilt-edge security; what do you suppose
it was?
Egbert-Probably one of those framed
family portraits-Yonlle Statesman.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

That physician is esteemed genius and
prospers accordingly, who has wit enough
to tell his men patients the fattering lie
that they have "brain-fag. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

How to cure Lameness, Stiff Joints
Rheumatism, Lumbago, and Backache il
few hours. Apply DR.. Bayer's Penetrat
ing Oil. 25c bottle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
InconsistencY.

''It seems very funny to me-" remarked
the Observer of Events and Things, Ito
see Il political orator, with fancy vest
and waXed mustache, trying to convince
an audience that he belongs to the plain
people. e."-Y onkers Statesman.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
Right HANDY,

The Seedy-Looking Mani beg pardon,
but is there a literary club about here
Magazine Editor-Yes; I've got one be-
hind the door.-Chicago journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

Sore Throat, Group and Tonsilitis will
promptly yield to an application of DIR.
Bayer's Penetrating OIL on a cloth around
the neck. 25c a bottle
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump.
ton has an equal for coughs and colds.-J.
+. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
E.W GROVES signature is on each box. 25c
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

Mrs. Austin's Quick Raising Buckwhea
makes tender, crispy brown cakes. You
grocer can tell you all about it.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

Mrs Austn's Buckwheat has a world
wide reputation on account of its genuine
buckwheat flavor Don't forget the name.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
Nervous Women
Their Sufferings Are Usually
Due to Uterine Disorders
Perhaps Unexpected
= MEDICINE THAT CURES

Can we dispute
the we'll = known
fact thatAmerican
are ner-
vous ?
How often do we
hear the express
sion, II am SO ner-
vous, it seems as if
I should fly " or,
d" Don't speak to
me-" Little things
annOy Won and
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

A difference between a man and woman
is likely to become Indifference if allowed
TO exist very long.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

Brains and impudence is a combination
hard to defeat.-Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

A man doesn't amount to 30 much un-
less he is able to prove it to the public.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
Senator Perkins, of California.

T T. r p
KINS, Of Cali.
fornia. Is one Of
the richest men
in the upper
house OF congress
lie started at the
foot OF the lul
der however. and
" hen only 10
shipped on board
a sailing vessel
for y w Orleans.
ana followed that
calling for a mum
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

About the only taint to money to most
people is, 'tain't coming their way
Judge.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

Americas political bosses and Russia's
grand dukes are in position to exchange
condolences Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

The serpent probably persuaded Eve 10
eat the apple by telling her that it would
improve her complexion, and she per.
good.-St. Louis Globe-Dcmocrat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

A moral wrong cannot be made legally
right.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04

Der ot years Tie shlpped "bHf0re tho
mast on sailing vessel bound for
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles.
Druggists are authorized to refund money II
PAzo OINTMENT fails to cure in 9 to 4days. 500
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-04
Baby Member of the Senate.

HE baby member
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-12
OPPOSE GAMBLING.

ALBANY, N. ", May IL" Wide
spread gambling In New York Is due "a
the exemption In the penal code in
favor Of gambling on race track"
This declaration i part Of resolu-
tion against all forms Of gambling
adopted by the National ilaraca conyen.
ton In session here yesterday. Three
hundred delegates, representing l50..
600 men forming adult bible classes in
Sunday schools were presented and
voted unanimously. The convention
expressed hearty appreciation Of the
position taken by Governor Iiggin. in
opposition TO gamblin gapproyed his veto
Of the coggeshall but 10 increase the
tax on racing associations and promised
to aid him In advocating direct ap-
preparation for the benefit OF the town
and county fairs.
I'm place Of the five per cent tax on
the racing associations"
The convention voted to cooperate
with the international Reform Bureau
in its anti gambling agitation.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-12
SAYS HE WILL GET EVEN BEFORE THROUGH
TESTIMONY OFFERED BY INTERSTATE
COMMERCE c0MMIsSI0N-MAx0N HAS ABOUT 1900 LETTERS
AND DOCUMENTS IN HIS POSSESSION WHICH HE
WILL USE TO EXPOS STANDARD.

CHICAGO, May H. Nearly every
railroad running south, north and west
from Chicago was represented today
before the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission, when the investigation into
th" relations OF the Standard Oil Com
pany with the railroads was resumed.
Attorney l.aforge, representing the
Standard OH Company Of Kentucky,
opened the proceedings by cross.ex.
animation Of haywood Maxon, Of iii.
nol., who was The last witness at the
hearing Yesterday. The attorney read ia
number Of letters written by Mnxon. in
which he threatened 10 make trouble
for the Standard oil Company because
h. had been refused years leave Of
absence, One Of the letters read:
II mean to make nll the trouble for
the company can. Your attorney, Mr.
Eddy, attacked my interest. before the
Legislature at Springfield, H., and
will get even before am through"
MaNon admitted being the writer Of
the letters.
SIS Il not true that you have about
1900 letters and documents In your
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-12
Bailey's Non-suspension Amend
ment Disposed Of Adversely.
SENATOR FULTON SPEAKS
Raynor Offers Amendment Confning
Court Review to Constitutional
Questions Which is Voted
Down--Fulton's Address

WASHINGTON, d. C., May H.
Bailey's suspension amendment ap'
plying TO orders of the Interstate Com.
meNe Commission as covered by the
railroad rate bill was today adversely
disposed OF by strictly party vote OF
90 to 81. The amendment offered by
Raynor confning the court of review to
constitutional questions, was also voted
down, but not until after speeches had
been made by Messrs. Raynor and
Bailey in advocacy and Messrs. Allison,
Fulton, Long and Culom in opposition.
The debate was in anticipation of the
discussion that is expected to occur
upon the Allison court of review proyis-
ion tomorrow. Messrs. Raynor and
Bailey contended that the Allison
amendment authorizes the broadest pos
sible court of review, and the Mary
land senator urged that in it Senator
Aldrich had achieved signal victory.
Senator Fulton stated that he had first
suggested the language of the Allison
provision.
In presenting his court of review
amendment, Raynor said;
Il wish the President had not inter.
ferred in this legislation but had per-
mitted us to proceed to settle the
question here as it should be settled"
A number of other amendments offered
in the main by Democrats and by La
Toilette, were rejected. The votes were
generally on party lines during the
entire day, but the Wisconsin senator
voted with the Democrats on all pro.
positions, and McEnery and Morgan
Democrats, voted with the Republicans /
most of the time
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-12

possession belonging to the Standard Oil
Company Of kentuckyf" asked Mr.
lafoge
Il have large number Of letters and
papers addressed to officers OF the COM
pany and letters written by them TO
their agents" the witness replied.
How did you get thcm''
"in the same way that for years |
got information for the Standard OIL
Company"
Attorney Laforgc then read letter
written by Max0n to G. NJ. Pratt, an
officer OF the Standard Oil Company in
New York. In which he said that he had
obtained 600 letters from one of the
company's agents In Ohio and had al.
lowed Commissioner Garfield TO copy
them for use in prosecuting the com.
pnny. In answer to questions Of the
attorney regarding passes, Maxon said
that he had passes on nearly every rail.
road in his territory and used them in
travelling ON the company'S business, lie
the passes, he said from
Treasurer Holmes and other officials of
the Standard Oil Company.