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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-10-28
Strain TOO GREET
Hundreds of NIiddIebury
Readers Find Daily Toll
"a Burden.

Mrs. Peter King, Seymour Street
Middlebury, VT, says; Il had a great
deal of trouble from my kidneys. Spells
of dizziness bothered me and my back
ached most of the time. My health was
poor and gradually grew worse until
was all run down. Learning of Doan's
Kidney Pills, began their use and they
acted promptly and effectively. In a
short time | was entirely cured and |
have been in good health since.
For sale by all dealers. Price 30 cents.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo. New York
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-10-28
Specials This Week

You will find exception al opportunities to
save money this week We are offering
a number of spe cial values in seasonable
goods, at prices which REPRESENT sub
stantial savings Il You will save money
by taking advantage OF these Specials.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-01
daily paper:

daily paper:
White Salmon, July 31.-The
''almondcot' is the name that G. L.
Aggers has given to the fruit of tree
that he says is the only one of it's
kind in the country. Capt. Cook,
from whom the tree was bought,
grated an almond cutting on an april
cot tree and for two years a hybrid
fruit has been produced that is six
inches in circumference, shaped like
a tomato and of dark wine color, with
flesh little frmer than peach plum
and very palatable. The first taste is
the almond asserts itself. So fond
are the raccoons of it that the limbs
of the tree are all scratched up by
the voracious little animals. Mr..
Aggers says che almondlcot will I'M
doubtedly prove good GAMER"
This may prove to be a valuable
NOVELTY will pass no judgment on
that point But any well-informed
fruit man knows that new fruit never
originated in that way. Hybrids ale
never made by grating or budding
one variety on another. The only
way hybrids can be secured is by
planting seeds which have been cross
pollinated at blooming time. This
cross polllnation may be accidentally
done or it may be done by the skill
full efforts Of some horticulturist.
The Logan berry as recently ex-
planned in these columns, was an
accidental cross in the garden of DR..
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-01

many boxes some years that run 48 to
the box and a few even larger. When
W. p. Stark, the great nurseryman
and James M. Irwin, the able editor
OF the Fruit grower, visited our or
chard two years ago we presented
them with a box of Elbertas that had
but 35 in it, 1 do not believe that
we will pack any boxes this year that
will run up to 48 to the box. But
while the Elbertas does not run as
big as usual, this peach will run from
60 to 80 to the box with very few any
smaller. Fortunately most of our
peaches are Elbertas.
A NEW FRUIT
New things are always coming up.
Sometimes these novelties prove to be
valuable additions to the list of val
liable fruits but often they are quite
the reverse. When new thing is an
nounced, it is always good plan to
give it fair trial and then commend
it after it has proved itself to have
merit. Simply because some indi-
vidual or firm lauds a new fruit very
highly, no one is warranted in plant
ing it extensively. Let it be tried
first before much money is put into
it.
Sometimes a new thing carries with
its recommendation some points that
show it can not have any merit or if
it has, the reason assigned for it's
value is fellacious. We have case of
this kind going the rounds of the
press I make this clipping from a
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-01
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Horticulture

apple growers. 1t is true that We are
willing to take all we can get for our
apples knowing that if we should re-
fuse the high prices it could not help
the conditions that prevail. But the
fact is that we are killing off the
universal use of apples by excessively
high prices. The laboring man, de-
pendent upon bis income, can not
afford to pay from 50 to So per box
for apples for family use.
The fact is if we could get an aver.
age price of 81 per box for our stand
ard apples and could sell all we could
raise at that price we could get rich.
A box OF apples f. o. b. stands us at
a cost OF about 30 cents per box. So
il We sell at 81 per box we have pro-
lit of SO cents on each box. A fairly
good yield of apples will run from
500 to 1000 boxes to the acre. Some
times the yield is much above that
and some times below the minimum
here named. The man who is not
satisfied with an average net income
of 500 to $500 per acre is peculiar
sample of the genus homo.
When apples are very high people in
large numbers turn to oranges, pie
plant and any other substitute that
is available. 1t is to the interest of
all apple growers to increase the con-
sumption of apples. When once
people have substituted something else
for the apple they will to some extent
cling to it's substitute even after
apples have come down to reasonable
price. One remedy that has been
offered to keep apples down in price
will not work. and that is to raise
the cheap apples like Ben Davis and
Missouri pippin. In years OF plenty
these so-called cheap apples will not
pay the cost of production. This we
know by actual experience. In 1904
we harvested more apples than We
have ever sold any year before or
since that date and yet our net in
come was not half what it has been
some other seasons. In fact had it
not been for our better apples that
year our bank account would have
been very small. The result Of that
experience was that we top grated
these varieties. Our trees were put
out OF commission for few years but
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-01
are coming into good bearing again.
AMONG THE WORKERS


These lines are written while [ am
on my fruit ranch bossing my sons
while they boss the forty to fifty
hands packing and picking peaches.
1t is hard for man of my tempera
ment to sit up stairs in my bed room
and bend over my typewriter in order
to get my copy ready. l like to go
with the crowd in such cases and be
out in the field where some twenty
men and boys are picking peaches or
where some twenty women and girls
are packing peaches in the packing
house.
There are some lessons we can learn
by the experience we are having that
we could hardly learn in any other
way If any where there has been
any neglect to irrigate at the right
time and in the right way we can see
that now and can feel it by the nerve
that reaches to the pocket book when
the returns are counted. Then if any
of our peaches were not thinned
enough last June we can see it and
feel it now. For some reason not yet
explained the Crawford peaches are
running small this year. One of the
North Yakima dailies reports that
this variety is very small in many of
the orchards near that city. This
paper states that many Crawfords run
as small as $50 to the box. Now in
our orchard we do not pack any
peaches that run any smaller than 80
to the box. The result is that we are
losing many peaches that will not
come up to cur standard. l am con-
fident that had we thinned heavier
and irrigated more frequently we
would have been hundreds of dollars
ahead. We will stick pin here and
try to remember this loss next year
and try and avoid it in the future.
PRINCE OF PEACHES
The prince of peaches with us is the
EIberta. This peach is naturally very
large. We have packed quite a good
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-01
THE PERIODICAL FINANCIAL STRINGENCY
is BOUND TO COME. THE MAN ON THE FARM
WILL BE IT EVEN MORE so THAN HE IS
NOW GET YOURS WHILE YOU CAN

and cultivation
dat
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-01
PRINCE OF PEACHES

The prince of peaches with US is the
liberia. This peach is naturally very
large. We have packed quite a good
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
Sleep.

The first sleep is the sonndest-after
the first hour the intensity Of sleep
slowly dim shes; hence the value of
forty winks after dinner in quickly
recuperating shattered powers. Tenn
perature and vitality are lowest at
about 2 a. M, so that two hours sleep
before midnight are worth four there
after. Nature has no rule as to the
length of sleep. except that men need
less than women. since women are the
more sensitive creatures and a w.
mans heart beats five times more in
a minute than a mans. Sleep should
be just SO long that when you wake
In the morning a stretch and a yawn
only are necessary to land you in a
daytime of bounding vigor. As to
early rising. it is comforting to hear
DR.. Bryce say it is a habit that has
gone far TO wreck the constitutions Of
many growing youth.-London Elk
press
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
Submitted to tho Touch.

"I suppose all Of us have our little
vanities," says James Hamilton Lew
Is Of Chicago. when I was men,
Der of congress l was called out into
the corridor by stranger who asked.
rs this Colonel James Hamilton Lew
is?
"'Plain Mr.. Lewis. at your service
l replied.
"'Wcll. Mr.. Lewis" he replied. L was
so struck with a speech you made in
the house last week that l went to the
document room to get copy for my
self and for another friend. They
charge five cents for copy. and l
haven't cent of change. Can you
let me have the money to buy two
copies?
Now. l had not made any speech.
and they do not charge five cents nor
any cents at all in the document room:
but l gave him the dime he wanted.
and reproached myself afterward for
my stinginess. Such an artist at fiat
terry ought to have had a quarter. at
least."-Chicago Record Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
Fairly Warned,

A man who was writing telegram
at one Of the long tables In the West.
ern Union building was asked in Ger
man by one of two men who stood
near him where they could find out
how much telegram to a certain
place in the far west would cost. The
man volunteered to make the inquiry.
did so and returned. saying that they
might send message of ten words for
certain price and that address and
signature would not count. After as
surfing himself that the men could
write he walked away. but was stop
ped at the door by one of the stran-
gers with profuse thanks. II have
been in the city only a few days." he
said, land was told on shipboard and
since I landed that everybody would
try to swindle me. I spoke to two
men today. and both did me favor. l
no longer have any fear" That's
right" said the man. but, just the
same. look out for the third man.
New York Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
His Discipline.

Pop, you must take this child in
hand. have had about all that can
stand. She has no notion of minding
me; it is time you took her across your
knee" -.
Send her to me-" said Pop, with
frown 1T won't take me long to tone
her down." .
But how could he punish her, tell
nc. do, when she looked at him with
her eyes Of blue? Looked at him in
the same glad way that her mother did
in that faroff day when She was his
swee: heart and he her beau. How
could he strike her I'd like to know?
But still he took her upon his knee
and ut once was lost IN u reverie that
carried him back to a shady street
and a little maid whom he used to
meet, a blue eyed maid whose count
erpart now sat on bis knee with
beating heart, waiting for him to for
get those days and punish her for her
wilful ways.
Nom peeped il through the half
closed door. They were playing jacks
on the parlor floor, playing jacks and
quarreling, too, just as two children
are apt to do. She frowned, it was
more than half caress. Il will have to
punish them both, l guess. "-Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
She Loved His Tomb.

An immensely wealthy widow who
gave yearly hundreds Of thousands to
charity decided to personally inspect
some individual cases of deserving
poverty herself. One of her agents
brought before her a poorly clad wom-
an, saying:
Here is poor old woman, a very
decent sort of person. Her husband
used to go about with dancing bear
This creature, though usually very
tame and gentle. one day threw itself
on its master and ate him up.''
"Alas, my good SIR" the old woman
broke in. 'since that moment the poor
beast and myself have been without a
homer'
what! The beastp asked the
wealthy woman. els it the same that
devoured your husband?"
ALIAS, my good lady, it is all that is
left to me of the dear lamented one."-
New York Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
He Met His Match,

The Russian marsha! Suvaroff was
famous as a jester and was fond OF
confusing the men under his COM
mand by asking them unexpected and
absurd questions. But occasionally
he met his match. Thus one bitter
January night, such as Russia only
can produce. he rode up to a sentry
and demanded:
How many stairs are there in the
sky?"
The soldier. not a whit disturbed,
answered coolly:
wait a little. and I'll tell you"
And he deliberately commenced count
ing, lone two, three" etc.
When he had reached 100 Suvaroff,
who was half frozen. thought it high
time to ride off. not, however. with
out inquiring the name of the ready
reckoner. Next day the latter found
himself promoted.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
Gypsies and Death.

The custom of placing the property
Of the dead in their graves has always
been followed by the true Romany
gypsies. 1t is due to some old tradi-
ton of i'll luck attending the possession
Of an article whose former owner is
gone. and much valuable property is
buried in this belief. There is also a
sentiment among gypsies against the
possession of anything that has be-
longed to dead person. because it
serves to remind the living Of the de-
parted and inspire In them a dread Of
death. The custom Of burying their
property with gypsy dead dates from
the earliest history Of the Romany
tribes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
How Romans Took Their Food.

The Romans reclined at their BAN
quets on couches. all supporting them
selves on one elbow and eating with
their fingers from dishes placed in the
center of the table. Each was sup
piled with a napkin. and knives were
used, though it does not appear that
every one was supplied with one.
Nothing. it would seem, could be more
fatiguing than to partake Of a repast
in such an awkward posture or less
conductive to neatness, it being almost
impossible to keep the hands clean
even with water supplied by the slaves
or to prevent the food and wine from
falling on the clothing and the draper
les of the couch. This manner Of eat
ing disappeared during the dark ages
so far as the couch was concerned,
but the popularity Of taking food with
the fingers from a common dish con-
tinued afterward for more than 1000
years.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
The Inspirinu Baupipes.


1t was at seaside resort. and along
the board walk came marching band
OF highland bagpipers in full costume.
They were tremendous fellows, but
their music. TO my untutored ears, was
like the squealings of forty stuck pigs.
Yet I have never heard strains to CON-
pare with theirs for arousing a desire
to die for ones country. 1 think bag
pipe music must have been fashioned
back in the old days by some demon of
perversity out Of the whistle Of ar
rows, the clash of claymores, the neigh
ing Of war steeds and the shrieks of
the dying When I hear it l think of
the wheel of fortune, the car Of Jug
gernaut, the mills of the gods and the
inquisitorial rack and screw. 1t
whirls along with a cyclonic rhythm
that sets the feet to tramping and the
blood to boiling. NJ. Gay in At
lantic
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
An Arab Leqend.

. There is none SO poor but there is
one poorer ~:
A poor Arab spent his last bara on
handful Of dates and went up on a
high cliff to eat them and die. AS be
threw the stones over a lean hand
shot out below and caught them.
''HO" said he. why do you catch
my date stones?''
Because. o brother" answered a
weak voice. II have not eaten these
three days. and Allah has sent these
stones to save my life"
praise be to Allah" answered the
first man. "for he has saved me Also
for here is one poorer than t.
And both men went into the city.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
He Wanted to Know.

There was small crowd at the soda
counter when a tall man rushed in and
pushed an empty bottle over the drug
counter.
"Acidv he whispered. excitedly.
'Ten cents worth Of acid, and quickv'
The soda water crowd began to sit
up and take notice.
whats he going to do with that
acid?" demanded one.
Its secret" answered the drug
clerk.
Nothing unusual. hope"
"Well, rather"
what! You mean to say he is 60
ing to take that acid?"
"Oh. no! Listen. There is a silver
wedding at his house tonight. and he
Is going to test the presents as fast as
his friends bring them in
And then and there they voted him
the meanest man in toWn.-Chicago
News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
First Test of the Air Pump,

The first public test of the air pump
was in 1854 by it's inventor. Otto Won
Guericke. in the presence of Emperor
Ferdinand of Germany. Guericke ap-
piled tile carefully ground edges of
metallic hemispheres. two feet in di.
ameter. to each other. After exhaust
ing the air by his apparatus he at
tached fifteen horses to each hemi-
sphere. In vain did they attempt to
separate them because of the enor.
nous pressure of the atmosphere. The
experiment was great success.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
Odd Sunerstitions.

In England there is superstition
that If a bride and groom eat peri.
Wrinkle leaves together they will love
one another. Should he after mar.
rage prove recalcitrant here is a way
to win him back: Take a piece Of the
root Of wallfower and a partridge's
heart, roll them into q ball and make
the man eat it. If you want to know
whether your lover loves you, crush
some bleeding heart. If the juice is
red, he does; If it is white, he does not.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
A Scandal Spoiled,

"Of course he and his wife seem de-
voted to each other now" said the
jealous Miss Gaussip, but do you
think she will always be so true and
all that?'
WELL" replied Miss Kidder, II have
reason to know that only last night he
had occasion to set trap for her."
"Ah! Do you know, I suspected
something''-
"They more than suspected. They
knew there were mice in the house,
Philadelphia Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
His Mistake.

They were in the thick of their first
quarrel.
II thought your tastes were simple"
said the husband. II didn't expect to
find you such a high fier."
Eyes, you did," she answered. "You
knew all about my being high f1ier,
as you call it, but you thought I'd be
dirigible."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
Tho Lamp Of a Mans Life,

Tho Lamp Of a Mans Life.
DR.. Holmes said the lamp Of a mans
life has three wicks-brain, blood and
breath-and to turn down any one Of
them makes the other two go out.
The wounds a man will survive and
even disregard so long as his head,
heart and lungs are unhurt have long
been one of the wonders Of war his
tory.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
Not impressed.

Bobbie-Pa says you're self made
man. Visitor (proudly)-Yes, my boy.
l am. Bobbie-Ain't you sorry now
you didn't let somebody else help you?
Boston Transcript.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
Golf Stick and Scythe.

'Your boy Josh is something Of an
expert at golf" g.
II reckon" replied Farmer Corntos-
sci discontentedly. But he can't make
two ticks with the scythe without foo.
zin'."-Washington Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
Suggestive,

Mary (aged six)-Uncle Charlie,
wish you many happy returns of your
birthday, and mamma said that if you
gave me dollar not to lose it.-Lip-
pincott's.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
Tho Burden Of Golf.

Tho Burden Of Golf.
Golfer with full bag, looking for
caddie)-I say, my friend, do you hap
sighted Villager testily)-No, don't.
All the folks round here does their own
umbrella repairin'.-Puck.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02
Cuttino.

Cutting.
Young Wife-How fortunate 1 am
in possessing husband who always
stays at home in the evening! Bosom
Friend-Yes; your husband never was
much addicted to pleasure
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-02

Trouble teaches men how much there
is in manhood.-Henry Ward Beecher
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-11
DOMESTIC MADE GOOD
"HAUt" FROM EMPLOYER
Rachael Smith Charged With Steal
ing Ring, Money and wear
ing Apparel.

Charged with stealing gold we'd
ding ring, about $40 worth OF wear
ing apparel and Sc in cash from MRS:
r. r. Reynolds. 119 Thirty-third
street, Rachael Smith. negro. VINO
formerly was employed as domeste
by Mrs. Reynolds. was arrested last
night by detective Sergeant Reynolds
OF he warwick hotel annex building,
West avenue and Twenty-fourtn
street, and locked up at the station
house.
Sergean. Reynolds succeeded In re-
covering the ring and some OF the
clothing stolen by the woman. she
denied stealing the stuff. saving she
found the ring In the house." She
was wearing the. ring when arrested.
Though she stoutly denies Il, the
police believe that she entered a bed
room In Mrs. Reynolds home during
the nighttime and stole silk dress
valued at 500 and about Sc In cash.
She was then employed ut the house
and all indications point TO her as
the supposed burglar.
Aunt" Rachael as she IS known TO
many people. viii be given a hearing
before Justice Brown in the police
court tomorrow morning.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-11
DEAD kfter Iona Illness.

Charles w. Jones, 81 years Of age.
died yesterday al noon after ilnser-
ing Illness from typhoid fever He
had been an Invalid for more Than a
year prior 10 his last Illness. Mr..
Joaes s survived BY his widow and
Two sonh. c. W. and r. c. Jones. The
family caua here from Fredericss-
burg three years AGO. and both sons
are smploFef az the Chesapeake 4
OHIO railway. The 5odp win be sent
10 Fredericksburs for intsrlnens this
morning
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-11
RICHMOND NEGRO ARRESTED.
Man Searching for Wife With 3s-cs'i
bra Revolver.

Eber France. a negro, who came
here from Richmond in search OF his
wife. was arrested yesterday morning
by Sergeant Bridsers and Petrolman
Parish and locked up 1T the station
house or the charge OF carrying con-
csaied weapons. He had 3s-calibre
revolver or his person.
Frances wife says that the man
tried to kill Ter in Richmond and
that she escaped and came here She
also says that the man is wanted in
Georgia for killing a white man
France is being held until the police
can Investigate his record.