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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-16
Mark Twain on Babies.

Mark Twain at dinner, replying to
a toast to 1.-THE Babies. said:
"We have not all the good fortune to
be ladies. We have not all been gen
erals or poets or statesmen, but when
the toast works down to The Ba-
bies, we stand on common ground
for we have all been babies. IF you
go back fifty or a hundred years to
your early married life, and recon
template your first baby, you will re
member that he amounted to good
deal, and even something over He
took entire command When he call
ed for soothing syrup did you venture
to throw out any side remarks about
certain services being unbecoming to
an officer and gentleman? No. You
got up and got it. When he ordered
his pap bottle, and it was not warm,
did you talk backY No. Not you.
You went to work and warmed it.
You even descended so far in your me-
NAL office as to take suck at that
warm, insipid stuff just to see if il
was right-three parts warm water tC
one of milk, touch of sugar to mod
ify the collie and drop of peppermint
to kill those immortal hiccoughs.
can taste that stuff yet.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-16
TkTESVILLE.

Special to Tie Ne7Os.
The rain has held up during the past
week to some extent Farmers have
been obeying the old proverb to some
extent and are making hay while the
sun shines. This has been about the
first weather suitable for making hay.
Hay is turning out well and peas are
fine.
Isaac Turner happened to bad ac-
cident the other day while he was
hewing a crosstie. He struck a glanc-
ing lick and the ak went into the top
of his foot and cut bad place. 1t cut
into the two large leaders and couple
of large veins on top of his foot The
doctor came around and sewed up the
wound and he is resting well at pres
ent.
N. T. eagle and son, Howell, went
to Beersheba with some sheep.
j. r. Lyles and Prof Smith called
at the postoffice.
Mart Cook and wife visited his faith
er-in-law, H. Overture, here.
| A. H. Woodlee, deputy trustee, from
Altamont, was here ON business.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Over
turf, boy.
Ye writer was in Sourwood at the
stave mill the 10th. 1t was pay day.
DR.. Pegg is putting in good time
canning peaches. Has canned about 10
bushels
H. M. Layne was at the stave mill
pay day.
John and Joe Tate has been here this
week hauling logs for W. NJ Bouldin.
John Russell has moved his saw mill
in this vicinity. We have two saw
mills in less than one mile of here.
J. l.. Savage, of Gage, was here OF
business.
Allen Smith, from Peak Mountain,
was here after the necessities of life.
Tom Harrison, George Floyd, an6
Shade Green, from near Whitwell, were
here in the interest of the sheep indus
try.
Cali Tate, from Nubbins Hill, was
in town.
J. l.. White said he had sung himselt
nearly to death singing for the twins,
Cleve Ross is opening some mines
near here for Mr. Warner of Tracy Cit
y.
Messrs. Morgan and Harges visited
Alb Pickett last Sunday. Waterman
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-16
TRACY CITY.
Speeai to tie Mas.

opsffdf 70 tHC EffDS.
Boys getting beat out of their girls
is the order of the day.
: Well "Tattle Box you said that
Foot. Harris got left l but saw him
catch that girl by the arm, and walk
off like young lawyer.
| saw in the correspondence that a
girl would say such and such a boy
was the prettiest boy that she ever
saw. | think that the girls ought TO
have brass enough on their face to tell
the boys so themselves, and leave it
out of the paper
l went to a baptizing last Sunday
eve and such sight you have never
saw. They baptized one old brother
and he came out of the water snorting
like billy goat and everybody laugh
ed and when he got out on the bank
he hollered.
Well, will not call any names but
there are several sad faces now, both
boys and girls.
If was single would sure try to
beat Ellis Cannon while he is gone.
When was single my pockets did
jingle and wish that was single a.
gain. There are SO many pretty girls
around here and they all want fellow
and the boys are afraid to use their
tongues. Good gracious wish l was
single again. Boys, just come around
and let old Pa tell you how to court.
When | was young would rather
plead love to pretty girl than to eat,
but pleaded love until l got myself
into trouble.
Three girls had the opportunity Of
getting new fellows Sunday night in the
Oak Grove settlement
Oscar Haynes is here from Memphis
visiting home folks. Also Lawrence
Haynes is here from st. Creek, KY. ]
think they are both going back tc
Memphis to go to work
Sam Parmley and family took in the
holiness meeting Sunday night.
Newt Rust is working at Foster s
mill. He must have girl there.
| AS I have no fyste to talk about as
Cold Wave has I will ring off. Old Pa.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-16
Useful People.

The usefulness of any man or woman
lies principally in the willingness back
of the hands to do as well as they pos
sibly can whatever comes their way.
As rule it will be found that the
most useless persons in the world are
those who are waiting" for some
thing to turn up. . And by the same
sign it is fact that the most useful
beings are those who nave taken up
the first thing that came to hand and
done the best they could with it.
These people usually find something to
their liking in the long run, too, and
If this besdenied them they have the
good sense 70 learn to ike what comes.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-16
HANCOCK STATION.

SpcedH 10 the Ne70s.
AS 1 have not seen anything from
this place for Some time, l thought !
would give the News of our communi-
ty
There was quite crowd at Calvin
Hancock's to hear the graphophone
play. You ought to hear it. H. H..
Torbert laughts when he plays, "Ev.
erybody works but father; he hangs
around all day, feet stuck in the fire
place, smoking his pipe of clay. Moth
er takes in washing and so does sister
Ann, everybody works at our house
but my old man
Mr.. and Mrs Willie Closson, of Bah
cock, Wis, vino landed here about a
week ago, were visiting their cousin.
9. E. Hancock Sunday, and brought
their big graphophone and played some
fine tunes.
Mr. and Mrs H. Hancock were Wis
iting here Sunday.
Mr.. Hinch and family were visiting
G. E. Hancock, Sunday
H. H. Torbert and wife visited here
Sunday.
John Dame was visiting here Sun
day.
H. H. Hancock and wife were visit
ing here Sunday.
Miss Emily Rogers visited H. H
Torbett one day last week.
Hardscrabble.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-16
FARMING.
lOl Ranch 1000 Acres of
Wheat Produces l75,0OO
Bushels.

This year wheat crop in Oklahoma
in now being threshed, and is promis-
ing a record breaker. Figures as to
the yield in the whole state, of course.
are lacking at this time, but 10l
Ranch will do its share to swell the
total with crop estimated at 115. 900
bushels.
Sounds big, doesn't it?
Well it's big ranch. There are
20, 600 acres Of it, and 1900 acres are
devoted to wheat This 101 ranch is
where they do things on large scale
They had forty-six harvesters hack
ing off the grain. 1t took three horses
to drag each of these harvesters, which
were of the type cutting a six foot
swath. Some of these swaths were
easily mile long. If you want to be-
come statistical figure out how many
bushels to the mile, reckon twenty
bushels to the acre.
And. again, Joe Miller will tell you,
with the other Miller boys to back
him up that each of the machines cost
from 50, 900 to SO, 900. Also it is an
undisputed and indisputable fact that
it takes forty six drivers to drive for
ty six harvesters. There are twenty
three water haulers, Irvine haulers,
etc, to say nothing of few superin-
tendents and gang of men at the sta
ion to feed and harness the mules and
horses.
If YOU are used to some small or gar
den variey of farm it will mean some
thing to you to hear from Joe Miller
no relation to the joker of that name
that he now has six threshing QUITS,
besides the threshing machines. Each
outfit needs ten bundle wagons, six
engineers, six separator men, six wa
ter wagon drivers, six coal haulers,
six cooks. six assistant cooks, sixty
grain wagon drivers and thirty six
pitchers (grain, not base balD. Each
of these machines thresh from 5000 to
~, 900 bushels of grain daily.
On the Miller ranch the harvesters
eat and sleep in the field as they are
from one to ten miles away from the
houes A cook wagon, very much like
to owl lunch wagon you see down
| town in cities, stays by them in the
field. There is little counter in it
and stools for the men, while the real
is taken up with the cook stove and q
refrigerator. The men go to bed by
the simple process of lying down on
the ground, pillowing their heads up
ON shock of wheat and pulling wa
| gon over them for comfort. The
mules do not eat in the field. They
are fed at the ranch stables, where 4OC
or 500 of them are allowed to fill up OF
corn and oats all night long. This il
their only meal in the twenty foul
hours, but it is one that lasts.
The 101 ranch wheat crop, although
mammoth, is not its only one. The
big tract of land, leased from the PonC
Indians, also produces $50, 900 bushels
of corn a year, 5000 tons of prairie
hay, 8, 600 tons of alfalfa hay and il
supports 10, 900 cattle and 3 900 hogs. :
Louisville CourierJournal.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-16
TONES FOR WOMEN.

Delicate women require a tonic. An
iron tonic is good, but st. Andrews
Wine of Life Root is better. While
toning up the system, purifying the
blood and restoring exhausted nerves,
it regulates any arrangements, and
strengthens woman in the most sensi-
tive part OF her organism.
Price ST. 90 per bottle.
Ask your druggist for it.
Made only by ANDREWS MFG, CO.
Bristol, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-16
On Outdoor Living.

Porch life is habit and if you have
not already acquired it, begin at
once. People do not begin to realize
the Importance of outside life, nor how
comparatively easy a matter it is for
the entire family to spend many hours
of the day outside the walls of the
house. If porch life were more sys-
tematically adhered 10 there would be
less necessity for that month in the
country with the children. which closes
up so many pretty homes and leaves a
desolated house for father to return to
at night. -Ex.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-16
DON'T GRUMBlE.

when Your Njoints ache and you
suffer from Rheumatism. Buy bot
tie OF Ballard Snow Liniment and get
instant relief A positive cure for
Rheumatism, Burns, Cuts, Contracted
Muscles, Sore Chest, etc. Mr.. l. T.
Bogy, a prominent merchant of Will
low Point, Texas, says that he finds
Billiards. Snow Liniment the best all
around Liniment he ever used. Sold
by Sequachee Supply Store.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-16
ST. ANDREWS
WINE OF LIFE ROOT.

1t plants hope in hopeless hearts, the
seeds of joy in joyless minds, whose
fruition is the blooms of health on the
cheek of the perfect woman, to whom
the ills of her former existence are now
the real zest of her pleasurable life.
Thousands of women all over this land
have testified to the truthfulness of this
assertion.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-16
The Trials Of Women

The homes OF this country are filled
with women whose trials utterly de-
stroy the joys of existence. They are
the victims OF female disorders and they
do not get relief, and they are forced to
drag through the weary years without
the hope of better days. All such should
be advised to use few bottles of
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-16

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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-16

If tn sewers Of New York city
we're placed end TO end in a
straight line they would reach
rom there to Pixies Peak, LILO
miles, and the paved streets OF the
city would make road along one
side of them all the way.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-17

Leave Chester (shops) Gao. arrive Bermuda
4.5z a. m. Returning leave Bermuda 500 ?. N.
arrive Chester lahOps) 0.53 D. m. Daily except
Sunday. All trains stop at r. & r. Electric ~.
King.
T. NJ. r. TALCOTT. RI. WILLIAMS. yr,
Gen. Mgr. Gen. Fgh Pas ACT
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-17
SHE WAS A WISE
GIRL, ALL RIGHT

Now. there was q certain girl. and
she had three wooers. The first wooer
aid She was the whole world 10 him,
hrt she frowned upon his suit The
second wooer said she was the sun.
moon and stars 90 him. but she babe
him bo on his way
ITO me" said the third. you are
young woman Of agreeable manners,
with eyes that might be a little bluer,
with nose that is a wee biz PIGGY.
and with a few freckles. and an an
noying habit Of hurting out your
thoughts
She married the third wooer Be
ing pressed for an explanation OF her
conduct she said
"My eoodnessi ] think was sensi-
Die. ] married the only one that had
courage enough 90 tell me Of my faults
before marriage. instead of waiting TO
throw them mp to me afterward. -
Life.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-17
Ten Years IN Bed.

"For ten yea-, ! was confined TO
my bed with di,ea e Of my kidneys,
writes R. A. Gray, j. r., of Oakville,
Ind "It wa, So severe that / could
NOT move part Of the time. consulted
the very best medical skill available,
but couli &c. no relief until Foley's
Kidney Cure was recommended TO
me. 10 has been "a Godsend TO me-
Ihe WIn.lnn Drug %.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-17
N NV EglaaSNesteo
''~a-a'sN.H1a Schedule in Eject
May n. 1906.
LEAVE FARMvILLE DAILY.

LEAVE FARMvILLE DAILY
NORTH AND EAST.
No. 70. No. G ~.
4.05 a. m lO,.9a rss
SOUTH AND WEST.
No. -. No. & ",
l2.59a am. 8.3s %. m. t9,qo
No. b.-For Roanoke, Bristol, Blue6es c..
bus and principal stations Slo., 49,, =
Bristol and Roanoke 70 cola,nbns 80 =
car connects az East Radfori win 49,
sleeper for New Orleans and Me- Co., N
Dining care ma
No. For Roanoke. East Radfoni 49,
farior car 20 Roanoke, sleeper "a 49,
vile. Pullman sleeper Roanoke IA Co.
bus B.ucie.d 10 Cincinnati cafe "a, ''''A'
No. s.-For nylch1urg. Roanoke and inter..l.
iaip iia ions.
No. l5 -for Petersburg. Richmond. Nors,n
Pullman sleeper 70 Richmond ana No
folk. -
No, 4. For Petersburg. Norfolk. RichuonS a.
inter .ediate stations. Pullman parJore-.
90 Norfolk.
No b.-Local for Petersburg and Richmond ca,.
meets AZ Petersburg for Norfolk.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-17

Between Winterpock and Richmond and
Petersburg via Chester and Allan
tic Coast Line Railroad.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-17

"Maybe your husband is a wee bit
Jealous. suggests the friend Maybe
Doc objects 10 your going to that SUM
mer resort because he thinks you
might lir, with some of the men
there Why don't you tell him there
are n1 people there but WON D anf
gir.sf'
"il 90 that he win insist on going.
too. o. once. Lie.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-17

TO CONNECTING LINES

TO CONNECTING LINES:
Notice IS hereby given that the Farmyile
Powhatan Railroad will hereafter Be operated n5
the Iidewater & Western Railroad Company
All moneys collected for account Of THIS Scm 20,
pany you will please remit 10 &. NJ NllSVr;
treasurer. and all accounts will be adjusted % =.
). HAIEN. Auditor. ah communicating ~
whom should BE- addressed % p. D. Box ~. thh
city. IN. r. TALcoTT
Gen. hgr.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-17
Sorrow Of It

Many good man has forgotten
That there's no place like home.
When the crook Is in his elbow
And the beer Is topped with foam.
Chicago Daily News
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-08-17

win wait at Chester until s.45 a. m. for A. c.
l.. 9.OJ train from Richmond.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-27
LAYING For Him.

Did you ever pause in the midst OF
a busy day to contemplate the egotiSm
of the man who thinks il Will rain be-
cause he forgot and left his umbrella
at home?
He thinks that the powers which
have the contract to make the rain.
hail and other things in the wet goods
line are hiding behind tree as he
passes by to see If he had put on his
new spring suit and forgot his shower
stick
He doesn't know that the rain falls
alike on the just and the unjust. He
thinks that the condition of the crops.
or whether some city along a river is
needing Il freshet TO keep it from get
ting too fresh. is Il secondary matter IS
compared to whether he is protected
or not.
The man who feels that way about
it is too hopelessly dense to provide
himself with an umbrella in the natu
raj way should Il shower come, and de-
serves to get ducking.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-27

# Baseball
Napoleon
st. Louis National Man
agsr as a Trader
Is a Wonder.
Only One Player Of Original
Team Noz0 on Regu-
lar Payroll.

AS trader in that greatest commod-
ity, flesh and blood patterned into q
baseball player, all must take off their
chapeaux TO John J. AIcCloskey of the
St Louis Cardinal (National league)
team.
This man went TO ST Louis late in
the winter, after all the other teams of
the tTo big leagues had their pick Of
the talent from the minor leagues and
after all apparent profitable trades had
been completed.
When everything appeared as though
Stanley Robson would have TO man
age the team himself McCIoskey ac
cepted his terms and reported ready
for work. \ little heart to heart talk
with the owners of the club resulted
in a perfect understanding, and the
new manager started TO make himself
familiar with the conditions which
kept st. Louis tail end proposition for
such long time.
Today there remains on the regular
payroll but one of the old team-Aiil1e
Grady, a catcher. The others are any
where and everywhere, but McCloskey
has a harmonious group of baseball
players who are taking the best care
of themselves
This he has accomplished in the mid
die of the season. 1t is feat never
even attempted by any other manager.
While the Cardinals have not held q
high position in the race, they look far
stronger than when the season opened,
md This from tho stau1poiDt of team
work and inside baseball.
McCloskey's first trade was to get rid
of Jimmy Burke The turbulent one
was shipped to Kansas City as a ter
rible example.
Then he got a sterling young left
handler, Druhot, from Cincinnati. He
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-27

next moved on to Pittsburg and landed
Karger. In exchange for Karger he
gave Mcfarland, who was released by
Pittsburg McCloskey landed an ex-
cellent twirler. gave away q man who
is not of major league caliber and
came out far ahead.
He next stacked up against Chicago.
He gave Pitcher Jack Taylor, who has
always been a hard man to handle, in
exchange for Pitcher Beebe and First
Baseman Noonan and a large bunch of
cash as a bonus.
Taylor is a great pitcher. one of the
best in the country, while Beebe is only
a youngster. But this youngster has
more than made good. He has won
enough games this year to place him
in the list of the five leading pitchers of
the National league. Noonan is a fair
ball player. McCloskey, on the work
of the men since this trade, far out
generated Chance.
ncGraw of the champion New York
Giants was his next victim. The all
wise John J. fell for trade which is
still sensation. He sent Outfielder
Mertes and Catcher Marshall and
large check to st. Louis in exchange
for Shannon, who was never a star.
Mertes has showed up better in every
department than Shannon. Marshall is
one of the best catchers in the business,
and as pinch hitter he has few equals
He can also play good game in the
outfield or on first base.
McCloskey has released Mcbride. his
great fielding shortstop, on account Of
weak hitting aud has taken young
ster from Texas, Crawford by name,
to fill the place. Crawford was the
star of the first game he played, and,
while he cannot be expected to keep
up the pace he set there, he is looked
upon as a conner by McCloskey. He
has broken in a pitcher, Hostetter. as
utility man. and in this role the play
er is equal to any in the big leagues
He nailed down Bennett, from the
coast and 4 former Southern league
star, as second baseman. Bennett IS
one OF the most reliable men in the
league and has fulfilled expectations
IN every way.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-27

ter being the true seal and being chief
~ valued for the oil obtained from its
fat and the leather made from its hide.
It is found mostly in the north Allan
tic and Arctic oceans. The fur SEAL
which is now under discussion, is most
numerous in the north Pacific ocean
and Boring sea. The fur which it
yields is a very valuable article Of
commerce. In its native habitat the
fur seal is q most interesting animal
The male at maturity weighs from
400 to 500 pounds and is about six
feet in length. His color is dark brown
or black The adult female is much
smaller, averaging about eighty pounds
in weight, with length and girth in
proportion. The picture shows q fe
male seal, or cow" with her young
on the breeding grounds among the is
lands of the Boring sea.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-27
LONG TAILED FOWLS.
4 Curious Breed Grown In Toscn
Japan.

4 Curious Breed Grown In Tosca,
Japan.
The Japanese are fond of producing
things that look different from mem
bers of the same family as grown III
other parts of the world They are ia
nous for their dwarf trees, and among
other unusual products are their long
tailed fowls BOOSTERS with tails near
~ twenty feet in length are no very
unusual sight at Tosca, in the land
of the mikado. The origin of this breed
of fowls is not known, but it is be-
lieved TO date back at least q hundred
years. The present grade of fowls has
been produced simply by selection from
the best specimens of other years. The
variety most priced is the Haiku, which
is white in color, with yellow legs. The
tail OLA cock OF this breed sometimes
reaches Il length of about eighteen feet.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-27
FAIRWEW STILL LOSING
PROVED POOR MUD HENS
Dayton Reserves Get Four While
Locals Register But One Score
Good Game Despite bad Diamond
Big Crowd Saw the Contest.

Fairview is having a terribly hard
time in breaking into the winning
column. Yesterday it was the Day
ton Reserves that took the locals
scalps, the score being to 1. De-
spite the bad condition of the dia-
mond the game was good one,
Several times the bases were full but
the runners never crossed the plate.
Kelly at short starred. Two recruits
from Greensboro were used by Fair
view. Schattel was at third again
for Fairview and played a wobbley
game Wilcoxen pitched good ball
and should have won. As the Giants
did not play the crowd was unusually
large.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-27
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.
Britain makes 100000. 900 yards OF

Britain makes 100000. 900 yards OF
linen a year.
According TO the United States geo
logical survey, the production Of an
thracite in 1905 amounted to 90, 1893, To-
tons, valued at Sill. ST9, 600.
Cloth is now being successfully
made from wood Strips of fine grain
ed wood are boiled and crushed be
tween rollers, and the fflaments ara
spun into threads, from which clotl
can be woven in the usual way
1t is an odd fact that South Aries
owes three of her greatest industries
TO Jews. De Pass developed the whal
ing and guano industries, Andrade
that Of ostrich farming and Mosenthai
the wool and hide trades
1t was stated recently at a public
hearing in Australia that EI,0OO,oW
worth of rabbits were shipped to Eng
land every year; that the rabbit as
commercial commodity was .'only il
its infancy" and that the trade would
Drobablys grow to $4,000. eco year.