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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20
Washington's Vegetable Treasure.

One of the vegetable treasures of
the National Botanic garden at Wash
ington is vine that is ancestor to
millions of its kind in the United
States. 1t is the ampelopsis veitchii,
an English immigrant, brought to this
country in 1854 by William r. Smith,
superintendent of the garden. Thus,
this man is foster father to a vine that
climbs and clasps countless walls
the most general city vine in the
United States.
At the time of its importation by
Mr.. Smith, Bostonian also brought
over some seeds or cuttings of the
vine, and SO many descendants of the.
Boston vine are dourishing that the
plant is sometimes called Boston ivy.
Sunday Magazine.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20
Saving VAST. Land.

The people Of Denmark are fast re-
claiming their WASTE land by the labor
Of convicts. In Jutland there is a
large undeveloped territory Of almost
barren waste covered with tough,
healthy underground. The government
sets the prisoners at work breaking up
the tough surface and putting It into
shape for farming. Even then the land
Is at first OF very low grade, and it is
given away to settlers who care to
take possession. s.-
Through their efforts many farms
have begun TO dot the Jutland land
scape, and trees are seen where for
merly were unbroken. stretches Of bar
rem land. Many acres of good grain
bearing land have been built up by the
patient toll Of the Danish settlers.
The experiment may be valuable
hint for other countries during the
present period Of hard times, which
seems to be almost worldwide in it's
extent. The great number of unem-
ployed as wen as the convicts might be
set to work and kept out Of mischief IN
peclafming tn waste lands
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20
GOOD HIGHWAY HELPS
How to Solve the Problem Of
Clean Roadsides.
DESTROY Noxlous WEEDS.

Duiid Good Fences In Front of Farms.
Use the Drag and Harrow Until Cold
Weather-Tip on Improving Sand
Rsads. ,-..s,7 ----,-.--- .,s..---..
1t is encouraging to see the atten-
ten that IS being paid to good roads
al through the United States. vari-
Gus state organizations are taking the
matter up. national conventions are
being held, and an International meet
ing was recently called TO ebnvenet in
France. Everything points toward
better highways. better facilities for
marketing crops and better conditions
for the farmer.
A good road brings one nearer to
his neighbors, nearer to his church
and school and nearer to his market.
The time viii soon come when one
will speak of farm as being ten min
utes distant from town rather than
two miles. The popularity which the
automobile is rapidly acquiring among
farmers will promote this good roads
movement
In line with this movement the fol-
lowing suggestions on the improve
ment Of roads are Of value:
There Is splendid opportunity for
the Individual to help the good work
along by taking care Of the roads in
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20

tanned almost on one floor of a coun-
try house and the tiny dooryard be
covered with a good sized tablecloth.
Everything, too, costs 50 much-even
the air, we get so little, and we sigh
In vain for the cooling breezes that
are nearly always to be found some
where on our farm home.
City women, however, have a good
many advantages that their country
friends miss. They have more time
for rest, recreation and reading.
Their homes, being small, are more
easily cared for. The men of the
household are usually away through
the day. Fruit, vegetables and gro
ceries are brought to the door, and it
1a always possible to find some one to
do the work. The chances to shop
and attend bargain sales are right at
hand. There are also theaters, lee
lures, concerts and In the summer
numberless little excursions that are
not expensive and make q delightful
change. When we visit the city we
enjoy these privileges very much. If
we go In the summer, however, we
hardly get home before our visit is re-
turned. Our city friends think it costs
country people scarcely anything to
have company-they raise so much Of
their food, and they have plenty of
room anyway. So If we go for one
week they return us two or three, If
not more. They always get the best
of us, we can be certain Of that, I'D
how they enjoy the drives, fruit, milk
and outdoor life-even better than
we do the city pleasures, which tire
us even while they entertain, so that
we are glad to go home, glad to return
to the simple life and take up our old
work. We all have, 1 believe, some
city friends whom we visit seldom and
whose coming we look forward to
with dread. Their children are un-
ruly, and they don't wish them to be
corrected. They keep our houses and
lawns untidy with their hats, wraps
and papers, while In their own homes
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20
Pets of Executive Mansion.

During the Roosevelt administration
the executive mansion has never been
without interesting CANNES. After
Jack was dead and buried Mrs Roose-
welt sent to the pound of the District
of Columbia for another black and
tan, not to fill the place of Jack, for
that would be impossible, but to re-
mind her of that faithful animal. The
virile Scamp, whose breed is an un-
certainty, was procured at the pound
for the sum of two dollars. Scamp has
lived up to his name. and, inciden-
tally. has made a reputation for him
SELF
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20
il arm Gna
~o 0-N-f,,- ~ '-a.y4, -. Z.
Garden
FOR FARMERS WIVES.

What They Need Is an Occasional
| Change Of Scene
/ A bright woman correspondent Of
Country Gentleman writes as follows:
Once IN awhile most farmers wives,
4 think, get tired Of their everyday du-
ties and occupations-out Of tune with
their work and surroundings. The best
medicine for such complaint is
change. They should go to the home
Of some city cousin, Of which most Of
ns have few. and compare conditions.
The first thing we notice Is lack Of
room, which Is painful want to those
OF US who have been brought up In
the big country. What comprises a
home in large city can often be con-
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20

how WEEDS DESTROY THE APPEARANCE
OF ROAD.
front Of his own farm. There Is no
surer method than to take pride tn the
road that goes past your door. d.
Ward King began his successful road
drag campaign In this way. 1t has
spread from a little Missouri town to
all parts Of the world
There is one line Of road improve
ment that is more easily carried on
than any other and consequently is
more frequently overlooked. Every
roadway can be kept free from nox-
ious weeds with comparatively little
labor If the matter is taken up prompt
ly. Each weed that natures bares q
more prolific crop Of seed than its
predecessor. If the fence corners and
the roadside are kept free 1t will be
an easy matter to exterminate the
undesirable weed pests which are COM
ing to be decided problem. If you
cannot drag your road you can at
least have regard for your adjacent
field to keep the weeds from growing
along the roadside.
When time, labor and money have
been expended upon the, beds of coun-
try roads and highways there is the
hope of compensation In the way Of
Improvement
If the farmer west Of the MISSISSIPPI
pi Is blessed with q good road leading
to and from his farm, why shouldn't
he pay some attention to the roadside?
There are instances where he has
an excuse. A rank growth of weeds
and briers may be more pleasing to
look at than the fence they hide, but
where land Is worth $50 or more per
acre he forfeits that excuse. A good,
well constructed fence along the high
way will arouse certain amount OF
pride, which acts as an incentive to
get busy " tn the scythe and ak and
clean up. @ tas RS
Many county supervisors and mem
bers of the Iowa Good Roads associa-
ton are advocating the building Of a
good highway fence, one which, VIII
be an effectual guard against trespass
and add beauty to the landscape as
the real solution Of the clean roadside
problem -. "a e
Most Of the road tax has been work
ed out. Presumably country roads
will need no further attention until
next summer, but they do Just the
same. They must be narrowed. drag
ged and leveled continuously until fro
Zen solid. This is easy; this is impor-
tant. Neglect 1t and the vast amount
of work AMI money expended will be
largely wasted. This is the weakness
of the present system of road man.
agement in the middle west. The work
Is not economically done. There has
been some Improvement of late years.
but not much. Let the farmers help
by dragging and narrowing newly
made or repaired roads. until cold
weather.
A good way to improve a sand road
Is to spread coating Of clay over It
win a manure spreader.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20
Building Up National Capital.

1t is the migratory American that is
swelling the population of the national
capital, just as it was the migratory
American that conquered the west,
that helped to people western Canada,
that is building the big canal down on
the isthmus, educating the Filipino,
supporting the bonifaces and the no
bility of Europe and trying to discover
the north pole.
1t is the migratory American that
does things and great many of them
go to Washington to do them, because
here Is the opportunity to do them.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20
.peer,.in Maine Plentiful.

Good news for hunters comes from
Maine. The Kennebeck Journal says
that all reports from the men who
have been in the woods indicate one
Of the most successful hunting sea-
sons for long time. The Journal
quotes an old woodsman as saying:
in all the years l have been going to
the Maine woods have never known
deer to be more plentiful than they
are now. I have been In the Range.
ley region all summer. and have seen
deer on all sides. They are not only
numerous, but they are in excellent
condition. They have passed an ex-
cellent summer, have had plenty of
food. and are now sleeker than they
have been for number of years."
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should BE GETTING Used TO II.

Franklin Davis, the eight-year-old son
of William F. Davis OF Glassboro, N.
j., has had his leg broken three times
in three weeks, but twice the limb
was broken by physician to prevent
1t becoming crooked.
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they are extremely particular and
don'towant to have thing out Of
place. H.
There arer others who feel superior
10 u.s. They view the farmer and his
family with pity, almost with con-
tempt. They think farm life is so soil
tary, 9 farm earnings so small! Yet
they like to partake Of the farmers
hospitality even while they try to ex-
cite envy and discomfort, and / think
they really like to have us visit them,
mostly, though, for the purpose Of
showing us their luxuries and advan-
tages which we do not possess. Such
acquaintances should never be invited
10 repeat the first visit. We should
speed the parting guest and discour-
tge them from coming again.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20
The Born Detective.

Sherlock Holmes explained.
II inherited my mothers ability to
tell when l had been in swimming
he vouchsafed.
Herewith none marveled longer.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20
The Waugh Plum.

For many years the curculio and va
rious other pests made the culture of
the plum practically improbable In
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20

Church Built Of Paper.
Bergen, in Norway, boasts a paper
church capable of seating 1000 per-
sons.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20
READ THE NEWS.
-

If you want all the news of Winchester read the
News
If you wants all the news Of Clark County read
the News.
If you want all the news of the State and Nation
read the News.
In short you will find all the news as lin any
other daily in your home paper, THE WINCHES-
TER NEWS.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-20

Complaint from Up State.
Just as we learned how to pro
nounce chauffeur they sprang aviator
on us.-Nunda IN Y.) NeVR
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-07-09

ticket in the field, with Mr.. Teller at the
top. Mr.. Bryan came asking the second place;
he wanted to make it "Teller and Bryan
The boilers in the eleventh hour decided to
name no ticket and Mr.. Bryan S bolting-am-
billions were postponed. month went by
the Chicago unexpected happened, and he was
holsted to the shoulders Of Democracy as it's
candidate for the presidency He has ever
since clung there like the Old Man of the
Sea-
Does any one suppose Mr.. Bryan was hot
for a Parker triumph in 1904 ?-and doing
his best to throw convention switch for Sill
yer! Is he for Silver now, when Mr.. Parker
is disposed of and he himself expects conf
dent nomination? And if he ism It, why isn't
he? He insisted in 1896 that Silver wasn't
a question of finance but of morals Can
moral question die? Gan it become question
Of expediency? Mr. Bryan, after his cam
paign Of 1896, published ''The First Battle
Was the adjective mistaken Has he aban-
doned that war-that sacred moral Silver war?
Mr.. Hearst is an idolater in politics. He is
his own idol, and kneels ever at the shrine Of
self. Mr.. Bryan is also an idolater of self
But there is a difference. Mr. Hearst is
fanatic; Mr. Bryan does not go that far. Mr.
Bryan makes a cult Of Mr. Bryan; but were
he to lose faith in Mr.. Bryan he would not
burn himself at the stake. Under similar in
fdel circumstances, Mr.. Hearst would bitterly
order his own auto de fe, and pile the fagots
high.
Deny Mr. Bryan as deity to Mr.. Bryan,
and he will read you out of the fold with bell,
book and candle
The Government s Importance to the Indi-
vidual
1t is growing more and more difficult to COM
pei an American to attend to his politics in
person. His political idleness arises from
this, that with the swelling census Of the coun-
try he feels Of less and less account He re-
fleets that your mere voter is swamped in a
population Of eighty millions, owning but one
twentieth the weight that was his in day of
Jefferson, and when the nation counted but
four millions on its muster rolls.
Your duty-shirking American is right, so
far as he seeks to measure his dwindling i'm
portance to Government. But he should not
back into an inference that is wholly wrong.
He should remember that, while his import
ance to Government has diminished, not a
shaving has been planed from the Importance
of Government to him. The citizen, when
there are eighty millions for population, is
Continued on Page Five.)
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And now for a merry Smelling Of the woods
The best feature Of these articles is that no
one is expected to guide them, pay heed to
them, in any fashion allow them to show
him his road. The worst is-and this is one
OF the drawbacks to a monthly magazine,
incident to it's out-getting-that I must do
much of my work with binders on. When
you read this, the Republican Convention,
with the ticket it is to construct, will be an
old familiar story. AS I sit writing, that con-
vention and it's ticket-to-be are still waiting
in the vestibule Of time
The Denver convention of the Democrats is
under way Of the latter, by every present
sign and hilltop signal smoke I am driven to
believe that the nominational outcome will be
Mr. Bryan. For myself, I would sooner see the
ticket led by Governor Johnson. I think the
latter would make a better, stronger, cleaner
candidate than Mr. Bryan; and, if elected,
give American mankind better, stronger,
cleaner administration of it's White House
affairs. Also I believe most fondly that Mr.
johnson could defeat-for example-Mr Taft,
defeat any save Mr.. Roosevelt And I do not
believe Mr.. Bryan capable Of any such VIC
torious finale. However, [ am not so vain as
to fancy that the Democrats will paw partic-
nlar attention to either my preferences, my
views, or my reasons for the hopes within me-
They never have. Which is to my credit, con-
sidering their record for the twenty years last
past-being as far as I date back
Has Amply Shown His Courage, Honesty
and Brains.
Why should I perfer Mr.. Johnson to Mr..
Bryan? Six months ago I told what I knew
and why / knew it, what I thought and why
/ thought it, of the Minnesota gentleman I
have neither room nor wish to run character
sketch Of him here. He can carry his State.
By the argument which gives him Minnesota,
he might-and [ think would-carry the Da-
katos and Wisconsin, besides slashing the OPP
position to the heart in Iowa. Illinois, and
Michigan. Always, to be sure, assuming that
the opposition did not head its ticket with
Mr.. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Johnson has given evidence Of being
man among sterling men. The Swede is as
naturally a Republican as the Irishman is
Democrat. Of Swede blood, and therefore an
instructive Republican, Mr.. Johnson for tariff
reasons becomes Democrat. That shows him
possessed of initiative, of original power, of
ability to do his own thinking. His region
is hopelessly Republican when he unites him
self with the Democrats. Which is sure proof
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-07-09
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ing to advance his own fortunes Of politics.
Also, it demonstrates his courage. Likewise
his honesty. What more should you look for
in your candidate-aside from some hopeful
chances of success-than courage, honesty and
brians?
When Mr.. Johnson was voting the Demo-
.crat ticket in the teeth Of friends and neigh
bors and self-interest in 1892, what was Mr..
Bryan position? He was in full cry behind
Mr. Weaver and the Populist ticket His en-
vironment was Populist. His State went Pop
ullst; and he-going with it-came to Con-
gress Populist. Later, he even considered
whether or no he should stump Virginia for
the Populists against Mr.. 0 'Ferrell the guber-
Material candidate-to-be Of the Democrats
He decided against this last step; not for
Democratic but Bryan reason.
Mr.. Johnson Never Hesitates to Stem
Current.
Mr. Bryan was a Democrat in Congress.
Also the Democrats were majority in Con-
gress. Had the Populists had the House up
perhand, he would have been with Mr.. Watson
and the Sockless One from Kansas. A Pop
nlist in Nebraska, he became Democrat in
Washington He was ever careful to go with
the current, remembering there is more water
down stream than up. Mr.. johnson has not
hesitated to stem current, defy an environ
ment
Being Of the Ways and Means, Mr.. Bryan,
behind locked committee doors, was the quiet
champion Of the Oxnards, and did what he
might to further the tariff efforts of the gu
gar trust. He was more than alf-afraid TO
be for an income tax, lest the money thereby
set flowing into the Golfers Of government
should initiate against what revenue argl.-
ment was being used to push forward the W.
nard-Havemeyer plans When the tariff bill
went to the Senate, he stood for weeks on end
behind Mr.. Allen, Popuist from Nebraska
holding him solidly for Sugar through scores
Of roll calls. The sugar trHst went winning
its Senate way by a Bryan-controlled Allen
built majority of one. What lay behind Mr..
Bryan s quiet championship of the Oxnards7
He wanted to get sugar boost up the Senate
stairs. The Oxnards were power with the
Nebraska Legislatures they and sugar W. I'D
have deal to do in selecting the next senator
from that state.
AS. evincing the selfish peculiarities Of lis
democracy, Mr.. Bryan came nomination hunt
ing to St. Louis in 1898, when the Silver Re-
publicans, with Mr. Teller and Mr.. Dubois,
walked out Of the Republican Convention 1t
was understood that the boilers would put a
New-York tribune., 1908-11-15
By E. L. Bacon

b
L does not i've IN such Oy u. l
continual dread OF thieves
$ does the J-ave'l-g dla-
--o-7 s7e=-ran. His life : one long watch
-l- -7a -.cE-ocEe- or he man with the
z.-rr.- There are - least one hundred
.ra-.-- q -s-re wholesale diamond houses
- New York -.a- a-.e / whom Carries less
Than o-e hundred thousand dollars worth
q The precious stones II his pockets, and
-~o-e often he -al--e OF his wares hes
between q quarter and hall million dol
lars
He travels alo-e. No bodygua-d OF
detectives r---ehas him and the fortune
= his clothes i he should choose 70 dis
appear. The chances are -na- his employ
ers would nor hear q their loss to- 5ev-
e-al Ga-s. J. he should be knocked out
II some dark tEwaE, the thief would
likely as -1- Get away with booty enough
L keep rt-n n wealth Tor the rest OF ms
davs. And there Is always that danger
Of the sudden blow from behind IN the
dark; he IS always thinking OF Il, always
t-,ing 90 steer clear Of the lonely places,
alwavs stealing furtlve glances about HIM
and -e-a-1i-g ever stranger with SuS-
piston
i -ea- ago one OF these SalesInen was
doggez about the country for three
months by a New York thief. The thief
had money enough 70 bide his time and
take chances. He knew the salesman had
q least three hundred thousand dOllars.
worth Of diamonds with him, and he
III that even II the opportunity to rob
nm should not arise the money spent
II she tour was q good speculation.
Before a week had gone by the diamond
man realized that he was being followed
The man had stuck too close 70 HIM not
t. arouse suspicion. kTeTy hour after
ra- was one OF constant anxiety At
light on the trains the salesman hardly
dared 70 sleep. The thought that he had
hree hundred thousand dollars worth Of
diamonds under his pillow, and that ore
New-York tribune., 1908-11-15

EEEN the bank O-nclal
l. does not live n such
continual dread OF thieves
H. -.,n -----al--r E-.-
New-York tribune., 1908-11-15
Always on Guard

A LMOST every salesman who IS known
~ 10 travel with diamonds Of large value
has some time in his career been followed
bv a thief But the thief opportunities
are rare. The diamond man leaves hls
wallets in the hotel safe every night, and
# he arrives IN q town after dark and hnds
that he must go through lonely streets.
he always takes a carriage. 1t IS III the
Steering cars that his anxiety IS the great
est. He must sleep with his diamonds
under his pillow or strapped about his
body, and i he sleeps soundlV he might
wake up to find them missing.
\ Maiden Lane man who had diamonds
worth a quarter OF a million dollars under
the pillow of his berth awoke to see a
hand reaching in between the curtains
The hand was instantly withdrawn. The
next moment the diamond man was ont
in the aisle Of the car. He had jumped
out Just in time 20 catch "a glimpse OF the
disappearing porter.
At the top Of his voice the salesman
,houtcd, Gentlemen, there IS thief IN
this carl want 10 warn everyone OF you.
Half the passengers kept awake for the
rest Of the night But the diamond man
went sound asleep again. He knew he
was safe with his neighbors on the look
out.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-15
CHURCH AND STABLE

HAD the new clergyman been younger
Il he might have suspected something
for his parish held not a few horse raisers
,obo had been known TO race their stock.
Bm+ fortv-nine is often unsoPhisticated;
:" bv request Of one Of the deacons,
,,ra veTs we're offered up three successive
sundays for Lucy Grey.
On the fourth Sunday the deacon aforc-
said told his superior, just before the
mornings service, that the prayer need
10 longer be repeated.
Indeed" queried the good parson,
with an anxious look. Il hope Lucy's not
"0h, no, came the reply; but she
has won.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-15
A Fortune IN Vest Pockets

THE travelling diamond man carries his
jewels wrapped il tissue paper IN two
long leather wallets. which IT into his deep
vest pockets II YOU should see d man
il tram some day with two long ridges
running from top 10 bottom OF his vest
front. YOU VIII be pretty safe in assuming
that he IS CARRYING a fortune in diamonds.
In fact, on stone Of the several hundred
IN those wallets may be worth a fortune
j. itself There may he a red diamond,