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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20
the results Of each year better than

the results Of each year better than
those of the year before.
Speaking a short time ago. Mr.. shy.
der said: Il have always said that we
have the best irrigated country in the
United States. Mr.. Burley gave us a
chance to prove 1t, and 1t was as much
the opportunity OF showing that we
could make good, as the money, which
induced me to go into this competi-
ton"
Notwithstanding his achievement,
Mr.. Snyder does not believe that his
record will stand. He has too great
a faith In the potato industry and In
Idaho to permit such an opinion. Il
do not think we have reached the limit,
by long way" he remarks, conf
IDENTITY. and there are thousands who
are familiar with that country who
are ready to echo the assertion.
The fact is that large profits from
potato raising In Idaho are the rule.
not the exception. H. p. Frodsham, a
farmer in the American Falls district.
commonly takes 500 bushels from an
acre, his yield per acre thus being, at
AZ cents per bushel, 1910
Someone who knows the conditions
in and the possibilities of Idaho has
said that 1T is a maxim In southern
Idaho that the new settler, with little
or no capital or implements. but with
willingness to work, can plant rota-
toes on his irrigated farm the first
year and make a good living for his
family. besides laying aside money to
make all necessary payments on his
land"
William B. Kelley, who owns a
ranch near Gooding, says: 1--WE get
so many potatoes to the acre that we
don't stop to count the sacks"
Samuel Lewis, also living near Good,
ing, reports as follows: Potatoes
grow large and thick. Six potatoes
from my field weighed 81 pounds. The
crop runs 500 to 600 bushels to the
acre. and can aways be depended
upon"
The price received by Mr.. Snyder
for his prize-winning potatoes does
not by any means represent the stop"
OF the Idaho market. Much higher
prices have been commanded at vart
GUS times, yet at the Accent rate re
ceived by Mr.. Snyder his profits were
very large.
Scores Of instances may be cited to
show what the lands of Idaho hold in
store for those who will put forth tina
effort that must precede success.
Those who have succeeded in this
one task of potato raising, trace their
accomplishments to industry, OF
course, and to a study of conditions
and needs. But they could not have
reaped such harvests IL industry and
determination had not been fortified
by ideal conditions OF climate and soil.
Such conditions prevail In the agri-
cultural districts OF Idaho. There the
ground Is rich and eager There the
climate Is conducive to the outdoor
sask There the scheme of irrigation
has been ~ well prepared end e SO
infaiIing II rs supply that growing
crops have water when they need 1t.
With water, sunshine and cultiva-
ton to bless the crops at proper In
tervals, the growing OF potatoes, or
any other agricultural or horticultural
industry In Idaho, is as sure of album
dant cash returns as any of mans
tasks can be.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20

each side, and is then crossed over a
vest of tucked cream ninon; the over
sleeves are cut in with the bodice and
are trimmed like edge of fronts to
match tunic. The tight fitting under
sleeves are osatucke6 ninon.
Material required: Six yards 46
inches wide, six yards lining, one and
one-half yard ninon 40 inches wide,
three yards trimming
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20
Mr.. Bore Qooking) Gracious! tt
Keep Clean.

Keep your house and your belong
ings clean. Let the blessed sun, the
greatest physician in the world, get
all through you and all about YOU
Get. your full share of the free air of
heaven. Eat to live and not live to
eat as a sage philosopher Of the long
ago tells us. Keep your house clean
in which you live and keep the
house" In which your life lives
clean, and all will be we'll
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20
Exact Copy OF WIZ
3 sgI "A
Far From Bohemia.

Bjenks-How is that lean, unscis-
Bored bohemian getting on these
days?
Tjarks-Why, they say he is desper-
ately in love with the girl down in
the laundry and is to be married soon.
Something suspicious about 1t, though.
Bjenks-I should say SO. What is a
true bohemian doing around a laun-
dry, anyway?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20
DESIGNED FOR HOME WEAR HATBAe FOR The TRAVELLER
Make UP Well for This Pretty
House Dress.

Hers id Il smart little dress made n,S
I'D snlibeF e0lured cashmere The uft7
der skirt IL of lining, to which Is at-
taciled B deep killing; the tunic ii
wrapped over at left side and stitch
cd, and is trimmed then with passes
menterie.
The material of bodice Is tucked
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20
DisTEMPER

In all its forms among all ages of horses,
rs well as dogs, cured and others in same
stable prevented from having the disease
with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE.
Every bottle guaranteed Over 100000
BOTTLES sold last year $50 and sI.0O. ANY
good druggist, OF send to manufacturers.
Agents wanted Spohn Medical Co., Spec.
Contagious Diseases. Goshen. Ind.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20
Resinoi Ointment Cured When Moth
ing Else Would.

have had a breaking out on my
neck every summer with something
like Eczema, and nothing ever cured
1t until used Resinol Barbara Car
penter, Ogden, s. G. For sale at all
drug stores.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20
How much did ycur fish weigh ?"

IIUW MUCH ulu yLuT ISL weigh
"!. didn't have no hay scales with
me, you NUT But when l pulled him
out it lowered the lake four inches"
Some fish, commented the other.
without the culver of an eyelash.
Reminds me of some good sport l
had duck hunting last fall. l fred at
flock of ducks and gathered up four
quarts of toes. cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20

The greatest cause Of worry on
ironing day can be removed by using
Defiance Starch, which will not stick
to the iron. Sold everywhere. is OF
for Toe.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20
His Effort.

Now, Johnny said the teacher,
you may try your hand at writing a
short story.
A few minutes later Johnny handed
up his slate on which was written:
us boys all loves our teacher
Harper's Bazaar
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20
4 Distinction.

Jim may not be successful man,
said the optimist. "but he's full Of pos
sibilities.
Perhaps grunted the cyDic. ''bN
not Of probabilities"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20

Apply only ffom Aseptic Tubes to
Prevent Infection. Murine Eye Salve In
Tubes--New Size 25c. Murine Eye Lio-
uid 25c-5Oc Eye Books In each Pkg.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20
A Mo,nlopoly.

Urbanite did you come to
the city for?
Country Boy-ro earn an honest
living.
Urbanite-That's all right You'll
find no competition
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20

Humor is a great solvent against
snobbishness and Northumberland.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20

All the rules that glitter are not
golden rules.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20

The friend who takes your part
sometimes forgets to return it.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20

WANTED-Agents, adult plan, men, women. Big
money Juvenile plan, boys, girls. Big premiumk
Kitchen necessities. Write now. State which plan
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1911-05-20
BY JULIA RoTToMLEY.

wwYITH a remarkable vogue In
NkE black and white in ribbons and
wv straw shapes the liking for
fnmara To flrnuif1a color fol-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
TAKE A LESSON FROM VENUS
Moral That Writer Has Drawn Is
Not Without Some Points of
-
Worthiness.

Miss Venus is a lovely girl; not
one time has she muttered, against
her pale, illumined life not one word
has she uttered. Just think she's
been without her arms for many dusty
ages, and yet she never drops the
brine or rants in hopeless RACES. She
has to stand bunch of CUFF from Art
bugs down to draymen, and yet she
never once comes back and grills the
heather layman. When some low
brow Of brutal mein starts 'merrily to
panning and says her face is worse
than wood and that her hair needs
canning or that he has a waitress
friend who jerks coffee jigger could
give her many, many leagues and beat
her" out on figger, she never even
looks at him, that rank untutored sin
ner, but holds her tongue and pedes-
tai; o, Venus is a winner. She's on
the job. both day and night; she hears
men knock or flatter and women not
Of classic mold get madden than a
halter. She suffers long and quietly
with calm and placid manner, in cold
no mits to reach quilt, in heat, no
hands to fan her. She is a lesson in
herself-a fruit for daily picking. Just
spare the world your trouble tales and
scratch the useless kicking.-G. s., in
Chicago Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
When Seward First Met Weed

member the precise date, but it was in
the early twenties-I was standing in
front of the tavern in Rochester await
ing the arrival of the stage coach from
Syracuse. The coming and departure
of the stage coach was the exciting
event of the day in Rochester; the
Erie canal had not then been COM
pleted and such thing as steam
railroad was undreamt of, though it
was to become reality few years
later. At the time I speak of there
had been a heavy rain for several
days, so that the road was very mud
dy, circumstance that delayed the
arrival of the coach. But my friends
and loitered in little group in front
Of the tavern until it finally put in an
appearance some two hours late and
just before dusk.
Wheeling up in front of the hotel,
the coach became stuck in a bad mud
hole that was there, and in the at
tempt to extricate his vehicle-you
can imagine the picturesque language
that accompanied the efforts-lo and
behold! the perspiring coachman sud-
denly upset the coach, and the next
thing | knew there came sprawling in
front of me a little man whom l hast
ened to relieve. He was covered with
mud from head to foot. For mo-
ment he was little confused. took
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
fommodore's Advice Was Against the
investment of Money in Real
Estate Because Sale May
Be Slack.

After Commodore Vanderbilt had
become very prominent as railroad
organizer and a fnancier, he, OF
course, was constantly sought after
Tor advice and counsel respecting in
vestments by those who felt on sufl-
cent terms of friendship with him"
said Senator Chauncey M. Depew,
whose business connections with the
Vanderbilt interests date back to the
days of the commodore. "But, no mat
ter how strongly he was importuned,
the commodore never gave any spe-
cific advice as to the investment OF
sums of money. He was never willing
to take that responsibility. l think
he felt that If he recommended GER
tain investments and they turned out
badly he would be criticized. Further
more, he made it an inflexible rule not
even b. SO much as hint to advise
any one to buy securities of the rail-
road properties which he controlled.
l mean by that he was unwilling to
influence any of his friends in
such manner as would lead them to
invest their money in Vanderbilt
stocks or bonds. If they chose to do
that of their own free will and accord
in the open market and without any
urging on his part. that was another
matter.
Some of the appeals that were
m.-de to the commodore for financial
oo,neo1 xuoro o0poiool ond orooffv
amused him. 1t was in reply to one
such appeal that he made the cpl
grammatic answer which has passed
into tradition: The first thousand dol
lars is the hardest to get And it was
another appeal which brought from
him the terse statement that it is
easier to make fortune than it is TO
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

1t is well known that of no other ar
lists work than of Corot's have so
many spurious limitations been brought
on the market. Once a gentleman who
had bought picture, signed "Corot,"
from a minor pictme-dealer, came to
the artist with that very picture, and
asked if the work was really from his
brush. Corot denied his authorship.
Whereupon the irate gentleman said
that he would prosecute the dealer for
fraud. Corot exclaimed: Prosecute
him! Nonsense! The man may have
wife and children. Would you make
them all miserable?" Never mind
wife and children! It's a forgery, and
Justice demands. - Justice!
Bah! There is so little wanted to
make a real Corot of this tiny pic
ture." He put the picture on the easel,
and with some strokes of his brush
changed the bogus Corot into a real
one, and, handing it back to the aston
ished gentleman, he added: Nov you
cannot say any longer that it is for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
Future Statesman Was Dumped in the
Mud at Politicians Feet When
Stage Coach Was Upset by
Careless Driver.

In his old age, say from 1870 to his
death in 1882, Thurlow Weed, the
most skilful Wing politician of his
day, who made William H. Seward
governor of New York and United
States senator, who named Zachary
Taylor for the presidency and Millard
Fillmore for the vice-presidency, and
who at the birth of and during the
first years of the Republican party,
was a national power, was one of the
most delightful story tellers to be
found anywhere. He had a vast fund
Of anecdotes, many Of them being WV
idly descriptive of our political life
from 1920 until 1875.
1t was during the story telling Pc
Rod of this great politician that
came to know him well, and many an
evening / spent with him listening to
his "reminiscences and watching him
sip the might cap" prescribed for him
by his physician-a tablespoonful of
Jamaica rum and little sugar in a
glass of water
Mr.. Weed" l said to him one even
ing, when the name of William H.
Seward had cropped up in the course
OF our conversation, when did you
first meet the senior member of the
powerful and how historically famous
political firm CT Seward, Weed and
Greeley?''
After my service as printers dew
IL and as an apprentice, and when
had become fairly competent as a
journeyman printer and was seized
Of an ambition to become the editor
of daily newspaper. found my way
to Rochester, then a thriving little
town, where they were beginning to
manufacture On large scale by rea-
son of convenient water power" said
Mr.. Weed. There in the early TWEEN
test was 1922, to be exact be-
came editor of the Daily Telegraph
and speedily found myself attracted
to and then deeply interested
! in politics. 1t was at this period of
my career that met Willard Fillmore,
Albert H. Tracy, great lawyer of his
day, and others, and it was while
was with the Telegraph that l began
to hear more or less vaguely of a
newcomer in Auburn who was de-
scribed as a very promising young law
| yer. remember hearing some one
say that this William H. Seward was
good speaker, and that he was sure
to be heard from sooner or later in
politics.
We'll, one evening" do not re-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
ChjIdren's Food.

Certain little suggestions are always
to be followed when planning the diet
of the little ones. To keep healthy
little stomachs in the nursery never
serve hot stewed fruit to the children.
Plenty Of stewed fruit and baked ap-
pies they should eat, but they must
invariably be cooked the day before
and dished up cold. The nursery po-
tatoes should always be baked or
boiled in their jackets. Stewed and
fried potatoes or potatoes boiled with
out their skins supply starch, with a
loss of all the wholesome potash salts
that the skin gives out during the
process Of cooking into the white part
of the vegetable.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
How John 3. Jervis Improved on the
Englishman's Design, Making
Engine Suitable to Ameri-
can Roads.

Dr. Plimmon H. Dudley is probably
the best-known man of science in the
world in his particular field, which
is the relation of metals to railroad
rails and other railroad use. 1t was
his metallurgical studies that made
possible the development of the mod
ern high speed locomotive. Recently
he returned from England, where he
attended the international railway
congress.
while there" said DR.. Dudley, i
took time to run down to Newcastle
on-Tyne to see what remains of the
plant where George Stephenson, who
is popularity though enormously look
ed upon as the inventor, in toto, of the
railroad locomotive, turned out his
first locomotives. had pointed out to
me the shop in which Stephenson
built the first two locomotives that he
sent to the United States, and in this
connection l was surprised to learn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
SKIN TORTURED BABIES n
SLEEP AND MOTHERS REST

A warm bath with Cuticura Soap,
followed by%a~ gentle amounting with
Cuticura ointment, is generally spffi-
cient to afford immediate comfort in
the most distressing forms, of itching,
burning and scaly eczemas, rashes,. ir-
ritations and determinations Of in
fants and children, permit sleep for
child and rest for parent, and point to
permanent relief, when other methods
fail. !. Peace falls upon distracted
households when these pure, sweet
and gentle emollients enter. No other
treatment costs so little and does so
much for skin sufferers, from infancy
to age Send to Potter Drug & Chem.
Corp, Boston, for free 32-page book on
the care and treatment of skin and
scalp troubles 4.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

that in as picked him up, and also
noticed that he was sandy-haired and
very quick in movement, but nowhere
near my height.
81 succeeded in brushing good deal
of the mud off him, and he thanked me
and asked me my name. I told him.
NV name is William H. Seward he
said in reply, land again 1 have. to
thank you for your courtesy" Then
he put out his hand and we gave each
other hearty shake"
Mr.. Weed smiled happily.
Eyes" he said, "in that unceremoni.
GUS and undignifed manner was pre-
sented to William H. Seward, or, II
NAV be more accurate to say, he pre-.
sented himself to me. And from that
moment our friendship began and was
continued until the day of his DEATH
downright. 1910, by E. j. Edwards. AL
Rights Reserved)
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
NOT AS BAD AS 1T SOUNDED
Wonderful Highland Dialect Respon-
sibIe for Wrong Impression
Given Divine.

Andrew Carnegie, at dinner in
New York, talked about the Scotch
dialect
Its a hard lingo to understand" he
said. at often causes awkward mis-
takes.
"Once an American divine spent
Christmas in a Highland inn. On
Christmas morning he gave the maid
a tip of a sovereign, and he said, look
ing earnestly at her-for she was a
pretty maid
edo you know, Kathleen, your are a
very good-looking lassie?
.'"Of course Kathleen was pleased,
but, being modest, she blushed like a
rose and answered:
"'Ah, ma; All ma! But my kissin,
sir is beautiful
"The divine frowned.
"Leave the room, you wicked
young baggage!" he said sternly.
:'He didn't know, you see, that mod
est Kathleen had been simply praising
in her Highland dialect, the superior
charms of her cousin Janet of Pee
bles."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
Not on the Program.

Down in the Gayety theater the 9th.
er afternoon there was an incident
not on the program, but which never.
theless scored the real hit of the mat.
inee.
There was a pony and a donkey act,
and when the trainer of the animals in.
PRODUCED the donkey he desired to
know if there was any one who was
ambitious to be kicked by a jackass.
Almost instantly piping voice from
the gallery shouted: yes; DIR. Cook!"
1t was fully five minutes before the
outburst of laughter subsidized enough
to allow the trainer, who was one OF
the heartiest af the laughers, to re.
mark: tits mighty hard to get ahead
of the gallery. "-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
Locomotive Not Stephenson S

authoritatively that at least one loco
motive that Stephenson made for
American use was his largely in name
only.
1T was in 1880 that John B. Jervis,
who died in 1885 at the advanced age
of ninety, became chief engineer Of
the old Albany & Schenectady rail-
road That year. believe it was, the
road received from George Stephenson
and put into service a locomotive
called John Bull But, despite the
sturdy character of it's name, 1t didn't
work very we'll The grades were too
heavy and the curves too sharp, two
difficulties that Stephenson did not
have to contend with to such degree
in his native land.
"The failure of the locomotive to
live up to the expectations of its
purchasers proved a sore disappoint-
ment, and no one was more chagrined
than the roads chief engineer, who,
nevertheless, made up his mind that
the difficulties must be overcome. To
this end he made a minute study Of
the mechanism of the John Bull fin
ally reaching the conclusion about two
years later that the problem of taking
the curves easily and without danger
Of wreck would be solved by giving
the locomotive a swivel truck. He
had already decided that the grades
could be overcome by increasing the
steam power of the locomotives
comparatively simple matter and
with these two ideas in mind he set
out and designed a locomotive incor-
porating them. Then he had an en-
CINE, which he called Experiment,
built at the West Point foundry. That
was in 1882.
1--WE may. safely say that the 'Ex.
pertinent was a successful one. The
West Point foundry, however, was not
adequately equipped for locomotive
manufacture, so 1t was decided to send
the plans and specifications of 1.-The
Experiment to Stephenson and ask
him to build locomotive along those
lines for the Albany & Schenectady He
did so, the locomotive liz time reach
ed this country as Stephenson prod
uct, and, being taken by boat to AL
bany, was put into service on the AL
bany & Schenectady, fulfilling from
the start everything expected of it in
the way of surmounting grades, and
taking curves.
"The use of the swivel truck as ap-
piled to locomotives Mr.. Jervis gave
to the world, and the principle is in
operation to this day. Nor was that
the only important work that Mr..
Jervis did on behalf of transportation.
"He took a prominent part in the
building and then the enlargement of
the Erie canal The Hudson River
railroad between New York and AL
bany was largely constructed by his
plans and under his supervision. AS
president of the Rock Island he was
a leader in railway development west
of the Alleghanies, and within two
years after he had become president
of the old Pittsburg & Fort Wayne
railroad, in 1861, he brought its stock
up from a value Of eight cents on the
dollar to a point where it paid a year
ly dividend Of ten per cent. Yet the
only public monument, so far as !
know, that perpetuates his memory
is to be found in the name of the
town of Port Jervis, N. ~"
Copyright, 1910, by E. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)