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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-09-20

Thomas +. Ryan and George l.. Car.
ter, who are associated in the con-
struction Of the South and Western
Railway, have purchased a vast amount
OF land along the rights of way Of the
road in cast Tennessee, western North
Carolina, southwest Virginia and
eastern Kentucky.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-09-20
Pleasant Treatment.

Tramp-Madam. am suffering from
indigestion.
Lady-Why. I'm sorry What can
l do to help you?
Tramp-Madam, you can cure me
Instantly by giving me something to
digest.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-09-20

II. is reported that the proposed Bel.
ingtOn u Northern Railroad will be
built via Elkins to a connection with
the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-09-20
INDUSTRIAL NEWS
Items That Will Interest Our
Readers

The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway g
reported to have just received 500 steel
gondola cars of 100. 600 pounds capaci-
ty.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-09-20

The Enterprise Construction COmpa
ny, of Eikins, w. Va, has been award.
ed the contract for the erection of a
$40, 900 union depot at Belington, w.
Va, for the Coal and Coke Railroad
Company, the Western Maryland Rail-
road Company and the baltimore and
OHIO Railroad Company.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-09-20

The Manufacturers Record says ii
Is Informed that surveys have been
completed by Pressey & Weller Ct
Washington, d. o., for the Lyndhurst
" Sherando Railroad virginia. and
the contract for the cons truction bas
been let. The construction work will
probably be begun within the next 30
days. This road will connect the pro-
perty of the National Manganese Cor.
poration with the Norfolk & Western
hallway at Lyndhurst, Augusta coun-
ty, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-09-20

One of the best tracts of coal and
mineral lands in Southwest Virginia
has been sold by Gen. r. A. Ayres
and his son, Harry j. Ayres, to John
A. Esser and Eastern Associates. This
purchase embraces 10000 acres of the
best coal property in Wise county,
Va, and also the holdings of the
West Fork Lumber Manufacturing
Company.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-09-20

The Virginia Air Line is becoming
a fact. Mr.. Walter Washabaugh, the
chief engineer, reports that the grad
ing has been completed for distance
of five miles On this road, which Is un
der construction from Lindsay to Up
per Bremo, thirty miles, and that it is
the Intention to begin tracklay ing
about November 1st.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-26

have a complete train crew on duty
to explain 10 visitors all details OF
mechanism In connection with the en-.
CINE and cars. These railroads In
connection with many of the south.
ern systems. will give the exposition
one Of the most comprehensive dis
plays Of transportation equipment
that the country has ever seen.
The prominent steamship lines Of
the country, including the Hamburg.
American line. together with many
of the local steamship companies,
will exhibit models of their finest
steamers. Many OF these models.
owing to their exactness In detail OF
construction. cost several thousand
dollars. Manufacturers of motor
boats. marine engines and appliances
will also have exhibits which will b.
housed in the Marine Appliance build.
ing. Here will be seen submarine
models and exhibits. installed by the
important shipbuilding plants of the
country.
Street and interurban railroad tran.
spOrtation will be exhibited at the
Ter-Centennial, and Ia the event OF
the American Street and lnterurban
Street Railway Association, holding
their annual conventions at the expo.
sition, there will be one Of the most
comprehensive street railway exhibits
that the country has ever seen.
A special building In charge of the
jamestown Aeronautic congress will
house the exhibits of aerial naviga-
ton and manufactures pertaining
thereto. The building which is 100
feet long by 65 feet wide, contains
some 5000 square feet of exhibit
space. and will be one of the most
novel AMI interesting features of the
ihAcpoi IShtioh ulSpIds. bSStue tue
government exhibits Of the Langley
models, there will be a great display
OF balloons, ~airships. dirigible kites,
aerial clubs. The German govern
ment has expressed its intention OF
sending one or more war balloons to
the exposition. and a movement is
now on foot to have Santos Dumont's
airship 1.-THE Bird of Prey" on exhibit
in the A%eronautic building.
The Transportation exhibit at the
jamestown exposition taken In its en-
tirety, will be one OF the most com.
prehensive. complete and selected
displays that has ever been e at a
previous exposition.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-26

That 10 the secret Of dry farming"
w. II. Campbell started 1t up In
Dakota In the early SOS. He found
that by c~ultivating his fields three
times when his n~eighbor' titled theirs
once. he raised three times as much
grain. He raised potatoes that were
marvels for those sections and wheat
that yielded 50 bushels TO the acre
Then the Campbell system" spread
and the railroads took 1t up. !
by keeping the top OF the ground
fine you have n dust blanket that re-
ceives all the water that falls and
Keeps In all the water that goes be.
low tho surface" That Is his plat.
form, the platform Of the dry farmers.
IL wins. too. Out In western KaG.
sas and eastern Colorado last sum.
mer were raised as good crops oil
wheat as those In eastern Kansas an
eastern Nebraska. They are starting
homes and preparing to stay. Prac.
tically all the land owned by the rail-.
roads In those sections has been sold
1t has doubled in price. 1t Is being
fenced and cultivated.
A traction engine Is hitched to n
string OF plows which turns over 30
aires Of sod In a day. Then a head,
light is put on the engine and 1t turns
over 40 acres more in the night. Thus
Is the western plain being transform
cd.
A few years ago 500 bushels Of
durum wheat was imported from the
arid regions OF the old world: now
$4,000 600 bushels are raised In the
United States. 1t is a dry farming
crop. one that stands tho drought, 1t
Is not time for thick settlement of the
high plains. but many can find homes
IL they will farm intelligently,
That IL what the dry farming con,
gress will do, It will rival the irriga.
ton congress in getting benefits for
the great west. What crops to raise
how 10 select seed. how to till the
soil. how TO keep the moisture~-these
things dwellers on the semi.arid
lands want to know ana they believe
the government should help them.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-26
new FARMING system
MAKES FERTILE Lands
Wonders Of the New Western Idea of Dry Farming, By
Which Every Drop Of Rain is to be Utilized
In the Arid Lands East Of the
Rocky Mountains

This congress wa tho first ever
held In America In the interest Of the
dry lands, II was composed Of scien-
titic farmers and men OF wide &C.
quaintance with the west.
The responsibility of making the
upland prairies a fit place for homes
lies with the farmers" said J.. l.. Don
ahue. Of Denver. upon these lands
hosts will surely settle"
AT no station in Wyoming" dec
Jared a weather bureau authority In
an address. has the rainfall fallen
below 10 inches. except at Cheyenne"
Crops a DO raised every year, say
the dry farming experts. II such a
rainfall a DO conserved. They hope
TO a v the moisture Of one year over
until the next. thus getting enough
for the grain roots.
Take a lump OF sugar and a spoon.
full OF loose sugar. Upon each pour a
spoonful OF water. What happense
The lump retains a little and the re.
minder runs of: the loose sugar alb
serbs 1t and retains the moisture.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-26
MANY CASES.
Reports Many Cases Of R~heunatisn,
And Gives Simple Remedy To
Relieve.

Thousands Of men and women who
have felt the sting and torture Of
this dread disease. which Is no re-
spector OF age. persons. sex. color or
rank. will be interested to know that
while for many years rheumatism
was considered an incurable disease,
nov It IL one of the easiest Attic
tons OF the human body to conquer.
Medical science has proven 1t not q
distinct disease In itself, but a symp
tom caused by inactive kidneys
Rheumatism IL uric acid In the blood
and other waste products OF the sys.
tenn which should be filtered and
strained out In the form OF urine
The function OF the kidneys Is to sift
these poisons and acids "a and keep
the blood clean and pure. The kid.
neys. however. are OF spongeiike
substance. the holes or pores OF
which will sometimes. either from
overwork. cold or exposure become
clogCed and inactive, and failing IN
their function OF eliminating these
p%oisons from the blood. they remain
In the veins, decompose and settling
about the joints and muscles. cause
the untold suffering and pain Of
rheumatism and backache, often pro,
ducing complications of bladder and
urinary disease, weakness etc.
The following simple prescription
Is said TO relieve the worst cases OF
rheumatism because OF its direct &C,
ton upon the blood and Kidneys, re,
lieving. too. the most severe forms of
bladder and urinary troubles Fluid
Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce:
Compound Kargon. one ounce; Com.
ppound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces. Mix by shaking we'll in a
bottle and take In teaspoonful doses
after each meal and at bedtime. The
ingredients can be had from anv good
prescription pharmacy. and being en-,
tfrely vegetable, are absolutely harm.
less and safe to use at any time.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-26
Saved Her Sons Life,

The happiest mother In the little
town OF Ava, Mo-. Is Mrs. S. Rupee,
She writes: "One year ago my SON
was down with such serious lung
trouble that u physician was unable
to help him: when. by our druggists
advice I began giving him DR.. Kings
New Discovery. and I soon noticed
Improvement. I kept this treatment
up for a few weeks when he was q
fectly we'll. He has worked steadily
since at carpenter work. DR.. Kings
New Discovery saved his life." Guar.
anteed best cough and cold cure BY
all druggists. soc and 800. Trial
bottle free.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-26

The northumberland OF set.
tiers want homes. Ranches are being
broken into farms. Land values are
increasing. Less than 30 inches oil
annual rainfall.
The demand-Practical methods Of
agriculture. Conservation OF the
rainfall. Systematic cultivation Of
lands. Government assistance in OK.
pertinent.
Three hundred million acres OF
land lie between the western limit OF
a rainfall greater than 30 inches an
nually and the Rocky Mountains
declared Professor Elwood Mead,
government irrigationist at the dry
farming congress, where we're gather.
ed 1000 delegates representing 10
states.
This land can be transformed In.
20 farms and homes II we can utilize
all the rainfall. This semtarid region
and other semi-arid sections in the
western half OF the United States
presents the greatest problem now
before the people Of this country"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-26

There Is talk In railroad circles thai
the Denver l. Rio Grande Railroad
Company would o extend their
branch road from Tercio 10 Dawson
and there connect with the Il Paso 4
Southwe stern. This will give a
through line from Ell Paso TO Denver
when the latter road completes its
short line through Las Vegas 10 Daw.
son.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-26
EXPOSITION To SHOW
ACHIEVEMENTS MADE
Palaces Of Maehiery and T~ranspor.a.
t'on-Types from the Heights Of
Aerial Navigation to the Lates,
Form Of Submarine Craft.
Especial Correspondence.)

Norfolk. Va. Mich 2s.-Expositions
are the medium through which the
progress and industrial growth of the
country are set forth in comprehen
sise display showing to the world the
latest developments OF invention and
science. The jamestown Ter.Centen-
NAL exposition TO be held on the
shores Of Hampton Roads. near Nor.
folk. Va. from April 2eth to Nov.
goth. 1907. while 1t Is to be notably a
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-26
RUNNING SORES
COVERED LIMBS
Little Girls Obstinate Case Of
Eczema - instantaneous Relief
By Cutieura Little Boys Hands
and Arms Also Were a Mass
of TOrturing Sores - Grateful
Mother Says:
"CUTICURA REMEDIES
A HOUSEHOLD STANDBY"

Ella reply 10 your letter ! write you
my experlence, and You are pnVllegea
90 l@ it Is YOU Ne 1T. LAST year.
after having my little gah treated by .
very Feusninert physiraan for an otSti-
nate case II eereana. | resoFted 10 the
Cuticura Remedies. and Mas No well
pleased wifh the alEaeast instantaneous
relief afforded that We discarded the
physicians prescription and realcd
tirply on the Cutlcura Soap. Cutieura
Ointment. and Cusieura p,lls. When
We commenced With the Cutirura Rem
edies her feet and iinhs acre covered
With running sofes. In about six weeks
we had her completely ~ell. and there
has hsen no recurrence Of The trouble.
"In judy al this year q little boy in
our familyspoisohed hi hands and arms
with poison oak. and in tWenty-four
hours his hands and arms we're a IN
Of torturing SORTS. We used only the
Cuiicura Remedies. washing his hands
and arms With the CutictSa Soap. and
anointed them with the Cuticura Oint-
ment, and then gave him the Cuticura
Resolyent. In about three weeks his
hands and arms healed up; 50 We have
lots Of Gauss for feeling grateful for the
Cuticura Remedies. We find that the
Cuticura Remedies are o valuable
household standby, living as We do
twelve miles from q doctor, and where
il costs from twenty 10 twenty-five dol
lars TO come up on the mountain.
Respectfully, Mrs. Lizzie Vincent
Thomas, Paramount. Walden's Ridge,
Tenn, Oct. 10. 1905"
Cumplrss Ex,sFnsl and internal TssxtHssni sos Eysry
uaEauf. from ftfnples to sCsofais. FROM lufsas y to Age,
~eoNsistiBg a CatirRfs NAP. 2x. 0lHanssns. 10 RrsRlv-
cal, a~. itn tsgHa u Chaeoisss Coated pil9A liz PER vial
a. o.. aaay Ia had ~ oil aragEixtsa A siRgis s% uftFR eaFss
The hnSa distressing Eases ~heh oil eAss tAas. F~uer lsVug
4 GbrEa. t'osp, sols prups, E0stgss, Mass,
ms~ Mailed EFsw, a. Hos 10 Cure TossuEkns, DIfgnfing
hanaaEs. and " I1s Gfsxi skla Boob"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-26
TIGER BALL TEAM
PLAY IN THE SOUTH

Norfolk. Va. March : -The PriE-
ceson baseball team. champions Of the
east last year. lined Up here today
against William and MaFy for the u.
il!al game Of the season Tomorrow
Princeton will meet HampdenS Sidney
al thea xill go to Richmond % plas
Rahd"lf Maenn andd Richmond CO.
lege.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-26
CRUISERS
SAIL FOR AMERICA

Vienna March 2G.-The cruisers s..
Georg and Aspern. Commodore Her
mann Pleskett In command. sail ~
day for American waters and will r.
present Austria Hungary at the ma
val review 10 be held In connection
with the jamestown exposition. The
squadron will return about the first ut
June.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-26
asterGIoves

What about the gloves you
will need for Easter? Better
not wait until the last minute
ana take chances of your size
being gone.
Just now we have nearly all
kinds and all sizes. But you
know how the easter rush uses
up a glove stock.
Early in the week we can
take time to fit them as they
should be-Saturday we may
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-20

about Ten Nights in a Barroom7 It any one had come along and called tine place Barroom he would have been arrested by the Park Policeman who stood out in front to keep the Common People from rubbering at our un- crowned Kings and Queens.
 The final visit of the Traveller was the one that put him down and out On the very Corner where once there had been Saloon turing Strong Men to Ruin. there was now Q dan2y big Hotel.
 The man who had been merely q tough Barkeep was now m charge of a very select Establishment which had no Barroom whatever, although it boasted Palm Room and a Rathskel- Ter and a Flemish Room and Gentle mems Cafe, in any one of which you could have it opened up for you at any hour of the Day or Night. while those who could no longer sign their Names merely made signs at the Bell Hop
 Also a Ladies Tea Room. where it was served in Cups. the same as Bouil4 lon.
 The Owners of this Exclusive Hos tlery was President of the Local Asso> citation organized to prevent Saloons from coming into that part of Town By years of good behavior he had live ed down his early Reputation of hay. ing been engaged in the Liquor Bus mess.
 Tho old Traveller looked over th. ground and threw away his Note Book He found that he could not write about Ten Nights in Barroom because the Evil had been exterminated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-20

were felt in Baltimore County, Md. while they were not noticed in Balti- more. and the Johns Hopkins Univer- sity seismograph failed to record taerl. citizens In the suburbs reported that they were severe, enough to rattle the windows
 Menominee. Mich. also reported an earthquake shock on that day.
 Gables from Christiania, Norway. and Katerinburg. Asiatic Russia, announo ed earthquake shocks so violent that the houses rocked.
 The same day reports came in from Honolulu that the volcano Mauna Loa, which had been showing signs of ac- tivity for three weeks. was pouring out lava In three great streams, and was pouring out foChtains of fire. The lava was moving down the mountain side at the rate Of seven miles an hour. On January II tidal wave, which with volcanic activity is regarded as an ac- compartment of seismic disturbances. was reported from The Hague as hay ins swept over the Island of Tana and over the South Coast of Pulo Slmalu, both of which lie off the west coast of the Island of Sumatra. Three hundred persons were drowned on Tana and forty on Pulo SimaLu.
 MT. Clements also predicted an earthouake in Algeria on January 9. but it has not been reporteS as yet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-20

that way the Bicycle had died an awful death, and was no longer used except by the Working Glasses.
 He was afraid that possibly the Man ager had gone back Into the Saloon Business thereby spreading sorrow and desolation throughout the Community. But not so. When he strolled down to the corner he found himself at a Summer Garden. The Back Yard had, been sprinkled with Gravel and was ! tastefully decorated with Evergreen Trees growing in Tubs.
 "A bunch of Heinys sat on the Stage at one end of the Garden and tore or | Ragtlme, while Otto and Louie and sev- eral other members of tho Union jump ed from one table to another serving | High Balls, RickeyS and Remsen Cool CTS.
 T am sorry to see thnt You are still peddling the accursed stuff which men away their Brains," said the Traveller, who still had some of his antiquated prejudice against Strong Drink.
 You are dead wrong," replied the Proprietor. T am now the Director of an Amusement Enterprise. We play Classical Music every fhursday Eve ming and many Citizen of Spotless Reputation, who never leaned his Chest against mahogany slab in his whole life, comes here and sits under a Tree to listen to Vogner and gets piped to the Gills, have to run this kind of a Place in order to get the quiet Fam ily Trade The boys tap a fresh Keg every eight minutes. and I am being backed by a Trolley Company. the Dt- rectors of which are SO conscientious that they never would support an ordi- nary Booze Headquarters"
 The Old Traveller thought that he had known few things about the Curse of Alcohol. but he found him. self guessing.
 T am getting a new line on the crowning Evil of our Age" said he. Tt seems that the Habit is comparatively harmless If you listen to music while tealng up."
 Tn all of his writings on the subject of Rum Sellings he had described a reeking. low class Tavern, where vil- lafnous looking Men sat at the Rough Tables and poured c 7wn fiery Bever-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-20

sence for any length of time will end up with Sheriffs Sale or the D. ITS.
 This same Traveller who tells about the old time Grog gerry and the former generation of Lushes. who drank Med ford Rum instead of Mamie Tayiora, happened into another Town only a few gears ago.
 It was a thriving little Suburb, not far from a great City. The Peaceful Residents would squat in front of the Hardware Store for hours at a time, laying out work for the Administra- ticn at Washington. A Grab Social was the limit of Revelry. although there was some excitement whenever 9 Medicine Show came alongA
 Into this drowsy little Hamlet came a Barkeep with a Black Mustache. He had convinced the Authorities that he possessed a good Moral Character and so he was given a License to sell, bar ter or give away anything that coub be kept in a Bottle without burning holes in the Glass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-20
BY GEORGE AIDE.

tCopyriEht, 1s06, by George Ade,1
 Once there was Traveller who hap pened into small town just about the time that Gentleman who had grown too strong to work was opening place for the sale of Wines. Liquors and Gig Rrs.
 Nobody ever saw the Wines. but he had very fine stock of old Sour Mash made out Of Wood Alcohol. Prune Juice and Cayenne Pepper.
 We are told in the popular Standard Work by T. s.. Arthur that the Trav- eller came back to the town about a year after and then a year after that and on until he had kept tab on the Thirst Parlor for about ten years. He saw god many of the Best People in the village go to-the bad one after an- other as the Rum Fiend managed to get side hold on them.
 Perhaps you have seen the Drama.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-20

parts of the United States. Twelve counties of Pennsylvania announced that at $40 o'clock a. m. of that day series of rumbles and pronounced vibrations of the ground were felt. They were so severe at Williamsport as to throw the city Into a panic. Tel egraph operators along the Pennsylva- mia and Reading Railroads agreed that there were four distinct vibrations within three minutes after the first was felt. The most severe shocks were felt in the central part of the State
 At the same time to q minute shocks
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-20

ent fastidious Generation Is not to cut 1t out, but to do it in such a respec ta hle manner that one can get a fine largo Package without being ashamed of it."
 Another year passed and when the Traveller returned to the Village he discovered that the RQad House had be- come a Gentlemen's Riding and Driv- ing Club. The Barkeep was no long CT a BarKeep, but was now the Stew ard. and Ion the wall were pictures of Horses.
 What is the difference between Road House and a club?" asked the Traveller of the Steward.
 "Oh. all the difference in the world" replied the Official. At a Roud House you get loaded In Road House, while at Club you get loaded at a Club. You feel about the same at the cold gray Dawn of the morning after. but the Family is rather proud to know that Father was at the Club the night before. whereas it would feel disgraced
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-20

his counterpart has been found. The man who most resembles him physical lyi is a respectable merchant of the Rue Saint Honore. who plays his part with decorum and dignity. He wears exact ly the same kind Of butterfly necktie with white dots as the president. khe same kind of hat and exactly 50 odafIy cut a beard. And on his promenades he Is always accompanied by d friend who could easily be taken for the pres ident's private secretary. Dignified and measured steps. the enviable double