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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-03

The late Tony Pastor originated the variety show and he refused to call 1t vaudeville" He considered the latter term sissifled and Frenchy. In St. Louis they are beginning to inquire why all street cars are painted yellow The people of that city desire to try one of another color.
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 Wall street has an A. O. Brown taste in it's mouth, and it begins to think the dellrium tremens variety of specu- lation should be cut out.
 
 Massachusetts is expending $10o,000 in an effort to destroy the common house fy-musca domestica. to use the words of Boston itself.
 
 John D. belongs to the humorists of America, but his jokes are of a prae- tical nature and they are fired at the American people.
  Soul Mate Earle has beeen caught in  has fled. He has no second affinity to take her place.
 Tony Pastor, now dead, never did indulge in advanced" vaudeville, al- though he originated that variety of entertainment.
 of his popularity as a singer for the 400" but it may lower his standing at the monkey house.
 -.s-
 Asbury Park indignantly denies that 1t receives ton of liquor day. Cases, it says, should not be weighed in. William Nelson CrOmwell's donation of S50,0O0 to the republican campaign fund still stands unexplained. The reports of frost in various locali- ties go to show that Vice President Fairbanks is travelling freely.
  Evelyn Thaw's nervous breakdown
  cuts once more.
 Work on the Panama canal is going ahead regardless of the pennant races in this country.
 Typhoid germs caught in the rural districts are readily developed in urban surroundings.
 The cotton crop and the mosquito crop are both in the bump line. Both are bumpers.
 Governor Fort may have been listen ing to what the wild waves were say ing.
 Death, says a scientist, can come in b200 ways, but not all at once. Johndee and the press jokesmiths are again getting together.
 
 @HAkIn DEMIEN LEIn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-03

Jack Frost, the well-known artist on window panes will. soon return from . vacation spent at the North pole.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-06-04
UNITY
| COURT

Atinued from Yesterday
N court proceedings for the
b May, 1908:
Current Expense.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-06-04
MIDWAY

Large. bright. airy rooms.
Board furnished. Halfway be-
tween Newport and Nye Brook.
First-clasD in every respect. Bag
gage hauled one way free. Ratss
reasonable.
WM. BORDEN, Newport. or.
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GOOD SOIL.
It Can Be Made Out of Poor Soil II
Handled Right.

Good soil is a requisite of success.
full farming. Poor soil can often
be made good soil with the right kind
of treatment. In Europe it has been
common practice to entirely change
the character of a soil. This is not
all done at once, but is often accom-
plished by easy stages.
Thus, a too sandy soil can have Its
character modified by the addition OF
clay. But hauling clay is expensive
and it takes a great deal of clay to
modify the condition of the more than
10000 square feet of land comprised
in an acre.
But the man that owns the land
realizes that this mechanical change
once made is made permanently He
argues that the treated land is to be
used for all time and that the expense
of changing the land should not all
be charged against single year.
When a man with an acre Of sandy
land to modify begins to figure, he
works out the problem something like
this: If layer of clay two inches
thick is put over an acre of land it
means about 1000 cubic feet of clay
to be shoveled, hauled and spread on
the land. A load of 35 cubic feet of
clay is good load to be hauled at one
time, and with that size load it
would take 200 loads to get the clay
onto the land. That looks like a CO.
lossal task. But what is an acre of
good land worth if it is located just
right?
We have seen sandy acres un-
cultivated because they did not con-
tain enough clay to render them
profitable for farming purposes, while
they were so located as to be very
valuable for intensive purposes if
properly ameliorated.
little Improvement each year will
in the course of many years change
useless soil into good soil, says the
Farmers Review, and that good soil
for all time, so far as it's mechanical
structure is concerned. The plant
food supply and exhaustion is another
question.
Plant food is sometimes taken out
of good soil to such an extent that it
becomes unproductive. But such food
can always be put back at much
less cost than the value of the same
amount of plant food in the crop in
which it was taken out.
A good soil should be kept good by
being farmed in the most intelligent
manner If it is Door soil it should
be made good in the numerous ways
known to science. Our soils need to
be studied to get out of them the best
things that are in them. 1t should be
remembered that soil is merely the
medium that supports plants and that
this medium can be made to carry
little or much plant food according to
the generosity of the cultivator in
supplying the same.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23
CARING FOR FRUITS.
Annual Waste in Orchards Should Be
Prevented.

Very great is the annual loss in the
waste of fruits. 1t is a common thing
for farmers to say when we try to sell
them a bill of trees: The ground is
covered with apples now" Il had
bushels of cherries that were never
picked MY plums rotted on the
trees by thousands"
1t is here that the waste is mani
tested; and waste is the cause of
most of our poverty. Waste not,
want not" is fine old maxim.
1t is not always the sign of a good
farmer to be too busy with corn and
wheat and hogs to take care of the ap-
pies, writes Walter S. Smith in In
diana Farmer. Lee Mcdaniel of my
own neighborhood boasted that he
had never had a visitation of hog chol-
era on his farm. He raked up the
fallen apples every morning and
wheeled them out to the hogs. This
was done as long as they dropped off
prematurely. After they matured,
many that fell off were good for use
in some other way; then he assorted
them and gave his hogs only the bad
ones.
This plan worked double ad-
vantage. First, it regulated the natur-
al processes of digestion and assimi-
lation in the swine. Second, it trans
ported millions of insect eggs away
from their field of michief, and re-
duced the amount of damage. Then it
kept the ground clear, so that when
the better class of apples began to
fall they were more easily attended
to. OF course, judgment is required to
know when the fruit will do to pick;
and when it viii do, picking should be-
gin, thus to put an end to the falling
OF the fruit.
If there is good cushion of grass
for the apples to fall on, many of them
fall without bruising, and are fully
equal to picked apples.
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Copyright by a. G Mcclurg q Co.. lDO7.l
SYNOPSIS.

Cattle thieves despoling ranches OF
South Dakota George Williston, small
%2nchman, runs into rendezvous of
Ihteves on island In Missouri river. They
nave stolen cattle from Three Bar ranch.
Iangford visits Williston and his daugh-
ter and Williston reports what he has
seen to Langford who determines to rid
country of thieves. Jesse Black heads out
laws. Langford falls In love with Willis
tons daughter, but does not tell her so.
Louise Dale, court stenographer, and
niece of Judge Dale, visits Kemah at re-
quest of county attorney, Gordon, to take
testimony in preliminary hearing. Gordon
Talls In love with her. After preliminary
examination Williston's home is attacked
and defended by his daughter and him
self. outlaws fire building just as Lang
FORD and his cowboys arrive. Outlaws
carry off Willston but Langford rescues
1he daughter. Without Williston evidence
against Black is meager, and case seems
10 be going against the state. Gordon
cakes night ride and finds Willist0n,
who has escaped from captorS. The
courthouse at Kemah burns at night.
Williston holds tea party in his room
following court house fire, and Mary Will
aiston and Louise Dale attend. Court con-
Venes in the church, and WilliSton'S teS-
timony is introduced by Gordon. Black,
seeing his case lost, makes break for lib
erty and escapes. Louise from her hotel
room in the night sees man in the act
of shooting Gordon through the window
of his room across the street. She arouses
Mary who shoots at the would-be assas-
sin, but too late, for Gordon is seriously
wounded. While they are attending Cor
don it is learned that WllliSton has also
been shot Summer has come and Jesse
Black is still fugitive from justice. Paul
Jangford learns that the outlaw has been
hiding on the island all the time. He Sc
cures a bench warrant from Judge Dale
and heads brave posse to capture Black.
The posse fords the river and routs the
outlaw from his shanty.
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How like the scene of summer s
day more than year past; but how
far sweeter the maid-how much
more it meant to the man now than
then!
Father, show Mr.. Langford in, "
she said, smiling a welcome. Il shall
be glad to take Sade to the spring"
She took hold of the bridle rein
trailing to the ground. Langford
leaped lightly from his saddle.
81 said help me-" he corrected.
"The spring is down there" she di-
rected. Il think you know the way"
She turned to enter the house.
For an instant, Langford hesitated.
A shadow fell across his face.
II want you to come, Mary" he
said, simply. 1T is only hospitable,
you know"
"Oh, if you put it in that way"
she started gayly down the path.
He followed her more slowly. A
young moon hung in the western
sky. The air was crisp with the com.
ing frost. The path was strewn with
dead cottonwood leaves which rustled
dryly under their feet.
At the spring, shadowed by the
biggest cottonwood, she waited for
him.
81 wish my father would cut down
that tree" she said, shivering.
You are cold" he said His voice
was not quite steady. He took off his
coat and wrapped it around her,
despite her protests. He wanted to
hold her then, but he did not, though
the touch Of her sent the blood bound
ing riotously through his veins.
You shall wear the coat. do not
want you to go in yet
But Sade has finished, and people
will be coming soon"
Il will not keep you long. / want
you to-Mary, my girl, tried to kill
Black, but-Jim-" his voice choked
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23
WAGON END BOARD.
How 1t Can Be Easily Made in Two
Sections.

To make a breaking end board as
shown in the accompanying illustra
ton, use board the width and length
saw cut as shown by the curved line
at A, B and c are hinges which are
placed on the inside of the board so
that the gate opens outward. d
AID f are the usual cleats fastened
across the ends to strengthen them.
F is piece of one-eighth by three.
fourths-inch strap iron attached with
screws so the tail piece can be opened
only one way. G is put through a
hole bored at H from the inside and
fastened with screws, while | and ]
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pearance. Late or autumnal seed
lings live through the winter, and in
regions of mild, open winters they
begin to flower and mature seeds even
in February or March, before we are
likely to think they need attention.
The sample sent has few dry, empty
seed vessels on it. Others are yet
green and unopened. There are also
flowers and unopened buds, so that
seed production may yet continue
long time in plants of the same age as
this sample. Indeed, seed production
may continue till freezing weather
stops it in November or December.
If the plants are dug up or plowed
out and left on the ground they are
likely to renew their growth unless
they are put in piles and destroyed,
or unless a prolonged period of dry,
hot weather should deprive them of
life.
Flowing infested fields in fall and
seeding with rye or winter wheat may
help keep it in check, or plowing early
in spring and planting with some crop
which shall receive frequent and thor
ough cultivation will not only destroy
the young seedlings that may spring
up, but will check seed production in
the older plants. Spraying with a solu-
tion of sulphate of iron or copperas,
one and one-half to two pounds to
gallon of water, has been used with
success in subduing this weed. 1t
should be applied in dry, clear
weather
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HELPFUL HINTS.

He helps the Lord who helps the
land.
If you take our advice you will not
try to seed grass with millet.
Wonderful how an acre of good al.
falfa does fill up the hay NOW.
A western city proposes a fine of
$40 fer every chicken allowed to run
at large. What paradise for garden
lovers!
Cut the oats for hay when the
grain will crush into a milk when
pressed between the two thumb nails.
The best method of paying for the
farm is to make 1t productive
No farmer can estimate his loss
from weeds. They appear on every
hand. No crop can be raised where
they grow. Strive for a weedless
crop.
The wheeled hoe saves . great deal
Of time in garden work
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23
A WoRRISoME WEED.
1t Is an Annual Plant. But Hard Il
Get Rid Of.

The common name is chickweed
The botanical name is Alsne media
in BritOn, and Browns Illustrated
Flora; but in Gray's Manual it is
Stellaria media. 1t is a pernicious
weed, but so often neglected and omit.
ted from lists of troublesome weeds,
probably because of it's small size and
inability to prove very destructive to
larger cultivated plants. 1t is an an
nual plant, and in theory annual plants
can be eXterminated in one season
by preventing them from producing
crop of seeds by which to perpetuate
themselves.
In the case of this plant, however,
the theory is not easily applied says
Country Gentleman, because of the
peculiar characters of the pest. 1t
is very hardy, rapid in its develop
ment, tenacious of life, persistent, and
quite unobtrusive and harmless in ap-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23
CHAPTER XxI.-continued.

Jim slowly and thoughtfully slipped
his revolver into it's holster and dis
mounted. Langford, too, sprang light
Iy from his saddle.
Black had been waiting for this. His
trained ear had no sooner caught the
soft rubbing sound of the pistol slip
ping into its leathern case than he
1eaped to his feet and stretched out
the crumpled arm with its deadly
weapon pointing straight at the heart
of Langford of the Three Bars.
'Now, damn you, we're quits!" he
cried, hoarsely.
There was not time for Jim to draw,
but, agile as cat, he threw himself
against Blacks arm and the bullet
went wild. For moment the adVant-
age was his, and he wrested the
weapon from Blacks hand. 1t fell to
the ground. The two men grappled.
The struggle was short and fierce.
Each strove with all the strength of
his concentrated hate to keep the
others hand from his belt.
When the feet of the wrestlers left
the fallen weapon free, Langford, who
Dad been waiting for this opportunity,
Erang forward and seized 1t with a
chrill of satisfaction. Command of the
situation was once more his. But the
revolver was empty, and he turned to
throw himself into the struggle empty
handed. Jim would thus be given a
chance to draw.
At that moment Black twisted his
arm free and his hand dropped like a
flash to his belt, where there was a
revolver that was loaded Jim hugged
him closely, but it was of no USE The
bullet tore its cruel way through his
side. His arms relaxed their hold-he
wly-down-down. Black
shook himself from of him impatiently
and wheeled to meet his great enemy.
Quits at last!" he said, with an
ugly smile.
Quits indeed! For Jim, raising him
self slightly, was able to draw at last;
and even as he spoke, the outlaw fell.
"Jim, my boy" said Langford, huski-
iy. He was kneeling, Jim's head in his
arms.
well, boss" said Jim, trying to
smile. His eyes were clear
ut was my affair, Jim, you ought
not to have done it," said Langford,
brokenly.
"It's all right--boss-don't you wor-
ry-I saw you-!n the hall that night.
You are-the boss. Tell Mary so. Tell
her l was-glad-to go-so you could
go to her-and it would be-all right.
She-loves you-boss-you needn't be
afraid"
"Jim, cannot bear it; l must go In
your stead"
"To Mary-yes." His voice sank
lower and lower. An added paleness
stole over his face, but his eyes looked
into Langfords serenely, almost hap
PLY.
"Go-to Mary in my stead-boss,' -
he whispered. Tell her Jim gave his
boss-to her-when he had to go-I
used to think it was 'Mouse-hair'-I
am glad it is-Mary-tell her goodbye
tell her the Three Bars wouldn't be
the same to Jim with a woman in 1t
anyway-tell her"
And with a sigh Jim died.
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Sorqhum as Feed.

Analysis show that considering the
amount of protein and fat contained in
sorghum it is about equal to timothy
hay as feed. In point of the amount of
nitrogen free extract it is about half
as rich in these elements as timothy.
Timothy contains five per cent. pro-
tein, 45 per cent nitrogen free extract
and three per cent. fat. Sorghum con.
tains As per cent. protein, % per cent.
nitrogen free extract and 3.25 per cent.
Eat
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Lazy S. A better house had risen from
by the cattle rustlers. Affairs were
we'll with George Williston now that
the hand of no man was against him.
He prospered.
Louise stepped to the door.
Il am in despair, Mary" she said
whimsically. Mrs. White has ordered
me out of the kitchen. What do you
think of that?'
Louise! Did you really have the
hardihood to presume to encroach on
Mother Whites preserves-you- a
mere bride of five months standing?
You should be grateful she didn't take
the broom to you"
She can cook" said Louise laugh
ing. 81 admit that. l only offered to
peel potatoes. When one stops to con-
slider that the whole county is coming
to the "housewarming" of the Lazy
S, one can't help being worried about
potatoes and such minor things
"Do you think the whole county Is
coming, Louise?" asked Mary.
"Of course" said Louise Gordon,
positively, slipping away again. She
was welcome guest at the ranch, and
her heart was in the success of to-
nights party,
Mary had dressed early. AS hostess,
she had laid aside her short skirt,
leather leggings, and other boyish fix
ings" which she usually assumed for
better ease in her life of riding. She
was clad simply in a long black skirt
and white shirt-waist Her hair was
coiled in thick braids about her we'll
shaped head, lending her most be-
coming stateliness.
Would Paul Langford come? He had
been bidden. Her father could not
know that he would not care to come.
Her father did not know that she had
night in December and that he had
not come back-at least to her Natur-
ally, he had been bidden first to
George Williston's "house-warming." D."
The men of the Three Bars and of the
Lazy S were tried friends-blt he
would not care to come.
Listen! Some one was coming. II
was much too soon for guests. The
early October twilight was only now
creeping softly over the landscape. 1t
was a still evening. She heard dis
tinctly the rhythmical pound of hoof-
beats on the hardened trail. Would
the rider go on to Kemah, or would
he turn in at the Lazy S?
Hello, the house!" hailed the horse
man, cherrily, drawing rein at the
very door. Hello, within!"
The visitor threw wide the door,
and Williston's voice called cordially:
Come in, come in, Langford! am
glad you came early"
will you send Mary out, Willis
ton? l need your chore boy to help
me water Sade here"
The voice was merry but there was
a vibrant tone in it that made the
listening girl tremble a little. Lang
ford never waited for opportunities.
He made them.
Mary came to the door with quiet
self-cmposure. She had known from
the first the stranger was Langford
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23
Overlooked.

81 always distrust your judgment for
some reason or other, John"
YES, and you have reason to; 1t
serves me right"
why, | cannot remember you ever
having done anything to justify such
a distrust."
"Have you forgotten that l married
you?"-Houston Post.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23
BAD BLUNDER.

Admiring Stranger-What stun
ming rider Er-do you think she
would feel hurt if | should toss her q
kiss?
"NO, but you might feel hurt, SON.
n.y." replied the big stranger at his
elbow. That's my wife,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23
CHAPTER XXI.
The Party at the Lazy s.

FTS = dTtJ at Ute LdZy o.
Mary stared thoughtfully into the
mirror. 1t was a better one than the
silver into which she had looked more
than a year before, when Paul Lang
~eed came riding over the plains to the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23

To all who enclose
postage lie will re-
ply, telling h 0 W
Doan's Kidney Pills
cured him after he
had doctored and
had been in two diff
ferent hospitals for
eighteen m on t b s
suffering i n t e n s @
pain in the back,
lameness, twinges
when stooping or
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23

lifting, languor, dizzy spells and rheu-
matism. Before l used Doan's Kid
ney Pills." says Mr.. Winney, Il
weighed 143. After taking 10 or IL
boxes l weighed 162 and was COM
pletely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. n. Y.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23
PROOF FOR TWO CENTS.
II You Suffer with Your Kidneys and
Back, Write to This Man.

G. w Winney, Medina, N. Y, in
vites kidney sufferers to write to him.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23

FITS st. vitus' Dance and Nervous Diseases per
manenty cured by Dr. lines Great Nerve RestoreI
Send for FREE 500 trial bottle and treatise. DI
X. H. Kline Id, 93l Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23
lnnortant to Mothers.
a Curious act.

water swells wood"
"It must I've often noticed that
a novelist will wreck skiff and then
float enough timber onto the desert
isle to build a town"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23
G I =
lSSo8 s

screw on the outer end. 1t is not nee.
essary to remove the tail screw
entirely to open the gate, says the
Prairie Farmer. go loosen it turn
the button sideways and the gate
will open.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23

One way to buy experience Is to
speculate in futures.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

WIDOWSS'unde NEW LAW obtained
--NevoN,SSb by JOHN w. NORRIS.
~, NSAONS Washington, D. Q,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-07-23

How many American women in
lonely homes to-day long for this
blessing to come into their lives, and
to be able to utter these words, but
because of some organic derange-
ment this happiness is denied them.
Every woman interested in this
subject should know that prepara-
ton for healthy maternity is
ACCOMPLISHED BY the use of