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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-06
Open to Everybody

Is the fullest information as to the prop
critics and uses of the several ingredients
entering into DR.. Pierce's leading family
medicines. Not only are all the ingred-
tents printed In plain English on each
bottle wrapper. but a little book OF ex-
tracts from numerous standar authorities
of all the different schools of medical prac-
tice, extoling these several ingredients and
giving their properties and uses. has been
compiled by DIR. r. V. Pierce. and will be
mailed free by him to the address Of any
one sending a postal card or letter to
him at Buffalo, N. Y. and requesting a
copy Of the same.
In this way the afflicted, who may think
favorably of using these nonsecret medi-
cines, are taken into DR.. Pierce's full con-
fidence and are informed as to the proper
ties and uses of each OF the several vegeta-
BILE ingredients of which they are COM
posed,
Thus you do not have to rely upon DR..
Pierce's Recommendation alone as TO the
marvellous curative properties possessed by
his Golden Medical Discovery for the
cure of weak stomachs. dyspepsia, torpid
liver or biliousness, impure blood and kim
dred ailments, nor of his "Favorite Pre-
Scrlptlon TOT the cure OF weak, nervous,
invalid women, for you nave in addition
the strongest kind of endorsement OF each
and every ingredient entering into the COM
position OF these world famed medicines By
numerous leading medical writer's OF the
several schools OF practice. In fact, moth
ing which DR.. Pierce has ever said in
recommendation of these medicines is quite
so strong and laudatory of their merits as
what has indirectly been said of them
through the numerous unqualified endorse
ments and recommendation OF each OF their
several ingredients by the leading writers
on "Materia Medica."
OF course these endorsements were writ
ten from entirely disinterested motives and
are therefore the more valuable. They
were written to instruct medical practition-
ers in the properties and uses Il the sew.
eral ingredients which enter into DR.
Pierce's two leading medicines, the writers
not being aware that they were e~xtolline
and endorsing ingredients which are used
in these medicines. Hence the great value
Of these highest possible endorsements
coming. as they do. from leaders Of tn,
medical profession In the matter OF Ma
teria Medica."
AnonE The well known authorities viii
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-06
EARTHQUAKE AT AUDITORIUM.
Mr.. Frank n. Robertson VIII show the
People of Omaha the Ruins
of Messlna.

on next Wednesday and Thursday nights
the people OF Omaha will have an oppor-
tunity 10 see the first real photographs
taken by an American OF the ruins OF
Messina. Mr.. Frank r. Robertson. the well
known lecturer, has Just returned fupm
Sicily with a very interesting and com
prehensive set OF pictures, which he took
himself. and he is now able to give his
audience just about as good an understand
ing of the terrible work OF the earthquake
as one could get by a personal visit TO the
stricken city. Mr.. Robertson visited Sicily
last summer and secured a fine. line OF
pictures OF all the famous old palaces,
cathedrals and the business houses OF the
oity of Messina, just because they were
fine and beautiful. When the earthquake
reduced the city OF Messins to ruins he
hurried across the sea and took a large
number of photographs OF the ruins and
now he is enabled to show the magnificent
buildings before the quake and the present
ruins. The reserved seat sale will open
at the Auditorium on Tuesday morning,
March 3
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-06
CHILD COVERED
WITH HIVES
rormented Two Months III Itched
and lrritated and Scratching Made
It Worse - Little Sufferer in Ter
ribIe Plight Several Treatments
Of No wall But at Last the
DREADFUL DISEASE Is
CURED BY CUTICURA

"My six year old daughter had the
dreadful disease called hives for two
months. She became affected by play
ing with ohildreHS who had it, although
we did not know Il. BY scratching she
caused large sores which were irritating.
Her body was a complete sore but it was
worse on her arms and back. We en-
ployed a physician who left medicine
but it did not help her and l tried sew
eral remedies but without avail. See
ing the Cuticura Remedies advertised,
/ thought 1 would try them. l gave
her a hot bath daily with Cuticura Soap
and anointed her body with Cuticura
Ointment. The first treatment relieved
the itching and in a short time the dis
ease disappeared. l recommend the
Cuticura Remedies for all skin diseases
and give them my greatest praise. Mrs.
Geo. l.. Fridhon, r. F. d. /. Warren,
Mich, June 80 and July ls, 1905"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-06

decorated with tulips and prizes were won
by Mrs. w. II. Madden, Mrs. j. P. Linton
and Mrs. ]. y. Hunter. The other guests
were Mrs. j. Mccain, Mrs. Bley, Mrs. c.. f.
McCaffrey, Mrs. W. P. Russell, Mrs. H. j.
Haverley, Mrs. j. A. Simmons, Mrs. e. j.
Griften, Mrs. w. II. Madden, Mrs. j. 9.
Dodge, Mrs. L. A. Gosselin, Mrs. Thomas
Truelson. Mrs. w. w. Fyfe. Mrs. Charles
Vandercoy and Miss Madden. Mrs. Town
send gave a luncheon today for Mrs.
A. w. II. Bush. who leaves soon for the
Philippines. Those present were Mrs. Bush,
Mrs. T. A. Scholl, Mrs. j. P. Webster, Mrs.
w. c. Fry and the hostess.
Thenter Party.
A party of friends gave a surprise party
Wednesday evening for Mrs. George ALL
wine at her home, 1880 Hamilton street.
Following am informal dinner party they
attended the' theater at the Boyd. Those
in the party were Mesdames George ALI
wine, A. Carter, H. Larsen, r. Dietz, c.
Middleniss, w. Schwarick, G. Ford, A.
Schwarick, c.. Messersmith and Miss Mes
sersmith.
Dinner Party.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. c. Bradford gave q
dinner Friday evening at their home fol
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. H. Baldrige, Covers were
be laid for Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Baldrige
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Kirkendall, Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. c. Bradford.
Come and Go Gossip.
DR.. and Mrs. B. A. McDermott have re-
turned from an extended wedding trir
through the south. They spent severa
weeks at Palm Beach.
Mrs. Dan p. Lauer of Lincoln is visiting
her mother. Mrs. j. j. Brown.
Miss Eugene Whitmore has returned
from Blees Military academy, where SHE
has been attending a house party for ter
days.
Miss Lynn Carpenter left Wednesday FOL
st. Joseph, Mo, to be the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Elwood Bailey. Mrs. Bailey wa!
formerly Miss Bertha Phillippi of this city
Mr.. and Mrs. A. V. Kinsler have returned
from an extended eastern trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Sunderland will Leave
Sunday for a short stay at Pain Beach.
Mr.. James E. Donahue of Indianapolis
Ind, was n guest Wednesday of DIR. T. r
Mullen, on his way to Pocatello, Idaho.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-06
HIgh-Five Party,

Mrs. George d. Townsend, 1855 Ohio
street gave a high five party Tuesday
afternoon at her home. The rooms were
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-06
Boys Back Raw
From Shoulder to Shoulder.
Scratched till Blood Ran.
Cured by Cuticura.

my sons back was raw from Shout
der to shoulder and the width OF your
hand. i really did not think he ever
would be cured. He would scratch
until the blood would run and he was
like a raw piece OF meat. used differ
emit kinds Of things but each kind made
II worse until / read OF the Cuticura
Remedies, and one cake OF Cuticura
Soap and one box Of Cuticura Ointment
cured him like magic. l would not be
without il in the house and / have recon-
mended IL 70 all my friends. Mrs. j.
D. Maxwell, 9th St., Woodside, Long
Island, N. Y, May 81. 1908"
oomRsss EEssgsL and InssrEsl ITea.neat toI
slsts Of cutirsra sosR cseel e uss4ss the skin
sufs Rsolvcqt 00e9, Tor n the form Of Chocolate
Coated PnlA 1be. Der vial q 90 20 Purify tbs Blood.
aeaska 9sl& csassz seek "a sian pnaassA
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-06
BIanch walsh Goes 20 New York

KANSAS CITY Me, March 5-Blanche
Walsh, the actress, spent a Comfortable
night and her condition was Improved
today. According to her present plans. Miss
Walsh will leave Kansas City tomorrow
night for New York
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-05
Beauty the Ward.

Flowers are not only beautiful to
look upon, but their influence is Who'll
ly refining, the cost of few seeds is
trifiing and the labor involved be-
comes not only labor, but keen and
health.giving pleasure, says an ex-
change. There is no good excuse why
every householder with a yard should
not beautify it, not necessarily with
costly flowers like orchids and some
others, but according to their means,
If with but few yiolets, pinks, gera-
NUNS and nasturtiums. A town is
judged by strangers by the appear
ance it presents. If, in passing through
the predominating streets, he notes
the dirty alley, heaps of refuse and tin
cans and illkept yards, he judges the
town and its people accordingly. If,
en- the other hand, he finds cleanli.
ness, nicely kept lawns gay with
flowers, he is impressed with it as a
prosperous. inviting town, peopled by
wide-awake, progressive, cultured in
habi.ants. Impressions count for a
great deal. The same applies to the
home ranch. It reveals the character
Of the owners. Go out and walk past
your own home and read your own
character. Does It look good to you |?
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-05
PICKING AND PACKING
OF THE GRAPE CROP
How the Work Is Done In a Pennsylvania Vineyard
Women Perform Much Labor-By
L. G. YounSs.

The harvesting Of Concord grapes
In our section usually begins about
September 25. Picking is mostly done
by women. The picking price varies
from one to one and one-half cents for
the eight-pound baskets; for the 40
pound crate three and four cents is
paid. A days work consists of 1875
to 175 eight-pound baskets, but some
extra swift pickers reach 200 baskets
in day. The cost of the eight-pound
basket with cover is two cents each;
that of the 40-pound crate, six cents.
Most of the packing is now done in
the field. A light stand is used, hold
ing three baskets. When the basket is
full, the picker, who is known by a
number, places the number on the
handle of the basket, also the number
of baskets she has picked during the
day. and places the basket under the
vines out of the way of the gathering
wagon. The driver whose duty it is
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-05
BERRIES ALWAYS IN DEMAND
Price Makes it One Of the Best Fruits
to Plant, But It Is Very Hard
to Harvest

The blackberry crop is in demand
at four cents pound. This price
makes 1T one of the very best fruits
to plant. If one can get four cents for
this berry and has soil adapted for it.
he will do well to plant all he can
handle. but he should be careful not
to make a mistake, for it is tedi-
GUS fruit to harvest. yet it is largely
profit where the grower can harvest
1t with the help of his family. An.
other mistake made, by many is in
planting the blackberry in rich, moist
valley soils. The blackberry, to do
best. wants a moderately rich upland
soil, deep and loose, with most thor
ough culture and not too many canes
to hill. 1t responds finely to irriga-
ton. yet on deep, loose, sandy loans
1t gives most satisfactory crop with
thorough culture alone. The dewberry
Is giving those who planted it great
satisfaction and also those who buy it
in the market. 1t is going to be a
fayorite and profitable fruit, ripening
as 1t does two to three weeks before
the blackberry and being superior in
flavor and succulence it will be a
prime favorite. 1t Is too soft to shin
when fully ripe. There are some won
derfully fine blackberries and dewber.
ries not yet introduced that will Gre
ate excitement when they do become
known.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-05
GENERAL FARM NOTES,

Burr clover has many advantages
as winter cover crop.
A great many people are finding it
a mighty good idea to keep their land
busy.
When you are ahead of your work
it isn't such a hard matter to keen
there; then there is time for other
things.
1t has been recommended that the
traffic in horned toads be stopped, the
reason being their usefulness in de-
stroying insects.
Improved seed is essential for great.
er crop results, but preparation of the
soil and cultivation of it is the basis
OF all agricultural progress.
Hay which contains as much as pos.
sible of the qualities Of fresh grass
is ideal hay. The curing determines
this, and much attention should be
paid to it.
The chief functions of humus in the
soil are to increase the water-holding
capacity, improve the physical condi.
ton of soils and form a store house
Tor plant food.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-05

to keep the pickers supplied with
empty baskets. keeps a tally of the
baskets he hauls away and also sees
that the pickers' account of picked
grapes agrees with his figures as he
hauls the filled baskets to the storage
house. Both the picker's and his own
account are given each day to the
owner or manager of the vineyard and
by him are credited.
The grapes remain in the storage
house from "a to 4S hours, when they
are covered, hauled to the station and
loaded in refrigerator cars. First,
however, they are inspected and pro-
nounced satisfactory, and il the
weather is warm the cars are iced
with about four tons of ice. The car
is loaded with baskets 10 to IL high,
thus making 5000 to $500 baskets to
the load. In inspecting a load of
grapes, the inspector endeavors to ex-
anime some baskets of each picker,
and if her work is sighted or improp-
erly done, her number leads to detec-
ton and she has to correct the fault
in the future or be discharged.
The bulk of the grapes is sold by
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-05
PEANUT CROP ALWAYS SURE
Coarse Sandy Soil Most Conducive to
Its Growth-Matures Only in
Warm Climates.

The peanut is a food found in stores
and peanut shops in most parts of the
civilized world. Many of the clerks
and shop men, who handle peanuts
every day, know very little of how
they are grown.
The peanut thoroughly natures only
in warm climates, where the growing
season lasts from eight to ten months
in the year.
The class of soil most conducive to
their growth is coarse sandy loan.
The selection of the seed is much
the same as that of other vegetables:
to reap the best harvest, the choicest
seed must be planted.
The ground is to be laid off in shall
low burrows about two feet apart. Into
these burrows, the peanuts after hay.
ing been broken SO as to have one
nut only in piece of a shell, are
dropped from IS inches to two feet
apart. When the ground has all
been planted it is leveled smoothly
again; covering the seed with from
two to four inches of soil.
1AAeSA eOOuI IWO WEEKS, from the
time of planting, two little leaves.
somewhat the shape and much like
lucern leaf, appear above the ground
These two leaves after several months.
will have developed into many small
branches which spread out on the
ground for foot or more in all d.
rectlons From these branches small
tender shoots grow down into the
ground. On the end Of these shoots
grow the peanuts; not on the main
roots, as might be supposed.
The peanut needs but very little cul-
tivation. 1t will mature with less wa
ter than almost any other vegetable.
All one has to do is to keep the
weeds from among the vines, and kill
all rats and gophers that appear on
the lasd
Harvesting is perhaps the most la
borious part about the raising of pea
nuts. The vines must be pulled up
by hand. If the ground is in proper
condition, most of the peanuts will
hang to the vine, when pulled up.
The nuts are then picked from the
vines and laid in the sun. When thor
oughly dry, they are sacked and sent
to be roasted ready for eating.
The crop is always sure, and brings
good returns because of the great de-
mand in all markets of the world.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-05
CROP ROTATION AND DAIRY
Cows, with Sugar Beets and Alfalfa,
Has Proven to BE an Almost
Ideal System.

Dairy cows with a crop rotation OF
sugar beets and alfalfa has proven to
be an almost ideal system. A greater
part OF the food values that the beet
takes from the soil is returned by the
alfalfa and the COW. II is case of
carrying ont the Japanese maxim.
which is: The greater portion of
that which take from the soil is re
turned by nature. the rest must be re-
turned by me or the soil viii be robbed
Of its fertility and become worthless"
a piece OF land upon which alfalfa
has been grown makes the best beet
land and alfalfa VIII produce more
milk pound for pound when fed 10
dairy stock than any other food stun.
so the three branches OF farming work
hand in hand
The alfalfa Incorporates nitrogen
into the soil and the manure from the
dairy. when added to the soil. decays.
freeing the vegetable acids and the
carbon 6inNide formed has = tendency
to bring the insoluable potash and 9th,
CT ash constituents into available
form. The manure also forms a hu-
mas which makes the soil porous and
gives the air chance TO circulate
through 1t. This Sweetens the soil
and warns it: also increases its ca
pacity TO hold water, which is neces-
sary 10 dissolve the food contained in
the soil and put il III an available
form for the plants use.
This is not a system which calls for
an extra outlay OF money 10 put it
into effect, On the other hand. ii is one
which brings money to the pocket OF
the farmer every month in the year.
These monthly payments credited to
the COW because Of her cream check
Will enable the farmer to dc his bust,
ness upon q cash basis and thereby
get more for his money
But the farmer should buy the COW
not from the standpoint of the amount
OF manure that he will get for ferti-
lizer, but from the record OF her abil-
" TO produce milk. Along with this
system can be added the raising of
hogs. for you have the skim milk, an
other by-product OF your dairy, upon
which to feed them.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-05
CORN ON DRY FARM
Campbell Scientific Methods
Prove Successful in West
ern Country.
Fields Side by Side with Those Titled
by Old Methods Show Its Value
Hard Work and Intelligence
Are Necessary.

The Campbell dry farming methods
cess i'll the semi.arid sections of the
wess, Applied 10 wheat, they have
proved for years that they were cor
rect in principle. hu, farmers We're
slow 10 apply them 70 corn.
There is nearly always more than
the great problem has been to keep
il in the soil until the crops are made.
The Campbell method is designed to
do this. and the results that have fol-
lowed its application were made evil
dent TO traveller who drove through
this section this week.
Many times there were fields side
by side with like soil. as favorasly
situated as TO drainage, and without
any difference SO lar as the opportun.
ity for a good yield was concerned.
which differed SO much and presented
such contrast that one could not
fail 10 see AT 3 glance the different
class OF farming which had been done
by the two types OF farmers. While
not the rule, there was too much bad
farming. All OF those observed as an
illustration OF all
One farmer had scratched over" his
farm, using a disc when a plow was
needed and had listed his corn into
last years weedy, sun-baked, crus.ed
and moisture-sapped field. The weeds
had soon yajDed rha oScandepcy opI
the corn having no reserve moisture,
being surrounded by weeds, was
dwindltng and badly scorched
Immediately adjacent and except for
barbed wire fence would have been
a part OF this field, was another where
the dry farming method had been
used. 1t was evident that the most
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-05

the growers themselves, who are or
ganized into an association with man.
ager, secretary and board of directors.
Each grower pays this organization
one-half cent basket and one dollar
ton on bulk grapes, as the expense
fund for loading and marketing. II
this is more than sufficient for the
purpose, the balance is returned. The
sales of grapes are pooled in periods
of three days, each grower receiving
the same price on shipments made
during the period. All the large asso.
Citations keep representative or agent
in the principal distributing centers
like Chicago, Pittsburg and New York
If from any cause the market becomes
bad, the agent notifies the home office
and shipments cease for a time to that
point. If the markets become general.
ly disorganized, word is passed to the
growers, and picking and loading is
suspended until the markets rally.
The manufacture of grapes into
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-05

How much individual credit belongs
to Maria Parloa for the Improvement
which has taken place in American
home cooking within the last quarter
OF a century it is difficult to say. But
that she was one of the foremost of
the advocates of a saper diet and that
she contributed materially to Gu.
llnary reform of which the present
generation is enjoying the benefit ad.
mits OF no question. Miss Parloa was
one OF the first to apply scientific meth.
DDS to cooking and to instill the prin-
ciples OF domestic economy in Amer
ican homes. Through her books and
lectures she carried on propaganda
for sound digestion which made her
name household word. Bad cooking
mas not been abolished But it is un-
doubtedly not SO prevalent. The fry.
ing pan Is less and the broiler more in
evidence. Breakfasts have grown sim.
pier; they no longer burden the diges-
ton with many kinds of hot breads
and meats. More intelligence is put
into the preparation of food for the
table. the housewives efforts are now
concentrated on dinner, the postpone.
ment OF which to the end of the day
mas been a gain for digestion.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-05
SUCCESS IN ALFALFA SEED
Heaviest Yields Are Usually Obtained
on Adobe Land, from Slow
or Dwarfed Growth.

Much speculation exists why west
ern farmers do not succeed better in
alfalfa seed production. The heaviest
yields, which run up to 10 bushels the
acre, are usually obtained on adobe
land, from slow or dwarfed growth.
New alfalfa is considered best for
seed production, as an old stand has
too great root development, Undue
ing too rapid growth which is not con.
ducive to seed production. Two and
three-year-old stands give best results.
Such may be obtained from either the
first or second cutting, but the latter
gives more uniform ripening. The
field should be irrigated when in full
bloom to give the greatest yield. More
and better seed is usually to be had
when the plants are not crowded.
When the seed is sown in rows, bet
ter results are to be had than when
broadcasted, as cultivation can be
given and the crowns of the plant are
not SO readily injured.