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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
PROFITS In Onions.

The man who reads of $1,000 te
So, 600 profits per acre In onions or IL
any other crop loses his head to the
extent OF planting q halfaacre as q
first venture. not knowing whether his
soil and climate are adapted to ths
crop or what chances Of sale or .stor
age he has. does not use proper dis
erection.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
Atlanta. Ga.
Coal and Wooo1

We have in stock at our yards Lykens
Valley Stove and Nut, free burning
white ash broken, genuine Pocahontas
lump and run Of mine. Wood sawed and
split. Hay corn and clover seed. ALI
orders left with the Farmers Supply
Company will be fillei day received.
Both phones. "A visit to our yard vii
convince you that we have the goods we
advertise. Thanking you for the past
patronage we are, Very truly,
JOHN G. BURNS & Co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
i WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.

In this age of research and experiment. all nature
Is ransackod by the scient comfort and hap
pineesof man. Science has indeed made giant strides
least importan In medicine Is that Of
Therapion wch has been used with great success In
IF those who suffer from kidney, bladder, nervous
Diseases chronic weaknesses, ulcers skin eruptiona
piles, &C., there Is doubt In fact seems evident
from the big stir created amongst specialists, that
those questionable remedies that were formerly the
sole reliance OF medical tits OF course impOs
q this short article, but THOSE who would Ike to
many-we might almost say, miraculoug cures
should send addressed envelope for FREE book to
Or. LIE ClerC Med. Co., HayerstOck Road, Hampstead
London. Eng and decide for themselves whether the
New French Remedy sAfn & HAPtONn No 1, No.
In vain during life Of misery. suffering III health
mail 100 Fouscra Co, 10 Beekman 81, New YORK
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
PEAS ana Tomatoes.

Where there IL good market for
both peas and tomatoes these crops
may be grown together to good ad-.
vantage The peas should be planted
as soon as the ground can be prepared
and the tomatoes are set after danger
Of hard FROST which. in most sec
lions Of the north, will not be before
Inc fifteenth Of twentieth Of May. r
the rows Of peas ara four feet apart.
Two Of TIRES pea plants must be re-
moved At the required distances IN
the rows to make place for eaeh
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
&c. GREEN

- - Alto RNEY.AT-L LAW -
Cha les Town, Jefferson county, w. Va
lsilI ractice In the courts Of Jefferson
Berkeley and Moraan counties, In thu
Unit i Statcs district court ct Martinsy
burg. the suarems, court Of appeals OIL
w !. Virginia. special attent ON to tho
. Hectic Of laims a41 prompt ramlsl
/ y e Of the ssme
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
FRANK L. RUsHoNG
A.torney,-A.-Law

WIN pract ice in the courts Of Jefferson
and auioining counties, Supreme C2u :
~ AnDeals Of West Virginia and Federai
Courts. office: Lawyers Row, Cnarles
Town, w. Va
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
The Presbyterian OF The
South.
$500 a Year In Advance

Contains departments for the Sunday
SCHOOL Lessons, Westminster League
Books and Literary, and Church New
and is fully abreast with the Times,
Send for q sample copy to show what
wehaven' tspace to explain. Address al
communications to
IHEPRESBYTERIAN of the SOUTH
A+1orfn Go
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

49, 49,
RM
q So
s 81.
stock Ike turnips.
screen the water tank.
give every horse his own collar.
culi the eve hock before breeding.
The SOY bean is an excellent
iegnme.
A pig should never be compelled to
3squeal for his food
Cut the weeds out Of the fence cor
ners before they go to seed.
Pigs fed on dirty, dusty floors are
apt to contract lung trouble,
A two-piece staye silo makes practi-
cally az good a silo as one-piece,
How about undertaking that low
place on the farm? Now is the time.
You must, have vigor in the sow
II you expect strong vitality in the
pigs. sz==7s5 -. s
The hoe is wonderful tool for con-
serving the moisture around the small
plants.
No need Of pitch holes or ruts in
the road. Use the King road drag.
brothers.
All young animals to be profitable
should be kept growing from birth
until maturity.
Clean out the sheepfolds and sprin-
kle thoroughly with plaster before put
ting In beds of straw.
The self-sucking COW and the con-
f1rmed fence breaker are equally dis
agreeable to have In the herd.
Farmers will not get the full bene-
fit of the rural free delivery until
after they get the parcels post.
The total production OF phosphate
rock in this country lin 1910 was q
654.9S8 long tons, valued at $40, 917 900.
After all that may be said in favor
Of other pastures, clover stands at the
head when 1t comes to the right thing
for pigs.
Don't let those cookie burrs go to
seed on stubble ground seeded down.
Run the mower over the field before
seeds form
Do not cut the grass day too early
or a day too late. Send in the mower
just when bloom shows like a. mist
over the field.
Ho4 roodv ~ n,,ll %hn awe Anoh Nc
fore breeding this fall There are
some ewes that are too old and should
go to market.
A dust mulch for the garden is bet
ter than sprinkling can. Stir the
soil every few days and you will need
to carry very little water
A sharp disk Is the best tool that
can be used to level down the boys
on piece of rough, Doggy slough
land after the tilers are through.
There Is moneyeas well as human.
ity in providing shade for picketed or
shut-in calves or other animals. II
costs SO little to try this it is shame
not to.
Selling crops as soon as they are
harvested usually means that one gets
very poor price for ones product
AS general rule the prices OF grains
go up little later on.
A parasite with long and unpro
nounceable name has been introduced
into California to fight the codiing
moth. 1t is said to be making good
and has begun the destruction.
Make start In sheep this fall BY
buying 25 high grade ewes and 8
pure bred ram. We did this and sold
enough Of the Increase the next
spring to more than pay for the first
| investment.
Naturally. fowls are healthy. and nc
| stock on the farm has been SO much
abused. Yet In spite OF all the Ill
treatment they receive they do much
better than any other stock on the
farm Of equal value.
| On farms having high, dry land
4 which has q light growth Of grass, and
where a new breeding gobbler has
Jata1v haen infroduced the largest
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Stylish new, well tailored wash suita
In white, tan, and colors. Shirt waista.
the styles are the newest design, price
within reach Of all. Burns 4 Shugert
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Sheep and poultry go well to geth-
er. and when once the buildings and
fields are ready for them. how little
work. compared with other stock. 1t
takes to care for them.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Flies can't hatch without manure
or dump pile to incnbate In. KeeE
everything clean and there will be
few million less of these flies.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Many dairymen are giving their
cows simply a maintenance ration,
and then complain because there Is
no profit In dairying. Such dairying
don't deserve to succeed.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

1t pays to get out and do as much
work as possible in the early part
Of these hot days.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

A little gunny sacking over that
poor cows or Calls back. when It ii
picketed near swarms of flies. will
help out the feed surprisingly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

One thing that keeps the hired man
ON the farm is neat. wellkept, and
well arranged farm.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Don't neglect to cultivate the grape
vineyard up to fruiting time The
surface Of the soil in the vineyard
must be kept mellow throughout the
hot July and August days.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

A disk from an old pulverizel
makes good anchor for holding thu
end post of q wire fence.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Skim the milk clean. The milk
containing quite little butter fat
may be most excellent for the pigs
but butter fat at 20 to % cents o
pound is expensive pig feed.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

There is going to be lot Of alfalfa
sown this falI. How much OF It win be
on your farm7
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Milking the COWS clean and care
fully has tendency to develop per-.
sistent habit of yielding milk.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

a screen dy trap setting near the
back kitchen door rids the house Of
many lies.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Supplement the short pastures with
those green crops you planted last
spring Didn't do It? Too bad. Re
member next time.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

1t doesn't cost any more to be clean
ly than otherwise And there's moro
profit and satisfaction in it too.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

OIL Is cheaper than farvesters.
Good oil is cheaper than thin cheap
stun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
Looking Forward

Remember Lots wife,"
 That unhappy woman, fleeing from the destruction visited upon the cities of the plain, hankered for the fleshpots she was leaving.
 Looking backward she was transixed and changed into pillar of salt.
 Harsh penalty?
 Maybe. But the story carries a valuable lesson.
 And that lesson is that the golden age is not behind you. in the past, but in front of you, in the future. Let the dead past bury the past. You may have regrets concerning your fail uIes or your sins. but do not let those re- grets get in front of you and impede your going
 Remember Lots wife.
 The old idea that man has fallen from some great eminence to lower plane of life is giving way to the new idea that he is slowly struggling upward out of inlperfection into strength of character ana purity of living.
 Keep your face to the front.
 You are not what you want to be or what you ought to be. but you never will be whatsy should be or long to be if you go about forever mourning on &C., count of your mistakes and lapses. You will be like the prisoner who drags be- hind him his ball and chain.
 Forget the things that are behind.
 If you have truly repented of your sins the Omnipotence that has forgiven them has In his mercy forgotten them. Though your sins may have been as scarlet, they shall be white as snow. God is through with them. Why should you tio them on your back and go stumbling?
 II takes time to grow a man.
 The bud that is slowly unfolding oan- mt be expected to show forth the sweet ress of the full grown flower.
 Flowers are not made.
 They grow
 And so of humans. You are in process O, fashioning, The lily is not the less beautiful because it's roots are in the mud. ,f tiftsi
 Do not weaken yourself by sorrow for ynur misdoings Look not backward 10 tte cities of the plain where sordid sin al oLnds. but forward toward the better country toward which you are travelling.
 About face' Heed not the call of the irrevocable past. and Forward marchi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
Al Your Rest

You are at your best when you are help inB somebody.
 You are that divinest spectacle on earth -a man at his best-when, stirred to &C., ton by the appeal of some one who needs yeu, you open your heart your hand, your purse. 8a
 It is so of man in the mass.
 When Chicago fire. a Galveston flood or a San Francisco earthquake makes in- stsnt appeal men move at their best They act in mass on the high plane of a united ministry. Such a response develops In a whole people all that is highest in feeling and roblest In action. Eut-- DO you know that every day there Is an earthquake or fire or a flood in some bo6y's soul?
 Every day some mans substance is swept away; every day some woman's heart is rent by an earthqylake; every clay some child's life is flooded by sorrow.
 You do not know about it.
 If you did you woul% sympathize and help.
 1he calamity may, ftome to your next door neighbor and you know it not Your neigbbor hides bis wound. He fears hu- n iliation or hesquestions the genuineness Of your sympathies.
 Now-.
 He Mas missed his chance to be helped by you and you have missed your oppor- tlshity to be at your best. T IL Is fine when all men respond to some gl eat call made upon the common sym pathy through fire or cyclone or flood, but it is finer when tlr concern of your neigh bcr becomes your concern.
 Do not wait for fire or flood.
 Men and women and little children everywhere need you. They bear bur eens you should help to tighten. They suffer pains you should help assuage. The wounded, the discouraged, the sick, the poor, we have always with us. Be at your best. Help
 Help not only because you can relieve and bless, but because by doing so you can make most of yourself and live at your best-because you can develop in yourself that which we so greatly admire when a great people responds to great need.
 If you would be at your best
 Felp,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
Easy to Get a Promise
National Monthly.

From the Natonal Monthly.
 MT. Williams. one of the five candidates for the office of sheriff in one of the northern counties of Wisconsin. was making a house-to-house canvass of ru- ral districts, soliciting votes, Coming to the house of Farmer Thompson, he was net at the door by the good housewife, and the following dialogue ensued:
 "Is Mr.. Thompson at homer"
 "No; he has gone to town'
 "I am very sorry, as I would have liked to talk to him.
 "Is there anything I can tell him for you?'
 My name is Williams. candidate for sheriff and wanted to exact a promise from him to vote for me at the coming election.' M
 ..Oh, tbat will be all right. I know he will promise, for he has already prom ised four other candidates the same thing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
Heart To Heart Talks
nx EDWIN A- nYB

when 1t doesn't rain he Is quite certain there will be long, disastrous drought. ! know a merchant who suffers in the same way It never is cold enough to sell his stock of winter goods, and mostly tic weather is too chilly to offer his sum- mer fabrics.
 I know lawyer who suffers from q Ike mental defect He can see no good l., his fellow attorneys. In his way of seeing. every member of the bar save himself is crooked. And the community never has given him credit for the ability h. possesses.
 Cross eyed
 l know preacher who always sees and deplores the decline of religion and the state of the church. He planes the peo- pie, instead of himself, because his con- Fl egation is so small.
 I know doctor who takes the time he should give to his medical journals to ex- plain to you how his brother physicians ytelate professional ethics," while he hin self is immaculate
 1 know an editor who forever is finding fault with his town and its people and who seldom prints a boost for his com ntunity.
 l know a man who can see no good In lhis neighbors or their children and who is busy the summer through with con- tioversy because of his dogs and chickens.
 l know a woman who scents a scandal each time she sees two persons of oppo- site sex talking with each other, who is sure the grocer always cheats her and is ready to suggest that So and So is not as good as she appears to be.
 Cross eyed people.
 They cannot see things straight
 Victims of mental strabisn1us. possibly they cannot be blamed for it
 And the cure?
 Flesh and blood cross eyes may be str heightened and cured by a surgical op- eration That is common.
 Possibly there is no other way by which cross eyed minds may be cured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
An Aid to Hubby

From the Detroit Free Press.
 My dear. l want to ask favor of you.
 .sWell?''s~
 .If you decide to move this spring, will you please give me our new address ine day before so that will be sure to know where to conie."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
The Pull That Pulls
, UT have no pull"

<<D UT have no pull"
 N That was what my young
 AS friend said when l advised him to apply at a certain place for job. did not say To him what thought. No pull?
 Why, he had a pulI-a tremendous pull. He had a pull on his own strength and self respect-on his own pluck and pa- tence and push
 He was asking special favors.
 Did he know the danger of specific privi- leges?
 Nine times in ten there is a string tied to such preferences
 Beware of the pull young man.
 You are expected to return exceptional favors extended To you. And when it comes to trading TavOrs what guaianty have you that you will receive as much more-in the exchange?
 He who grants you one concession is likely to ask of your cfvility two in re- turn
 Besides
 In the manly attitude of him who asks no preferential chance beyond that he merits there is a great force. To him who succeeds of himself there comes of self respect that never comes of others.
 T have no pull
 The expression, W %Ef11Ch IS all too common, reveals habit Of looking for exclusive privilege that is wrong in principle and vicious in practice
 Equality of opportI1unity is of the sub stance of democraCy- No man has the right to demand more than fair chance and open field
 No pull?
 Why should you receive some extraor- dnary friendship denied to others? Why should you be excused from requirements for which others are made to pay2 The pull that you use may become the pull back once you exercise 1t. The pull that bulls?
 Merritt Merit aIoneE
 When you pull that string something must move. When you pull that string the other end of 1t is not to be found In the hands of some other than you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
Crossed Eyed People

The technical given to cross eyes by oculists is -tSr ra foiSr11 us" But
 Do you know there is such thing as a distortion of the minds eye-a sort of mental strabisn1f1=2
 As the vision Of the natural eve is im- psf ed by the dt@%e(t i1 the eve muscles. is inc visiot or [ he minds affected h, the lack of control of the mind mus ces 10 spea k
 The vision is distorted
 I know farm who cannot Tightly sec things. Nhere Is r7irs he fancies the caops will be r1zr ned by the floods. land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
True Women


 l would rather be
 In the shade Of a. tree With song and handful of daisies
 Than to be the da rling of victory Mid the bray of the rab ble's praises The quotation Is by Mme cavalierI The grand opera singer. who further said tn recent interviews
 q have every hing that life has to offer. By every rule and standard of ths world should be happy. But the only happiness have I<n has been in an pected to bring happiness and did not" When read that I thought of the wife of our milkman Happening to be on her husbands wagon the others morning, in the course of a brief conversation she said:
 "oh. John and I and the children have been very happy We have all been quite we'll and we enjoy life
 She looked it.
 flush of health. wealthy. famous, calLkd by some the most bea utifu womaS in the world-and un happy And 3ere is my miSman's wife. also young shd good enjoying few luxur1es-but h.Sppy
 cavalieri well says according to the wonder has it occurred to her whether the worlds standards may be wrong?
 In other words, can externals give Happiness?
 Now there may be something wrong ,withing cavalieris s self that has caused not know. l might guess at il. But Here is the IeSSon-
 Soemtifnes who are neither talented rich bea t1ful nor famous find ourselves wishing might be possessed of these thingS-and be Supremely happy. It we are I1iS taken Old Omar discarded all these things to say: A book of verses nderneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf Of bread and thou Beside me singing in the wilderness 0 wilderness were para disc enow! Mayhap Cava1ieri-S S lack is what my milkmans wife surely has-love-love for John and the chi1dr ren-
 However that ay be
 The old book speaks a universal law when 1t declares that a. mans life does not consist in the abundance of things that he possesseth-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
Broken Swords

Broken Swords
 Heroes fightinE with broken swords aye all about you
 Sc said my author
 And I began looking about me, with and heroines figh ting the battle of life with blunt weapons
 Some of them :?
 A woman comes to our house to do the who never compla ins- on inquiry I found that she had cconnroliS he'd as much as week For several V ears her husband had been bedridden. nd the little woman has bravey supported the family. She fights with a broken sword.
 Also l learned some hing of the life history of the sewing girl who occasion- ally helps the women of the household, fave married Ions ago but for the fact that she is the only breadwnner for an old mother and a decrepit aunt
 And there is the man who haus away the ashes
 Five years ago his wife died, leaving hin. with four srra all children, one an in- other children of this man go to Sunday school they are well dressed as any. l talked with hi Tn- He says he never spends a cent upon himself and that the children are good children and the oldest ooes the house work and all love their daddy" He says he quit smoking his pipe because he fraid it took the bread out of the m aoI1ths of the children
 Our ash man is a herol
 tnd thought of an old bachelor book keeper in an office adjoining mine down. town Once when he young he loved q girl and wanted to marry her, but he was the sole sup port of two helpless old ladies. and the girl would not wait. And So for years he has Ioiocded away at his books, giving his ages and his very life to these decrepit relatives.
 Fighting with a broken swordi
 And on the day I lea rned these things concerning the heroes nd heroines about me my friend told me of carpenter of his acquaintance w hO. fter doing days work. works extra night, denies him self needed sleep a nd is wearing out, his life to educate his children.
 Loyal fighters aII-
 It Is easy enough when silver bugles sound the chalienEe of the charge and the flag above Nou riDPies in the breeze ana comrades tOHs cf1 elbows to do the dar- ing deed. but to fight alone and with broken sword-t f1a [ -S different.
 Tfese everyday heroes lead the forlorn frpe day after day and do battle with blunt or broken ca pOns.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-22
CAUCUS.


Village of Red jacket Houghton
County, Michigan.
Notice is hereby given that gem
eral Village Caucus will be held at the
Red Jacket Town Hall on Thursday
the 29th of February A. D.. 1912 ut s
o'clock p. m. for the purpose of plac-
ing i'm nomination candidates for VII
lage officers for the ensuing term to
wit:
one president for one year.
Three trustees for two years.
One trustee for one year Ito fill va
cancy)
one clerk for one year.
One treasurer for one year.
one assessor for one year.
And for the transaction Of such
other business as may properly come
before IL.
BY orGer OF President and Trustees
Village of Red Jacket County Of
1oushton. State of Michigan.
(Signed) John j. Ellis. Jr.
Clerk, Village OF Red Jacket, Mich
Dated Monday. Feb IL. 1912. .!