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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-14
A Hint to the Wise.

The Paris (Mo) Appeal, referring to
the business done by mail order houses
throughout the various counties in Mis-
souri,, editorially says: advertising is
costing the merchants of Monroe coun-
ty thousands Of dollars every year-not
that our merchants actually pay out
thousands of dollars each year for adj
vertising, but the great department
stores in the cities advertise every day
In the year, telling the public just what
they have to sell and what it will cost.
Inc papers carrying these advertise
ments and thousands of price lists go
all over the county, and people see
what they need advertised and order
1t from the city stores. Who can blame
them? Merchants all over this county
have the same goods and often for less
money. but the buyer does not know
1t, SO be sends off for his goods. Now,
II the merchants in this county were
10 use the same methods that the city
merchants use the mail order houses
would get but few .rders from old
Monroe"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-14
Catalogue Deceptions.

mo, thank you. l want what ask
ed for. Good day. This quotation
took the grand prize in a recent con-
test held by magazine in the cam
paign against substitution in trade.
You do not always get what you ask
for when you order through cata-
logue. 1t is very easy to make an ar
ticle look better in a picture than it
looks in reality, and this is done fire.
quently in the catalogues. But there
is still more insidious and contempt
BILE way of deceiying the public which
some of these concerns employ. They
print both picture and the description
OF a piece of furniture, for instance.
According to the picture, it is elegant.
Suppose it is a dining room table. The
picture will show handsome five inch
table legs. The reader is attracted at
once. Even when he finds by perus-
ing the description that the table has
two inch legs he is not altogether dis
enchanted. Quite often a person Or
ders an article through the influence of
the picture.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-14
Home Trade Homilies.

When your next doc" neighbor sells
the same kind of goods that the mail
order catalogue advertises and at cor
responding prices, you need doctors
attention if you purchase by the mail
route
Every tub must stand on it's own
bottom. So also must every town. If
you knock the bottom out Of prosperi-
ty in your town by doing large part
of your buying from the catalogue
houses, the place is calculated to fall
down pretty soon.
If the farmer who does a good deal
of buying from mail order concerns ex-
poets to continue selling his vegetables
and other products in his home town,
he should remember that it is poor
rule that won't work both ways.
Folks looking for bargains need not
confine their researches to the large
and Turing catalogues from the city
houses. Sometimes local newspapers
advertise bargains to be had right at
home, and it might pay to look for
such things ia the home papers. Then
if you don't find what you want ask
the merchant why he doesn't advertise.
The city mail order store is the real
octopus. It's thousands of tentacles
are sucking in money from every direc-
ton. Money is the blood of commu-
nifty, and when it is drunk by the oc-
topus to such an extent the town is
sure to become anaemic.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-14
PURE WATER SUPPLY VITAL.
Health of Community Is Very Large
ly Dependent Upon 1t.

Health of Community Is Very Large
ly Dependent Upon 1t.
Too many precautions cannot be
taken toward guarding the water sup
ply of a town. Along this line Ed
ward Wegmann says in the Metropoli-
tan Magazine:
The health of community depends
largely upon the purity OF its water
supply. Formerly it was thought that
water in which chemistry failed to lind
any noxious elements was fit for do
nestle use, but in recent years the SCI
ence of bacteriology has demonstrated
that such water may contain the germs
of dangerous diseases These germs in
crease very rapidly in number and
are often communicated by the con-
tamination of a source of water supply
from one infected person to a whole
community Such case occurred in
1SS4-5 in Plymouth, Pa. A man who
had contracted typhoid fever in Phila-
delphia was nursed during the winter
in a house near a mountain brook
which flowed into a river from which
Plymouth derived it's water supply.
The refuse from the sickroom was
thrown on the snow near the house
without being disinfected. AS cold
weather does not kill disease germs,
the typhoid germs were washed in the
spring by the melting Of the snow into
the mountain stream referred to above,
and as consequence more than LOU
cases of typhoid fever and about 100
deaths from this disease occurred in
Plymouth, these cases being all con-
fined to persons drinking the polluted
water.
In 1892 Hamburg, Germany, was Wis
tied by a terrible epidemic Of cholera.
This city derives it's water supply from
the river Elbe At the time Of the
epidemic the river water without being
filtered was used for domestic purposes.
It has been proved beyond question
that the germs of cholera were COM
municated to the city's water supply
by throwing into the river the excreta
of a sailor who was sick with cholera
on a vessel anchored in the Elbe. Near
ly 5000 persons died of cholera in
Hamburg during this epidemic, but in
Altoona, a suburb of Hamburg, using
Elbe water that had been filtered
through sand, not case Of cholera oc-
CURED that could be traced to the drink
ing of the unfltered water of Ham
burg.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-14
The Baldwin.

am aware there is difference in
the appearance Of Baldwin apples, as
may be seen at any exhibition where
a number of samples are shown, yet
they are Baldwins just the same, but
are grown under different conditions;
hence the difference in looks. There
are some. who think that the Baldwin
has deter:orated and the fruit is not
what it was when first introduced. I
do not believe this at all. l do think.
however, that the trees have in some
cases been weakened by propagating
them from scions taken from stunted
and unhealthy bearing trees or from
staryation.-Dr. Joseph B. Ward.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-14
A Creaser Girls
Opportunity.
GOriginal.]

GOriginal.1
was cowboy before l went into
the show business. One day. while
was punchin'. Teller come along dom
all sorts of fancy tricks He called
himself a prestidigitator He wanted
some one to help him in his perform
ance, and I agreed to do it, When the
show was over he said that was the
best help he'd ever had and allowed if
I'd travel with him he'd teach me the
business. l left off COW punchin' and
went with him.
One reason why l wanted to get
away was that I'd been maxim love. to
a greaser gal, and S longs i didn't
want to marry anybody / thought it
was prudent to find somepin to take
me somewheres else. didn't say any
thing to her or any one about leavin'.
but when the show left wasn't to be
found nowhere. l agreed l wouldn't
appear in the performance till we'd got
some distance from the place where
my greaser gal lived. SOS she wouldn't
be likely to find out where I'd gone to
I travelled with the wizard long
enough to learn all his tricks. then set
up for myself. / didn't show myself
in the place I'd left. though l took in
settlements all around it within fifty
miles.
I was mighty expert. l could take
mans two dollar silver watch with
his initials scratched ON it. ram it down
into blunderbuss, fire it at an upright
post, and when the smoke had cleared
away there it was danglin' to !; nail,
Just as good as ever and tickin away
at the regular rate. Then l would
take a sombrerO and breed rabbits in
it, hatchin' 'em out at the rate of a
dozen a minute. I'd keep on maxim
+-'~'-~ - --.7 '',orn wonderful az
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-14

a bOtch OF Several OF the best tricks.
The. gal sat lookin' up at me with a
queer kind of a stare in her eyes that
took all the starch out of me. But she
sat quiet, and | was gatherin' NOR
sci Of confidence toward the end when
she showed her hand When | came
to the bullet trick and asked some one
to come on to the platform and shoot
at me, up starts the gal and comes up
with look on her face that no one
but saw or knew what it meant.
Well, there was nothin' for me but
let her do the shootin'. | knowed she
meant mischief but | didn't. know
how she was goin' to do it.. II /
hadn't been SO upset might "a block
ed any game she had in mind. AS 1t
was, ] didn't have even the sand to
keep an eye on her. | tried to give
her look of recognition with a smile
that the audience wouldn't see, but
she only stared the blacker and black
er at me, and. catchin' sight Of my face
in a mirror, saw that looked like
GRIMM corpse.
I rammed my false bullet down in
the gun and handed it to her. Then !
was obliged to turn my back to her to
20 and stand where was to catch the
bullet in nv teeth. The girl brought
the gun to her shoulder. lowered it,
brought it back again, took long aim,
dropped it to examine the lock and
raised it again. This suspense she was
givin' me was a torture | hadn't
counted on. She played me that way
till the audience made such racket
that she saw it wouldn't stand
much more delay Then she brought
the gun into position and took an aim
that any one could see was no pre-
tense.
By this time | wished l had splints
on nv knees. for I thought they was
goin' to let me down. They say drown
in people see all the doin's Of their
lives. / thought of all the soft solder
I'd given the gal. and somehow l never
doubted she was amin at me to give
me a dose Of cold lead.
There was report, a thud beside my
left temple. and l felt somepin warm
spatter on my cheek. | put up my
hand and felt blood tricklin' down my
neck. Part of my ear was hangin' by
a thin piece of skin. Then for me the
lights went out, and | didn't know
nothin' more at that time
When I come to myself ! was lynn
on my cot in my back tent. where
slept, with half dozen men standin'
over me. includin' a travelin' doctor
that happened to be in the audience.
When my back had been turned. the
gal had slipped in real bullet. He
told me that only suffered the loss Of
my ear. / looked for her and saw she
wasn't there. Then l piucked up
enough courage to pack up and get on.
But that was the last of the show
business for me. left my traps at a
tavern and lit out nobody knew where
HAROLD OTIS.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-14

This kind OF work is never. permissible.
Always cut close to the trunk and make
q smooth wound.
termed struggle for existence" Every
twig requires air, heat and light. and,
as each has not the same position on
the tree, some must die or be removed.
Those near the center must be watch
ed more closely, as those near the out
side receive plenty Of air and sun. Al
individual shape. If each is studied
and pruned according to its charac-
teristic tendencies. the process of
pruning will be very simple. After
the crown has been properly started
the first year the next great important
step is to decide at the beginning of
the second year whether you are 60
ing to grow trees with a central leader
or hollow center These methods Of
forming trees are much discussed by
prominent Orchardists, and both meth
DDS are being used.
In pruning the fruit trees always
make Il clean, smooth cut and have a
bucket OF good wax or paint handy
and thoroughly cover the wound. This
prevents decay of the wood and al
lows the new tissue to grow over un-
molested By fungi or the elements.
The cambium, or inner bark, will be-
gin to cover the wound as soon as the
tree becomes active in the spring, but
will form only over limited portion
Of the cut surface The growth of the
cambium can be encouraged and made
to completely cover the wound if cut
along the inner side of the callus with
a sharp knife. In all your pruning
take the, branch off just as close as
possible to the limb where it issues
and never leave 4 stub.
1t is generally thought by fruit grow
ers that the high headed tree is better,
as it allows better and easier cultiva-
ton. This is the main point upon
which the advocates of high headed
trees base their whole argument A
high headed tree is generally the worst
kind to cultivate under for usually the
lowest limbs are permitted to make
decided lateral growth almost parallel
to tEa soil, and when these limbs are
laden with fruit they extend almost to
the ground, and it is readily seen that
close cultivation is impossible.
The trees in the old orchards and
yards all over Oregon show the evolu-
ton of the high headed tree. 1t is
simply this: When the lowest limbs
Interfere with cultivation they are re-
moved. the next set of limbs are per-
mitted to make a lateral growth SINH
lar to the first, and eventually these
are cut off. Thus it continues until
the. crown of the tree is ten to fifteen
feet from the ground, and the fruit is
practically out of reach.
On the other hand, the crown Of the
low headed tree is started near the
ground. and the limbs make an up
right slanting growth, which allows
far closer cultivation The limbs by
pruning are caused to grow strong and
able to support their fruit. &C. T..
Lewis.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-14
+ ruit ana
Flowers
ORCHARD PRACTICE.

Individual Trees Should Be Studied
Before Pruning.
Pruning is broad subject and one
that is not much understood by most
people. Usually when a man buys
trees lie thinks he must be always
pruning them, but such is not the
case Pruning is to assist nature and
must be done with certain definite OBJ
iects in view-namely, to promote
growth, u duce fruit spurs, to re-
tard excessive growth and to form
the tree the desired shape.
There is Il struggle for light, heat
and air among the Individual branches
or twigs of tree which is commonly
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-14
San Jose Scale.

Upon purple prunes. red. apples, ETC.,
the scales appear only as minute gray
specks. usually clustered about the cav
fties AZ either end. but upon the yellow
fruits. like pears. peaches and the yell
low piums and apples. each scale pro-
duces bright reddish -discoloratian
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-11-26
Asks Us to Print.

10 rcutye me ~ur,t tom uf fhtu.
mfusm. take trasppuufm Of rn,
choosing mN ur. Of GO racn mra
snI at b-dumt
b'ut Exrn,t Dan. ,liun. me ha
oruc. Comp pnd * tg.u. m,
n"'ci G. mp,und Syrup sst>>p
ia, lhre ounces.
These hdrmlr,, lugr,d ruls c.n be-
obtained from our hbue Iiuep.
and are easily xcd by ~uakirp
tncm well 100 bpuc X .fI-p %.
orally e. from fhe FIST f.o u.s.s.
lni- prrscuprur force, rh .
gei up, in4cuv- kidney. Goo f er
and strain from toe blood The pYl.-
o."us waste matter and uuc acid
winch caus-, rbrumsrsu.
SIS fheumai SD fs nor u, ih,
20 ost painful ADD iruu,ous disease
bur dangerous to LIE. this simple
recipe WI mo- doub be- greatly v.-
u.d %, many sun rrrs ~ home. who
should az once prepare tbe mixture
% get This relief
ltis said that a person who upul,
take this pre- ,crp'ipo regpl,tlt .
dose rr too daily, ~ gym few
times week won % r,ver b we ST.
riou kidney or urinsr Isord r
rheumatism
Cu' this out and prrse We % G. ,od
rheum4ti.m prescriptions whfrh r. a.
~ relieve ire scare ipderd. and
when you need d, you aant it badly.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-11-26
Topped of.

The ARGUS must remind Bro.
Bolden, Of the Grafton Republi-
Can, that Preston fell short of her
normal majority by few hundred
votes, while Taylor county failed
to show any appreciation for Bro.
BoIden's passionate appeals to
stand by the party. From the
official returns from Taylor it APP
pears that some Of the Republican,
candidates pulled through by az
uncomfortably tight squeeze.
The fact that the editor of The
ARGUS has not been a resident of
the state Of West Virginia as long
as Bro Bolden proves That his
efforts i'll the recent campaign in
behalf Of Democracy bore better
fruit and the results were more
complimentary to bis work than
that Of Bro. Bolden i'm the county
Of Taylor. THE ARGUS is too
modest to claim credit for the
slump in the Republican vote Of
Preston county, but inasmuch as
Bro. Bolden fancies that THE
ARGUS helIed the Republican
cause it must ask that the sage Of
tho Grafton Republican produce
the proof According to Bro Boil
dcn's logic q reduced Republican
majority is helping the cause Of
RepubIicauism Well, wc can as
sure the Republican that if this
reduction can be kept up wc are
willing 10 be blamed for helping
The Republican cause.
In the meantime we would be
glad TO have Bro. Boldcn explain
how it came that in the county of
Taylor some Of the Republican
candidates were defeated and oth-
ors pulled through with a small
margin With such n result we
cannot understand how the re.
publican helped the Republican
cause or made amy impression
upon the farmers and the labor.
ingmen Fit had there should
have been an increase in the Re.
publican majority instead Of such
a terrible looping off, The result
in Taylor does not justify Bro.
Bolden in footing a tin horn.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-11-26
II nk giyinv H. nnmIion.

The Methodist Sunday school of Tup-
nelton has arranged fine Thanksgiving
program. Rev. A. Merrclls is pastor OF
the church; w. t.. Stewart, superintcn.
dent OF the Sunday school, and the com.
nittce in charge of the program consist,
ii Senator $. Il. Montgomery, A. NJ.
Moore, and Mrs. Grace Montgomery
Prof. Clyde Reppert is musical director
and Miss Nell Orr pianist Following i,
the program:
Reading OF Governors Proclamation
b. s. Rankin, NJ. ID.
Anthem, "A Joyous Thanksgiving" =
Prof.. Reppert and Company.
Recitation, "The Pilgrim : landing
John Watkins.
Song. Smart" -Irene Harrington.
Recitation, "Mattic's Wants and
Wishes Montgomery.
Renzi's Address to the Romans sh.
ford VI Moore.
Anthem, Great l. the Lord Our God
-fProf Reppert and Company.
How 1t Happened" -Rev.A. Mcrrells
Recitation, 1.-THE Actors Story"-Vir.
ginia Gather.
Song, The Saucy Little Bird ON Nell
lies Hat Mrs. George Long.
Cornet Duet, "Symorain"-Clyde anc
Ethel Reppert.
Recitation, Good Bye, Old ARM
Prof. Bertus Miller.
Duet, In Little While"-Ethcl Rep
pert and May Harrington.
Recitation, THE Minuct' Blanche
Rankin
Song. Won't You BE My Honey?"-
| Pearl Watkins.
Solo, In My Merry Oldsmobile"-
Prof Clyde Reppert
Cornet Solo-Ethel Reppert
Music-Prof. Reppert and Company.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-11-26
commissioners Sale.

Thomas Cool Plaintiff, ". Jesse Danser's
Administrator ct al, Defendants, in
Chanccry:
Pursuant to decree of sale entered i'm
the above styled cause 10y the circuit
court al Preston county, West Virginia,
on the 18th day of June, 1908, the under
signed, one of the commissioners appoint
eel Tor the purpose, will, at the front door
of the courthouse OF Preston county, ON
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1908,
beginning at . O'Clock a. m, offer for
sale and will sell at public auction 10 the
highest responsible bidder therefor the
following parcels of land upon the follow
ing terms and conditions:
Tracts Nos i, >, and >, containing re-
spcctiVcly D, %, and 4S acres and known
a the Abba Danser lands, and all lying
contiguous and situated in Reno district,
Preston county. Said parcels will bc sold
first, IN separate offerings, and then as
whole tract, accepting the offer which
brings the greatest amount of money.
The right Is reserved TO reject any or all
bids Tor inadequacy of price
TERMS OF SALE.
\ credit of /, =, 3, I, and years will
bc given the purchaser, who shall execute
his promissorY notes bearing date as of
-aid sale with good personal security, pay
able in !, ,, 3, 1, and years with inter
est; and the title TO said property will
also be reserved TO said land us further
security for the purchase price thereof.
EUGENE SoMNERvmLE,
Special Commissioner
!, John w. Watson, clerk of the cir
cult court OF Preston county, do certify
that the above named special commits
sloner has executed bond with good Sc
curity in the penalty OF one thousand dol
lars, conditioned according TO law and
the decree i'm the above named cause.
Given under my hand this 18th day Of
November, 1908.
JoHN w. WATSON, Clerk.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-11-26
Col Home.

A.
The ITHagi County Journal
has neyef lost an opportunity to
severely Hcriticise the southern
people for their treatment OF the
negroes who commit unspeakable
crimes upon white women. In its
last issue 1t harps upon the dis
reimbursement of the illterale and
vicious and compares the vote of
some of the southern states TO that
of West Virginia. But disfran-
chlsement of the negroes is the
only way in which they can main
tain white supremacy in the south.
If the editor of the journal
happened to be u resident of one
OF the southern states, and was
not afflicted with the public office
itch, we venture to say he wuuld
be an advocate of DISTINGUISHING
the negroes. The white race be-
ing the superior race will never
consent to being ruled over bv
the black race. That is to saw,
they will never agree that negrocs
be elected as the public officials.
Those that agree otherwises be-
long to that class who are men
tally unbalanced and their peace
iul slumbers are disturbed by
-ome hideous hobgoblin.
The last issue of the Journal is
evidence that its love for the ne
FRO is only for political purposes
Its write-up of the Childs-Purcilli
case is III anything but temporal,
anguage, and its caustic criticism
of Il former case leads one to con.
clude that when such cases occur
in Preston the Journal scents
danger ahead. And well it may.
When West Virginia becomes as
densely populated by the negroes
as many of the southern states
the Journal will refrain from hold
ing them up as terribly abused
people" by the Democratic party.
In fact, we may expect to find it
urgently advocating the jim Crow
law, a subject upon which its lips
are sealed for the present. 1t will
be no surprise to see its columns
filled with praise of George Byrnc,
whom it has condemned TO the
bowwows. 1t makes all the differ
ence in the world when the chick
ems come home to roost
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-11-26
Must PAY "a advance

Beginning January ], the new law
regulating the fees Of county officials goes
into effect II requires that the sheriff.
prosecuting attorney and clerks of the
county and circuit court shall keep an
accurate account Of fees received. OF
special interest TO the public is the re-
qulremcnt that alI fees, costs, percentages,
penalties, and allowances due the county
clerk shall be- collected in advance. Per.
sons having business with the county
clerk office should bear i'm mind the
ncw law, and deport themselves i'm ac-
cordance with it after tine first of 1919
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-11-26
THE NEW >P,PER GUY

see man pushing his way through the lines
or cops where the work Of the fire fend" shines
The ehief2' inquire-but fireman replies:
Oh. no! Why. that's one of those newspaper
guys"
see a nan walk through the door Of a show.
Where great throngs.are blocked by the sign IS
R.O."
Is this man the star that no ticket he buysl"
Star nothin'i He's one OF those newspaper guys q"
see a man start on the trail Of a crook.
And he scorns the police. but he brings him to
book
Sherlock Holiness inquire-some one scornful-
~ cries:
Sherlock H! Nav. he's one Of desc newspaper
guys"
And some day IN pass by the great Gates of
Gold"
And see man pass through unquestioned and
bold.
a sainC" III ask and old Pcter1l reply:
No. he carries a pass-hes a newspaper guy
EXCHANGE