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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-04

What the scientists claim to know
about the limitations of aeroplanes is
Just about equal to what they claimed
to know about steamships 100 years
ago.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-04

IAN observing person can read
woman's character from the hat she
wears" says writer. Then what
horrible characters most of our saint
ly women havei
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-04
H. s. GIvLER, Pub.

Preach the gospel OF cheerfuiness
wherever you go.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-04

"a New York typewriter girl has es-
tablished a record of 10 words min
ute" says Topeka paper Exactly;
writing or talking?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-04
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

Minneapolis, Mimi was great
sufferer from female troubles which
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-07

in this case. Twilight was far ad-
vanced when Philip Sturgis walked
slowly from the house, the life all
gone out of his step and looking quite
down in the mouth and fully ten years
older than when he had entered
''Come over here a minute, Phil" I
called
Il can't stop now. old man." he an
swered in so doleful a tone that
could have laughed.
Perhaps this will be an induce
ment," l remarked, exultantly Selling
Beatrice by the shoulders and holding
her at arms length in front Of me.
Philip Sturgis gave one glad cry and
in another moment had folded his wife
to his bosom
That evening we had a heart to
heart talk, the four of us.
I'm done with practical joking for
ever" Philip Sturgis declared. "And
I thank you two from the bottom sof
my heart for your Intervention in my
wife's favo can now realize what
it was you saved her from 1t was
ten thousand times worse than I i'm
agined it would be, assure you"
"And Felicew whispered his wife
slyly.
"She can travel in 2:O5 and more
than comes up to my highest expecta-
tions," he responded. "She's a per
feet DEAR all right but think, if you
don't mind, I'd rather sell than keep
her"
So Sturgis is cured of practical jok-
ing, and at the Lakeside club-for the
events I have related are of recent
happening-we still refer to Mrs. Stur-
gis, when Philip is not present, as
''the goddess of the miracle"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-07
step too far with your Felice 1 am 60
ing where you will never find me.

step TOO Iar with your Fellce. 1 am go
ing where you will never find me.
BEATRICE.
Then we imagined him as he raved
and did things generally to relieve his
feelings. A momentary glance of his
white, agonized face at the window
as a curtain shot up to the very top
Of the roller justified our expectations
that he was by this time deeply re-
GREETING his asinine stupidity. Then
we saw him rush upstairs.
What he would find there we well
knew, for we had his wife's room fit
tingly prepared for him. Beatrice had
worked to no little effect, and it's ap-
pearance was indeed startling. Pro-
fessional burglars could not have pro-
duced in so short a time as she a
scene of such consummate chaos and
confusion, though the very Kohinoor
had been the object of their efforts.
The unique, square pillared brass bed.
though Uttered with masses Of lace
and muslin, skirts, underskirts and
shirt waists in every color of the
rainbow, showed no signs of having
been slept in. The dainty pillows were
piled with heaps of hosiery, and in
the center Of all lay that identical red
and gold check golfing skirt which I
had been startled into admiring
months before.
The dressing table was barred of its
usual mysterious collection of toilet
articles. The dress suit case, which
was always kept when not in use in
the rooms solitary closet, was con-
spicuously absent, and telltale strap
was lying on the floor. Surely Philip
Sturgis could find no grounds for dis
believing his wife's deceptive note.
Who, indeed, would doubt the evil
dence of ones own eyes?
At the point when the thoroughly
frightened man must have been sit
ting at the table with his face hidden
in his hands, realizing that he who
sows the wind must reap the whirl-
wind, Edith and l heard a half check
ed sob behind us. We both turned in
time to see Beatrice Sturgis wiping
away a tear that was trickling down
her pretty cheek.
IL j-just can't help it," she gasp
ed. "Poor Philip! Pm afraid h-he'll
do s-something desperate if 1 DIDN'T
stop him.
"You needn't worry" 1 explained
grimly. Il have his razor in my peck
ct, and l troubled to take all the car
tridges out of his revolver before /
leftv'
"Well, I'm going to meet him when
he comes out of the door," she an
nounced. "Truly"-and she smiled
through her tears-'1 am afraid Philip
might do something desperate if l let
him go away after reading that note"
l would not have relented myself, but
l thought that Edith looked on Bea-
trice's suggestion with favor. l am
far from what you would call hen
pecked. but l seldom venture to OPP
pose Edith, so let her have her way
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-07

every four years or So They are very
fond of the roots and stems of peren-
NAL weeds, especially those of quack
grass and morning glory, and they
will continue to root until the last
piece is brought to light and eaten.
Where all the fields are not fenced
hog tight a temporary pen may be
used. This can be moved about over
the patches of quack grass and morn
ing glory until they are destroyed.
The weed problem is not nearly so
difficult as many people believe. The
remedy for weeds is good farming.
and when good farming becomes the
rule weeds will largely disappear. In
way weeds are more of a benefit
than an injury. If it were not for
them we would often be tempted to
let the cornfield go a few days longer
before cultivating and thus fail to get
as large crop as we might otherwise
have done. 1t is the cultivation that
the presence of the weeds forces upon
us that makes plant food available
and prevents the escape Of. capillary
moisture and so enables the plants to
put their best efforts into producing
maximum yield.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-07

Y N attempting to produce large
crops the farmer finds that he
has many enemies working
against him. Among the worst
Of these are weeds. One of the great
est problems that confront the farm
er is that of keeping his crops free
from these pests. After a field has
been so handled and prepared that a
large amount of plant food is in availa-
Bile form, with plenty of moisture to
dissolve it, it is poor policy to allow
weeds to seize this food and moisture
and convert them into a worthless
product.
Weeds may be divided into three
general classes-annuals. biennials and
perenniaIs. Annual weeds are proito-
gated entirely by seeds and live but
one year. An exception to this is
found in the winter ANIMALS, which
come up in the fall, live through the
winter as small plants and produce
seed the following spring.
Among the most troublesome annual
weeds are the foxtails. These are
grasslike plants that are too common
to need any special description. The
fact that makes them so difficult to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-07

combat is their great seed producing
capacity. 1t is not difficult to kill one
formal plant. but no sooner is that
done than another springs up to take
its place
Early fall blowing gets rid of many
Of these weeds by turning them I'M
der before the seed is ripe. Some Of
the seed which is ripe will grow up,
and the plants will be killed by the
first freezes of winter If the field is
narrowed early in the spring many CT
the remaining seed can be induced to
start. The more weeds that come up
at this time the better. since they will
be killed in the subsequent prepara-
ton of the land for planting.
There is no better implement for
killing weeds before corn comes up
than the harrow. Narrowing is
cheap operation, since so many acres
can be gone over in a day. The more
times a cornfeld can be gone over
with the harrow before the corn comes
up the better. In narrowing to kill
weeds care should be taken not to do
the work when the weather is cloudy
or the ground too wet, or the weeds
will be transplanted rather than killed
In regard to the value of narrowing
growing corn opinions differ greatly
1t is almost impossible, however, to
harrow corn without destroying some
of 1T. 1t is waste of time to test
the seed and planter with the idea of
part of it out. Unless the weeds are
very bad the harrow had better be
put away in the machine shed as soon
as the corn begins to appear above
the surface of the ground.
Thorough cultivation from the time
the corn is two or three inches high
until it is ready to clay by will do
much to keep the weeds in check. The
deep early civilizations will bring up
the seeds that have been lying dor
mant at the bottom of the furrow
slice. These will terminate and be
killed by the later CIVILIZATIONS Fox
tall may grow up and go to seed after
the crop gets too large to cultivate
1t is often a good plan to sow rape in
corn at the last cultivation This will
come up quickly and shade the ground
SO completely that it will prevent the
growth of annual weeds almost en-
tirely.
Annual weeds seldom do much dam
age in small grain. If the grain is
drilled in on properly prepared seed
bed it will get such a start that most
Of the weeds will be smothered out
Ind die for lack Of plant food and
light One annual that is sometimes
troublesome in grainfields is mustard
Since this weed is easily killed by
cultivation it seldom goes to seed
in cornfelds. Consequently when
small grain follows corn there is little |
mustard seed in the soil except that
which is sown with the oats
There is another annual, or rather
winter annual. that is much harder to |
eradicate than those mentioned so far. |
This is squirreltail grass, so called be-
cause of its fuzzy heads. The seeds /
are very light and are attached to |
long boards, which cause them to be |
carried for considerable distances by |
the wind
in cultivated fields. but often in /
tests meadows and pastures to such /
an extent as to make them almost |
worthless. Moving as soon as the i
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-07

mentioned Philip, looked upon the GER
emory as the end of one of the Ito u.s.
most heartrending romances it had
ever been in our way to witness. The
two had been SO absolutely devoted to
each other through those brief en-
gagement days that it was positively
painful to see them separated. To-
gether they were in the seventh heav-
en-; apart they were plunged into
depths corresponding with the seven
teenth substratum Of despair, a sort
Of gloomy sorrow and foreboding that
they might never meet again.
During this period Philip Sturgis
even laid aside that disagreeable hab-
it Of practical joking that had made
him mildly disliked-or was it feared?
by more than one of the members of
the Lakeside club. We all agreed that
nothing but miracle-and love of
course is miracle-could have
brought him to this condition. That it
might prove lasting was our fervent
prayer, and we all looked upon Bea-
trice Westwood, that dainty little
maiden with the red gold hair and the
blue eyes which reminded one of the
clear summer sky, as the goddess who
had wrought the miraculous cure
But, now that the words which made
them one had been said at the altar,
there were visible in Philip Sturgis
symptoms Of a return to his old NAL
ady. We had noticed 1t with inward
apprehension that bordered on actual
fear-not for ourselves, but for our
friend and the wife Of our friend. l,
who was more his comrade than any,
perhaps felt the shock most deeply.
At last it came, the very thing that
I had looked forward to with such
uneasiness and alarm. Philip Sturgis
was planning what he was pleased to
term a practical joke on his wife.
Now that they were married Philip
had lost much of his former jealousy
and had come to regard his wife's
dedication Of him as an accepted
thing. Beatrice, on the other hand.
had developed sudden tinge Of jeal-
ousy in her supreme regard for her
husband.
Tomorrow" he explained to me as
we strolled along the clubhouse We
randa, from which were visible the
sea to the eastward and the mile
long green links to the westward. in
tersected by ribbon of brown road
way, II am going away for a day.
You know, told you about having q
horse in training in the Salem sta
bles. Well, my wife doesn't know it
yet. I'm keeping it quiet to surprise
her when the right time comes. Now,
when l go away tomorrow afternoon
I'll telegraph my wife that l have
gone to see my Felice. perfect dear.
That last is one Of my wife's pet
phrases. OF course Beatrice will put
the worst possible construction on 1t,
and it will serve her right for being
so jealous Of every move. make"
II can remember the time, Philip
Sturgis," l told him coldly. when you
yourself were mighty jealous if Bea-
trice so much as looked at another
man. 1t is hardly fair of you to at
tempt to punish her for one of your
own offenses."
For a minute my friend looked
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-07
The Goddess of
the Miracle.
wN EATRICE WEsTWOOD 1 had
By FRANK III. MELOON.
opyright, 1908, by Frank H. Meloon.

WA EATRICE WESTWOOD / had
B-& first seen on the Lakeside
81 IS links one early spring morn.
ing as l alighted from mud
dy motor car, with the wind blowing
sharp and cool from the northwest.
The snow was gone, and few devoted
golfers were out. With cheeks agloW
Miss Westwood was swinging brassie
that glinted in the sunlight, and even
I, whose dull masculine eye takes little
note of feminine attire, took in with
startled admiration the dainty jacket
that ended suddenly a few inches
above the hips and the great four inch
red and gold check of the longish
goling skirt she wore. 1t was far
from my thoughts then that two
months later would see her the wife
of my closest friend.
So when Miss Beatrice Westwood
became Mrs. Philip Sturgis we of the
Lakeside club, friends of the afore
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-07

He who sows brambles must not 60
barefoot.-German Proverb.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
JUDGE PRITCHARD CRITICIZED.
IL is IA Scandal for Him to Act as
Referee in Patronage Distribution.
(Statesville Landmark

(Statesville LANDMARK
In discussing the applicants tor the
Federal judgeship in the Eastern
North Carolina District. in a recent
issue. The Landmark said that "ap-
pointments to Federal judgeships
heretofore made in this State have
not been such as to win general com
m~endation,' meaning hat some Of
the a~ppointeeS were not III all re-
Spects fitted for the honor. The
Greensboro Record confesses that it
can't understand The Landmarks OBJ
servation and wants to know if there
is anything ''agin" Judge P~ritchard
or Judge Boyd? For the Records
benefit we viii state that while Meth
er of these gentlemen were exactly in
mind when the paragraph was writ
ten, we do not consider that either
of them is above criticism, especially
the former; and will the RECORD
please tell us whether it thinks it
wise or proper or dignified for a Unit
ed States Circuit Court judge to act as
referee III matters of political APP
pointments in his State and to stand
in with the machine in recommend
ing men for office with a view to
party policy rather than personal
fitness?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
TWO FIRES IN WILSON.
The Wilson Cotton Mills suffers small
Ioss-J. L. Williams ~ 20. -ii'aNH
IoSers-Stotk Carried
$4,000 and $4,000; Insurance
SIT 900.
al TO News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Wilson. y. c., Jan. 6.-Trouble
never come singly. and two fires fell
to Wilson'S lot Friday night. About 9
O'Clock the alarm was ounded and
the firemen were soon on their way
to the Wilson Cotton Mills. from
where the alarm was turned in. The
fire, which started in h engine
room, was soon eXtinguishCd with but
slight damage.
Again, at one o'clock mex mOrinE
the town was aroused from its slum-
bers by the ringing of the fire alarm
and the shrieking of whistles. This
time the fire was found to be IN the
handsome dry goods and clothing
store on South Tarboro street, OF j..
T. Williams & Co. Fortunately. there
was but little water thrown, but he
stock Of fine goods carried by this
firm We're badly damaged by smoke
and intense heat. The stock amount
ed to between fifteen and eighteen
thousand dollars; insurance fourteen
thousand dollars. The fire Originat-
ed in the ceiling between the first and
second floors.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19

would acknowledge as ms hahoI""iN =
The six days spent at tnl$ po or
900 DAYS of real enjoyment = tleSt
~ ,ima friends: days that Will De
added to the other pleasaat OUTINGS
nat they have spent together Iof
years.
- Irscious b~ivalVes Mr.. F1artleN
aSpressed the wish that he would iikS
to attend one more candy pulllhg :
before he died, and Whlch NeiS' -
- tirae being INDUCED i'll b. the
Young people in the ne~ighborhood OF
where the bunting quarters Nefe -"
cata1 IN honor of this request lilc
aTn nacnla GOT together and gave
what they called a "molasses pullns
from the syrup Of the Georgia can
The Captain and his TREND We're ~
yited ana attended in full huhtlhS
costume. They threw off al reStralil
ana formality and became boys asa!mIi
Just for the night, entering, mo a.,
of the plays and games of the Houhs
npnnip
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
THAT BLIND TTGER.
Hearing Had Before Mayor Moore
Mayor Lectures Man for Trying to
Get Witness to Keep Mun-Ben
Lane. the Defendant, to Jail in De
fault of $3.50 Justified Bond.
Especial to News and Obsel

Especial to News n Observer
Wilson. N. c., Jan. 1.-THE first
offense for running a speak easy or
blind tiger, came up in Mayor
Moore's court yesterday morning,
and as was to be expected, there was
a large crowd present to watch the
outcome Of the trial.
There. were two of the "tigers"-a
white one and Il black one-Only the
white one, Ben Lane, felt the heavy
hand of the law, the black one, Mack
Smith. being dismissed for the lack
of evidence to convict.
Mr.. S. A. Woodland, of the law firm
of f. A. & S. A. Woodland, conducted
the ease for the defendant and enter
ed a plea Of not guilty, but the evil
dence brought out by witnesses and
the officers who made the arrest was
of such a nature as to require d Justl-
fled boz of two hundred and fifty
dollars for Lanes appearance at he
February term Of Wilson court.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
E'uquay Springs Items.

FuQuay Springs, \. G, Jan. 16.--
Notices of incorporation have already
been posted. The town is putting on
q 10
declared a dividend, and had a con
tingent fund left. which mahgs the
market a success, and the farmers
have decided to build another tobacco
warehouse and establish a bank. A
number of new buildings have already
been contracted for the early spring.
The farmers have already commenced
ploWing plant land and TIN crop VIII
be almost doubled another year. We
need a new union depot and must
have it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
Especial to News ard Observer.)

Especial to News and Observer
Wilson. n. c., an. lon Christ
mas day Captain J. NJ. Leath, Of this
city. and MI. T.. A.. Hartley. a capt
ta'ist Of Petersburg. Va. left on a
hunting expedition through the Wilds
Of Georgia. 1t has been the custom of
these old c~ronies. tor the past thir =
five years. to visit some section where
game is in abundance and seek the
elusive quail or fleet-foO+ed deer. This
year their objective point was in East
ern Observation-Disclosures county-Where
they pitched their hunting quarters
within a quarter Cf a mile of one of
the finest oyster beds on the Atlantic
coast. Pesides Wild duck. quail and
other denizens Of the woods brought
down by these excellent spOrtsmen,
their table was supplied by their
caterer with oysters from THE h"d
twice a lay. And the c~ooking-it
was simply grand-second only to
North Carolina 'possum and taters:'
everything being done to a turn such
as-auIua true Georgia 'crocker"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
THE STATES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
BY Woodrow Wilson,.


Federal Government was conceded
the power to determine the economic
Opportunities of the States. 1t was
suffered to become a general provi-
dence. to which each part OF the
country must look for its chance TO
make lucrative use Of its material re-
sources.
t,l nnzv Tho c,,oo+io, has COME
rnon Ic anav ~ fs no love-, go
tfrral NM = is al ~ ,3Cro snL+Ia
ar5 in+rica+a ali tba lnes o}xf,,I o99
ta,4aiIIa in IL clements on tbat ac-
eoDn+ n involves ,SJst or last tba
whale economic movement az tho ace
4pd noccssitates an ANALYSIS which has
1at Vet hon even earfo-islv atten,ntpd
which narfs Of The many-sidad pro-
cceses OF the nations economic de-
relopment shan he LETT to the regu-
lation at the states. which parts shall
he Given over TO the reonIatian Of the
Federal G~oEarnn7eDr2 do nor pro-
nou1a this as a mere Question Of
choice. a mere question Of statesman
shin. but also as a question. 4 very
fundamental question:. of c0nStitu-
tiouaf law. What, reading our Con
Stituticn in its true spirit. neither
etic.iEg in its letter nor Yet forcing
il arbitrarily to mean what we wish
1t 10 mean, shah be the answer of
oar generation to the old question Of
the distribution of power between
Congress and the States For us, as
Tor previous generations, it is a deep
IT critical question. The very stuff
7t all our political principles, Of all
auF political experience, is involved
fn IT.. In this al too indistinctly
marked field OF right choice our states
manshiP SHAH achieve new triumphs
or come to eventual shipwreck.
The old theory OF the sovereignty
of the states which USED 50 q engage
''l PASSIONS ndS lost us NlJdllJE. he