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Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

cent years was that engineered a few
months ago, when a Spectator cornered
all available stocks Of pink root (spln-
zelia), the most powerful anthelmintic
known 70 medicine. In January the root
could be had at 45 cents a pound. The
Spectator who succeeded in cornering the
market sent the price 70 d.25, sold his
holdings at that figure, and today quota
lions are once more at the normal figure
OF 55 cents.
Guarana, a valuable drug, hrst pre-
scribed by DR.. Garvelle. physician to Dom
Pedro, the late emperor Of Brazil, could
be had a few months ago for 70 cents a
pound. A Spectator managed to concen-
trate stocks in his hands and to double
the price.
Potassium bromide medicament which
has been employed In almost all diseases
to which human flesh is heir, and which
is still esteemed by physicians as one Of
the most valuable drugs in nervous all
ments, epilepsy and commissions, can be
had today at half its last years price,
berause the bears have proven more
powerful than the bulls"
One might extend this list Of "doctored"
values to include almost every drug Of
Importance. The few that are not the OBJ
Ject OF speculation are controlled as
monopolles by powerful interests that fix
prices arbitrarily. The most conspicuous
example of this kind is iodine Aside from
the fact that the price put on this drug
by the syndicate that controls its pro-
ducuon Is out Of all proportion to the
actual cost, there are only a few favored
firms to whom the syndicate will sell
direct and these must pay for their pur-
chases long before they receive them. The
price Of mercury is, as every one knows,
fixed by the Rothschilds, whose word is
law with the American miners Of quick
silver.
1t Is no exaggeration to say that for
tunes are made and lost every year in
drug speculation.
And VINO foots the bill?
The unfortunate sick who are too proud
to partake Of the charity of a free hos
pital and the taxpayers who have to pay
FOR the medical treatment Of the INDECENT.
The pure food and drug law, which goes
into effect next year, will remedy one
great abuse, that of adulterated drugs. One
need not be a socialist to wish for legisla-
ton that would put a stop to gambling
with drugs.
Drugs are not a commercial commodity:
they are a humane necessity.
The standard Of civilization Of a people
Is justly measured by their regard for
human life. Surely Americans do not
want to see the means of saving or pro-
longing human life the playbalI of the
most despicable variety Of speculation
extant.
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Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
SAW AN ANGEL IN VISION
1t Gave Man a Recipe Nearly Fifty
Years Ago that Made Him
Fortune.

The records at the patent ONCE In Wash
ington show that uine-tenths of the pa
tents of Maine are granted on application
filed in March and April, indicating that
the men who make the inventions do their
heavy thinking and contriving during the
long winter evenings, when the homes are
walled by snowdrifts and when no com
pany comes in to divert the attention Of
the inventors into frivolous channels. In
addition TO novel and useful ideas and de-
signs secured to the inventors of Maine
by patents. there are scores OF Maine men
who have found out secret processes and
curious combinations.
Nearly fifty years ago, when the Fox
sisters and spirit rappings were being DIS
cussed, old Hiram Simpson, a stone cutter
and dreamer. moved from his home, near
the quarries Of Blue Hill, into Hancock
county and took up q farm on the side
Of Mr.. Heagan. in Prospect, Waldo county
making the journey by OK team and car
rying his family and household goods II
a hayrack.
AS tire weather was warm, he Travelled
by night. While he was walking alonl
the highway, near Orland, one midnight
swinging his goadstick and managing hi,
oxen, AN angel of the Lord" came dowr
to him from the top OF a hill beyond Tody
Pond, he declared, and impaired a recip,
for making just the kind OF red chall
granite cutters needed for marking gran
tie. For years inventors had been trying
in vain TO produce this chalk
Simpson remembered what the angel haC
told him and when he had collected slab.
and driftwood enough from the river Il
build a shelter for his family he con
structed kiln from stones from the field
and digging blue clay from the brooks
and mixing It with ochre and other ingre
dents he shaped the raw mud into squares
and baked It until It was a tallowy con
sistency
As soon A. be had cooked enough {,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
The Two sthn.

old Brother Trembly-Yassah. rs gwine to
git maTd. Yo' see, rs an old man now.
an / KANT 'spect 10 linger yuh much
longer an when de end comes wants 70
have come one 20 close muh eyes.
Brother Brownback-Dat's all right. sab.
I plauds yo' zeal but I dunnuh so much
about 20 judgment Dis yuh lady will be
20 NTH wife. won't she? Weu-uh, / isn't
had but two. muhse'f but bofe o. dem
done opened muh eyes-yassah. dey done
opened en- good an plenty PUCK.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

could saw 30 per cent more laths in day
han they could by the old method.
The patent was granted and Mutty
)egan to make and sell spurred rolls to
he mill owners The cost of the rolls was
.ess than S. although Mutty fixed the price
t $50 and received what he asked. Inside
4 ten years every lsth mill in the country
vas using the Mutty roll.
Today Mutty owns houses in OIdtown,
)rno, Veazie, Bangor and Brewer. He
has money in bank and money to lend
The patent of the roll expired a few
years ago, but the invention made Afutty
rich, and when strangers see him limp
ng about the streets on the crippled leg
those who know the circumstances reply
TO the question as to what ails the little
man that he became lame in order to and
time to get rich.-Philadelphla North
American
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

affected. No matter how long gold may be
hidden in the ocean. 1t will always be gold
when recovered. and this fact explains the
many romantic and adventurous searches
after hidden submarine treasures lost in
Observation-Disclosures Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

For Sore ThrOHr and Cold in Chest
Use Omega oil. Trial bottle 1Oc.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31
Fight With Revolving Door.

WASHINGTON, d. c. Dec. 90
John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee,
member of the house and admired for
his good looks, has woL spnrs for
courage with the al of IA revolving
door. The story of the episode mas
just leaked out. Gaines and a news
paper man engaged in wordy alter
alton in the corridor of one of the
leading hotels night before last In
the course of the row the newspaper
man challenged Gaines to come out
on the sidewalk and take a licking
The alarcity with which Gaines ac-
cepted the def cooled the martial val
or of his wouid-be antagonist, who
led the vav 0 ne scene of Institutes
When they reached a big revolving
door opening on principal thor
oughfare the newspaper mans cour-
age completely failed him and, in
stead of passing into the street, he
calmly walked the door around in a
circle.
Gaines flew iato a rage at the
otghuth of vengeance escaping him
and, so the story goes, pursued his
fleeing antagoni5' around and around
in a circle with heavy plate glass be-
tween them, until they almost fell
from exhaustion. The newspaper
when the police arrived they found
Gaines alone holding q smoking re-
volving door in his hands.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

About all for the present-thanks
Many a man walks and runs risk
at the same time.
How many handkerchiefs did you
pluck from the Christmas tree?
1t is generally wise, when a man
attempts to jolly you, to keep your
hand on your pocket book.
Oh, by the way, have you reserved
seat on the new water wagon?
Telegranher operators do business
on a sound basis even if it is on tick
Even il woman hasn't anything
to talk about she keeps right on talk
ing
A girl never really enjoys being in
love until she is jealous of some 9TH
err girl
The man with a lot of initials at
tached to his name isn't always a
capital success.
A young man who Will ask a girls
permission to kiss her is too slow
to get out of the way of a funeral
procession.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31
JOHN rAUL JONES SWORD
Now Rests I'm Library of the Navy
Departlnent--PreSeB by Conn
mander Nicholson.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Dec. 20
In practically the same condition as
when it was used by its distinguished
owner, the sword of John Paul Jones
now rests in the library of the navy
department, where it has been placed
by Commander Reginald Nicholson.
1t is believed that the weapon orr
iginally was given to Jones by the
North Carolina family of that name,
at the time he changed his own
name, in compliment to them. The
sword was given by Jones to Theo-
dosia Burr, daughter of Aaron Burr,
after marrying Joseph Aston, q
wealthy and talented young planter
of South Carolina, who, in after
years, became governor of the state,
presented the sword to Judge Mat
thew Davis, of Charleston. who gave
it to Rev. Ducachet of Philadelphia.
fne latter gave it to its present own
er, Commander Nicholson.
It is thirty inches long, beautiful
in design, very strong, highly tenn
pered, and still very mild. The hit
is of white brass, with the portion
known as the basket broken away.
The tang is wide and strong, and the
grip piece of the handle is of wood.
covered with twisted copper wire.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31
Mixed Up With Bread Mixer.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec 30.-Fall-
ing into sponge mixer full of dough
which he was feeding today, H. ID.
Van Kirk, Al years of age, residing
at 81 Innis avenue, was whirled
round and round until every bone in
his body was crushed before the ma
chine was stopped and he was eXtri-
Gated, corpse. The accident occur
red at the Bliss bakery, in South
High street, whetre Van Kirk has
been employed for the last fifteen
years as assistant superintendent.
No one was on the second floor when
he fell into the mixer.
The body was found by James
Early, cOlored porter.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31

ManicEring, ladies' and gentlemen
Mrs. J. E. Mills, Room 6, Rosen-
berg blk.
There's always room at the top,
but few of us care for an attic room.
The average girl declines to marry
a lot of men because they neglect to
ask her.
Even an optimist is apt to back
slide when he has boil on the back
of his neck.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31

SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year, by Mail, In Advance. SIS. 90
Six Months, by Mail. In Advance. $50
Delivered by Carrier. per wsss. 10
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1t is said by pure food authority
that those who drink straight whis-
ky never have stomach disorders.
From which We infer that seeing
pink elephants and green tigers is
no sign of a disordered stomach
Kansas City Journal.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31

Conditions ii New York are in
deed complex. When a millionaire is
threatened he notifies the police to
watch the suspects and then employs
watch the police.-Washing Star
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31

In giving his reasons for opposing
an income tax Mr.. Carnegie says:
do not touch the bee while it is
working" Those who touched Andy
while he was working can testify to
being stung Washington Post.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31

Hartman has bought a river in
Mexico and let it loose in Colorado,
but in response to a demand from
Roosevelt promises to be good and
keep the liyer to himself Perhaps
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1t is announced in New York that
the organization of the legislature
will be effected without the aid of
a boss. But why this publicity? Is
it such an unusual proced1re?-Phil-
delphia Inquirer.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31

Our home made pies cannot be
beaten. Vendome Cafe.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31

Rockefeller announces that he is
not interested in the exploitation of
the Congo Free State. There's money
enough for him in exploiting New
York Free State-New York Ameri-
can.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31
MONDAY, DECEMBER 81. 1906.

There is reason to believe, how
ever, that Senator FOraker's new
born brotherly- affection for the ne
gro is a by-product of his political
differences with the president.-De-
troit Journal.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31

he designs to use it to water Union
Pacific stock. The plans OF the mag
mates are too deep to fathom.-Ex.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-31
FOP SALE Farm Land
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
We will receiveT perishahie Freisn,
on tuesday Of each week only, will;
also arrange to have a refrigerator
car ready to receive any such ship
ments on days mentioned. Please
arrange your shipments accordingly.
Great Northern Railway Company.
A. a. PIPER,
Agent.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-04-11
The Meat Houses.

We are asked to tell OF the way of
treating houses in which meat is kept
to prevent the de%predations Of insects.
OF course the windows are to be
closely screened to keep insects enter
ing from without.
Whitewash the walls and so have all
the crcviccs filled. Keep the floors
clean.
The mature insects that have already
f~unigating with phyrethrum or TO-
bacco.
1t is advised that this be done 'by
closing up the rooms tightly in the
evenings after work" Then a Sufii-
Gent quantity of pyrethrum or to-
bacco should be burned on live Goals
to completely ill the place with the
fumes.
What has been so charged is to be
left tightly closed anywhere from
eight TO twcnty-f0ur hours. At the
end OF this time the fu~ll-grown insects
will be dead. but the maGyOts will not.
and SO it will be necessary TO repeat
the operation two or three times, at
intervals If Il week At lOst. this to
prevent the laying of more eggs and
the consequences OF hatching.'
The b%isulphide of carbon is used for
this sort of fumigution: but it must
be used at a time when there is 40
fire on the premises, When it is en-
ployed the house should be left closed
for twelve hours at least. aud il ought
then 10 be aired Until 10 trace of the
odor remains before fires are again
Neutrality-suspicious. and Farm.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-04-11
SOUTHERN =; HRM .: N07ES,
I'D. @u=--p'
TOPICS or INTEREST TO THE PLANTER. s7ocxMA"AA1 TRUCK eH"ES'
NOTES

use from one to two pounds Done meal
or the same quantity of Il mixture Oh
two parts acid phosphate to one cotton
seed meal. When using chemical fer
tilizers the best results are obtalneu
by first setting the tree, filling up the
hole one-half its depth, and then APP
plying the fertilizer, but mixing it
thoroughly with the soil. The earth
must be tirmed we'll about the roots
of the tree and leveled off.
After the trees have put out growth
Of one and one-half to two Inches, l
rub off all but three growths, so dis
tributed that the tree will be we'll bal
anceu. The early rubbing off cannot
be too thoroughly emphasized; a great
saving OF time is effected by rubbing
off before the young growth becomes
too tough. The trees should be gone
over twice during the growing season
to remove all sup%ertiuous growth. II
these are allowed to attain some length
it is then necessary to use the pruning
knife, Il slow and more expensive OPP
e~ration.-L. A. Berkn.ans, Richmond
County, Ga.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-04-11

II the land is fresh AND has just been
cleared, it should be cultivated at least
two years in cOttcG or some other
crop adapted to the locality. Should
this new land be too rich for peaches.
the fertility should be reduced by
planting corn or some other exhaustive
crop for a year. Ii it is old and worn
out. it should be restored to Il state OF
fertility before setting out the trees.
The land should be broken up 10 the
proper depth with 4 t~wo-horSe pillow,
followed with 4 subSOiler if necessary.
Crimson clover. coWpeaS. potatoes Or
other crops which will require fertiliza-
ton are excellent as cover crops to
turn under.
proper plowing and suhSoiling. l rec
ommend hroadcaSlin@ or drilling III
peas in May. using Ii bushel to the
acre; $50 to POO pounds Of good ~fertiiiZ-
er per acre Will materially increase the
growth. In February or March | break
up the pea vines by running o'er the
ground with Il cutaWaN narrow. then
turn under with Il good turn ploW. AS
the depth of the top soil has been in
creased. the land can be ploWed to Il
greater depth than at the previous
blowing. l subsoil again. if necessary.
and in November the land is ready for
the orchard.
Another excellent mode of prepare
ton is to SOW crimson clover in SOP
TENDER. first broadcasting with stable
manure or applying good commercial
anu The clover is ploWed under
in May and peas W All peach
lands should be thoroughly and deeply
ploWed. because after the trees are
planted, and are in growth. they cam
not be plowed deeply. All places in
the orchard where the top soil has been
washed away should receive careful
and special attention: such places are
devoid of humlS. This must be sup
piled by Il liberal application Of stable
or compost. Peas or clover,
which must be ploweu under in March,
should follow in two years by treating
as above mentioncd: these depleted
parts of the orchard cal be made very
fertile.
The land is checked off at the proper
distances With Il good 1wo-horse turn
plow. At the intersections holes two
feet square are dug; the top soil IS
thrown to one side. | use u liberal
amount of well dpcompOsed stable ma
nure in each hole, and have this thor
Ou0h1V ncOrDOr1IpU with the soil. Ii
stable manure is not available, then l
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-04-11
The Secret of Good Farming.

We readily recognize quality and its
value i'll men. We call il character.
Why not acknowledges the anle when
we have to do with the yarinNs phases
OF farming:
Q~uality-What is it?
The first attribute of success in all
things. 1t is the best seed cotton OBJ
tainab!c. 1t is seed corn selected from
the best and most prolific stalks. 1t is
s0il-well titled. improved by culture,
iegumes and V crops.
1t IS the coW-Witll milk or beef form,
which earns 4 living and pays her
owner we'll for her care and trouble.
1t is the ho2-broad over back and
shoulders, deep in the sides and tine in
bone, legs and head. Quality is every
phase Of soil or crop or animal. 1t is
the best obtairablr for our environ
ments and conditions.
Finally. quality is the good farmer:
the man who reads. who studies, ex-
pcriments; the man who believes in
his work and feels honorpd by it,.
Quality is the good fariner.-C. ".
Burkett, i'll Progressive Farmer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-04-11
Planting Trees.

No narl and fast rule can be given
for planting distances. because the
vi@or OF growth varies With different
varieties and the kind and condition OF
the soil must be considered. as Il
strong, vigorous growing variety when
planted i'll extra good soil will even
tually crowd much worse than weak
growing OF dWarIish variety on shin
land.
We have nearly always made the
mistakn-a very inm0 Onr-~of nlaMt-
ING too close, and q still Wor>c practice
has been the planting of peach trees
as a filler" i%tWe"M apple trees. Tie
peaches start off 50 lnllrh faster and
their roots extend in every direction
so rapidly that the slower growing
apple trees are seriously retarded in
their growth. and I hvlieve are injured
to such an extent that they never fully
recover from this starving and dwarf
ing OF their earlier years.
Growers of nursery stock should give
more explicit directions as to Planting.
and more fully explain the habits of
growth of different varieties Of the
same class of trees.
If directions in catalogues read
''plant thirty to forty feet apart for
Il certain kind Of tree, the greater dis
lance will usually prove more salts
factory.-E. J. Atkinson. West Nash.
vile. Tenn.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-04-11

neutrality-suspicious. a~tncE cannot res IL the
diseased porii"noftlceai ca, THERE'S only one
way to cure deafness, aud that is hy ~ror5ti-
t~utionai remedies. Deafness, is caused by an
lHilamed condition Of til" mucous lining OF
the Eustiahian Tube When this tube is ill.,
tanned you nay" A rlinlDttnG sound or imper-
feet hearing. ard when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inham-
nation can be taken out aud this tube re-
stored to It's normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. NiG4 cases out Of len
are caused by catarrh. Wirchi% nothing but au
infialned condition OF tn" mucous &urfa"rS.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness caused by catarrh that can
not be cured by HalIS Ca,arrh Cure. send for
circulars free. F.J.NH%NEI & Co., Toledo, ..
Sold by Druggists. 1Jr.
Take Halls Family Pills for CONSTIPATION,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-04-11

DeWDefry culture.
Select good, healthy, we'll maturea
plants.
Select rather poor soil, Oh mixed soil
is best. \ rich, deep soil is all right
for blackberries, but dewberries will
bear two or three times as many large.
fine berries on their natural kind of
soil, clay or clay mixed.
Plant eighteen inches apart in rows
and rows four feet apart i'll we'll pre-
pared soil.
Plow and hoe sufficient to keep land
clean.
Trimming is very important. First
year continue to clip ends of vines Off
when ten or twelve inches long. Con-
tinue this through first summer. which
makes a round or bushy plant. thick
with firm fruit buds which will bear a
good paying crop the next year after
setting out. Now note this carefully
when blooms are dropping and fruit
begins to form clip off the new sprouts
on the plants -four or five inches from
the ground or crown of plants, which
will be from eight to twelve inches
| long at this time. Do this twice while
fruit is growing and riponing, as it
keeps this growth out Of the way OF
the pickers and cause S much more
substance to go into the fruit Then.
soon after fruit is gathered. clip out
all vines that bore fruit close to crown,
and each season keep the plants round
ed up same as first year. remembering
to hoe and plow sufficient TO keep land
around plants clean. In early spring
each year, should you find them too
bushy, thin out and clip back if some
| are too long. Planting on clay OF mixed
soil, close planting eighteen inches in
row and rows four feet apart, close
trimming and clean culture are the
| special features in deWberry culture.
l advise close planting because the
close pruning is necessary. The roots
| penetrate straight down very deep in
the soil. hence are not broken TO cause
suckers to come up like blackberrieS
do. 1t is all right to work q medium
sized ridge up to the row of plants, and
it would be all right to scatter some
straw arOun under plants TO keep Der
| ries cleaner. DewberrieS throw up
fruit stems, some Of them six to eight
inches long: also the bush system OF
training guards against dirt on the
fruit. l have tried 1rcllisin% and also
growing in grass, and have tried cut
ting off plants to top Of ground soon
! after harvesting crop. but have not
&! found any system OF culture to com
pare with the above system, gained
from seventeen years experience with
dewberries.-J. w. Austin, Pilot Point,
Texas.