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The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03

Mr.. Burbank has got the cacrus pant
to stage where he can dive into 1t
headlong. taking the great leaves and
rubbing his face and hands against
them without any injury to himself
whatever On the section of his farm
devoted to the cactus he is able to show
the visitor the plant in its various
stages of evolution from its original
prickly condition to that in wsich It
appears as a plant capable of harmng
no one. Step by step the plant loses
its thorns. like conscious, intelligent
being gradually dropping off crudi-
ties and superfuities TO emerge into a
state approaching as near as possible
to perfection.
Little Ethel-Mamma, don't people
ever get punished when they tell the
truth?
Mamma-No. dear. Why do you
ask?
Little Ethel-'Cause / just took the
last three tarts In the pantry and
thought I'd better tell you.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03
Lived on
the Spineless
Cactus.

8 cactus good 10 eat? Yea, verify.
says DIR. Leon NJ. Landone OF
Los Angeles, who has lived well
for two weeks at stretch on
cactus exclusively. DIR. Landone sub
sisted upon the spineless cactus devel-
sped by Luther Burbank, the Califor-
MIA fruit and vegetable wizard. For
ten years Mr.. Burbank patiently ex
perimented with the pesky cactus of
our great deserts. which is covered
with perious stickers like quilts upon
the fretful porcupine, so that man or
beast avoids 1t instinctively. Burbank
believed that by patient cultivation he
could eliminate the spines. He has
done so, producing very gentle and
harmless breed of cactus that can be
caressed with the naked fingers with
out injury.
DR.. Landone, being a scientific in
vestigatOr, proposed to ascertain if the
spineless cactus would sustain human
life. and he proved that 1t would AT
first he lost little weight, but latcr
he regained the loss, and at the end of
the fortnight's novel diet he was very
fine and fit. During those two weeks
he did much mental and manual Ia
Dor without feeling any more fatigue
than he feels when doing similar work
under general diet.
The spineless cactus is no better food
than the splned cactus. 1t is merely
safer and more comfortable eating.
The only reason why cattle on the
great plains where cacti grow have
not eaten them to their fill these many
years Is the reason eliminated by Bur
bank-the spine Indians and some
white men have eaten cactus and
found 1t palatable and nutritious. Now
that the Burbank brand of stickeress
cactus bids fair to become general in
time If properly cultivated, 1t is be
lleyed that the problem of cattle graz
ing on the semiarid desert areas of our
great west and southwest will he sOlv-
ed by the simple matter of letting the
cows and steers eat cactus when the
grass runs out or when they prefer
cactus to grass.
On the far western deserts the cac
tus grows to a bulk of 800 pounds in
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03
Strictly Local

Farmers. why make butter when
you can sell your cream for higher
prices? See Will Wright about it.
Hogs for Sale
Inquire of F $. Butcher,
Granada. Colo. r. f. ID. l
Manager VIM. Wiley. acrompa-
led by Miss Elise Wiley. Miss Eddy
of Brooklyn. Mss Rogers of Den
yer and Mr. Wilson of Chicago re-
turned last Wednesday from two
weeks outing as far as Las Vegas
y. NJ, via automobile. They were
chauffeured by Guy Elwick
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03

DR. LANDONE AND SPINELESS CACTUS
three years. Every pound is said to
make excellent food for man or beast
The lonesome mining prospector o,
desert rat" otherwise the man who
lives In the desert because he likes 1t,
will find a new food right at hand
There are various species of cacti.
The plants grow in any climate this
side of the frigid zone Millions of
acres Of land which, unlrrlgated, will
produce nothing else may be cultivat-
ed to cactus, thus adding billions of
dollars to the national wealth--if the
food claims Of the spineless cactus as
reported are substantiated in actual
test.
While 1t Is not at all likely that the
average man will care to confine his
diet to the cactus plant, DR.. Landone's
successful experiment is valuable as
showing that in case of emergency one
need not starve so long as cacti
abound. The prospector lost on the
desert whose food supply runs out
may preserve life until succor comes
or until he reaches friends and food by
plucking and preparing cactus for his
palate. The prickly pear which the
plant bears. heretofore so near and yet
20 far because Of the stickers. seems
destined to render desert life much
less perilous than heretofore
1t Is asserted by some students of
the matter that Mr. Burbank's spine.
less cactus triumph will prove in the
end to be of greater material benef,
to the semiarid regions than will any
other of his marvellous productions in
the vegetable and fruit world. Grant
ing such Importance MS this, the ex-
pertinent of DR.. Landonc may be look
ed upon as serious contribution to
scientific knowledge and in nowise as
mere freak undertaken for purposes
Of notoriety Despite this fact. how
ever. wag asserts that the doctor has
shown that he possesses n good deaf
of backbone by living for two weeks
- ApinalsAs cactns
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03
Tn. AIexandrian Library.

There were two great libraries In
Alexandria, the one In Brucbium and
that in the Serapeum, the former con-
taining 100000 and the latter 100000
volumes or rolls. The Bruchium II
brary was accidentally destroyed by
Julius Caesar when he ordered the
shipping fired in the harbor b. q. 46.
The Serapeum library was destroyed
or scattered by an edict of TheOdosius.
39l A. ID. The claim that the Caliph
Amrou, A. d. $40. ordered the destruc-
ton Of all the books in the Alexandria
libraries, with the statement that IF
they agreed with the Koran they were
useless and that II they disagreed with
1t they were pernicious.' Is received by.
many high authorities with great sus-
piciOn.
Water and Freezing.
Although water is supposed to freeze
at 80 degrees, you need not try to make
Ice at that temperature. All You will
get in tubful will be a thin outer
shell filled with ,ery wet water. Sea
water freezes at 81 degrees nOminally.
and the ice is always fresh. One of the
old and very common beliefs is that
hot water freezes more quickly than
cold This is nature fake. Another
false belief is that impurities are
frozen out of the ice, yet we all ought
to know that some ice is 50 impure that
its water is dangerous to drink. Most
people will insist that it is the thawing
Of ice in frozen pipes that bursts them.
Wrong The freezing does the bursting:
the thaw exposes the damage
"He's one Of the get-rich-quick sort
isn't he?"
Eyes. his wealthy uncle died very
suddenly y"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03
Tabloid Tales
About People.

r EBBEUS II. WHITLEY, whose ac-
tions as judge of the United
States court in Shanghai were
called in question. but who has been
exonerated by President Roosevelt OF
Jan. /, 1907. His appointment was
notable in that it was the first OF the
kind to be made. His court is Il con,
sular court and is said to be the only
one of that sort maintained by the
United States government. 1t was in
stituted for the protection Of Ameri-
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03

kodol is today the best fnown
and most reliable remedy for all dis
orders OF the stomach, such as dys-
pepsm, heart burn, sour stomach and
helcllin@. Of gas. Kodol contains the
same Juices found j healthy stom-
ach kodcl is pleasant to rake. 1t
Is guaranteed to give relief and is
sold here by Ikelman Bros.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03

cans in China and
has jurisdiction over
all commercial Ynd
civil proceedings,
and by virtue OF n
special treaty be
tween the United
States and China lit
igants in this court
have the right of
appeal to the higher
courts of the United
States. One of the
C Ii rSes against
Judge Wiley is to
the effect that. in de
hance of law and
trcfiaa ho raf,,cnI
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03

TO accept bail for one S. r. Price. who
had appealed from the sentence of his
court. He was also charged with act
ing in an arbitrary manner in various
instances md with being interested in
lottery run in Shanghai. Secretary
Root. after investigating the charges,
which were preferred by Lorrin An
drews, former attorney general Of Ha
wall. found that the judge was limo
cent and that he had been attacked
because of the fearessness with which
he had endeavored to stamp out vice
and crime in the Shanghai colony.
The judge was horn on his fathers
farm in Audrain county. No.. in 1867
His mothers family was noted in vir
ginia, and his father was In the Confcd
crate service He studied at Central
college. at the University of Virginia
and at Yale and In 1893 began the
practice of law in St Louis In 1902
he was appointed attorney general of
the Philippines and was transferred
from these islands to China.
One of the chief witnesses called by
the senate naval affairs committee in
Its Investigation of the criticisms re.
Gently made as to battleship construc
ton was Rear Admiral Washington
Lee Capps. chief constructor of the
navy. Despite the assertions of Henry
Reuterdahl and other critics Of the
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03

Gentle and Effective.

\ well-known Manitoba editor
writes: ,'As an inside worker l find
chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets invaluable for the touches Of
biliousness natural to scdentary life,
their action being gentle and effect
I'VE, clearing the digestive tract and
the head. = Price, 25 cents. Samples
Tree lkelman Bros
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03

ed py the Japanese WASHINGTON LEE
ships was only one cApPs.
fourth that maintained by the Ameri
can navy during recent practice The
admiral replied to many of the stare
ments of Mr.. Reuterdahl in the maga-
zine article which has attracted so
much attention and defended the poll
cy pursued by the navy.
Admiral Capps was appointed to the
navy from Virginia in 1880, and his
grade Is that of captain. but he ranks
as rear admiral while holding his
present post
Representative J. Adam Bede was
once the speaker at a banquet at Grand
Rapids. Mich, at which women were
admitted to hear the speeches. Mr.
Bede apologiZed for the nonappearance
Of Representative Watson of Indiana.
who, he said, was detained at home be-
cause Of family matters"
Il want 1t distinctly understood" !"
said Mr.. Bede. that under tho Roose-
welt administration the national bird
has been changed from the eagle to
the stork. The eagle may scream. but
TIE stork delivers the goods"
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03

present plan Of bat
tleship construction
Admiral Capps de-
clared before the
8 e n a t e committee
that American war
ships are the equal
Of any In the world.
He said that during
five hours firing in
the battle of the Sea
of Japan the rapid
ty of fire maintain
o1 hy fhn I,n,nnSo
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03

Get DeWitt's Cdrbolized Witch
Hazel Salve-it is healing, soothing
and cooling 1t is good for piles.
Sold by lkelman Bros.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03
NO. $50

Who has the lucky number?
No. $50 draws the chocolate set
at McGiovney's.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-12-05

Editorial Answcr.-u) Oats sown
In tho open furrow now might do
well. but the chances arc that they
would not pay. Early sowing may
safely be regarded as one OF the es-
scniials In securing good crop OF
oats under ordinary conditions.
ts) IL IL also too late 20 SOW
crimson clover: but rye may yo, be
sown. Seed heavily and fcrtllirc lib
orally IL you wish IL TO amount To
anything as cover crop.
t3) Timothy should do well with
you on bottom lands II they have
fair drainage: but while IL delights
I'm rich. loose. moist soil. IL will
no; thrive on one that In watcr-log-
ecd. Red-,op wilt be more sasis-
factory on poorly drained land: but
why not drain your landv The rich
bottom lands Of the South~-thc most
fertile NO have. and tho ones mad.
fertile at tn. expense OF th. hills
arc too often allowed TO grow up In
valnclcss weeds and bushes when
with proper draining they nigh, yield
surprising crop. OF hay or corn.
Drainage In certainly one OF the
Son,h's generally neglected optorin-
mites.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-12-05

Sweet potatoes. more than most
crops. will bear repeating ON the
same land for several years. and
,h. compost you are making wiii be
an cxccilcn, one. Your land has
already enough nitrogen In IL for the
sweet potato crop. would suppose.
l would pillow under the rye aud
compost early and as deeply am prac-
sicable. and at planting time run
the burrows shallow SO as not To
bring mp the hair decayed stun. In
III. burrows mix IL per cent acid
phosphate and high grad. suiphat-
OF potash. making q ton for tho four
acres Of 1000 pounds Of tho acid
phoxphai. and 800 pounds OF the
sulphst. Of potash. and apply 500
pounds per acre. Put this In some
time before setting the plants and
bed on IL with t~o furrowa shallow
~. would prefer tho suiphasc tn
the mursaic of potash for sweet por
iato~s. an the potatoes will be much
swe.icr than where the mnrias- IL
used. Work the crop shallowiy and
hill slightly. Turn your compost and
mix tao times before using. Com
posting In all right for vegetables
but for general farm crops nos-~if
on. uses hla manur. in n compost.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-12-05
Free Sample Of Roofing You Don't
Have 10 Paint.

The makers Of Amatitn Roofing have ady.r'
tiscd thrIr snsdM scry extensively bvt INC ullh.
,r.ple who do not 900 hou IL II rossibi. To
make nc xibio. pllsbir roofing with nufa'"
of real stone.
.stll seas longer for instance. than . uninnu
s,.rsssr but one has to SEC how Amatitr " inside
10 REALLY appreciate TIA advantages The man.
s,.r,s,crs therefore. distribute samples very
s.'s,s ana rou can get oar very easily by nj.
ay~sslng : lostai card 20 the mnnniaeturrrs
nsarrst ofriec. Address The Barrctt Manuins'
turing Company. New YORK .nlsaso, sssne,n.
nsm Kansas city. Minneapolis New Orleans
boston. London, Eng
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-12-05
WHERE COMPOSING" PAYS.
How Ia Prepare for a Coed Sweet
Potato Crop.

Have 4 acres highly improved
for vegetables. Last year plant
ed 1t 10 sweet potatoes. Had an
imperfect stand. and one acre
planted too late To- make a half
crop, but We gathered $50 bush
els. There was too heavy
growth of vines. az the land is
rich In nitrogen. Intend TO plant
IL In sweet potatoes again. SOW
ing rye this week III the land
gets dry enough. | am prcpar-
ing compost, making a layer
of oak leaves, lightly covered
with air Stacked lime. Then a
layer of rich earth and wood
ashes. Then leaves aud so on
TIL pile Ia completed. intend
10 put this out heavily with n
manure spreader about FIRST To
middle OF April over tho rye.
and at once piow under the
whole. VIII Prof. Massey advise
inc IL this IN a good compost for
tho potatoes. and what fertilizer
will be needed In the furrow
under the poiato.sy want 10
make LOCO bushels of potatoes
on this four acres. i. l.. A.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-12-05

Mrssra. Editors. wha, In tho
b~ss way of dIsposing os the of
fail % animals slaughtered on
the FARM The usual way I'm
this s~c,ion IN to throw out for
dogs and vulsurcs. A careful
farmer huri~s IL: but Ia Their.
not n better way tn treat IL - ~
so make u profitable N q fcrsil.
isrr- saw In paper once
such way mentioned. but hav.
forgotten hnw IL MAS treated.
NJ. A. II.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-12-05

Editorial Answer. The most prof.
liahle way. though many object Ia
IL. OF getting rid Of tn. orai whrr.
animals are killed In 10 feed IL 20
pigs. a good fertilizer. however.
may bc made Of animal refuse.
bones. etc. by breaking the bones
mp an much you can. mixing wood
ashes literally With the material and
covering 4, aii with thick covering
of earth. II ihia earth In left OF tn.
ashes will tend to Hibernate and waste
the ammonia from tho decaying
macs. where there are chickens.
however. green bono In worth much
more ns chicken feed than ms fer
tsiircr. still ground or pnlvcrixed
bone IN one of tn. best fertilizers for
grass or trees.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-12-05
What Farmers Want to Know
Ana,s By Prof ". r. Masse, Unless Otherwise Stated
TIMOTHY ON WET LAND.
IL Will Pay You tn Drain.

CD Is IL too late now TO sow
oats In the open furrow?
t2D In IL too late TO SOW
crimson clover and rye7
t3) VIII timothy do well in
this section on bottom land. and
viii II stand watcr7 mean
when sown on land that In not
well drained.
r. X. DARLINGTON.
Floyd Co. Ga.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-12-05

Piow the land shallow no an to
Just &c, under tho sod. Then rake
ont all that you can and haul II on
Into some gully or waste place. do
this now. and then repiow the land
and leave IL lying rough NIL winter.
IN spring SOW IL ihickiy tn cowpean.
using bnshei and half per acre.
This will shade out most Of what
may be left. as Bermuda grass VIII
not thrive in shade. Now tho peas
and cure for hay. and In September
oisk the land well and SOW winter
oats and crimson clover for hay. SOW
ing one and n half bushels OF oats
ahd nfteen pounds OF clover seed at
yer sowing the oats. Cut this In
spring AS soon as the clover blooms
ahn plow the stnbble for corn. Work
me corn clean and you will have 1T
Tic grass left.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-12-05

have piece OF land covered
with airc or bermuda grass. and
want To get rid OF IL. How shall
I do IT. r. r. r.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
MADE MUEFs NOW WORN.
Properly Fashioned, They Are e.
fective with Many Costumes.

With velvet suits, made muffs OF thn
same material will be worn, but as
long as fur is popular, the made muif
can never be much of favorite, as Il
too strongly except again occasiona :
ly for evening wear, suggests poitt
In economy. Some of the evening
muffs, however, are extremely fetcii-
ing.
With a coat OF old blue broadcloth
lined with soft rose-colored silk BE-
longs muff fashioned of the same
cloth. shirred at either side, leaving
a wide frill of the cloth. This frill s.
lined and inside that are many rows
of Valenciennes lace, three inches
wide, one set over the other, each
frilled separately, so that delicious
ly frou-frou effect is the result. These
rufles are set between the outside
frll and the cord that draws the
muff Into shape from the inside, which
also is given narrow frill. The out.
side covering Is draped and caught
at enc side with u huge pink rose
with foliage.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
Wanted to Sell Fire Hose.

The IDEAS OF good many people
away from Washington concerning the
nature Of the duties of their senators
aud representatives are illustrated in
u letter received by Senator Gallinger.
chairman of the senate committee ON
.he District OF Columbia, some time
ago. This particular constituent of
tho senator lived in Concord, N. H..
and had an eye to busiaess in writing
his representative in the United States
senate.
Il understand he wrote to the SEN
ator, you have The buying OF all sun
plies In the District CT Columbia. Now
what | want to know is II your fire de-
partment Is In need of fire hose.
used to sell your city several years
ago. We have the goods that are o. X.
and we stand behind them. We lust
sold Boston 5000 feet II you are In
the market would like to submit sam.
pies and prices. An early reply will
oblige."
This particular constituent was in.
formed that the senator was not at
that time in in the market" fc. fire
hose for the District OF Columbia, and
no was referred to the proper persons
TO whom to offer his goods.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
Music to Attract suyera.

There Is an aucticneer down Loais
lana avenue, In Washington, VII.
has an eye to business, and VIII.
as consequence can sell piano
OF almost any vintage as fast n
the village cook can sell he
cakes to circus crowd. The aue
tioneer can sing and ho has a Gle.
VINO can llay the piano. The 9th,
day he received 10 be acl1 to Ia,
highest bidder q square piano Of rs,he
ancient construction and design, al
placed 1t on exhibition ON the sIdewall
IN front of his place 0f business.
When auction Day rolled afcuaI aa,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11

sanization, the Putnam Phalanx OF
Hartford, Conn, which visited Wash.
ington recently. was related by Col. NJ
A. Winter, commander of the Min.
ute Men of Washington. 1t was
that the members are all armed
with original flintlock muskets that
were used by the continental sol
diers In the wars with Great Brit
ain. These venerable guns had beer
stored In one OF the arsenals since
the days OF Washington, Putnam and
other continental commanders, when
Senator Hawley of Connecticut, him,
SELF member of the Phalanx, discov,
cred their whereabouts and at once
set about to procure them for the
Hartford soldiers. This he finally ac.
complished and earned the thanks Of
the Phalanxers. The senator was at
that time chairman of the military
committee of the senate. Another in.
teresting feature of the Phalanx is
that among its active members are
several lineal descendants OF the gal.
liant old Gen. Israel Putnam, in whose
honor the organization Is named. The
present governor Of Connecticut and
many other notable men OF the Wood.
en- Nutmeg state are on the rolls ol
the Phalanx. Its uniform Is an exact
reproduction of the bun and blue
suits worn by the sturdy continental.
when they fought for the freedom OF
the states from the yoke of the moth
er country.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11
The Marion County
Bank Company
Marion, Ohio.
Capital and Surplus $3ls,500.00
PUBLIC SALE.

L will offer at public sale, 7 miles
south OF Marion, 3 miles north Oh
waldo, 1 mile east of the Idleman
crossroads, January 21, 1908, 1000
O'Clock a. M:
-Four head OF horses, family road
horse, / driving mare 5 years old, l
draft horse years old, l draft colt
8 years old, broke.go worker single
or double.
Cattle, 15 Head-Four milk cows, 1
heifer coming in fresh. two year
olds, 2 heifers and bull calf, calves
from yearlings down.
7shead OF shoats, chickens, 100 pull
lefs, 400 bushel OF corn in the crib,
200 shocks OF field corn, $50 shocks OF
fodder, hay In the NOW, about 10 tons
Oats In the bin.
warming Implements set OF work
ing harness, 2 set OF single harness. 2
wagons, black hawk corn planter,
l disk harrow, sulky breaking plow,
1 walking breaking plow, walking
corn plows. harrow, ] Osborn
moving machine, 2 god buggies, ono
new. 1 god cream separator, incu-
ibator and brooder. lots of other ar
'tiosss not mentioned.
nerms: A credit0 3 months will
be given ON all Sums over IS by pur-
chessr giving note with approved Sc
csritys All suBls under $500 cash
70 hand.
VIM. AUGUSTINE.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11

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In order to prove to all who are
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how long standing or how bad, I will
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cure so that you are welcomed in
stead of Stunned by your friends.
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shall, Mich. Fill out coupons below.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-11


the curious crowd had assembled. the
atGtioneer summoned his clerk to play
Tn accompaniment for him, and mount,
ing chair himself, he launched forth
and sang with splendid effect "The
Old Log Cabin IN the Lane" and Other
airs equally as ancient as the piano
forte. The crowd enjoyed the omen
air concert and heartily applauded the
auctioneer. and after he had described
the virtues OF the instrument the bid
ding was lively and the piano went of
10 Il coiored man at pretty high
figure.
Music hath charms which will
make even obsolete articles SELL
remarked bystander who had en-
joyed the singing.