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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-06-01

is better than anarchy, for under such
conditions there is no protection at
all. Ii things are not going right in
our conception of them, then let us
"bear the ills we have. rather than
fly to those we know not Of" We
must not expect perfection from
human beings-some mistakes are in
evitable, but upon the whole l am
perfectly confident that the American
people enjoy the greatest degree of
liberty of any people on the face of
the globe. The stars and stripes are
the emblem of that liberty and any
class of men who would pull that
down has no business in this country
| was waiting for a train in the
Yakima valley the other day and some
men we're engaged in heated discus
sion about some wrongs, real or i'm
aginary, in that county. One, who
by his speech showed he was a for
eigner, began to tell how much better
Continued on page 49,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-06-01
LIMITATIONS IN GRATING.

b. N. Hamilton, Woodland, WASH,
asks:
"WilI you please tell me through
The Ranch if pears will grow and
bear fruit if grated on cherry roots?"
1t is possible you might get feeble
growth and little fruit but the
limitations are such in this case that
no profitable growth can be secured.
John Percival, the English author, in
his great work on agricultural
Botany" lays down this rule: cap
parently, however, only plants can be
grated on each other successfully
when they belong to the same family
or order.' A scientific writer in
Omitted Editors Encyclopedia and
Dictionary" i'll treating of grating
makes the following clear statement
on the limitation to be met with ::
"While grating can be made success
full on large number of trees and
plants it is necessary that the stock
1.-THE tree or plant to be grafted), and
the scion (portion of the tree or plant
that is to be combined with the
stock, should belong to the same
natural order. The more closely they
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-06-01
Horticulture

that too much talking among the
thinners can not be allowed, especially
if they are women. You may find
trouble in trying to carry out this
regulation and may be able, after
trying to secure a measure of silence,
to answer a conundrum which a
married man once propounded to his
bachelor friends, why is my wife not
like a jack knife?" The bachelor
friends said with one voice, "We give
up" The man replied, "You can
shut up jack-knife -
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-06-01
HOW TO KILL POLITICAL BUGS.

HOW TO KILL POLITICAL BUGS.
M. DeGeus, Snohomish, WASH,
writes as follows:
81 get lots OF good information out
of The Ranch telling how to kill bugs
and lice of all kinds but we are greatly
over run here with a bug that eats
every thing in sight and is always
hungry. Some people call it a hum
bug but | call it political bug. The
court house is full of it and it must
be fumigated. Do you know any dose
that would kill this bug? Ii you do,
you would help the farmers here very
much"
The Ranch is strictly farm paper
and deals with such matters and does
not aim to mix up with any local
quarrels by taking sides for or against.
We let this subscriber express himself
in his own way. He wants to know
what "dose" can be depended upon
to kill off bad men who get into office.
There is only one safe remedy in the
hands of the American people with
which to meet such a condition and
that is the voice of the majority.
This is "a government of the people,
by the people and for the people, as
Lincoln so aptly expressed it. The
people rule here and the only way
that can be carried out is by letting
the majority rule. 1t is very true
that sometimes the majority is in the
wrong but the remedy for that is not
riot or rebellion. Sometimes a
'ring' gets control in the court
house or in the state house and things
60 wrong. In such a case let the
people agitate the matter and vote
the "rascals" out. We should always
remember that the rule OF the ma
jority is the palladium of our liberties.
Strike that down and the result is
anarchy, for anarchy means no rule
at all. AS bad as some forms of
government may be, any government
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-06-01
TREE DOCTORS.

g. E. Ludden, Arleta, Wash,
writes:
81 was in Puyallup the other day
and ran across Tree Doctor He
said that he applied the medicine to
the roots of the tree. He said that
he would take tree that was covered
with San Jose scale, apply his remedies
and in half an hour could see the
scales wither up and die. Can he do
it? | asked him if he could cure
Black Spot Canker and Gummosis and
he said yes, and any disease of the
apple, pear, etc., that it should be
known better, if not, people should
know him. Can you give any informa-
tion about it?"
1t seems to me that this doctor wa s
in about the last place to be expected.
If there is one place above all others
where such takers are in danger of
being exposed it is at one of our
Experiment Stations. Such men as
Professors Stahl and Severance can
very easily put such fellows to route.
Such fakes as this one have been ex-
posed times without number by our
very worthy men connected with these
Experiment Stations. If such a
fellow was to call on me at my fruit
ranch | would do one of two things.
either show him the front gate and
unchain the bull dog and see him
chit the high places in the road" or
L would pick out diseased tree or
one effected with insects and say to
him, 'Prove your theory or get run
out of the country" If this man can
do what he claims he can, he can soon
be the most noted man in the nation
and can amass fortune that would
make him the envy of Rockefeller or
Carnegie. Such man is a fool to
waste his time telling what he can do.
Let him do it. II a man could find
the roots of tree that will kill the
scale on the limbs in a half hour he
would have something so powerful
that it would kill the tree as dead as
julius Caesar in one-half the time.
Depend upon it. friend Ludden, that
men who make such claims are fakes
of the worst type. Such man may
be honest in thinking that such things
can be done but if he claims that he
has done such wonders, ask him how
long since he got out of the asylum
for the insane.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-06-01

Continued on page 49,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24
ONE CASE OUT OF MANY
TO PROVE OUR CLAIMS.

St. Anne, Ill.-"I was passing
through the change of life and I
was a perfect wreck from female
troubles. / had a displacement
and bearing down pains, weak
fainting spells, dizziness, then
numb and cold feelings. Some
times my feet and limbs were
swollen. / was irregular and had
so much backache and headache,
was nervous, irritable and was
Respondent. Sometimes my ap-
petite was good but more often it
was not. My kidneys troubled
me at times and | could walk
only a short distance.
Il saw your advertisement IL q
paper and took Lydia K. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and
| was helped from the first. AT
the end of two months the swell
ling had gone down, / was re-
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with ease. | continued with the
medicine and now | do almost all
my homework. | know your
medicine has saved me from the
grave and am willing for you to
publish anything | write to you,
Cor the good of others. Mrs.
EsTELLA GILLIsPIE. RED. No. 4,
Boz ii, 81. Anne, Illinois.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24

l felt a slight jar and then soon after
a second one, but not sufficiently large
to cause any anxiety to any one, how
ever nervous they may have been.
However, the engines stopped imme-
diately afterward, and my first thought
was, She has lost propeller
IL went on the top (boaD deck in
a dressing gown and found only few
people there, who had come up SIM
ilarly to inquire why we had stopped,
but there was no sort of anxiety in the
minds of any one.
I'VE saw through the smoking room
window a game of cards going on and
went in to inquire If they knew any
thing; ii seems they felt more of the
jar, and, looking through the window,
had seen huge iceberg go by close
to the side of the boat. They thought
we had just grazed it with glancing
blow, and the engines had been stop
ped to see If any damage had been
done.
mo one, of course, had any concep-
tion that she had been pierced below
by part of the submerged iceberg. The
game went on without any thought
of disaster, and | retired TO my cabin
to read until we went on again. !
never saw any of the players or the
onlookers again.
ION going on deck again saw that
there was an undoubted list down
wards from stern to bows, but, know
ing nothing of what had happened,
concluded some of the front compart.
ments had filled and weighted her
down. went down again to put on
warmer cothing and as | dressed
heard an order shouted: 'All passen.
gers on deck with life belts on
"The ship was absolutely still. and
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24
@zzzenz
From Forty-Five to Fifty Are Much Benefited
by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

The "change Of life" is a most
critical period in a woman's ex-
istence, and the anxiety felt by
women as it draws near is not
without reason.
When her system is in a de-
ranged condition, she may be
predisposed to apoplexy, or con-
gestion of some organ. At this
time, also, cancers and tumors
are more liable to form and begin
their destructive work.
Such warning symptoms as
sense of suffocation, hot flashes,
headaches, backaches, dread of
impending evil, timidity, sounds
in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes,
irregularities, constipation, vari-
able appetite, weakness and
inquietude, and dizziness, are
promptly needed by intelligent
women who are approaching the
period in life when woman's
great change may be expected.
These symptoms are calls from
nature for help. The nerves are
crying out for assistance and the
cry should be needed in time.
Lydia e. Pinkhanl's Vegetable
Compound is prepared to meet
the needs Of women's system at
this trying period of her life. 1t
invigorates and strengthens the
female organism and builds up
the weakened nervous system.
!. has carried many women safely
tirouCh IT, 80
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24
Young Woman Makes Up Her
Mind To Fly English Channel.

Miss Harriet Quimby, the American
woman who crossed the English Chan
mel yesterday in an aeroplane, which
she operated herself, is we'll known
here as an ambitious little body who
made exhibition flights OH Long Island
and in New Jersey, No one gave her
credit for NERVE" enough to fly the
English Channel. In fact, the Aero
Club felt rather anxious about her
when she mou nted into the air. But it
is very hard to prevent woman from
trying to do what she has made up her
mind to do, and so Miss Quimbv writes
her name on the roll of fame witt: Bile
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24
Titanic, Which
/ AN ICEBERG, THE
White Star Liner Was on Her
Maiden Trip From South
ampton to New York.
'sssssssseesssess>~ss~

~ HE new White Star liner Titan
tic, which was recently in col
lision with an iceberg on her
maiden trip from Southamp-
to New York, is described by her
hers as follows: -
he Titanic and her sister ship, the
'mpic, are the largest ships afloat.
ing 100 feet longer than their next
al. These se9fmonsters are at the
me time fiosting mansions Of lux
N. each caTable Of holding a town
y of peQEe. They are SS21a feet
ing. OF t in the beam and "a feet
! depth&Evith $1,000 tons register and
b.00O rs displacement.
Wit foficers and crew numbering
60. e Titanic is capable of carrying
q to $500 passengers-cabin and
Fage. She was built to be the last
in size, speed, power and sea lux
Ytnd 1t would take a powerful
to conceive the magnifi-
Zee and detail for comfort and lux
Hy and pastime on the great ship. Its
Interior more closely resembles huge
lotel, with heavy balustraded wide
tairways and elevators running up and
lown for nine stories; its great sa-
oons and restaurants: its miniature
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24

except for a gentle tilt downward,
which / don't think one person in ten
would have noticed at that time, no
signs of the approaching disaster were
visible. She lay just as If she were
waiting the order to go on again, when
some trifling matter had been adjusted.
But in a few moments we saw the
covers lifted from the boats and the
crews allotted to them standing by and
curling up the ropes which were to
lower them by the pulley blocks into
the water.
1--WE then began to realize 1t was
more serious than had been supposed,
and my first thought was to go down
and get more clothing and some
money, but seeing people pouring up
the stairs decided 1t was better to
cause no confusion to people coming
up. Presently we heard the order:
"'Al men stand back away from
the boats and all ladies retire to next
deck below--the smoking-room deck
or b deck The men all stood away
and remained in absolute silence, lean
ing against the end ratings of the
deck or pacing slowly up and down.
The boats were swung out and lower
ed from A deck. When they were to
the level of b deck. where all the Ia
dies were collected, the ladies got in
quietly, with the exception of some,
who refused to leave their husbands.
Looking over the side, one saw
boats from aft already in the water,
slipping quietly away into the dark
ness, and presently the boats near TO
me were lowered and with much
creaking as the new ropes slipped
through the pulley-blocks down the 80
feet which separated them from the
water. An officer in uniform came up
as one boat went down and shouted
When you are afioat, row round to
the companion ladder and stand by
with the other boats for orders
Zone by one the boats were filled
with women and Children, lowered and
rowed away into the night. Presently
the word went round among the men,
the men are to be put in boats on the
starboard side | was on the port
side and most of the men walked
across the deck to see If this was so.
l remained where | presently heard
the call: Amy more LADIES'? Looking
over the side of the ship | saw the
boat, No. 10, swinging level with B
deck, half full of ladies. Again the
call was repeated ANY more ladies'?
Advised To Jump.
81 saw none come on, and then one
of the crew looked up and said: ANY
ladies on your deck, sir?'
mo l replied.
"'Then you had better jump
81 dropped and fell in the bottom as
they cried, Lower away AS the boat
began to descend two ladies were
pushed hurriedly through the crowd
on B deck and heaved over into the
boat, and a baby of 10 months passed
down after them"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24
Is Related by John Beasley
London Newspaper
Correspondent
CARD PLAYERS CONTINUE GAME
LONG AFTER THE TITANIC RE-
CElvED HER DEATH-BLOW-
MEN FACED THEIR DOOM
BRAVElY-WORST MARINTiNE
DISASTER OF MODERN TIMES
WOMEN SAVED AND MEN GO
DOWN WITH MONSTER SHIP.

New York-Among the Titanic's
survivors who arrived on the Carpa-
thia are two newspaper men-John
Beasley, of London. correspondent of
the New York World, and Charles F.
Hurd, of this city. Mr.. Beasley gave
the following account of i'll fate of the
Titanic:
"The voyage from Queenstown had
been quite uneventful; very fine
weather was experienced and the sea
was quite calm.
II had been in my berth for about
ten minutes when at about 11:15 p. m.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24
THE WHITE STAR LINER TITANIC.

later, squash and tennis courts.
Imming pools and Turkish bath
inns; its great smoking room. card
Inns and beautiful music rooms, and
IN on the top of it's twelve decks a
Mature golf links.
Private Promena1es.
Two private suits with their own
waite promenades, wherein passen-
IS can live as luxurlously at sea as
their own homes. illustrate some OF
: novelties. These suits are only de-
med for one or two persons, with
tommodations for their servants,
q the price asked for them for a
t4e trip voyage Is $4,350. Without
' porch single suits like these are
b for $780,
[he Titanic was launched at Belfast
May-that is to say, her huge hulk
s. launched. but that only half COM
ted the work of construction, to say
Thing of the mammoth task of dec
3tion.
The Titanic has nine decks of SOL
v constructed steel. The hull Is di.
1ed into thirty water tight compart-
knts. the doors Of which can be ST.
|hltaneously closed by the operation
| q lever from the bridge. She is of
8 triple screw type. The two wing
tews are driven by reciprocating en-
hes. the central one by turbines. Her
iced is twenty-one knots an hour.
Some idea of the immensely of the
brk involved In the construction of
|ch leviathan as the Titanic may be
med by few statistics. The weight
| the 100000 rivets In the ships dou
bottom alone Is 270 tons. The
bviest plate weighs Az tons and +
feet long. The rudder weighs 10t
IS The largest beam used weighs 4
IS and measures % feet.
Year a Mishap at Southampton
captain Smith. her commander, TIL
|niral OF the White Star feet. was In
nmand Of her sister ship. the Olyni
when she made her maiden yoy
10 New York and also when she
heed with the British cruiser
vke In the solent last September.
disaster was narrowly averted the
the Titanic sailed from Southamp-
II was similar TO that which be-
her sister ship. the Olympic. Cap
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24

single last salute, and was in that po-
sition as the lifeboats drew away from
the doomed craft.
That was the statement made by
c. II. Stengel, Of Newark. N. j.. one
of the survivors, on landing here.
The colonel. he said. seemed UNI
moved by the fact that he was about
to die.
Calmly and without tremble he
placed his bride OF only few months
in the place OF safety Then he went
to his death.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24

You will look good while before you
find better medicine for coughs and
colds than Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. 1t not only gives relef-it cures.
Try it when you have a cough or cold,
and you are certain to be pleased with
the prompt cure which it will effect.
For sale by all dealers.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24
AsToR KISSES BRIDE, sALUTEs-
DIES.

New York.-John j. Astor kissed his
bride good-by as he placed her in the
waiting lifeboat. Then he drew him
self to attention as he stood on the
first cabin deck of the Inflated Titanic.
snapped his hand to his head in a
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24
Like The News Very Much.

Dear Mr.. Babbage: Enclosed find
one dollar for which you will please re-
new my subscription to the Brecken-
ridge News fo- one year. We like your
paper very much. Yours truly,
Z. w. Foote,
Irvington, XIV. Route No. /.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24

riot, Prier, Paulhan and other venture
some Frenchmen and some Englishmen
who have risked the perils of the Chan.
mel flight New York Sun.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24
POETRY AND PUNS IN BIBLE.
Professor Torrsy Of Yale Cites Ex-
amples Before Oriental Society.

The worlds most beautiful and per-
feet poetry is to be found In the Old
Testament, according to Professor G.
O. Torrey Of Yale.
Professor Torrey said that the Bible
Is full Of puns, and he proved his point
with a series of examples of plays upon
words. taking his illustrations from the
book of Isaiah
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24
$4,000

CT OAO For 100 acres -four mlles.west Of
" sOOu Glendeane, miles from branch
railroad all fresh land; 100 acres In cultiva-
corn, wheat and tobacco IN neighbOrhood;
plenty lasting water, well at door OF dwell
Ing; log dwelling, rooms and side rooml
Plenty OF good timber for farm purposesl
good land 10 clear. Price a.. 900 y cash.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24

berth. The tugs timely arrival and
quick work probably prevented bad
smash between the two liners.
Captain Smith was on the bridge OF
the Olympic ON Sept. 20 last as she
was outgoing in Cowes roads. The
British cruiser Hawke. which was
passing the liner to starboard. was sud-
denly drawn in. as If by an undercur-
rent caused by the giants prOpellers.
and crashed into the steamships quar-
ter about twenty feet from the stern.
1t required almost three months to re-
pair the Olympic.
Captain Smith has been in the White
Stars service for more than thirty
years. His first important command
was the Majestic in 1892. Every large
ship Of the line has been commanded
by him since then, being put In charge
Of each one as soon as she was put In
com mission.
Noted Persons Aboard.
Among the first cabin passengers
aboard the Titanic were Major Archi-
bald w. Butt. Norman c. Craig, NJ. T.:
Mr.. and Mrs. Washington Dodge, Ben
jamin Guggenheim, Henry Il. Harris,
New York thsater manager, and Mrs.
Harris; Colqhel Washington Roebing.
the Countess of Rothes. Adolph Seal
field, Mr.. and Mrs. Isidor Straus. Mr.,
and Mrs. Emil Taussig, Mr.. and Mrs.
George ~. Widener, Mrs. j. Stewart
White< f. ID. Millet. the artist ana
president Of the Consolidated Ameri-
can ACADEMY at Rome; c. Nj. Hayes.
president Of the Grand Trunk railway;
j. Bruce Ismay. chairman and manag-
ing director of the White Star line;
W. IT, |Stead and Colonel and Mrs. John
Jacob Astor,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24
COLL|DED WITH ;
GREATEST SHIP |
A Marvel In luxury-0f 66, 900
Tons DispIacement-Re-
CURED Crew of $50.

tain T.. ]. Smith was commander of
the Olympic at that time, and he was
In charge of the Titanic.
The Titanic. with about ] 300 passen-
gers aboard. $50 of whom were In the
first cabin, was leaving her pier when
there was sound as Of a mountain
battery being discharged. There was
a rush Of passengers to the port rail
to see what the trouble was.
1t then developed that as she passed
out into the stream the $4,000 ton
steamship had sucked the water be-
tween herself and the quay to so great
an extent that the seven huge hawsers
with which the American liner New
York was moored to the pier had been
snapped like threads.
The 0lympic's Mishap.
The New York began drifting help
lessly. stern first, toward the Titanic,
which seemed to act like a magnet.
Slowly the New York bore down on
the Titanic, which reversed her en-
gines. In a few minutes her Roadway
was stopped and she began to move
slowly astern. The tugs Neptune and
Vulcan sped to the helpless American
liner, caught her with hawsers, bow
and stern, and lowed her back to her
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24
Wanted-Small Farm

The Breckenridge News has customer for SMALL we'll mprov
ed farm good land good SCHOOL, at 900
So, 900 cash to pay
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24

Mo - re acres, good ana level land,
w. Il good barn; ali land cleared, well
located; miles from Irylngton. Price IS, 800
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24

Mo = 300 acres 3 miles from railroad,
lNO' near sample one mile from school,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-04-24

Mo IA $50 acres lying In valley; S
Nv. 40 room dwelling and hall 2tenant