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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-24
[From Harper's weekly.l

Another nitrogen fertilizer, nitrate of
soda or Chile saltpeter, which has
been secured from ancient deposits of
guano, is fast being exhausted. not
only by farm demands, but by the de-
mand for gunpowder. We must there
fore look elsewhere for nitrogen to
nourish plants, for soon the supply of
natural nitrogen fertilizers will fall
short of the demand. says Harpers
Weekly.
Now, certain plants have the proper
ty Of absorbing nitrogen from the at
mosphere through the medium of mil
lions Of bacteria which gather the free
nitrogen from the air. and this nitro
gen can be used in place Of expensive
commercial fertilizers. The most bene-
fetal nitrogen gathering bacteria form
excrescences called ''nodules" on the
roots of certain plants Of the pod
bearing family. These plants are call
ed legumes and include clovers, peas,
beans, alfalfa. peanuts, etc. These
bacteria have one function only to per
form-they form a copartnership with
the plant to supply 1t with nitrogen.
They gather in great numbers on the
roots of legumes. forming nodules.
which are large colonies of bacteria
stored with nitrogen. In exchange for
sugar food which the legumes give the
bacteria and on which they thrive the
bacteria gather nitrogen from the air
and feed Il 10 the plants as desired.
The plant by giving 2 per cent of sugar
receives % per cent Of nitrogen from
! the bacteria. When roots of legumes
die in the ground the nitrogen which
the bacteria have already gathered and
stored in these little punches or nodules
on the roots is given to the soil. which
Is then rich in nitrogen. When the
next crop is planted in that soil, no
matter what crop 1t may be, nitrogen
Is there-the more nodules the more
nitrogen. Therefore 1t IS to the farm
er's advantage, to the advantage Of the
world. to encourage the increase in
growth OF these nodules.
The more nodules that are formed on
the roots the more nitrogen is fed TO
the plant. and this makes the plant
grow more healthlly, makes the foliage
deeper in color. more abundant and OF
greater food value, the roots stronger
and longer and the stalks taller and
sturdier
Experiments in transferring nitrogen
rich soil from some sections of The
country where these bacteria flourish
TO new localities, to mix with worked
out soil, have been made. Sometimes
the experiment is successful More Of
ten. however. some harmful ingredient
OF the soil Is also spread to the new
soil. The only safe way is to apply
healthy bacteria direct to the seeds Of
the crop before planting-to inoculate
the seeds with bacteria which will
gather nitrogen from the air TO feed
20 the growing roots.
When every farmer whose soil lacks
nitrogen employs the aid OF bacteria
there will be wonderful increase in
size and weight OF crops; there will be
a wonderful increase In the protein
value Of food for cattle, which will
make for increased food value for
man.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-24
AN UNMITIeATED LIAR
That's What Cornell Professor Call
ed Former President

Ithaca Oct 22.-Twice in one
speech Thursday night Pro E. H.
Woodruff of Cornell university called
Theodore Roosevelt a liar, one of the
times his expression being 'unmiti-
gated liar" His attack, made at a
political rally over which he presided
threw the house into an uproar. There
were catcalls, Kisses, cheers and
clapping with a steady shout behind
them all of Parker Parkeri" for
the next speaker, Judge Alton B. Par
ker. Judge Parker sprang to his feet
and begged the audience to allow Pro
fessor Woodruff to be heard The
noisier part of the house complied
and the rest of the evening went
more quietly.
AS soon as Professor Woodruff
found his feet he began to open up
the Bellamy Storer episode which Col
Roosevelt only recently declared was
closed. He charged that when the
colonel denied sending Bellamy Stor-
err to the vatican he was "an unmiti-
gated liar" and there were letters in
his Office, said the professor, to bear
him out
The uproar over the attack had
barely subsidized when the professor
took up his cudgels again. Colonel
Roosevelt was twice liar, he said,
when he denied that the late e. H.
Hartman had subscribed to a corrup-
ton fund to be used for Colonel
Rooseyelts election to the presiden-
cV
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-24
1 arm Qno
Garden
ANTI-FAMINE INSURANCE.

New Science of FsrtiIizins by lnoeu-
laton of Seeds.
The most expensive manurial sub
stance the farmer has 10 purchase is
the commercial fertilizer which con
tains nitrogen. such as nitrate of soda.
guano, tankage, etc. Nitrogen. which
forms four-ffths of the atmosphere, is
a necessary ingredient in animal and
plant food. The nitrogen In the air
should supply the ground with plant
food, but nitrogen is hard TO catch, or
FIX" as the process is technically call
ed, and, while it is possible to secure it
with the aid of static electricity and
also by chemical processes, the cost
is at present prohibitive. When living
things die or animal products decom-
pose, a process which is brought about
through the medium of disintegrating
bacteria, some of their nitrogen is con
verted to plant use, which explains
why manure brings such high price
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-24

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-24
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-24
Harvesting Clover Seed.

The seed should be we'll matured
before being cut The heads must be
well Drowned. and the seed shouh
rub out In the hand. II the clover
Is cut too green much seed is lost, so
Il Is very important point to let Il
get thoroughly ripe before cutting.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-24
Dairy Products Worth $1,000 900 600.

According to the last year book of
the department of agriculture, there
are 81, 720o0O milk COWS in the United
States, and these are worth S702,945,
900. The magnitude Of the industry
can perhaps be best understood when
it is con ilered that these cows pro-
duce yearly about 81 .OO0,O00.0OO worth
Of dairy nroducfs
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-24
AFTER
SUFFERING
FOR YEARS
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
ham, VegetabIe Compound
Park Rapids. Minn.-"I was siI


years while passing
through the Change
of Life and was
hardly able TO be
around. After TAX
ing six bottles of
Lydia f. Pinkham's
V ege t a Bile Com
pound l gained 20
pounds, am now
able to do my own
W work and feel
W e ii - Mrs. ED.
La DoU, Park Rap
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-24

How many farmers rotate cropsl
How many arc exhaustins the fer
dhly Of their farms instead Of IN
uesang itp
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
RAW ECZEMA ON HANDS

81 had eczema on my hands for ten
years. 1 had three good doctors but
none of them did any good. 1 then
used one box OF Cuticura Ointment
and three bottles Of Cuticura Resolvent
and was completely cured. My hands
were raw all over, inside and out, and
the eczema was spreading all over my
body and limbs. Before had used one
bottle, together with the Cuticura
Ointment, my sores were nearly
healed over, and by the time l had
used the third bottle, 1 was entirely
well. TO any one who has any skin
or blood disease l would honestly ad-
wise them to fool with nothing else,
but get Cuticura and get well. My
hands have never given me the least
bit of trouble up to now.
"My daughters hands this summer
became perfectly raw with eczema.
She could get nothing that would do
them any good until she tried Cuti-
cura. She used Cuticura Resolvent
and Cuticura Ointment and in two
weeks they were entirely cured. I
have used Cuticura for other members
of my family and it always proved sue
cessful. Mrs. M. E. Falin, Speers
Ferry, Va, Oct. 19, 1909"
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TOOK A SECOND THOUGHT
Acgrieved Visitor Agrees With Man
Who Spoke About the Better
Part of VaIor.

Bishop William NJ. McVickar of the
Episcopal diocese of Rhode Island has
hundreds of Boston friends who will
be interested in story they are tell
ing down in Providence about him.
The bishop is as big physically as he
is mentally. On a certain occasion
some years ago he preached a sermon
on the need for missionary work in
the back towns of his state, and espe-
cially mentioned the town of Foster,
which certainly deserved as much as
he said about it.
There are a good many fighters in
Foster, and the worst of the lot an
nounced to all who cared to hear that
when he went to Providence he
would make it his business to chas-
tise the bishop. He didn't happen to
visit the city until a month or so ago.
On his return he joined the crowd
about the stove in the village post
Office
We'll. Hi," said one of the gray
boards. Did ye lick this here Par
son Vickery when ye was down to
Providence?"
Hi spat deliberately before he re-
piled. Lick him!" he said. "Say.
he's eight foot tall and four foot
broad. Lick him? 1 saw him."-Bos.
ton Traveller.
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NOT QUITE THE SAME THING
Party Tickets Had Changed Somewhat
Since the Old Gentleman
Handed Out Advice.

Everybody who had known old
his tongue when he spoke of his
neighbors. 1t was his most marked
aracteristic-except the independ-
ence which he manifested in his po-
litical Affiliations. 1t made a young
man who was visiting in the neighbor-
hood curious, and one day he man
aged to lead up to the subject and
ask the old man what had taught him
to keep such a good watch on his
tongue
1T was my father" replied the old
man. quietly. A splendid man, as
remember him. He always disliked
to hear folks gossiping unkindly
about each other. I've seen him, when
they began it, get on his feet, just like
a COW grazing and gradually working
toward a hole in the fence, and be-
fore any one knew it he'd be out of
the room, SOS he couldn't hear 'em.
HE talked to me about it. Henry
he'd say, when you're of age never
say anything about a man if you can't
say good of him. and always vote the
straight party ticket"
But you don't vote that way
well, sir" said Henry, you see
my father said the straight party tick
ct; and when I came along to vote
the pesky thing had got so crooked
that l don't believe he'd have recog
nized it,"
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WILLY WAS TOO LIBERAL
oVersuppIy of Alcoholic StimuIants
Disturbed Schedule of Funeral
Arrangements.

Dean Ramsay's memoirs contain an
anecdote Of an old woman of Straths-
pey. Just before her death she sol
emnly instructed her grandnephew:
willy, I'm deein', and as yen hae the
charge o. a l have, mind now that as
much whisky is to be used at my fu-
neral as there was at my baptism"
Willy, having no record of the guam
tity consumed at the baptism, decided
to give every mourner as much as he
wished, with the result that the fu-
neral procession, having to traverse
ten miles to the churchyard on a
short November day, arrived only at
nightfall.
Then II, was discovered that the
mournersJ halting at a wayside inn,
had rested the coffin on a dyke and
left it there when they resumed their
Journey. The corpse was a day late
In arriving at the grave
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

People can live in a temperature
which feels from ten to twenty degrees
cooler than their neighbors enjoy, by
regulating the diet
The plan is to avoid meat entirely for
breakfast; use goodly allowance of
fruit, either fresh or cooked. Then fol-
low with saucer containing about four
heaping teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts,
treated with little rich cream. Add to
this about two slices of crisp toast with
q meager amount of butter, and one
cup of well-made Postum.
BY this selection of food the bodily
energy is preserved, while the hot, car
bonaceous foods have been left out.
The result is very marked difference
In the temperature of the body, and
to this comfortable condition is added
the certainty of ease and perfect diges-
ton. for the food being partially pre-
digested is quickly assimilated by the
digestive machinery.
Experience and experiment In food
and its application to the human body
has brought out these facts They
can be made use Of and add materially
to the comfort of the user.
Read the little book, "The Road to
WellvilIs." !" in pkgs. There's Reason
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
casey at the Bat.

This famous poem is contained in the
Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for
1910, together with records, schedules
for both leagues and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au-
thorities. This interesting book sent
by the Coca-Cola Co., of Atlanta, Ca,
on receipt of &c stamp for postage.
Also copy of their booklet "The Truth
About Coca-Cola" which tells all about
this delicious beverage and why it is
so pure, wholesome and refreshing.
Are you ever Observation-Disclosures :?
Drink Coca-Cola-it is cooling, re-
lieves fatigue and quenches the
thirst. At soda fountains and car
donated in bottles-5c everywhere.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
The Wrong Sort.

An old Irish peasant was one Sun
day sitting in front of his cottage
putting away furiously at his pipe.
Match after match he lighted, pull
ing hard at the pipe the while, until
at last the ground all round his feet
was strewed with struck matches.
Come in to your dinner, Patsy" at
length called out his wife.
Faith, and Oi will in a minute, Bid
dy," said he. "Moike Mulrooney has
been a-telling me that if OF shmoked
a bit av ghlass Oi cud see the shpots
on the sun. Oi don't know whether
Moike's been a-fooling me or whether
Olive got hold av the wrong kind of
ghlass. Scraps.
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Exsct Copy of Wrappes.
"a
History Cleared Up.

The third grade was having his
tory" Forty youngsters were ma
king guesses about the life and char
acter of the Father of His Country,
when the teacher propourded a ques-
ton that stumped them all
Why did Washington cross the Del
aware?"
Why, indeed? Not a child could
think OF anything but the answer to
the famous chicken problem: ITO get
on the other side and, of course,
that wouldn't 90. Then little Annie's
hand shot into the air. Little Annie
crossed the Delaware every summer
herself, hence the bright idea.
We'll, Annie?"
because he wanted to get to Allan
tic City. ."-Philadelphia Times.
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Invalid Cake.

Ingredients: Two ounces of butter.
two ounces of sugar, two eggs, three
ounces of -four. grated rind of half
lemon, quarter of teaspoonful of ba-
king powder. Cream the butter and
sugar together, beat up the eggs. and
add eggs and flour alternately. Sift
flour into the cake. beat well with a
wooden spoon; add the lemon peel
and baking powder. Pour the mixture
into cake tin lined with buttered
paper and bake in a moderate oven
for three-quarters of an hour. This
makes a delicious light cake, and is
most suitable for invalids.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
It Was the Other Way.

Mr.. Jones'" said the senior partner
in the wholesale dry goods house to
the drummer who stood before him in
the private Office, you have been
with US for the past ten years."
Yes, sir"
and you ought to know the rules
of the house. One Of them is that no
man of ours shall take a side line"
But | have none, sir"
But yCu have lately got married" !"
Yes; but can you call that side
line, Mr. Jones?"
Technically, it may not be-"
You needn't fear that having a
wife is going to bring me in off a trip
any sooner"
'Oh, l don't. 1t is the fear that
having wife at home you'll want to
tay out on the road altogether"
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
Renewing Color of Bricks.

When red bricks of fireplace get
discolored with SCOT or have white
spots on them, rub with a brick pol.
ish, the paste for which can be OBJ
tanned at brickyard or paint shop.
If this paste cannot be found rub
the bricks we'll with linsed oil, Civ
ing them all they will absorb. This
treatment may be repeated several
times if the bricks are much discol-
ored.
Where brick pavemnts are discol-
ored with moss or green mold, scrub
with a strong solution of household
ammonia and water, or with washing
soda and hot water.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
FINE POST CARDS FREE.

A Big Package Sent to All of Our
Readers Who Write at Once.
To any reader of this paper who
writes Immediately and incIoses 2-cent
stamp we will mail a set of five most
beautiful post cards you ever saw.
Or we will send our big magazine on
trial months and set Of eight choic-
est Floral Motto, Birthday and Friend.
ship cards, all different, in exquisite
colors, silk finish, beautifully en-
bossed, all for only 10 cents; 8 full
sets, "a cards all different, and one
years subscription, 25 cents. Address
Household Postcard Dept, 95 Capper
Bldg, Topeka, Kan
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
It WOULDN'T Stretch.

The assessor was doing the very
best he could, but the farmer was
shrewd and wary.
How many acres of farming land
have your" he inquired warily. =
bout 20, l guess said Reuben.
Twenty! Why, it looks to me like
nearer 120. Come, now, can't you in
crease that little? There are surely
more than 20 acres in that tract. Sup
pose you stretch that little"
Say, feller," said the farmer, "this
amt no rubber plantation. ''-Harper's
Monthly.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
Curtains for BUNGALOW,

most attractive set of curtains for
summer bungalow are of etamine.
and have bands of insertion of heavy
net set in. On the net are appliqued
most fascinating designs cut from Gre
tonne. The effect is decidedly artis-
tic and unusual as well.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

hA0 0416y bPO4Aos
To insure good health.
keep the kidneys
well. Doan's Kidney
Pills remove all kid
ney ifls. Read what
q physician says:
DR.. H. Green. 215 N.
9th St, No. Yakima,
Wash, says: 81 have
used Doan's Kidney
Pills In my practice
for years and they
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
Wonder Why.

Said the proprietor of the big drug
store with soda fountain annex, to
his white-jacketed dispenser: Jimmy,
you will have to cut out that new
drink of yours; notice that every
man who comes in and tries it imme-
diately begins to feel around for the
brass rail with his foot"
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
Picturesque Lanorace.

I'm afraid fire has very poor table
manners
"Why so.''
"a young reporter says the greedy
flames devoured everything in reach
and then licked the paint off an ad-
joining building. "-Birmingham Age
Herald
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

ton. I have taken Doan's Kidney
Pills personally and pronounce them
the best remedy 1 have prescribed in
my long career as physician and sur
geon"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
~ y u = Gas

Did you hear It? How embar.
RAISING. These stomach noisesmake
you wish you could sink through
the floor. You imagine everyone
hears them. Keep box of CAS-
CARETS in your purse or pocket
and take part of one after eating.
It will relieve the stomach of gas. s1s
CASCARETS 1oc box for a weeks
treatment. Alldruggists. Biggest seller
In the world-milNon boxes a month.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
Fine School,

Your daughter should attend my
school of education"
"She shan't! She's attended one.
and she's positively"
"Ah, but l teach a new system.
When my pupils are asked to recite
they are trained to refuse"
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

What's become of the hookworm
fake? Gone out of Stiles? When will
they get into Stiles again? Eh, Doc
tor Stiles?
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
His BUSY Season.

"How's business?"
Brisk" answered the druggist i've
bought tickets for two picnics and four
excursions this morning. and donated
goods for several indoor affairs"
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

Man wants more and more of a re-
ward each year. Familiarity breeds
contempt, even CT mans own SAL
airy.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
Cold Clam Broth.

win be found good if thoroughly
chilled. Each cup should be served
with spoonful of whipped cream
and slightly salt crackers should go
with it.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
Different Values.

There's a big difference in men"
Il judge so, by studying the vari-
Gus rates for which Pittsburg council
men were bought"
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

Some people need only little hole
of observation to take in all the Inn
pOrtant scandals of the age.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

Young girls ought to make the most
Of their birthdays, for In after years
they cease to have them
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

have been to feasts of arguments
where the only result was q constipa-
ton OF real original ideas.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

It's the experience of every man
that he wants lot he doesn't get and
gets lot he doesn't want.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNsIGHTLY.
Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue.
All grocers sell large 2 OF. package, cents.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND RTHD Tip TIL

Take the OLD standard GROVES TASTELESS
CHILL TONIC. You know what you taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing il is simply Quinine and Iron In a taste
less form. The Quinne drives out the malaria
and the Iron builds up the system. Sold by all
dealers for 30 years. Price 80 cents.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

Constipation causes and aggravates many serious
diseases. II IL thoroughly cured by DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant PelletA. The fayorite family laxative.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

II a fireman antagonizes you, tell
him to go to blazes.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17
THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY
KIDNEYS.

Weak kidneys fail to remove pol
sons from the blood and are the cause
Of backache, headache, urinary troubles
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething sofens the gums reduces in
nammationalla pain. cures wind collie. 3c bottle.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

IF YOU USE BALL BLUE,
Set Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball
Blue. Large 2 OF. package only cents.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

A mans argument is nearly always
sef-convincing.
Barbour County index., 1910-08-17

For Red, Itching Eyelids, Cysts, Styes
Failing Eyelashes and All Eyes That
Need Care Try Murine Eye Salve. Asep-
tic Tubes-Trial Size-25c. Ask Your Drug
gist or Write Murine Eye Remedy Co.,
Chicago,