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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-18

Bluefeld Confectionery Company
opens at noon Thursday, December
IS, at 119 Princeton avenue.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-18

Bluefeld Confectionery Company
opens at noon Thursday, December
IS, at 1t9 Princeton avenue.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-24
Talk TINT Sells Wen

They were a group in the ST. Fran
els lobby talking Rawhlde prospects,
says the San Francisco Chronicle
Lets go up to Bonneau's room" /"
suggested one OF the gathering. TOO
many people down here listening to
everything we say"
"And you claim to be a Nevada min
ing manf" asked Frank Bonneau, in a
low voice. Talk like this means sales,
man. We stay right here as long as
there are interested listeners"
Then, resumlng his normal voice, he
laughed and continued: "Well, right
after he made that lucky strike he
flashed new suit which was wonder.
He had hoofed it out to Nevada with
out bean, Now look what he's worth.
Front of saloon one day a fool prac-
tical joker slipped up behind and light
ed his cellulold collar. Jury brought
in justifahe homicide and he gave
the joker's family cool $4,000, which
was big money for them, but nothing
for him. with his rock running S6o0 to
the ton."
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ture form AS soon as the potatoes
are up these bugs begin feeding and
laying eggs on the young leaves The
young that hasch from these eggs, as
well as the next brood, are the ones
that do the damage. Therefore, it is
necessary that treatment should be be-
gun as soon as the young beetles ap-
pear on the vines. Dust the plants
while the dew is on, with mixture
made of / pound Paris green to 10
pounds of slaked lime or cheap -four
Another good method is to spray the
plants with a composition of ounces
of Paris green in 80 gallons of Bor-
deaux mixture, spraying the vines two
or three times. For this purpose the
Bordeaux mixture should be made out
of 8 pounds of bluestone and pounds
of lime to 80 gallons Of water. This
mixture will not only kill the beetle,
but also prevent the early blight from
destroying the leaves and stems of the
vines.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-24
IN NELL GWYNNE's OLD HOME.

Lady Churchill Penning Her Re-
miniscences at Salisbury Hall.
Mrs. George CORVALLIS West, for
merly Lady Randolph Churchill, prac-
tically lives the life of recluse at the
present time In Salisbury Hall, st. AL
bans, where she is completing her re-
miniscences, which began some months
ago in the Century Magazine. The
splendor of the beautiful house in
which this literary work is being car
ried on must be seen to be appreciated.
The last home of Nell Gwynne, the
place is crowded with interests and as
sociations of King Charles favorite.
Outwardly the residence is much the
same as 1t was in the olden days. Its
walls are closely covered with creeper
and the lawns and drive and doorways
are unpretentious as one approaches
from the road, says the New York
World.
Within the house everything is i'll
direct contrast to the simple exterior.
Hall and stairs are paneled with some
remarkable tapestries which Nell
Gwynne left. The drawing room, din
ing room and bed rooms are paneled
with brocades which Mrs. West picked
up In Italy and Paris. These fabrics
are all old and in thorough accord with
the low ceilings and old-world air Of
the house itself
Mrs. Vests own bathroom Is the
finest of its kind In England. To make
1t she threw two large bedrooms into
one. The floor is covered with rose
pink carpet specially woven of double
texture and sOftness. Plain pink satin
walls harmonize with the floor cover
Ing and mezzotints of great rarity are
hung at intervals all round In the
center of the carpet three marble steps
descend into white marble bath,
which Is kept covered No faucets,
pipes or things Of that kind are to be
seen, as they are manipulated from
the floor below. Around the bath glass
shelves are fitted Beneath them crys-
tai bowls for soaps extend right round
three sides. The shelf is covered with
crystal bottles with pomades, essences
and sweet oils to perfume the bath,
and, above all, rows of crystal covered
boxes filled with gigantic powder puffs
and sweet-smelling powders.
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tons, but young Henderson was quite
impervious to snubs.
Il have told you before, Mr.. Hendar-
son, that l will nce be pestered with
your insulting attentions. If you do
not Immediately leave the schoolroom
| shall summon assistance"
The man colored darkly, and before
Margaret was quite aware Of his inten-
ton he had seized her in his arms.
You'll keep your distance, you young
cur said quiet voice, and a strong
hand flung him aside with astounding
ease, while Margaret yerney drew a
long breath of relief.
"He didn't hurt your" asked Mon
tagu, turning 70 her.
mo, thank you so much. IL
"And you'd better clear out" said
Montagu wheeling round and facing
the infuriat9d young man, unless you
wish to be-horsewhipped Get OUT"
"And leave the field clear for you,
eh? Well, | wish Miss verney Joy Of
the returned prodigal-the beggar man
from Canada" muttered Henderson,
maliciously but he went out Of the
room all the same
Does he annoy you often?' asked
Montagu sharply. Because If so will
lodge complaint with my sister"
We'll. 1t is not the first time Mr.
Henderson has tried TO annoy me-" she
confessed but please, Mr.. Montagu,
don't trouble about it. He will be leav-
ing in few days, and then-it will be
all right"
And you don't Join the rest down
stairs?" he asked suddenly, after a
short silence.
"Oh, no; have other things to do"
And you're happyT"
"Well-as rule, yes. OF course, one
has dreams -"
"Yes. We all have Dreams" he said !;
"some of us realize them-some don't
What are your dreams, Miss Verney 4"
'To get back my old home. 1t is in
the market now; we were obliged to
sell the place when my father died,
leaving me and my sister almost penni-
less. That is why l am here, and /
long so for the wild moorland of my
native Yorkshire and the free country
life"
Il see. And can understand. Where
was your home exactly? You and 1
should be friends, Miss Verney, for we
are both rather in the same boat. No
body seems to want me much"
That was the pleasantest evening
Margaret Verney had known since her
coming into the Henderson household,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-24
INITIATING A SENATOR.
Page Shows Him How to Get Around
the Capitol Quickly.

Page Shows Him How to Get Around
the Capitol Quickly.
There are many ways in which the
new Senator learns when he gets past
the Vice Presidents desk, and one of
the most fruitful and unreserveG
page, says the Washington Herald.
The Senate page is an institution
without a parallel. The dozen or so
young Americans who enjoy the honor
of running errands for the solons are
bright and by no means backward, and
they are philanthropically ready at
any moment to impart information to
the new Senator.
The new member of the Florida dele
CATION, Senator Milton, who was sworn
in recently, took a lesson from one of
the youthful Mercuries that day, ac-
companied with an actual demonstra-
tion of its effect.
Mr.. Milton found his way about lunch
time to an elevator, intending to re-
fresh the inner man in the dining room
down in the basement. When he reach
ed the shaft sprightly young Amer
lean in blue serge Norfolk jacket and
a pair of bloomer trousers stood there.
The boy Immediately started in to get
acquainted Delicately imparting the
information that he knew the Senate.
was new one" the page proceeded
to show him how to ring for an ele-
vator
"You see." he said, "three rings
means that a Senator wants the lift,
and that he don't have to wait long,
either. No matter who or how many
may be in the car, the elevator man
starts for the Senator's floor and takes
him up or down, wherever he wants to
60 Then he lets the other people off
where they want to go. See-this way"
Three rings jlngled through the cor
ridor and the elevator was there, with
half a dozen passengers.
1--WE want to go down." said the
page, with familiar flourish of his
head toward his protege. And in they
stepped-Senator ami page-and down
they went.
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If given before the hogs get past
the eating and drinking stage, the fol.
lowing is claimed to be an infallible
cure for hog cholera: To barrel Of
good slop add one pint of Venetian red
and one pint of kerosene oil. Mix well.
The first rule for getting a good
profit from poultry is to get .he chicks
hatched early, and the next is to keep
those chicks growing so fast that they
will reach laying maturity before the
commencement of cold weather.
The garden should contain most or
all of the common medicinal and flavor
Ing herbs. Most of these can be grown
with very little trouble, and the herb
plat should include such useful plants
as sage, hoarhound, caraway, saffron,
pennyroyal, tansy and others that wiB
suggest themselves.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-24
Quality of seeds.

As the result Of tests of alfalfa, red
clover and grass seeds secured in the
open market Chief Galloway of the
bureau Of plants indusry makes re-
port that is certainly of interest to
farmers.
Red ClOver.-0f the 1,217 samples Of
red clover seed secured 405, or one
third, contained seed of dodder, 424
contained traces of yellow trefoil seed,
and 1876 bore evidence of having orig
mated in Chile.
Alfalfa.-Of the 800 samples of al
falfa seed secured 191, or about one
half, contained seed of dodder, 1876
contained trace of yellow trefoil
seed, 120 contained trace of sweet
clover seed, and 16 contained a trace
of bur clover seed.
BrOmus Inermis.-Of the So samples
Of Bromus inermis seed obtained 10
contained seed Of cheat, or chess, 2S
contained from to per cent of seed
of the wheat grasses, several con-
tained seed of meadow fescue and one
contained more than "a per cent Of
meadow fescue and rye grass seed to-
gether.
Kentucky Blue Grass.-Of the 400
samples of Kentucky blue grass seed
obtained only s were found to be free
from any trace of Canada blue grass.
In most of these samples the trace of
Canada blue grass found was imma-
ture seed, showing that it was harv-
ested with the Kentucky blue grass
seed The seeds Of the two plants not
ripening at the same time, 1t is i'm
probable that mature seed Of Canada
blue grass would be harvested with
Kentucky blue grass seed. In ITO
samples, however, Canada blue grass
seed was found in quantities exceed
ing per cent, 80 Of these being Can
ada blue grass seed misbranded as
Kentucky blue grass seed.
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RNU5
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Roseben, once a peerless sprinter, was
badly beaten at the Aqueduct track in
his first start this season.
The two Cornell four-oared shells
crashed into each other on the river and
both were put out of commission.
There seems to be every probability
that an English lawn tennis team will
play in America during the coming sum.
mer.
Many turfmen believe that hard fight
will be made in the Tennessee Legisla-
ture next winter to repeal the anti-pool
selling laws.
The farmers at Ames, in their track
squad, are developing some men in the
weight events who may make showing
IN the conference meet in Chicago.
Tom Jones leads the first basemen of
the American League with .991; Williams
leads the second basemen with 1000;
Lord leads the third basemen with 1000.
and Wagner Of Boston the shortstops
With 1000.
Notwithstanding the anti-race track
laws enacted III inc AdSt Legislature IN
Tennessee, Montgomery PARK and Bill
ings Park, respectively, the homes for rum
ming and trotting horses at Memphis, will
remain open as homes for the horses.
Indiana university is to have another
worlds champion if present prospects
prove a success. Long John" Miller,
the varsity high jumper, bids fair to win
as much fame as lie Roy Samse, who be-
came the worlds champion pole vaulter
while q student there two years ago. Mil
Ter recently cleared the bar in the ksh
Jump at feet inches
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-24
Farn Notes.

When the wheels get so dry that
they rattle, have the tires properly set ;
do not try to chink up the spokes.
With all classes of stock the value of
the feed is the same whether 1t is sup
piled to the scrawnies or the best of
thoroughbreds.
Teams that have been partially idle
for some time should come into work
again gradually and their shoulders
bathed with salt water.
The cutworm is the larvae of a
moth; the worm is Of brown color,
fat and sluggish, about an inch long,
and feeds only during the night.
For bumble-foot in poultry Iaint the
corn literally with tincture OF iodine
daily for week. II this is done in
the early stages the corn can be spread.
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He was very busy for some weeks
after that, but he managed to see a
good deal of Margaret Verney. And all
the time his plans were maturing and
the property ON which Miss Verneys
early youth had been spent-the home
she loved so well-passed secretly and
quietly into the hands of the latest mil
lonaire. And then, when everything
was quite ready, he asked Margaret
verney to be his wife,
You don't know much about me,
perhaps" he said ruefully, but can
promise you happy life, sheltered
and cared for. love you dearly
will be good to you always-if you can
only care little, when l care so much.
Would you be content to marry poor
man, Margaret?"
IF l loved him would" she said,
very low.
And you care just a little?" he
said eagerly.
"oh, care so much," she whispered.
The rest was silence.
They were married very quietly a
few weeks later. And later in the day
the newly married couple set or on
their journey to Yorkshire.
I'VE will visit the vicinity OF your
old home," Montagu said to his wife,
and 1t was with strangely fiuttering
heart that In the warm summer even
ing the girl found herself alightlng at
the familiar little station.
A handsome motor with a couple of
men in dark livery stood in the station
yard, and Margaret, to her amazement,
found herself being hurried into it,
while her modest luggage was put into
luggage cart, in charge of smart
groom.
"But where are we going?" she asked
in amazement, as the car glided swiftly
away to where Hallenby Hall reared
its gray mass from out Of a sheltering
plantation facing the llmitless sea,
"we are going home" said Monta-
gu. tenderly. Are you glad my own?"
"But / don't understand" she sald
family. Thought you were a poor
man, and -"
well, my sister and her family
made the same mistake" said Montagu,
quietly 'You see, they took it all for
granted-and so did yoN l had my
own reasons for not wishing to unde-
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l471-Edward, Prince Of Wales, son OF
Henry vi. of England, killed at the
battle of Tewkesbury.
665-The principle of the appropriation
act adopted by the Commonwealth
and definitely established.
i747-William of Nassau appointed
Stakeholder of the Netherlands.
1776-Rhode Island declared itself free
of Great Britain, the first of the
thirteen American colonies 10 take
such action.
1779-Norfolk, Va, occupied by the Brit
ish.
t794-U. S. Postoffice Department estab-
lished by Congress.
l799- -Bonaparte defeated at ST. Jean
D'Acre. -. Seringapatam taken by
the British and the empire of nyder
Ali extinguished by the death Of
his son, Sultan Tippoo Sahib.
1S04-Dutch surrendered the island Of
Surinam to the British.
1SO6-Robert Morris, the fnancier of the
American revolution, died in Phila-
delphia
1S13-Americans evacuated York, Cam
ada, after setting fire to the city.
lS14-Oswego, N. Y, taken by COM
bined force of British and Canadian
troops.
'S26-Ex- Empress Eugene of France
born in Granada.
1928 Test act repealed by the British
Parliament.
1S40-Many lives and much property lost
by tornado in Adams county, Mis-
sissippi.
1S46-Gen. Taylor, in, command of tho
army of occupation in Texas, march
ed to the relief of Fort Brown.
1852-Charles Warren Fairbanks, Vice
President of the United States, born.
1S53-The Geneva, the first Atlantic
steamer at Quebec, arrived at that
port.
1S54-Sultan of Turkey gave banquet
in honor of Emperor Napoleon.
fS57-The Indian mutineers seized Delhi.
1S5S-Minnesota admitted to statehood.
1864-Battle of the Wilderness began. i.
The Danes defeated the Allies in a
naval battle off Heligoand.
1S65-Last fight in the Civil War at Pal
metto Rancho, Texas.
lS6S-Argument in the impeachment
trial of President Johnson closed.
l876-The ironclad ship Ismeraire
launched
1SS5-Battle at Batoche.
1886 Six policemen killed by anarchists
in the Haymarket riots in Chicago.
1000 -Peary discovered the northern
coast of Greenland.
1902 2-Revolutionists in San Domingo de-
posed President Jiminez.
1904 The japanese captured Fengwang-
cheng, the Russians retreating with
out giving battle.
l905-More than a score of lives lost in
a tornado near Marquette, Kan.
1906-The Dominion government took
over the defenses at Esquimault.
i907-Ernest w. Hufcut, legal adviser
to the Governor of New York, CONS.
mitted suicide. Gen. Kuroki Of
Japan and the Duke of Abruzzi vis-
tied Washington.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-24
THE WEB OF LIFE.

A pitiful piece of patches and shreds--
But stay your passionate grieving-
Is it late to pick up the broken threads
And change the pattern of weavingf
The warp was dyed in the wool and
drawn
To the loom without your willing:
But the shuttle that flies from dawn to
Carries the thread of your filling.
The fabric of life by which you are
known
Is not, perhaps Of your choosing
But the matter which gives it light and
tone
Is the color you are using.
Over the dingy ancestral dyes,
Over and under, and over,
The gold of your shuttle tints as it flies
The blemish 1t may not cover.
Forward and onward you may not pause,
In your own work disbelieving,
For still by the force of its unseen laws
The loom goes on with its weaving.
And your inmost thought is caught in the
snare
By law that no man knoweth;
And your purpose be it false or fair,
Shows in the web as it groweth.
Well for you and well for us all, sweet
friend,
When, at last, our shuttles falter,
II the weavers beginning where we end
Find naught in the pattern to alter.
Youths Companion.
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building thirtyour
which be desired length The foundation is of stoue
built be keeping with the floor and the piers
three inches being
three sharp cement The alley running
building with
inches the alley
doors
partitions constructed quernch boards cut
upright position the bottom
woyur and the with similar material The loft
eight and furnishes abundance Of
crates materials etc No meal feed should
be it is likely to become contaminated
puleys
the
the venlator the left side
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-24
Wood Ashes.

Ashes made from hard wood are
more valuable than those made from
soft wood. It is claimed that some
ashes from soft wood have not enough
value to make it worth while to bother
with them. 1t has also been discovered
that the value is largely governed by
the part of the tree from which the
ashes are made. 1t Is declared by
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-24
Garden Gleaninr..

To make the garden soil warm drain
on all the surface water possible. Use
underdrains and overdrsins.
The best way to secure very early
plants is to start them in the seed box
or hotbed, then transplant to two-inch
flower pots as soon as the seedlings are
large enough.
Don't work the garden and truck
patch while the ground is wet in the
haste Of starting an early crop, Norn-
ing is gained, but much is lost, in work
ing wet soils
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-24
Creameries and Factories.

There are now in Minnesota S25
creameries and seyenty-six cheese fac
tories in actual operation, nearly all Of
them being operated and owned by the
farmers, using the same system Of
bookkeeping that is given in the short
course in the dairy school, and every
creamery in the state is using the Bah
cock milk test and is making first class
butter.-President Northrup Of Mime
sofa University.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-24
Raising Rhubarb

Rhubarb requires deep and very
fertile SOIL The great secret of sue
cess In raising it is high manuring. It
Is a gross feeder, and requires a lib
eral application of manure every year
A grower whose small patch produces
rhubarb of enormous size explains his
success from his practice of throwing
soapsuds over the ground on washing
days He had sold $50 worth from a
patch Of two and one-half rods In q
single season.
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seed termination.


1t requires from 20 to 80 days for
asparagus seed to germinate; beans,
8 to 10 days; borecole, broccoli, Brus-
sells sprouts, cabbage and caulifower,
5 to IL days; carrots, IA to p days {;
celery, ii to 20 days. corn salad, IA
days; corn, 8 to IA days; cress, curled,
3 to 8 days; cress, water, II to IA
days; cucumbers, to 10 days; egg
plant, 8 to 20 days; endive, to Z
days; lettuce, 8 to days; melons.
cantaloupes, to 10 days; melons,
water, to Is days; mustard, 3 to 9
days; onions, to IA days; parsley, 70
to 80 days. parnips, 8 to IA days; peas,
5 to 10 days; pepper, to 20 days.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-07-24

ceive them for the present. and-hers
we are at home, Margaret"
And that was how Margaret Mon.
tagu came back to her old home-Lon
don Tit-Bits.
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chemists that the ashes of young twigs
are Of more value than the ash of
the trunk of the tree, while the ash
of the leaves is still more valuable.
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Three Horse DoubIetree.
A doubletree attachment to binder
or sulky plow can be made according
to the plan shown. The dimensionF
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The Potato Bug.
The potato bug, or Colorado potato
beetle, passes the winter in the ma
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Even cheap young man may cost
his parents lot Of money.
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can be varied slightly to accommodate
horses of different sizes.
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It's wise dentist who knows his
own teeth.
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and friendship sprang up in that
short hour between her and the beggar-
man uncle--as the children called the
newly returned relative-which time
would only cement. And to Montagu
himself some new and altogether de-
llghtful thing had come into his life
during that short hour.