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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

One of our Republican organs in
Staunton in speaking of an attempt to
start Democratic newspaper in Wash
ington says:
The day of the party organ is past in
this country. Sporadic attempts have
been made to demonstrate the contrary
of this, but they have not met with
encouraging success.
This is true if the party organ be
Democratic, and to that extent only is
this true.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

We notice there is talk Of Demo-
cratic paper being started in Washing
ton. There is no place where one is
needed more, but corporate money Will
not let a Democratic paper live there,
indeed dares not give such breathing
roorn in any large city. Capital mas
discovered the power of the press, and
where any Democratic paper raises its
head. it kills it at once.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

A young Philadelphia school marin
is sueing a young man for breach of
promise to marry her, and in the same
town the daughter of rich coal baron
is sueing to get out of a marriage which
was made good by the promissor. Thus
it seems that whether the promise is
fulfilled or broken, suit follows.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.

Schedule in effect Nov. l, 1908, subject
to change without notice. Eastern
time.
EAST BOUND.
For Washington and the North
200 a. M; 11.15 a. M, daily.
For Richmond and Norfolk.
2.O9 and 10 q. m, daily.
Local for Richmond.
1O.4a. m. daily; 2.21 p. ~. week days.
Local for charlottesville
S,l2 p. m. week days
WEST BOUND.
ror Cincinnati, Chicago, st. Louis. Lou
isyille and the West.
4.23a. m; and 8.l2 p. M, daily.
Local for Clifton Forge
2.05p. M, week days.
Local for Huntington
6.5S a.. m. week days.
Local for Hinton.
ssSgssy, 6.55 p. M, daily.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

The 20 million dollar fine against
the Standard Oil Co. has gone glln-
mering. The Supreme Court refused
a writ of error and thus that company
is made happy. In the mean time
Labor Leaders are sent to prison. Cap
ital is happy, whilst labor languishes
in the dungeons cell.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

Judge Gary, Of the Steel Trust, ap-
peared before the committee of Ways
and Means to testify as to the tariff.
The Judge did not 60 there in behalf OF
his own industry, the Great Steel
Trust, but to beg Congress to protect
his weak competitors. "Was 'eer such
pity shown ?"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

and cheertulneSS soon
disappear when the kid
rleys are out Of order
or diseased.
l-idyey trouble has
become so prevalent
that 1t IS not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. the child urin-
afGc too nftan if the
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08
A Christmas Gift which will
Last A Lifetime.

Parents, while thinking of suitable
Christmas gift for your children, have
YOU ever considered the value of one
that will last a lifetime and increase in
value as the years go by? Can you
think of present that will give more
joy, and happiness, and contentment,
and satisfaction, than one which will
assure your boy or girl good living,
self-support, acknowledgements
The opportunity of presenting your
boy or girl with such Christmas gift
is offered you by the Dunsmore Bush
ness College. No more useful or valu-
able present could be given a boy or
girl than a business training course at
the "Dunsmore." 1t will never be for
gotten, it will never wear out and it
cannot be lost or stolen. Its usefulness
and value will increase with use, and
it will make each succeeding Christ
mas brighter than the last by reason OF
the increased blessings it will bring.
Such gift only commences on Christ
mas. 1t continues year after year
bringing success to the receiver.
For further information address,
The DunSmOre Business College,
STAUNTON, VA.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08
CARNEGIE HITS HARD BLOWS.

Mr.. Carnegie has hit protection to
steel blow from which it will be hard
to recover. He has also hit protection
all along the line blow. He says the
steel manufact urers make profit OF
SO per ton. What more should they
ask? He says no foreign nation can
compete with us in its manufacture,
W hich statement strikes at the root of
the system. These facts cannot be
gotten round, SO when We see a tariff
left on steel under some pretext, we
will know more of favoriteism and see
further concessions made to body OF
men who have been protected far be-
yond their deserts. 1t will be recalled
that ut one time there was a falling
out between Mr.. Carnegie and Mr..
Henry c. Frick, suit was brought
and the evidence began to be taken,
then all at once proceedings were stay
ed and a little later compromised. The
real cause for this has not been COM
mented on by the press as it deserved.
But the fact ID, the correspondence be-
tween these two WORTHLESS began to dis
close facts that would long ago have
killed further protection to steel in its
tricks. The letters between them be-
gan to tell that we had no competitors
in England or Germany, that we had
them beaten from the start, and labor
sut practically no figure in ordinary
steel manufacture. The eat was be
ginn to crawl out of the bag, and tf
prev this the suit was compromls
ed. the letter files of those days
coul oe seen, protection, not only Il
stee ,ut to many other things, woule
be in its true light, and no people
would submit longer to robbery under
it.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08
Willbarger---Landes.

Weyer's Cave, Jan. 5.-Mr. Miner
Wilberger and Miss Zula Landes were
united in marriage on the Sd inst. at
10 o'clock a. m. at the home of the
bride. The ceremony being performed
by Rev. d. w. Files. The wedding
march was rendered by Miss Elva
Van Pelt, and the ceremony was wit
messed by a number of friends OF the
contracting parties.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

No one having died recently who
gave money to the Gown Of Winches-
ter, that municipality is to take vote
on a bond issue to build sewers. Win
chester has not been in luck lately.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

Both the Senate and House have
concurred in laughing at the Presi-
dents message. This is high authorl-
ty and no doubt will be acted on else
WHERE
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

No apprehension has been felt dur
ing the earthquake shocks for the safe
ty of the duke of the Abruissi he
knows how to avoid calamities.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, dspend upon it. the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should pa towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of the
kidneys ana bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose
Women Jas well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble.
and both need the same great remedy.
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

Last week the towns OF South Bos-
ton and Houston in Halifax county,
voted dry by 1874 majority.
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

We have heard good deal about =
meal highway to Richmond. If we
get one to Waynesboro we will call the
-. we are 7Ecerned.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. dis
courages and lessons ambition; beauty, vigor
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

n order to avoid delays, On account
PERSONAL absence, letters and all com,
luications for the SPECTATOR should
be addressed to any individual con-
oted with the office, but simply 10
lie SPECTATOR
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

tered at the Postoffice at Staunton
Va, as second class mail matter.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

The Washington Post makes merry
over the good luck Of the Standard Oil
Co. in being relieved Of its big fine. 1t
has discovered that rebating is no
crime. 1t has discovered that to
say ''we don't patronize" is a
crime. 1t is wonderfully easy to see
crime in one act and not to see 1t in
another, when one wants to. Nobody
expects the Standard Oil Co. to be
fined for anything, but thel abor lead
ers must always be on their guard.
They are not allowed to open their
mouths without going to prison.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-01-08

Prosperity has not arrived on time.
Some tell us We are too impatient. But
we were not told before the election
that we would have to wait. All we
would have to do, according to those
who handle prosperity was to vote
right, then confidence would be re-
stored and such prosperity would come
as would be beyond the widest dreams.
We have had the dreams, but no pros
perity. Now we are told that it is
delayed because of tariff agitation,
and proposed tariff legislation. But
why should such thing be? The tar
if is in the hands of its friends Ii iii
friends cannot take care of it who can
Where is the reason to be alarmed
The whole thing was a fake and
fraud
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-10
The Democracy Of the Drama.

The drama differs from the other
arts in that it must make its appeal to
the whole body of the public. 1t can
not be satisfied if II attracts only the
art lover the amateur. the dilettante.
1t has to allure and to interest the
people in the mass or all the arts the
drama is. must be, the most demo-
cratic 1t ought to have message for
the boy in the gallery as well as for
the ladies in the boxes. II 1t does not
appeal to the plain people 1t fails of
it's purpose When we say that the
drama is function Of the crowd"
we mean that men massed together
take on a collective feeling. which is
something more than the sum total Of
their feelings as separate individuals.
which is the result rather of the char
acteristics which they have In COM
mon. And it is the duty Of the drama
fist to deal with them not as individ-
uals, but as throng. He has to strike
an average Of intelligence and Of senti-
t.-Brander Matthews in Metropol-
itan Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-10
Home Course In
Modern Agriculture
IV.-Water Ia It's Relation to Plant Growth
By C. v. GREGORY.
Agricultural DiUision Iova State College
copyrieh by Amer PressA

comes when a sudden dry Ieriod fol-
lows a few weeks of excessive rain
fall. The abundance of moisture dur
ing the early part of the season has
kept the plants from sending their
roots down very deep. When dry
weather does come, the soil bakes and
cracks and evaporation goes on very
rapidly. This, together with the de-
mands made by the plants, lowers the
water table so rapidly that root growth
cannot keep pace with it. AS a result
the capillary moisture within reach OF
the roots is not replaced as fast as it
is used, and the growth of the plants
is seriously checked.
Fields with a clay subsoil withstand
dry weather much better than those
with a subSoil of sand or gravel. The
latter, because of their loosen texture
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-10
Reportino the Lords.

The lords have from time to time
concerned themselves with the made
quate reporting of their speeches. The
house of lords is not an easy place for
the reporter. and his task is rendered
more difficult by the practice OF noble
lords in mumbling to themselves or
to the lord chancellor. a habit to which
new members, enslaved by the house
Of commons rule Of addressing the
speaker, are especially prone.
Earl Beauchamp drew attention to
this habit in 1880, and suggested that
II the lord chancellor's seat were
shifted to the reporters side Of the
house all would be we'll The men,
bers were shocked at the suggestion,
and the Duke Of Argyll declared that
the inaudibility Of the lords was due
to general conversation on the
benches. As result Of the discus
sion, however. a proposal to construct
new seats in the gallery was agreed
to, and the reporters were given make
shift places in the side galleries.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-10

FIG. WILLOW TILE DRAINS AFFECT THE
WATER TABLE.
rs, surface of the ground; W. water ia
BILE; G. ground water; T, tile drains.]
soil becomes saturated, however, SO
the air soon becomes used up, and the
crop will turn yellow and cease to
grow. The remedy, of course, is to
provide drains to remove the ground
water quickly.
The only kind of water which the
roots can use is the capillary water.
When this is present in the right
amount, it fills about half Of the
spaces between the soil particles. The
the rest are filled with air. The water
easily dissOlves plant food from the
soil grains which it surrounds. Thus
the two essentials for rapid root de-
velopment, air and plant food, are
present in the proper amounts and in
readily available form. AS fast as
the water is taken up by the roots
more is brought up by capillarity from
the supply in the subsoil in the man.
ner noted in article No. 2.
The place where the capillary water
joins the ground water is called the
water table. If this water table is
too high, the feeding ground of the
roots is greatly restricted, since they
cannot go below It. If, on the other
hand, the water table Is too deep,
capillarity cannot bring the water up
as fast as 1t is used by the roots.
In dry weather the water table low
ers rapidly. but the roots are also
growing downward at the same time.
The greatest damage from drought
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-10
Ole
AlcQnfQrilIQ
Perfecfo.
By r. A. COLLINS.
By r. a. COLLINS
Copyrighted, 1908. by Associated
Literary Press.

Except an American daughter and
profound faith in his judgment OF a
cigar Pope Nunez had retained few
precious possessions from his share OF
the fortune made by his grandfather
in Cuban sugar and tobacco.
Pope, the favorite grandson of the
founder of the house, had grown up
very extensively, exercising his tai
ents mainly in acquiring that profound
judgment of tobaccos and wines for
which he is renowned in the Spanish
colony.
When his motherless daughter, Ariel.
la, attained her eighteenth birthday
Mr.. Nunez made the discovery that he
owned a house in West Eleventh
street, but no money to carry it on.
AS a matter Of fact, it was Ariella
who discovered this fact and brought
it to her fathers notice. Ariella was
disconcertingly like her American
mother She looked facts straight il
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-10

VEA&y&2 lulllS VI lllc value VI Wdtcl
WV as a plant food. This is
only one of it's minor uses.
however In addition to the water
which is decomposed by the plant and
used in making starch and other prod
ucts, many times as much is used for
other purposes. One of the principal
of these is dissolving plant food and
carrying it upward to the leaves. Aft
er reaching the leaves most of the wa
ter is evapOrated, leaving in the leaf
cells the materials which it brought
up.
The cells of which the leaves are
made are very delicate and depend for
their stiffness on the water Witch they
contain Without this water they
would collapse in the same way BIZ
cycle tire does when the air is let out.
This is the very thing that happens
when the leaves wilt. The rise of
water from the roots has been checked
in some way. and as evaporation still
continues the leaf cells become partly
emptied and shrink up.
The leaves are not entirely helpless
at such q time, however. On each side
of the tiny pores on the underside Of
the leaf is cell known as a guard
cell. When the supply of moisture
begins to fail these guard cells shrink
up and in doing so close the openings.
thus checking evaporation. In some
plants, like corn, the leaves curl up at
such time, thus still further lessen
ing the rate of evaporation. Of course
when a leaf is wilted in this manner
the work of building up plant tissues
is seriously checked. This often hap
pens during the dry weather of July
and August when the soil becomes so
dry that the roots have difficulty in
obtaining the needed moisture. The
checking of development which results
often reduces the yield of corn as
much as twenty to thirty bushels per
acre and that of other crops in pro-
portion For every pound Of dry
matter in a mature plant from 300 to
500 pounds of water have been brought
up by the roots and evapOrated from
! the leaves. One of the most impOr-
tant factors in the production of a
maximum crop is the maintenance of
plentiful water supply within easy
reach of the roots.
There are three classes of water in
/ the soil The first is known as ground
water and is that water which col
lects in a hole dug in a wet soil or
runs off through the tile in drained
land. The second is the capillary
water and is that which is left be-
tween the soil particles after the
ground water has been drawn off.
The ground water is affected by grav-
itation, while the capillary water is
not.
If sample of soil that looks per
fectly dry is placed in an oven and
heated for some time it will be found
that is has lost considerably in weight,
owing to moisture being driven off.
This is the third class, or microscopic
moisture This, of course, Is of no
value to the plant, since the roots
cannot extract moisture from an air
dry soil. Neither can they use the
ground water. This is really dam
age In the upper two or three feet OF
SOIL since 1t so fills the spaces that
the roots cannot get enough air.
During a rain the ground water
passing through the soil draws con-
siderable air with it. AS soon as the