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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

One thing that makes the crab or
knot grass so pestiferous n weed is
the fact It does not get to doing bust
ness In the way OF growth and eIpan-
sion until after the potatoes, corn and
most other garden crops are laid by.
Added TO this trait is the fact that 1t is
very deep rooted and fiourlshes In the
hottest and driest weather. About the
only way to stamp the stun out is to
stir the soil thoroughly, thus germinat-
ing as many of the seeds as possible.
and to keep the warfare up as long as
is necessary.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

Other things touching sunshine, mois-
ture and soil fertility being equal. the
tomato vine which is pruned and al
lowed to mature but n limited amount
OF fruit will produce that of n much
larger size. This can be done most eff
fectivcly by training the vines on n
trellis or on individual stakes.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

Every flock of confined poultry should
have an abundance OF green food in
the shape of grass cuttings or weeds
from the garden and all the sklmmilk
sour milk or buttermilk that they will
eat. These are substitutes for foods
which the hens would get were they
running at large.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

a Bangor (Me) capitalist is trying to
interest southern rice growers In n
process which he has discovered for
making paper pulp from rice straw.
Samples OF paper manufactured by his
process seem to be OF excellent quality,
capable OF retaining ink and suitable
for many of the purposes for which
paper is used. Should this PROPOSE
ton prove TO be a practical one 1t will
tend to relieve somewhat the demand
which is made on the forests OF the
country in the manufacture of paper
MS well as utilize asproduct which has
hitherto been wasted.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

IL you were going to have your APP
pendix removed you would want a
competent surgeon to have charge OF
the Job. The same thing holds true II
you decide to have your dairy herd
tested for tuberculosis. Hire only that
veterinarian who is up to date and on
to his job. From reports which come
from different sections OF the country
n whole lot of very coarse and worse
than useless work is being done along
this line.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

The patch Of sweet corn planted In
May or carly June will be n pretty
good proposition TO fall back on while
fly time lasts and the pastures are
short AS rule. cows do not recover
the milk flow which is lost during this
period.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

he Barber. of Elton. Wis.s4ys. 4 have
on.y taken Tour doses OF your kidney aud
Bladder Filis and they have done Tor mel
more ihsn any other medicine has ever
done am stll taking the pills. ~ want
a perfect cure Mr. Barber refers 10 De.
wits kidney and Bladder Pills. Sold bv
strickiers drug store WIN Dent New
burg,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

J. be independent strawboard com.
panies have cut the price ~ straw.
board 81 ton, which is DAT mn,h
less than The trust price ~ Ezz a
ton. OF 'oIrc,ihe Republicans wi I
claim ihat Teddy did TO- and TAFT
wiIl say me too"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

Dry hardwood ashes possess n fer
tllzing value OF u cents per bushel
Such ashes contain from 6 TO per
cent of potash and from 1 TO 2 per
cent OF phosphorus. AS is the case
with barnyard manure. a large portion
OF the fertilizing elements is lost
through exposure and teaching
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

Automobile manufacturers are slow.
j. getting Oh 90 the fact that there arc
country folks who Gre just as able and
quite OIL likely TO buy machines as peo.
pie Of lIEe means iu the city This
was brought TO notice recently by see.
ing on advertisement Of n leading auto
company in au agricultural paper
This 1eid OF country buyers has been
but slightly worked, get there are hosts
Of well 70 do farmers who might be
Induced 70 purchase an automobile n
the matter were brought 70 their atten-
ton ia an effective manner.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09
How TO Relieve a Sick H.adseh.

To cure sick headache drink quick
w cup OF strong catnip tea II prob
ably Will induce vomiting. After the
stomach is well cleared out drink an.
other cupfS OF the tea 10 quiet and
sOOthe the stomach.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

Most any method OF DISCRIMINATING
dandelions on ones lawn is about as
inenectual as trying TO dip up the
ocean with u teaspoon when adjoining
lots mature luxuriant drops OF the seed
bearing down for the winds to scatter
hither and yon
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

a large per cent OF the poor stick
and slipshod farmers to be found in
any locality usually rate themselves as
too experienced and we'll posted TO
learn anything Of the experience Of
others through the avenue Of books
or farm journals. Much Of the ad-
vance which has been made along az.
ricultural lines IN the past has been
the direct result Of the experimenting
and research OF college professors.
dubbed by many as lead pencil farm
ers. However. with the more intelH-
gent and progressive practical farmers
OF the country there IS u disposition TO
give full credit for what these men
have accomplished and to give heed TO
any suggestions which they may make.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

Most Of us are always willing TO look
at the best side Of an untoward thing.
but are too often unable TO find It.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09
How 70 Keep viol.ts Fr.sh.

Violets may be kept fresh several
days II at night the flowers be covered
with parafiin paper and the stems put
Into glass Of water Then set into
an air tight tin pail Keep I'm cool
place
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

a first and necessary step I'm the con
servation Of our natural resources as n
country IS the sending Of legislators TO
Washington who vii. be sufficiently
alert and patriotic to prevent the spoil
alton Of these same interests by repre-.
sentotiyes OF mining. timber and water
power companies We can talk about
forest preservation until we are black
in the face, but 90 will Doe to- little pur.
pose until VIC can pass effective nation
al laws The truth ~ the above state.
ment is pointed out fro the pitiab'e div.
pOsol that was made OF the Appa'a.
chan forest reserve bin. which was to
ai' intents and purposes strangled or
effectively cmasculatcd through the In
h1cnce or Interested business corpora.
lions upon members Of congress who
had the fate of the bin ln their hands.
The upshOt Of tho matter is that the
people, the individual voters Of the
country VIII have 90 begin 40 effective
campaign along tho limo suggested by
tiect.ne the right kind ~ men TO rep.
resent them i1 congress
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

When the really large things OF life
show mp no bigger than n ham sand.
witch the chances are that you are
hungry aud don't see the sandwich.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

Reports which seem almost unbe-
lievable are to the effect that I'm one
section OF Oklahoma there fell during
one of the May storms twenty inches
Of water within a period of twenty
four hours. This would seem TO have
been literally a clOudburst, If the use
Of the word Is ever justifable. One
realizes more fully how great pre-
cipitation this was when he knows
that the average annual rainfall for
that section Of the country is about
thirty-fve inches.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

Everybody is always taking good
sound whack at the fellow who Is al
ways afraid OF getting hurt.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

Careful tests conducted 10y the Ne
braska experiment station show that
skmmilk and corn at the ratio Of three
parts TO one was u more economical
ration for hogs than corn and alfalfa,
corn and clover or corn and bluegrass
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

Little pruning should be done I'm the
orchard after July. as scars made do
not readily heal over IL the work is
done later than this.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

DeWiu's Witch Hazel Sslve is good for
cuts. burns. bruises. aud scratches. IL is
especially good for piles. Recomme nd d
and sold OY StrckleT's drug store; w.
NJ. Dent. Newburg.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

Careful experiments show that un-
der average outdoor conditions manure
Will lose 80 per cent of its fertillzing
value in n period of five months. 1t is
this loss that furnishes such n strong
argument for the purchase of the ma
nure spreader, which not only effects
n big saving along the line mentioned,
but makes possible the handling of the
farm fertilizers Mt much less cost In
labor.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09
NJ aturaIIy Acquired.

IL suppose you consider my hauteur
mere affectation." began Miss Parve-
ner.
Not at ALL" Miss Bright FASTENED TO
say. Your scornful expression is quite
natural"
"Ahv
"Yes; suppose you lived for n great
many years in the neighborhood of
your fathers glue factory."-Philadel-
phia Press.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

II takes nearly twice as many sheep.
shearing the same number OF pounds.
20 bring the revenue for the wool
which was secured last year.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

There Is no use I'm n quarrel. but
some people seem To get II lot OF fun
out OF H.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

When we aren't really ourselves the
chances are that his satanic majesty
can throw more light upon who we
are than anybody else can.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

Castor oil rubbed on the cows teats
at Intervals will remove warts that
may be on them.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

That there seems to be delicate
and nicely adjusted instinct I'm even so
low an organism as plant life is shown
in the fact that the reaching tendril OF
climbing vine will most always
stretch toward rather than away from
the nearest support. while the sprouts
on the potatoes that may be in the
cellar grow always toward rather than
away from the light that streams in
at the window.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

AS result Of careful feeding expert
ments 1t has been found that If fed I'M
der favorable conditions 100 pounds of
buttermilk or skimmilk are worth half
q bushel OF corn in feeding value. while
If fed with corn at the ratio of three
parts to one pork can be produced at a
less cost than with any other ration.
1t has been further ascertained that If
fed fresh from the separator skimmllk
has maximum feeding value.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

AS showing how highly priced com
mon black dirt may be under certain
circumstances it is interesting to note
the shipment OF fifty tons of it recently
from Honolulu to Midway island, 1900
miles to the northwest, which is a
mile long and forty feet above ocean
level at its highest point. The earth
was shipped by the Pacific Steamship
company I'm order that it's employees
on the island might have some relief
from the white. dazzling sands and n
little soil in which to raise some gar
den vegetable to vary the canned food
they are compelled to depend upon 50
largely.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

There Is nobody more apt to make n
mistake than the cocksure man.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

There are n good many folk who are
human enough 10 derive considerable
quiet satisfaction out OF seeing the
widow OF some grabbed, tight listed
old codger, who begrudged her every
penny he doled out to her In life, loosen
up the purse strings after his demise.
provide decent equipment for a re-
spectacle funeral for her spouse and
incidentally blow I'm little cash on her
own account I'm securing some things
that she was promised and set her
heart upon when she was led as n
bride TO the marriage altar A far bet
ter way than this Is for the husband
TO show n reasonable appreciation OF
his wife while both he and she are
alive and TO exercise n becoming gen.
erosity which shall find expression in
something besides odorous flowers
heaped on her casket. In the second
Instance both enjoy the use Of the
money spent. while the mutual regard
OF one for the other is likely to be OF
n finer tyne
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

Not only has it been demonstrated
that the use of the surface or knife
cultivator will make possible yield
of from ten TO twelve bushels per acre
more of corn than the common four or
six shovel pillow, but there is another
feature which makes the former ma
chine useful and valuable, and that is
Its ability to kill weeds In wet seasons
by cutting them in two just below the
surface and preventing their further
Development, as would be the case
were they simply stirred and loosened
with the shovel plow. We have taken
some pains to note the weed growth
In fields in which these two types of
cultivators have been used. and in
variably the field in which the surface
cultivator had been employed was the
cleaner.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

The callouses on the hands OF some
OF our friends were undoubtedly made
by the handles OF their little hammers.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

When you are no better than you
have to be you are no better than you
should be.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09

a self satisfied individual doesn't
need any guardian angel. for nothing
can reach him To harm him.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-07-09
Humor ane Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
By DUNCAN n. SMITH

Some people are honest I'm spite of
themselves, and others are honest IN
spite or the rascals.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-24
MAN FALLS FROM TRAIN,
NOT SERIOUSLY HURT

NEW YORK. Jan. 24.-Edward D.
Easton. president Of the Columbia
monograph Company. and vice presi-
dent OF the Hackensack Trust Company,
fell from a Susquehanna and Western
express train yesterday morning. soon
after it had left the Hackensack sta
ton. Mr.. EastOn. accompanied by VII
liam Morse. a business associate, tried
to pass from one car 10 another Just az
the train struck a curve beyond the
Hackensack river bridge
Mr.. Morse got over safely. He turned
as the train lurched, and saw Mr.. Eas-
ton pitch head foremost out between
the two cars. The conductor was noti-
fed, and the train stopped
When the train crew and passengers
reached the spot where Mr.. EastOn fell
they found him sitting up. dazed He
mad struck on his left shoulder, was
severely bruised. and had q bad cut on
his head
The train returned with him to Hack
enslck- At the HackensaCk Hospital
II was found that he was apparently
but little injured. Mr.. Easton told the
doctors that no must have had an at
tack OF vertigo. as he knew nothing OF
the accident until he found himself be-
side the railroad track.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-24
Mrs. Harley Found
Dying on Her Bed;
Gas Filled Room

Mrs. Harley was found unconscious
with a rubber tube connected with the
chandelier dangling on the I'D a few
inches from her face in her 70 "A on the
first floor OF the lodging house which
she conducted. at Sl3-I5 Ninth street.
northwest, about $50 O'Clock this morn
ing. She was taken to the Emergency
Hospital where she died two hours
later. She was So years old.
Continued Ill health IS believed 10
have prompted her to end her life.
Mrs Harley had been a sufferer from
inflammatOTy rheumatism for some
time. A few weeks ago she was obliged
10 take 10 her bed for a few days as
the result OF the grip. She did not
fully recover from the attack.
Unable 10 secure competent help 70
do the work in ,he two large houses.
nich We're Allied with bOarders. Mrs.
been Obliged to keep up, anC q, H. ch
OF the work herself Last evening she
cooked and served the dinner herself.
and after the meal was finished i2ViteO
several Of the rOOmerS to come into her
room. She seemed 10 be in better spirits
than for some time. and talked with
her friends until nearly midnight.
Her husband, Charles ". Harley EN-
piCyed as night engineer at the Winder
shortly before 70 o'clock Before he
started out Mrs. Harley gave him "A
glass OF hot lemonade.
When the cOlOred girl came to work
this morning, she was unable to get
any response after ringing the door
bell for some time. She managed to get
in the house through the rear entrance,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-24
Aged Woman Dies
Of Heart Disease;
Falls on Street

Miss Johanna Sullivan, an aged en-
plOye Of the Government Printing Of
fee, slipped and fell upon the ice near
First and II streets northwest. at Z
o'clock today. and died with in a few
moments after being carried % the near
by drug store OF 5. ". Wagner. Miss
Sullivan was the sister. OF Director
Thomas j. Sullivan. of the Bureau or
Engraving and Printing. who was inn
mediately notified and will take charge
OF the body after leave from the ccz-
oner.
The attending physician says Miss
Sullivan died from heart disease. as
sufficient bruises were not found upon
her body TO cause death she was sixty
five years old. and had been connected
with the Government Printing Office n
number Of years. The fall occurred
while she was returning from the noon
lunch.
Miss Sullivan resided alone. with the
exception OF a housckeeper. at 9l5 Third
street northwest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-24
WANT
NATIONAL SCHOOL

CHICAGO, Jan. 2I-PTesidents OF
State universities Of the United states
closed their convention at the Audi
torium Annex Hotel last night. after
adopting a resolution peutioning Con
gress for the creation OF a national I'M
iversity at Washington, d. G.. FOR the
schooling OF postgraduates.
The standardizing Of the State UNI
versities was advocated. as also was
the creating or experiment engineering
stations. which IS covered by bills now
before the sixtieth Congress.
At an executive session OF the con-
ference DR.. Henry 5. Britchett, presi-
dent OF the Carnegie foundation for tho
advancement OF teaching. made an ad-
dress I'm which he strongly asserted that
II Was unWise for private agencies 10
undertake TO assist thirty or forty
States IN maintaining higher instiJu-
lions OF learning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-24

NEW YORK. Jan. 24-It has been
noticeable that during the present trial
Harry Thaws attitude most OF the time
has been one OF pathetic melancholy.
He sits day after day IN his chair a
crushed and broken man. only at times
rOusing up 10 take an interest IN what
IS going on about him.
This is because he sees the dom that
he fears almost as much as death itself
closing about him. Whichever way he
turns he sees the shadow OF the mad
house across his path.
His very look and motion proves but
one thing TO a close Observer-insanity
lie has no sympathy apparently for his
own lawyer for proving his mental ir-
responsibility, but for Jerome for shak-
ing a witness creditabiIity or throwing
doubt upon his point OF view.
Just how bitter this defense OF in
sanity has been 10 him was borne in
on one anew yesterday when Mr.. Wag-
ner and DR.. Britton D. Evans, the two
noted alienists who examined and talk
ed with him several times in the Tombs
shortly after the homicide, were called
TO the witness stand and repeated the
story Cf Thaw's horror that he would be
adjudged crazy.
II was his fear OF fears-the lurking
hidden fear that has been with him all
his life probably-and It coIored his first
act IN the crisis OF his fate. He refused
TO let himself be examined BY a phy-
stefan, and dismissed his first ATTORNEYS
because he had the illusion thar they
had entered into a plot with the dis
trict attorney 20 send him 10 an In
sane asylum
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-24
HARRY TIA W IN TERROR.
AS MADHOUSE SHADOWS
SEEM TO SURROUND HIM

And now, day after day. he has had
20 listen while his insanity has been
proved, 10 watch while LittletOn built
up stone b. stone the pyramid whose
apex ends IN the vision OF haunted cells
OF a lunauc asylum.
Death, or prison or the madhouse-
Truly a choice Of evils, and 10 none so
hard or CALLING as TO this undlsclphnSd
millionaire who for the hrst time IL
his existence has had his wild VIII
tnwarted. But whether he wishes II OF
rot the building Of the pyramid has gone
reientlessly on and il was his own
mothers hand that laid the foundation.
She laid the foundation, when she to!h
Of an hereditary faint Of insanity III
the Thaw family, that her brother.
Harry COpley, was insane from child
of her other brother Josiah COpley, VINO
had an attack OF acute dementia neces-
stating his being confined In a mad
house for several months. when he was
young man. or her sisters son, VINO
IS an epileptic, OF her husbands sister.
who was also an epileptic. ard his two
cousins, who are insane.
And she bedded these stones down IN
cement. when she told OF the Incidents
preceding Harry's birth-hoW she FOUND
her baby dead in IT'S crib, and or the
shock IL gave her and left her nervous,
sleepless, and melancholy. and IN
knowingly doomed 10 transmit these
curses 10 her unborn child.
OthSr foundation stones were laid by
the family doctor and the nurse who
told OF Harry being a Weakling from hls
birth. Of his having had violent spell
OF congestion Of tpa lungs W hen three
months Old. and 81. Vitus dance when
he was seven years old. as well AZ vari-
GUS other ailments and bOce testimony
to his sleeplessness when he would
wear two and three nights out before
ever they could get his staring eyes TO
close in normal childish slumber-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-24
NEGLECTED COLDS
VERY DANGEROUS
Instructive Lecture at Mothers Con-
clave at JamesrOWn.


cIave at jamestown.
At the recent mothers convention az
jamestown the meeting was addressed
BY the venerable DR.. Hartweil, the
Southern physician Of national reputa-
ton The principal topic Of his lecture
vas the necessity OF prompt attention
TO what most persons neglect, namely.
common colds. He stated that three
rOurths Of tbs dread diseases OF the pres
ent day have their origin IN common
colds
lie also stated that his long expert
enc has taught him that the most
effective remedy for the quick relief OF
chronic and acute coughs and colds and
throat troubles is pine and advised the
use Of what IL known 10 the profession
as Concentrated oil OF pine
This IS 70 be used in the following
formula Two ounces Of glycerine, one
half ounce Of Concentrated oil OF pine.
half pl.t OF fret class whiskey: these
70 be mixed and used IN doses OF
te2gpOOnful 10 a tablespoonful every
four hours shaking the bottle well each
time. The ingredients are obtainabie
at sny good prescription druggist and
easily mixed at home. Care should be
taken to get only the Concentrated oil
OF pine which comes put up for dispens-
ing in half ounce vials securely sealed
IN tin screw top cases. The bulk oils
and patent medicine limitations often
put out IN wooden boxes. usually cause
nausea and other complications.