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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-28
Col, eroome Expected !,on,e Toner

Col. Nelson S Groomc who has
been undergoing treatment in New
York hospital, Is expected ~ return
home tomorrow. RE is rapidly re.
Gaining his strength, Col. Groome
is cashier of the Bank of Hampton
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-28

uesirably located on shell road
convenient to Newport News and
ht,nn.pton; broom dwelling and
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-28
LOST AND FOUND.

FoUND-A POCKET BOOK. OWNER
can have same by proving property
and paying for this "ad" Call al
Tennis blacksmith Shop. Hope
street, Hampton. 1t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-28
SO Acre Farm.

Sc Acre Farm.
o aesirably located on main road
o COW to Hampton and New,
port port News. Fine dwelling, new
Dars' etc. improvements would
cost $4,000. Price, $1,000. 81 0no
easn, balance long time. viii
consider trade for equity for New.
port News propertv tNe"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-28

8 Acres,
oii water front and near town.
acre Lasalle Avenue, bargain
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-28

IS Acres,
on on main Shell road, near town
n n,ne truck land and desirable 10.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-28
n AZ, - "a SR@V q SVASE
r. w. PHILLIPS & ca :
az Acre Farm.

IA S. King st.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
MY Best Friend.

Alexander Benton, who lives on
Rural Route 1, Fort Edward, N.
Y, says: "Dr. Kings New
Discovery is my best earthly friend.
1t cured me of asthma six years
ago. 1t has also performed a
wonderful cure of incipient con-
sumption for my sons wife. The
first bottle ended the terrible
cough, and this accomplished, the
other symptoms left one by one
until she was perfectly well. DR..
Kings New Discovery's power
over coughs and colds is simply
marvellous. No other remedy
has ever equaled it. Fully guar
anteed by Eli T. Reynolds,
Druggist. SOC and $1.OO. Trial
bottle free.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31

1t is said that while the plan of the
democratic "reactionaries'' is to beat
Bryan with favorite son booms, just as
the plan of the republican reactionaries is
to beat Roosevelt and Taft with the same
weapons, there is striking difference
between the attitude of Roosevelt and
Bryan on the subject. While the Presi-
dent is going after the ''favorite sons
with a club, Bryan is applauding the
movement in the democratic camp.
Political wiseacres in Washington say
that Bryan does not want the democratic
nomination if Roosevelt or a Roosevelt
man is named. These men say Bryan's
reason is that Roosevelt is doing more for
radical legislation than any democratic
President, handicapped by republican
Senate, could do, but if "reactionary''
is nominated by the republicans in 1908,
Bryan will surely take the field.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31

Land frauds extending over California,
Colorado, Washington, Montana, Oregon
and Idaho are under investigation and it
is said that the net spread for the grafters
will include some of the biggest fry in the
country. An ex-senator and one of the
wealthiest men liz the world, prominent
railroad man, two multi-milliouaire lun
Der dealers and numerous less prominent
people are said to be involved in timber
frauds against the Government that are
now being presented to grand juries for
action by number of District Attorneys
of the United States. 1t is said that these
grafters have succeeded by fraudulent
means in obtaining thousands of acres OF
timber land and in securing conviction OF
the men the government expects to regain
possession of tracts of great size and
value. In a number of instances the
offenders will be immune from punish.
ment or prosecution owing to the appli-
cation of the statue of limitations, but in
such cases the land will revert TO the
Government, although the fortunes it has
helped to make will remain with the men
who have had it in their possession for
many years. 1t is limited that some OF
the men implicated in the San Fran
cisco graft scandal will be involved in
this also.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31

party refused to stop he fred his pistol at
the tires of one of the automobiles. OF
course the italian Ambassador was en-
barrassed and probably scared Thoughts
of the Black Hand may have torn through
his mind, and when he found it was only
Marshal Collins he was mad-mad all
through. Now he has taken the matter
to Secretary Root of the State Depart
ment. The incident will probably be
slaughtered out at the Department and
war averted and in the meantime the
energetic Collins is sporting in the lime
light and patrolling his beat more per-
sistently than ever.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
Wonderful Eczema Cure.

"Our little boy had eczema for
five years." writes N. A.. Adams,
Henrietta, Pa. "Two Of our home
doctors said the case was hopeless,
his lungs being affected. We then
employed other doctors, but nc
benefit resulted. By chance we
read about Electric Bitters; bought
bottle and soon noticed improve
ment. We continued this medi-
cine until several bottles were used,
when our boy was completely
cured" Best of all blood medi.
cines and body building health
tonics. Guaranteed at Eli T.
Reynolds Drug store. soc.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31

San Francisco's graft and bribery
scandal, growing out of the gas and troll
ley franchises, gets bigger and bigger
every day. The Grand Jury which had
been investigating the affair on Saturday
returned indictments containing I26 new
charges of bribery. Six millionaire
officers of large corporations are among
the indicted bribers, and gave bail aggre-
eating $500, 900 for their appearance at
Court.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hos
DitdI.

We have received the sixth
annual report of the South Balti-
more Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Hospital, located at 1911 Light
street, covering the year 1906.
The report shows the number of
patients applying for treatment
during the year was 1873, an
increase OF nearly 500 over the
preceding year. The attendance
in the Dispensary for the year
reached a total of 1880 visits,
which was an increase over the
preceding year of 1000, and which
brings the total aggregate attend
ance since the opening of the
hospital to 24,O17. During the
year 485 surgical operations were
performed, an increase of 151 over
the preceding year.
The Hospital was founded for
the purpose of giving to the de-
serving poor of Baltimore and the
State the gratuitous services of
physicians skilled in these special
lines, also when necessary, hospital
accommodations, so far as the re.
sources of the Hospital will permit.
Contributions and annual sub
scriptions are solicited from all
parties or persons who may feel
interested in the work.
Remittance may be made to the
treasurer, George France 1892 S.
Calvert St., Baltimore.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
FRIDAY, MAY 81, 1907.

State Highway Engineer w. W. eros.
by's report shows that since work under
the Shoemaker road law began in July,
1905, 81 miles Of improved road have been
built in the State. The improved road
has cost on the average $1,000 per
mile. In addition to that thus far com
pleted, thirty miles are in course of con-
struction. While this improved roadway
is distributed in comparatively short
sections among fifteen different counties
and is as matter of fact but very small
matter when compared to the total mile
age of the State, its value to the different
sections as a practical educator in the
advantages and construction of good
roads has been inestimable. The one
great drawback to the rapid extension
of the improved highways throughout the
different counties is the lack of funds,
and in some counties bond issues have
been authorized for the raising of money
for road building, the people appreciat.
ing the economic value of such roads,
and showing willingness to meet the
heavy expense. In our own county Of
Cecil the value of good roads seems to be
fully appreciated but the willingness to
incur the additional expense of procuring
them has never developed to any appre-
ciable extent among our farmers and
Others to whom they are such an advan-
tage, and the prospects are their extern
sion will be slow in Cecil.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31

The Chesapeake Steamship Co.,
of Baltimore, has issued for free
distribution a second edition of
their handsome booklet descriptive
of the jamestown Tercennial Expo.
sition. 1t contains forty pages,
printed in colors, and gives full
information relative to the EXPOSE
sition, as well as route and hotel
rates.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31

Officers in the United States Army must
hereafter be digger" physically. Can,
didates to the Military Academy must be
taller and be able to undergo more strin.
gent tests, and field officers must prove
their ability to ride well, according to an
order just issued by President Roosevelt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31

The Supreme Court of the United States
has rendered decision that the Inter.
state Commerce Commission has power
to control railroad freight rates, and those
roads charged with violating the rate law
will nowThave to hunt up some other
technically for loop hole.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31

The are men who make success in conduct
ing business college who could not keep store.
When you girl strutting around with the
corner of an envelope protruding from her waist
you may know she is engaged.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31

The war cloud "no bigger than mans
hand" may not be apparent to the United
States at large but in Washington it is
distinctly visible. The cause of the inter
national complications is found in the
person of one Marshal Collins, SUBJ
urban road officer who has leaped from
darkest obscurity to the dizzy eminence
of possible casus belli. One of the most
attractive automobile roads near Wash
ington is patrolled by Marshall Collins
and one cannot be said to be really fash
ionable unless he has at some time in
the last year been arrested by this
doughty gentlemen for exceeding the
lawful speed limit. AS long as this diver
sion of the Marshal was confined to
Washingtonians the fines were paid with
out any great protest, but when Mr.. Col
Inns began to operate in diplomatic ranks
the situation was changed. Mr.. Collins
| was not aware that Ambassadors and
Ministers to this country cannot be ar
rested and it may be that had he known
luS law NC LnlSut StllI nave not kuOWu
the Ministers and Ambassadors, for the
marshal has not hobnobbed with royalty
or its representatives. The first of the
more prominent members of the Diplo-
matte corps was the Austrian Ambassador
who was held up on the highway and
compelled to enter into discussion with
the common person, which must have
been excessively painful. The next was
the Italian Ambassador, Mayor de
Planches, who had as his guest, his
Royal Highness the Duke of Abruzzi,
and with party of friends they were
speeding toward the city in driving
rain. Quite as a matter of course the
Marshal could not tell under all of the
rubber covers that there sat the Italian
Ambassador and a real live prince, a
cousin Of King of Italy; a son of Amo-
deus once King of Spain, and when the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Catholic Professor in the Catholic Uni
versity here, and intimate friend of the
President has been appointed Minister to
Denmark after having been given the
choice of that post or the one at Libson.
He will receive his commission at once
but will not leave for Copenhagen until
the Autumn. Meantime he will retain
his place in the University here and draw
the salary both as Professor and dip
lomat. The President, whose tastes seem
more Catholic than discriminating, had
his enthusiasm for Irish literature"
fred by DIR. Egan about the beginning
of last year and since that time they have
studied the subject much together. The
President has been stimulated to publish
magazine articles on the subject under
the guidance of DR.. Egan, who is Pro-
fessor of Gaelic at the University. OF
course if we could have an Ambassador
to the Emerald Isle DR.. Egan would have
been sent thither where his language and
his accent and his name would have been
most acceptable but the President did the
next best thing. He could not offer him
an Ambassadorship to the Vatican SO he
presented him with the opportunity to go
to Portugal which is Catholic Court
and country. He at the same time offered
him Denmark which is the best stepping
stone to higher things in the Diplomatic
line in Europe. DR.. Egan very prac-
tically decided that future here was
more in need of looking after than his
future hereafter, so he decided on Copen.
hagen. He will no doubt get rusty in
Gaelic while he is trying to master the
Ollendorff of the Danes but in the mean
time the President will go right on with
his studies in Irish and no doubt be able
to give the Professor points when his
diplomatic career is ended.
~
The Reverend Dr. Long, of Connec-
ticut. anthor of many books of Nature
studies and President Roosevelt who is
also dillitanti Naturalist are showing a
vast amount of human nature this week
all due to the fact that the President has
criticized DR.. Longs books. DR.. Long
in letter to the President made public
intimates that Mr.. Roosevelt is brutal
and cowardly in his hunting expeditions
and the President refuses to reply and
says that DR.. Long is too small game to
shoot at twice." There can be no doubt
of the sincerity of both men either I'M
their conclusions about wild animals or
their indignation. President Roosevelt
believes that DR.. Long is sentimentalist
about animals and that he is ignorant of
their habits and characteristics. DR..
Long thinks that the President is in
spired to publicity criticise his books,
many of which are used in the primary
classes of the public schools, from per-
sonal animosity.
M
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-31

Cor. Queen 8 Cherry SITS. !
Cecil Farmen' Telephone
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

vestigation to be much superior to
what [ can mix on my own farm. 1t
is a hard task to get lime and sulphur
properly mixed. 1 heartily recommend
that growers spray not only their fruit
trees, but their berry vines as well. 1t
can be done cheaply, and should be
done in the month of January or, at
the latest, in February.
Prof. Lawrence's reply to my inquiry
is as follows: "In reply to your let
ter, I would say that on my return to
Pullman last September | had talk
with our station entomOlogist, A. L.
Melander, concerning the red spider
Mr.. Melander has made study OF this
pest and he informed me that 1T is
very difficult one to combat. The spider
evidently lives on all sorts OF plants.
1t is continually crawling from one
place to another, or may form web
TO which it clings, the web being set
free and carried to and fro by the WIND
until it lodges. The individuals lay
great many eggs, which hatch in a few
days at the longest time.
Owing to it's habits, you can readily
see that it is a very hard pest to com
bat. In fact 1 hardly consider it worth
the time and labor to endeavor to XIII
the pest during the spring and summer
The best methods to follow, as far as
T am informed, would be to spray the
berry field and trees, etc, near them,
to kill the eggs, during the winter. In
moderately moist seasons, as general
rule. we need not anticipate much IN
Jury. but when the weather is rather
dry the pest multiplies and spreads
very rapidly. Even in seasons when
winter spraying has been done and
few eggs have been missed, the proper
weather condition will allow them to
multiply at such rate that even the
earlv sprayings count for naught.
'In case you try winter spraying, the
sulphur-lime wash (Wash. formula) is
the best spray to use. For work dur
ing the summer kerosene emulsion or
the whale oil and quassia spray should
be used. The strength OF the sprays
should be determined in the field by
spraying a few plants to note the ell
feet on the spider and plants.
81 am sorry | cannot give the perry
raisers a more encouraging reply. l
would suggest that you write Mr.. Me-
lander. he may have more recent IN
formation than l have been able to
give"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15
Combating the Red Spider.
wv. H. Paulhamus)

Realizing the damage done to some
of our berry fields the past season by
red spider, l have undertaken to as
certain, if possible, what remedy can
be applied to destroy this insect
wrote to Prof w. H. Lawrence, form
erly at the State College, but now TAX
ing a postgraduate course at Cornell
University, Ithica, N. Y, and he sug-
gests that it would be well to spray
our berries (and particularly the rasp-
berries) with the lime and sulphur So
luton. This recommendation is ex-
actly in line with what | had intended
to do on my own yards, anyhow /
have purchased through the drug store
a barrel of the Rex lime and sulphur
solution, which | have found upon in
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

obliquely across so as to make one
side Of it pointed? Try it and you will
be convinced.
And then try keeping small can
of white lead, such as may be bought
at any place where paint is sold, for
mending broken crockery and china
Do not wet the broken edges, but
smear them with the white lead and
tie them firmly together, wipe off all
surplus lead and put them where they
will dry. When they are we'll dried
they are as good as new and can be
washed in hot water without injury.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15
Little Things That Count.

The other day while visiting an Ell
ficient little housekeeper l learned
few wrinkles that I was glad to Know
saws a woman writer. She was putting
I'D curtains and over the end OF her
curtain rod she slipped kid glove
finger. Now any woman who mas
worked to get the end of curtain roo
through the hem of lace curtain Will
say. "Why did I not think OF that
before?"
She used a child's toy broom to
clean the mouldings in the base boards
and castings and to brush the dust
from her draperies and curtains. NOW
the most of us have always used
brush broom, but one can see now
much easier it would be to use the long
handled child's broom, with Whlcn
there need be no STOPPING down, or
standing on a. chair to reach the hlgn
places. who
It was this same little woman VINO
taught me to dampen salt with kero
sene to spread thickly over the car
nets and rugs when sweeping. 1t does
so brighten and clean and make tnelh
look as good as new. And speaking
of sweeping, did you know that there
is nothing so good for sweeping down
stairs. digging into corners for dust
and dirt, and as general purpose
cleaner, us small brush broom cu1
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

Dairy COWS require some bulky food
with their grain, but care must be
taken not to go to either extreme
If too bulky the animal must eat too
much in order to secure sufficient
nourishment. If not bulky enough the
animal will consume more nutrltlve
material than it can digest in order
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15
Curing Meats on the Farm.

curing Meats on the arm.
Meats cannot be long kept even in
moderate weather, but beef may be
corned, or pork .cured in the following
way, and it will be sweet and whole
some:
For $50 pounds of meat, take one
pound of granulated sugar, one quart
table syrup, three ounces of saltpeter,
four ounces of sal soda and rock salt
to make brine that will float an egg.
Use water enough to cover the meat
we'll. Boil and skim until it is white,
then cool until milk-warm and pour
over the meat. Change the position of
the meat in the barrel each week. In
three weeks, take out the meat and
boil the brine, and skim, add one-half
of the above ingredients and when it
is cool, pour back on the meat If
pork or dried beef, take out in two or
three weeks and smoke with cobs or
hardwood.
1t you follow the directions exactly
you Will never lose any meat and will
have as fine meat as you can find on
the market anywhere. You must not
use barrel salt if it has lime in it
and you must be sure to take your
meat out every week and change it
around so that the brine gets to every
part of it. After it is smoked, wrap
it in heavy wrapping paper, sew up in
a cloth and paint it thick with white
wash. The dry beef is made from the
round divided in chunks, as the seam
between the muscles will show you.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

The best feed for calves is clover
hay, corn fodder along with some oat
straw. A subscriber asks whether we
would advise feeding cottonseed to
calves Where nice clover and fod-
der are fed literally the calves do
not need cottonseed A little oats
and shelled corn may be fed to adj
vantage.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15
How Is Your Kitchen?


What is the condition of the aver
age kitchen and are we as careful
as we should be? Does the average
housewife thoroughly wash her hands
and clean her nails before she kneads
the2 bread? Does she wash her
dishes we'll? Does she wipe her
dishes on a clean towel? How many
kitchens harbor germ-breeding, dis
ease-scattering, sour dish rags? How
many housewives serve spelling food
to the hungry family with the insane
belief that they are saving the food?
How many times have we seen a
knife left in the butter until the
edges of the knife where the silver
is off have turned green? How many
housekeepers are guilty of washing
off the cooking table with dish cloth
wrung from sour and greasy water?
How many women wash their frying
pans and kettles in water unit tor
cleansing a pigs trough, simply be-
cause they are almost through and
do not want to take the time to nix
clean water to wash the cooking uten-
sils in which food is to be prepared?
Packingtown is bad place, no doubt,
but how about our kitchens?
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15
Emergency Desserts.


Every housekeeper gets in a rut,
especially in the matter of desserts,
and the daily question as to what to
cook is one of the real trials of a
cooks life. Here are a few simply
prepared desserts which may help in
this dilemma:
Chocolate Pudding-Mix together
one small cupful of sugar, four table
spoonfuls of chocolate or cocoa, three
tablespoonfuls of cornstarch and a
pinch of salt Stir this into one quart
of scalding hot milk and cook four
or five minutes, stirring constantly.
Let it cool in cups or fancy shaped
dish, and serve with cream and sugar.
or soft custard.
Cake Custard-Pour hot custard
over slices of stale cake in individ-
ual dishes and serve at once with
cream and sugar.
Fruit Pudding-If your big plum
pudding does not materialize, steam
slices of fruit cake and serve them
with a rich sauce and no one will
know the difference.
Cream Pie-This is delicious. Cook
a shell of pastry, let it COOL and just
before serving fill it with stiffy
whipped cream, dotted with bits Of
jelly or preserves.
Mrs. William H. Taft, wife of the
secretary of war, has donated $4,000
in money and 10000 acres of land to
the promoters of the Nueces Valley
railroad in Dimmet county, Texas. Mrs.
Taft owns the Catarina ranch of 200,-
900 acres of land through which the
road will run.
In baking bread or rolls put a
saucepan of boiling water into the
oven. The steam will keep the crust
smooth and tender.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

to produce the proper sense of full
less. This deranges the stomach and
causes waste.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15
HOUSEHOLD

Contributions for this department are
invited from all the women readers OF
The Ranch. Subjects Of interest to the
rural people are especially desired.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

In baking bread or rolls put
saucepan of boiling water into the
oven. The steam will keep the crust
smooth and tender.