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The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19
Made the Eulogy a Farce

"'Our dear brother, whom we mourn
to-day, was a man of rare character
and ability. He had mental cana.
city of a'-referring to his notes.
Daniel Webster, the tact Of again
consulting his memoranda-'Hen
Clay. the pertinacity of a'-anotber
reference-'Ulysses S. Grant. We can
only mourn him with profound and
sorrowful regret now that he has
gone to meet his'-another reference
to his notes-'God.' Judge.
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19
Bishop Potter's Illustration Of the
InadvisabiIIty Of Relying Too
Much on Notea.

MUCH on NOte8.
The late Rev. Henry Goldman Potter
greatly objected to the use Of notes.
At one time he was addressing a num-
ber of young theologians on the i'm
portance of not being too closely con-
fined to manuscript. BY way Of H.
lustration he told the following anec-
dote about a clergyman who was
called upon to officiate at funeral.
when the minister arrived at the
town where the deceased had lived
he had Just time to make few in
quiries about his traits and achieve
ments, the results of which he noted
on a memorandum. His eulogy at
the service. as reported. was about
as follows:
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19
Father Was a, ,.,,,

1t mad been a hard day in n. 81
a., ana father and son were vey s,.s
The only things eatable an a. 4
were IL very large apple dur,r..
The father had consumed 10, 81
the boy was eating one, and ts.. :
reached for the one remaining
Son" pleaded the farm,
wouldn't take the last apple tu.,1
from your poor sick pa, wouls -
Success Magazine.
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19
Taft Reviews Catholic Procession,

Washington.-President Taft Sun.
day afternoon stood on the steps of
st. Aloysius church with Cardinal
Gibbons and Archbishop Falconio, the
papal delegate in review of the
mems Catholic societies of Washing.
ton. an incident of the golden jubilee
Of the parish. Preceding the review
the President delivered a brief ad.
dress.
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19
A Reliable Forecos+

This Is fine weather." remarked
the county constable.
1T is always fine weather when the
automobiles are around" remarked
the rural Justice. az he proceeded t..
count the returns.
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19
SIC OF North Pal.

"Dr. Cook tells us tha, Ii. II
pole is not larger than a ouar., =
dollar" says the Montgomerr ~,
tiser. However. a quarter o, , ss1
sometimes looks as large as ,hs NJ
side OF n barn.
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19

L. Pinkham'svM
table CompogA
Eleven years .NI
was q valhN
shadow. Iha5
under the d9:a!
carebutgotnOnA
My husband 4
suaded me 70 Y
Lydia Z. Pinkhll
Vegetable M|
pound danditvelh
like a charm III
lieyed all N! M
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19
For Any Man.

There Is no particular reason why
Mary Garden shouldn't marry If she
wants to-"
mo, indeed. That woman is a fine
meal ticket"
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19

DIR. Pierc"'s Pellets small susar.ea,. ..
liver and bowels. 10 not gripe.
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19
CHAP XIII. -
The ReScDe,

The Cowardly
Lion was much
pleased to hear
that the Wicked
Witch had been
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19
OWES |
HER
LIFE II
Lydia e. Pinkhams
Vegetable CompOun

Vienna. W. Va. feel tha.ls(
the last ten wears OF my life 10 Ly3
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19

FOR DEEP SEATED COLDS a.. ~
fall. This old reliable medicine IA, -. s,d
over 70 years. sjc. 5DC, q % botils,- tiis,.s
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19

The average man Is a poor t,:n
his own importance.
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19

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eous,,,' S,% a dlso,ss|
nevs'uon news Of ID, h
and irregul,,,,' ,,'% q
ages ,I%s. Of secretlo,sI
10 n,4es ~, / vas etls|
urine was aaa,,,S' mn
advice on E~
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19

pses procured Doan's Kidney y pm. , '.a
began using them. Thi, ,a, f.a =
me at once, strengthened asaI sa
and corrected the dIsords'ss,n my log
ton" uefed co
T Remember the name-Doas, j
ey all dealers, 50 cents a bo. ~
Milburn Co., Buffalo. N, M
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19

The average man Is satisfied n
his past II It is past finding ort
The Ordway new era., 1909-11-19
a GREAT ANsoy.Ne.
Kidney Disease sbou. .
and onp'sasan, syma,sy.p %sny ~

,,.ie George S. crowell. ITO, D..
Helena, Mont, says. =, V' bfoats,
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-10-01
Irrigation Swindles in the West.

The people of the West seem to be
going crazy over irrigation schemes. In
some instances companies are organized
to sell water for hundreds of thousands
of acres where the supply cannot be relied
upon for hundreds. Here is what an
engineer says touching one scheme that
came under his observation: "Why, [
know of one scheme in particular which
purports to provide water for reclaiming
10000 acres of land, which has not be
hind it more than 10000 acre feet of
water. The supply must come from a
draw which will not hold water enough
to drown cat. And the promoter of
this project has sold his stock to preach
ers and school teachers and the like by
the score and perhaps by the hundred.
And where will the preacher and the
school teacher get off at? [ am telling
you that they won't get off at all, but
will keep on holding their noses to the
grindstone, when they expected to get
rich from their investment" A draw is
sort of dry arroyo or depression, where
seepage water from higher canals gath
ers, and that also get the rains that
sometimes occur in the hill country
above them.
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-10-01

year: Japanese cane, sorghum, Natal
grass, Guinea grass, Para grass, Lyon
bean, Velvet bean, beggarweed, soy bean,
KudZu vine, cOwpeas, sweet potatoes,
cassava and rape. The Lyon bean has
velvet bean, but feeding tests of it have
not yet been made. The Kudzu vine
from the chemical analysis appears to
have a better feeding value than cowpea
hay.
DR.. E. W. Berger, the entomologist,
with the assistance of Mr.. E. P. Green,
has prepared large number of dishes.
bottles and tubes, containing sterilized
sweet potato, on which plentiful sup
ply of the red fungus of the whitefy
(red Aschersonia) is growing. from
spores sOwn there. It is intended to use
this artificially grown fungus for spore
spraying. The study of the whitefy dur
ing the past year has shown that
there are two different species which are
differently affected by the different fungi
so that it is important for each orange
grower to know which species he has in
his grove At Titusville, for instance,
the yellow fungus has been found very
destructive of the smoky whitefy.
The entomologist tried the spore-
spraying method last September and
October with fair success; and has
Travelled about $500 miles, and expert
mentally sprayed fungi in many orange
groves during the past year.
In the Botanical Department, Mr.. R.
Y Winters has been making a thorough
botanical study of the velvet bean. the
Lyon bean, and fourteen other related
beans, many of which are unknown in
the markets, but may be found useful
in Florida. They have been grown in
the field and studied as to their botan-
lcal characters, and by cross breeding
Selections were also made from the Sala-
mander Improved Lettuce, to obtain
new strain resistant to lettuce drop
(damping of).
Fifty-fve varieties of tomatoes and
eight varieties of egg plants were tested
i'll the horticultural grounds, and pigeon
peas and several varieties of English
peas also given trial.
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-10-01

and the black SpOttlng OF the orange and
grapefruit. and also the shark skin of
the grapefruit are being investigated.
The camphor being a promising tree
for planting in Florida the pathoogist
has been investigating the fungus which
causes young camphor seedlings to damp
off Another line of work has been com
menced, namely the study of the fungus
diseases of the peach in Florida. The
twig blight of the pecan. whose nature
is not yet understood, is also being
worked out.
One new fungus which kills whitefy
has been found, together with two, or
perhaps three, more fungi which kill
scale insects, that are apparently new to
Florida. Many specimens of fungus dis
eases of vegetables, etc., have been sent
by farmers or fruit growers, and these
have been identified and the proper rem
edies recommended.
In the laboratory for Plant Physiol-
ogy, Mr.. B. F. Floyd has been making a
mlcroscopical study of the roots, stems
and leaves of healthy orange trees and
comparing such healthy tissues with
those of orange trees diseased with die
back, frenching, melanose and yellow
spotting. He has identified four engines
IN the branches of healthy orange trees,
and has made study of the nature of
the gums Which appear in such diseases
as die back, yellow-spotting and melan-
ose. The TACT that no such thorough and
exact studies have been made heretofore.
probably accounts for the lack of prog
ress in the practical prevention and cur
ing OF these diseases. The Psychologist
is also ascertaining the maximum
amount of fertilizers that orange trees
Will stand without injury. The disease
OF cassaVa which causes loss of leaf
color and dropping of leaves, popularity
known as frenching, has been ascertain
ed to be due to fungus (Fusarium)
Flfty large orange trees diseased with
d1e-back have been inoculated with cop
per sulphate (bluestone) under the bark.
and the results so far, show slight in
jury but no benefit
The Animal Industrialist Prof John
NJ. Scott. has been carrying on feeding
test with Florida grown feeds, using
grade steers, to determine the cost of
producing beef in Florida, The ration
used is composed of corn. velvet beans,
sweet potatoes, and Japanese cane, which
gives satisfactory results An expert
ment has also been made to determine
the comparative value of velvet beans
and cottonseed meal for milk production.
The velvet beans and cottonseed meal
are fed along with wheat bran and sor-
ghum silage. This forms continuation
of the dairy tests made during 1907 and
1905
In cooperation with MIR. 4. L. Jack
son of Gainesville, an experiment is in
progress in grading up native cattle, and
testing, the Shorthorn and Hereford
breeds in improving the native Florida
stock. Forage crops are being tested to
determine the amounts that can be
raised, and their cost for maintaining an
lmals' The following are grown this
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-10-01
FLORIDA EXPERIMENT STATION
Investigations That Show the Great Value of This
Institution to the People of the State.

In the Chemical Laboratory of the EX-
pertinent Station Prof. A. w. Blair, with
the assistance of Mr.. R. n Wilson, has
been continuing the pineapple expert
ments. which are now in the ninth or
tenth year of their duration, and will
shortly be finished. No such study of
the pineapple has ever been made in any
ether pine growing region of the world.
A hundred or so analyses have just been
completed of whole pineapple plants with
roots, stems, leaves, and suckers, taken
from the differently fertilized plots of
the experimental field at Jensen. In
each, the amount of nitrogen, phospho
rus, calcium, potassium and magnesium
were determined; these being the impor-
tant plant food elements. This will give
us valuable information as to what use
the pineapple plant makes of the fertil
izers which are given it. Three hun
dred or more samples of soils from the
pineapple experimental plots have lately
been analyzed with regard to their total
nitrogen and the amount of nitrogen as
nitrate. The purpose of this is to de-
termine the conditions of nitrifcation
and 1eaching with regard to the seasons
of the year and the fertilizers given.
A new experimental orange grove of
48O trees has been set out in Lake coun-
ty, near Lake Harris, where it will be
fairly safe from freezes. The Expert
ment Station is cooperating with the
Woodlea Company and it's manager, Mr..
G.. NJ Wakelin, in the matter of this eX
perimental grove. The experiments are
to run for ten years Thermographs
have been installed to record the tenn
reratures of the air and soil, together
with maximum and minimum thermome-
ters, rain gauge and barometer. A large
number of combinations of fertilizers
will be tried on different groups of trees,
and the soil will be analyzed with regard
to plant food, while the roots, branches,
leaves and fruit of the orange trees will
also be analyZed. No such complete fer
tilizer experiments with oranges have
ever been reported from any part of the
world. The trees are also to be careful
ly studied with regard to the physiolig-
ical effects of the different fertilizers.
The Chemical department has also
made miscellaneous experiments of Flor
ida soils especially to determine their
acidity. At the request of the chemist
the Florida Lime Company of Ocala, has
agreed to supply finely ground limestone
at reasonable rate for use in the cor
rection of acid soils.
The Plant Pathologist, Prof. H. S. Faw-
cett, has been studying the scaly bark
of the orange, on the West Coast of
Florida, and has devised remedies. HIS
has discovered microscopic fungus
which he considers as probably the cause
of the disease. With regard to the scab
of the sour orange, and lemon, he has
scientifically proved by culture and in
fection experiments trat certain fun
gus is alone responsible for the disease,
and he is now working to discover the
life-history of this fungus, especially
with regard to how it lives over from
one year to the next. More work has
%been done on the gum disease of citrus,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21

to smoke and chatter and laugh like school
girls out for a holiday. or perhaps IL there
Is an artist among them she tries to re-
produce what she sees-a scene whose mag
nificence holds one sp~ellbOund.
Then as the sun and their attendant
warns them they must hurry home-for no
Turkish woman may stay out after dusk
they mount their respective chariots and
return whence they came; passing out of
tine sunlight down narrow streets they are
lost to view in their close shattered wooden
houses.
Large and small. the houses stand gen-
orally untouched since the day they were
built; some fall to pieces for need OF paint;
others, whose walls on one side have sunk
lower and lower. nav an air Of tipsy in
security. In such dwellings as these the
average Turkish w~oman-the yelled, shape
less bundle of the street-has been content
to pass her days in work OF idleness; but
the ~quickening influence Of education is
already felt and perhaps will one day
bring her into life.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21

lished a huge poster which showed the in
terror of a law court, with several long
hosed and bewigged barristers making a
reference to John Bull" and praising it
for its accuracy.
Bottomley is known to the English rae
ing fraternity as a dead game sport. He
has won thousands OF pounds on the race
track, and, as a matter of fact. got into
Parliament on the strength OF his standing
as a member for racing. After getting into
Parliament, he tried to introduce a bill
against the bill without a division, and
Bottomley took his defeat with his usual
broad smile. which is of the variety which
refuses to come off.
Another famous bill OF his which made
much talk when brought into Parliament
was one to compel banking Institutions to
disclose their unclaimed balances" Ac-
not billions. or even ~triIions. OF dollars
which have been left by defunct deposItors
hidden away in the vaults OF various Eng
lish banks. II the figures represent any
thing like Bottomley's estimates, there
would be little use for new taxation in
England for many years to come. The I'M
claimed hordes would supply all the budget
deficits. However. this bill has been more
or less quelched. B~ottomley's ideas of add
ing to the national exchequer are unique
IL not altogether popular, HI has asked
the chancellor OF the exchequer to tax thea
ter tickets. dice, horse racing. betting and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
HAVEN FOR LONDON TRAMPs
Worlds Largest Lodging House,
where Accommodations May BE
Had for Ten Cents q Day.

LONDON. Feb. 20-(SpeciaL)-"Pauper's
Paradise" is the name given to London's
biggest lodging house. which is also the
largest institution Of its kind in The world.
The English metropolis has the reputation
OF doing more for its poor than any other
place on earth. Alien "hard-ups'' from all
over Europe flock to London for the reason
that even the English workhouse is better
than many OF their squalid homes in their
native lands.
The particular poor mans Elysium here
referred to is situated near the London
bridge. not five minutes walk from the
Bank Of England. Though there are many
common lodging houses in London and the
palatial mansions put up by Lord Rowton
have earned an international reputation for
themselves. the great institution here de-
scribed offers advantages unsurpassed by
any other lodging house in the world. Here,
for the extremely modest sum OF 10 cents.
you are provided not only with a nights
snooze in a good. comfortable. clean bed.
with real sheets and blankets. but you can
enjoy the benefit of free cooking. free tailor
ing and free bathing in hot water.
This hugs building accommodates no less
than 80 men at night. each OF whom sleeps
in a separate bed in a special compartment,
but In the daytime the great dining room
affords facilities for more than 1000 dos
sers"-that Is. tFamps and the unemployed
generally. Here. on cold winter days men
congregate. bringing with them pieces OF
meat. vegetables and other eatables which
they proceed TO cook over the great roaring
grille fires. eleven of which are kept con-
SANITY going. All cooking utensils are pro-
yided free OF charge, as are knives. forks
and other necessities. Some men, not in
cluded in the floating population. and who
live permanently in this great home for
the poor. have extra accommodation in the
form of special lockers for their scanty
belongings.
In a separate part Of the building are
several rows OF wash rooms. where. also
free of charge. plenty of hot water is pro-
vided. as well as facilities for washing
clothes In enamel tubs. Special drying ar
engagements are also on hand and Il does
not take an expert "dosser" long to do his
weeks washing" which. as a rule. seldom
includes more than one or two pieces OF
underclothing. Amy man having his boots
in a bad fix, or his clothes tattered and
torn. is given an ample supply of material
and appliances with which to make the
necessary repairs.
This institution is under private control.
It has proved such a success from a finan-
eial point of view that the London County
Council has within recent years erected
several similar hostels. There is one-Bruee
House-quite close TO the new thoroughfare.
K~ingsway. near all the great theaters.
where a man can get a room. not too large.
~perhaIs. for about 80 cents per week. Bruce
House. from the outside. resembles a huge
hotel, and the entrance Is emblaEoned with
shields and other insignia which lend to 1t
a more or less exclusive aspect
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
NOTED ENGLISH LAY LAWYER
HOratiO BottOmIey, dues I'm
Law, Has Won Many Legal
Victories.

LONDON, Feb. Observation-Disclosures
Bottomley. editor of John Bull the
Penny Truth" enjoys the distinction
of being England's foremost LAY lawyer"
He has many law suits. AMI Is now involved
in a gigantic legal scrap, the costs Of
which promise to establish a record. Bot
tomIey has always conducted his own cases
and. though pitted against some OF the
most distinguished counse OF the English
bar, he has often won famous victories.
He has not systematic legal training, but
manage at each trill. to bone up enough
information to win verdic.a from juries
and praise from judges.
Bottomley is one OF the floating finan
ciers" who promote big deals and. natur-
ally. his transactions do not invariably
pan out according 10 anticipations. Occa-
sionally disgruntled shareholders attempt
to find sOlace in the law courts. and thus
has Bottomley become the great lay law
yer which. more than anything else, has
earned his his reputation, incidentally
he is also a member OF Parliament. but in
stead OF his M. p" being a distinction in
which he glories. he only regards ii as a
trifing asset which enables him to float
deals and accomplish financial achieve
ments.
Bottomley first came into public notice in
connection with the launching OF a number
OF big western Australia mining companies,
and so successful were they that he was
able to indulge his journalistic propensi-
ties by founding the Financial Times"
one OF London's most successful journals.
He next tried his prentice hand at another
newspaper yenture-Tne Sun"-but 1t set
somewhat early in the west and left Bot
tomley a wiser. but perhaps not a sadder
man. The great and only Horatio Is never
saddened BY anything in particular. No
matter how things appear to 20 against
him. he possesses the faculty OF 'bobbing
up serenely." Though he has lost a num-
Der OF legal actions and has had to pay
enormous costs. these disasters have not
deferred him from mixing again in legal
battles. only a few weeks ago ne had 70
pay a fine OF a.50 for contempt. owing 20
a<riticisn in his paper. John Bull" Of
pending legal proceedings. but a trifls like
this dld not sven make an impression upon
his equanimity, much lsss disturb It.
By = singular coincidence. the weekly
paper BottOmlsy sdits not lons ago pub
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
CAR FOLLOWS ALONG ON FOOT
Funeral of Grand Duke Vladimir At
tended by Imperial Party
and NOhles,

ST PETERSBURG, Feb. a.-The re-
mains of Grand Duke Vladimir. who dI~d
In this city last Wednesday, were today
conveyed from the grand dukes palace on
the banks of the Neva. across the river 10
the fortress of st. Peter and st. Paul. The
emperor and the grand dukes on foot fol-
lowed the gun carriage on which was the
casket. None of the Representatives OF for
eign sovereigns was present for this cere-
mony; they will attend the interment to-
morrow.
Emperor Nicholas came into. ST. Peters,
burg from TsaTskoe SeIo by train and
drove from the railroad station to the nal
ace OF Vladimir in an open sleigh. He
passed through frequented streets without
escort and his presence In this city aid NOT
bring out any demonstration The routa
of the funeral procession was from the res
idence of Vladimir. which adjoIns the win
ter palace, over the bridge Of the Trinity
to the fortress.
The way was lined for the entire distance
by troops and at the street intersectionx
spectators were massed in large numbers
The guns OF the fortress were fired IN
salute as the procession crossed the frozen
Neya.