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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

and the root stalks of the wild morn
ing glory and the SOW thistle are
quite deep, while such plants as quack
grass and sheep sorrel have their un-
derground stem systems near the sur
face. Canada thistle has been found
to have roots two and ore-half feet
below the surface of the ground. It
can be seen, then, that perennial
weed has two ways Of propagating
itself: "a by running underground
roots and root stalks, and CD by seeds
similar to that Of the annual weeds.
Peppergrass belongs to the mustard
family. 1t Is an annual and winter an
nual which grows from six inches to
two feet high. The plant at flrst
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

beneath, and the leaf stock is hollow.
The first year the plant merely devel-
ops leaf and root system. The Sec
ond year the branched towering stalk
is sent up. sometimes six feet high.
At the ends of the branches purple
tipped flower burs are formed. The
burdock is especially bad in sheep and
horse pastures, as the burs get into
the wool Of the sheep and names and
tails Of the horses. Burdock flowers
in July and August and seeds in Sep
TENDER. Tt is typical back yard
weed but is found In fence corners
and all waste places.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30
HELPS FOR THE FARMERS WIFE,

For a neuralgia apply hot, dry
flannels, as hot as can be borne.
A flannel dipped in boiling watsr
and sprinkled with turpent!ns LAID on
the chest as quickly 40 possible Will
relieve the most severe cold.
To remove fine pin feathers when
dressing chicken rub with cooking
soda. They can be easily scraped on.
Do not leave spoon in anything
you are cooking: 1t conducts away
some Of the heat.
If the tops OF pies are brushed over
with the yolk OF egg they VIII %
brown and glazed when cooked.
n ham to be boiled whole 10 first
boiled several minutes in soda water
the skin will clean, of bright ana
clear; then rinse the ham well and put
back into clean water to finish cook
ing. Meat that lie close up to spelling
can be sweetened by treating tho same
wav. and all hint Of faint Will dis.
appear.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

carried out in the wool. Who're large
focks are being dipped 1t will be adj
vantageous to divide the draining pen
into two equal parts, having swing
ing gate at the end Of the partition next
to the outlet end OF the tank. This
gate can be swung to either side. thus
closing one Of the pens and allowing
one side to be filled with sheep to
drain while the other side is being
filed. BY alternating in this way
much greater Roadway can be made.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

perature should then be allowed to
rise to 23s degrees F. before the sugar
Is taken of. Maple sugar thus made
will analyze so per cent Of pure sugar.
Pure maple sugar is perfectly white
and has the same sweetening value
and chemical composition as granu-
lated sugar or beet sugar. The white
sugar can be made by straining the
sap or syrup through animal charcoal.
This takes out all the coloring matter
and also the peculiar flavor Of the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

June and July. 1t is propagated only
by seeds. but the plant sometimes
breaks away and ,scatters the seeds
as 1t is blown before the wind. This
weed thrives in all kinds OF soil and Is
found in gardens, meadows and by the
roadside. Prevent peppergrass from
seeding by moving it while green.
Disc or pillow If possible to destroy the
roots.
Shepherds purse belongs to the
mustard family. 1t is generally an
annual It flowers early and some
times as early as March. The leaves,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30
KEEPING THE FARM FLOCK in GOOD CONDITION

carry considerable dip from the tank
and make the operation moro expsn.
sive. BY building fence around the
drain leading back into tho tank the
sheep can be held there for Q short
time and thus save much Of the NQuid
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

While maple sugar and syrups are
essentially products Of the north,
northeastern and north central states,
the process Of making them is an
interesting one to people in every sec
ton where these delicacies are used.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

A well-bred mare to stallion Of the
best type will bring colt worth as
much at weaving time as grade colt
would bring at maturity, sometimes q
lot more.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

solution. The best and most effective
time to dip sheep is about ten days
after shearing 1t will take much less
Of the solution and be far more effec-
tive. Dipped in this way the sheep
can be put through the tank very
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

Do you want better fruit and more
Of It? There is but one way to get It.
Buy the best trees from only reliable
nurserymen and care for them accord
Ing to the best methods.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

Maple sugar is made by boiling
down the sap Of the maple tree until
It grains. The sap flows most freely
and the best sugar is made in early
spring. Cold nights and warm sun
shiny days make ideal sugar weather.
The sap Is obtained by boring into
the tree and inserting some kind OF
close fitting tube. either wooden or
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

If you could only train your hens
to do some Of their laying in Novem-
Der. you would have discovered one
easy way of making money.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

"A flock Of sheep on . tender mead
ow will quickly ruin u by their sharp
hoofs and their eagerness to get all
the green grsss.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

Working from four a. m. to eight
o'clock in the evening should now
make you glad that you got all that
extra rest last winter
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

When a tired man shores in church
It 10 a sign he is dreaming OF heaven
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

Some people are so fond of getting
the best Of a bargain that they actu-
ally like to beat a carpet.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

Sasafrass tea may be all right as a
spring medicine. but 1t is darned
poor substitute for coffee.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

Fat teams are the sure signs of a
kindhearted farmer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

The gooseberry does best in partial
shade-the east side Of clump Of
trees or building Is fine for it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

The pole OF success Is creased 80
that there IL always room on top.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

sugar which gives 1t its chief value.
A gallon Of good syrup Weighing II
pounds to the gallon will make sA
pounds Of sugar testing 80 per cent
pure-which is very good sugar. or
TX pounds testing 90 per cent pure.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

The cold rain will stop the milk
eow u the cows have to stand all day
without shelter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

rope springs eternal in the human
breast and~keeps the incubators filled
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

If being in debt stimulates you to
greater effort, then the thing to do is
to go into debt.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30
Deep Burrows
BY GUM

It takes some inspiration and lot
Of perspiration to make good on the
farm.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-21
Test for Mental Deficiency.

A Belgian physician, Doctor De- moor. has been making observations on the capacity of different people for judging which of two weights Is the heavier. and has satisfied himself that. while ordinary people. especially children, fail to appreciate a small diff erence, the reverse is the case with the imbecile. idiotic and balfwitted. He prepared two bottles. differing In size, partly filled with heavy min eral but covered all over with black paper and exactly equal in weight These he handed to SS0 children of from six to fifteen years of age. Of these 370 judged one bottle to be the heavier The other ten said the two were the same weight. These ten chil- dren were all abnormal or degener ates.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-21
Men Nest Subject to Deafness.

According to a French statistician. males are more subject to aural dis eases than females, and out of every seven middle-aged persons there are two who do not hear so we'll with one ear as with the other.
 In every thousand children under fifteen years of age four per cent show symptoms of ear disease, and six per cent a marked deficiency in hearing power,
 The liability to disease increases from birth to the age of forty, and then begins gradually to decrease as old age advances.
 Out of the total number of cases subjected to surgical treatment fin France in one year it is estimated that about fifty-seven per cent were cured and thirty per cent perma' nently improved.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-21
MAYOR OBJECTED TO "GRILL"
Incident at Recent "Grdiron Dinner at Boston That Has lta
 Humorous Side.

They had kind of gridron dinner in Boston recently-one of those far cical banquets in which everybody is grilled. But it seems that Mayor Curley belied his Irish blood by proving unable to stand the gaff." and left the dinner In a rage. A pain full impression was left by the incl dent. and the Boston papers agree that Boston isn't really adapted to gridiron dinners.
 This seems to be natural enough, but the funny fact Is that Boston was the place of origin of these "spooflng" and farcical dinners. The old Papyrus club invented them thirty or forty years ago and carried them on for many years before tho Gridiron club of Washington took up the idea and developed 1t into something richer and stronger.
 The Papyrus jokes were always .di. rected at new members or guests, and many staid Bostonian has found him. self the astonished focus of fantastic "compliments" that made his blood run cold, or mock denunciation that would have fitted Judas Iscariot or Benedict Arnold. and of tales and charges that were abominable. Bos- ton survived these-but possibly Brother Curley was never enter tained at the Papyrus.-New York Mail
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-21

For pure Apple Vinegar, Hunt IS Meat Market.
 Try the East Side Darber Shop for good service.
 Read The Picayune, only $1.OO per year.
 You get your moneys worth at the East Barber Shop. try them.
 For Fire, Lightning and Tor nado Insurance, seeF.E Murrah at Bank Of Prescott. Advt
 For Sale-Cypress Shingles, The wood eternal"-Penn Lum- Der Company, Beirne. Ark.
 R. L. Roland, who is building the county court house of Hot Springs, and who built our coul t house, is in the city on business.
 Harry Roland, who has been spending a few days with friends here, returned to his home in Hot Springs Monday. He was accompanied by Helen and Bur- ton Andrews, who will spend a i week in the Vapor City.
 MT. and Mrs. Jess Morris of Greenville. Texas. returned Sun day night, after a few weeks visit with relatives here. Miss Lela Andrews went home with them and will enter Wesley Col lege in that city for the ensueing term.
 Nevada County will have three candidates for Sheriff at the September election, Sam Mum the nominee of the Democratic party, Henry Hollaway Indepen- dent and Hubert Ellis on the So- cialist ticket. Things promise to | be pretty lively along that line
 The first bale of cotton was brought to Prescott. last Tues day, by J. T. Reed who lives on the Sam Cantley place a few miles south of town. He receiv- ed premium of S44.70, and there being no market. for ,he cotton he stored it in the ware GOdoc.
 TANKS.
 Tap East Sidn RarherS csn crt your hair ike you want It.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-21
FIND PROFIT IN OLD SYSTEh
Georgia Farmers Re-estabiish Smoke houses of Ante-Bellum Days and
 Are Making Money.

!. A number of farmers in Brooks county, Georgia. have been going back to methods once common, but which have been superseded of late years, to their own considerable profit, and to the advantage of certain consumers. mercial system under which they were receiving but seven and eight cents a pound for the pork which they raised, while they saw the ham and bacon of commerce retailing in their own mar kets for 25 cents pound They re- solved to re-establish the -bellum smokehouses on their farms and imme- diately carried the resolution into eff feet.
 Through cooperation they have commenced marketing their products in the finished form, and are building up an extensive business. They find that the profits which they make from curing their own meats are relatively larger, considering the time and ex- pense involved, than those which they were receiving from marketing hogs on the hoof.
 The remarkable thing about this profitable experiment is that it has not been worked out in any of the grain centers or near any of the country's s great markets, but in a remote county in the extreme southern part of Georgia, in ''one crop" section, and that crop cotton.-Marion Times-Trib- une
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-21
Studied Irsuit.

'I wish" said the waiter who had been serving the man with the hard face and the pert looking chorus girl q could think of some way to get even with that fellow. He complained about everything I put on the table and growled about every move made"
 What did his bill amount tor"
 "A dollar and ninety cents"
 And how much money d,d he hand you?"
 "A two-dollar bill
 ''It's easy Have 1t in two nickel: when you return the change"
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-21

Fresh Country Salt Meat Hunts Meat Market.
 The East Side Barbers wants to cut your hair.
 Ed Hood of Emmet was in tEe city on business Saturday.
 Barbecued Beef, Mutton and l Pork at Joe Hunts Meat Market
 Dr. J. F. Hereford of Hope, was in the city Wednesday on business.
 FL. Cox & Co.,, are handling the White Dove Flour, the best on the market. Advt If you want a good Misses or Ladies Suit. see Jake Suckle, on West Front Street. Advt. A. C, Wren of Sutton, was looking after business inte e s in Prescott this week. Patronize Home Industry, by buying Wh te Dove Flour from E L. Cox X Co. Advt
 II you want a good Misses CT Ladies Skirt you should see Jat e Suckle before you buy. Adv
 II It's tlues or tanks you want see us fer special prices. Arta1- sag Tin X Sheet Metal Works.
 Miss Eva White returned 10 lexalkana Wedn sday, after a few days visit to friends and icldtlNeS.
 Keep the body healthy at this season " using Prickly Ash Bitters. It is a necessary condition to successfully re- slst malarial germs.
 our word for it, White Dove Flour is the best flour on the market, If not what we say it s' your money back.
 Advt E.J. Gov & Co
 r. Ii, Gullick of Sayre, was a V'sitcr to this city Monday, and wnile here made the Picayune 0llee a pleasant and beneficial call.
 : Money to loan on real.estate uood ' rates, easy terms. no delay a' L. Blakely, phones, 339 & 167 Advt If
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-21
Too Complex for an Ordinary Min,

Only one man in ten thousand clearly understands the currency ques tion!" declared old Uncle Fogy. :" am sure of 1t. b'cuz that Is just abou -he proportion of the people tall wfth about it who agree with me- Kansas City Star.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-21
NOTICE.

will hold the quarterly exam ination for the purpose or ascer- taining the qualifications of all who expect to teach in the pub- lie schools of this county, at Prescott, Thursday and Friday, September l7 and IS.
 R. D. Martin,
 County Examiner.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-21
PAINLESS DENTISTRY

Save money and save your teeth by seeing pr. IF. Hereford adv-tf Hope, Ark.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-21

TANKS.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-09
FOOTPRINTS IN STONE.

, From time TO time amateur geolo
gisls unhanpered by "book learn,
ling" make as they suppose wonder.
full discoveries in the prinreval rocks
says the indianapolis News. They
find what they hail, not as foot,
prints on the sands of time, but foot
prints of men and animals on flat
rock surfaces and slabs of stone. The
real origin of such h0llows is now
Snown to be the former presence Of
concretions which have in time been
worn out. In every part of the earth
snch footprints" have been found.
The most remarkable of these Is n
l'rint two feet long on the top of a
lofty hill. called Adams peak, IN the
Island OF Ceylon, which is believed
by the natives TO be the stamp of the
foot Of Buddha as he left the earth
and snrang into Heavcnu, and II Is
accordingly an object of worship.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-09
MAYOR COMES BY FREIGHT;

CHARLESTON. w. Va, June o.
E. E. Carter, mayor of Bluefeld. and
n prominent banker. rode into
Charleston today atop of q sidcdoor
Pullman. Mayor Carter had an i'm,
portant business engagement here
today and had to be back home to-
morrow. Owing to the fact that the
Charleston-B luetield sleeper has been
discontinued he had to attempt the
connection between Kenova and
Huntington early this morning by
trolley. The connection failed aud
there was no train for Charleston
from Huntington until late today. He
prevailed upon the railway authori-
ties to ship him by freight and ar
rived here before noon. calmly seated
On top of box car in time to trans
act his business.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-09
MARlAN II j, HER WARES S.

- . +
The cheerless, almost chairless Of
fiee o. the Cheering Hour Maya
zines was tucked away at tile end Of
q gloomy hallway in a dingy office
building on Union Square. Gillsy
was IT'S editor. His squeaking swivel
chair and creaking, asthmatic voice
were music to Marian WInthrop's
ears on the two OCCASIONS when SHE
lad made bold to visit his sanctum.
One day she pulled herself out OF
Fifth avenues brisk current of pc.
destrians fol. a third invasion of the
editor's office. In her handbag re-
posed "a slaboriously written mann
script. She had originally resolved to
make an effort TO sell her wares to
the Cheering Hour Magazine" be-
cause - looked to her like one Of the
;linmblest and most approaclable pri-
Yates inSthe formidable army OF New
York publications.
She! lodged into tile entrance of
tltehbmlding with bated breath. and
the hesitating elevator hoisted her
obviously to Gillsy's floor. She found
him dragging YEARLY ut the stub OF
'aScigar. His big, heayily-shod feet
were deposited like clumsy cacti at
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-09
SHREVEPORT RATE CASE
IS UPHELD BY COURT
Ar Associated pprss.7
4

ny ASSOCIATED PpEsE7
WASHINGTON d. c., June s.
The supreme court today upheld the
Interstate Commerce Commission or
der in the Shreveport rate case thus
placing Interstate railroads more I'M
Ger the commission and less under
the state commission.
Justice Hughes announced the
courts decision. He spoke of the un-
festricted power OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission over inter-
state commerce stating the commits
Zion was expressly created 10 pre-
vent conflicting state legislation.
Justice Hughes pointed out that COIL
gress and not the states Ind the
power to prevent the instruments Of
interstate commerce from beng used
sc us to iniurc inter state commerce.
He quoted the cases under the safety
appliance law and the second federal
employers liability law supporting
the power of congress to keep the
channels of Interstate commerce
clear. Referring to the noted Min
nesota rate case Justice Hughes said
that decision was expressly reserved
in those cases MS to what the outcome
would have been had phe Interstate
commerce commission found that the
Minnesota rate Disseminated against
Interstate commerce.
WASHINGTON, June S.-The far
'roaching effect of the decision. lies
Nm the fact that rates which the In
ter-state commerce commission or
dercd Indirectly increased to remove
discrimination were prescribed by
the Texas state railway commission.
Under the federal commission order
1.-The only way the railroads may es-
cape conflict with the Texas commits
sion is to reduce the Interstate rate
from Shreveport to Texas City, SO rs
TO put the Louisiana city OH compet-
tive basis with Texas shopping cen
tiers
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-09
SPECIAL STOCKHOLDERS MEET,
INC

by order Of the Board of Direc-
tors Il special meeting of the stock
holders OF. Monongah Glass Company,
corporation created and organized
under the laws OF the state of West
Virginia. is hereby called to be held
at the office of said company, In the
city Of Falrmont, In the state Of West
Virginia, on Thursday, the 18th day
Of June. 1914, at II o'clock a. M, for
the purpose OF considering and act
ing upon the following matters Of
business:
LIST. To amend Section s of the
bylaws OF said company, changing
the date OF holding the annual meet
ing of stockholders of said company.
End. To amend Section 81 OF the
bylaws of said company, changing
the fiscal year of the company.
3rd. To consider and act upon a
resolution which will he offered at
said special meeting of stockholders
to increase the authorized capital
stock Of said corporation by increas-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-09
UNo rced | .ifeys
=. D, Helen Hesson6 Euesde y W e.

the edge of the desert of disordered
manuscripts and galley proofs on his
desk. He took the proffered manu-
script and his trained eyes Travelled
rapidly through its pages. When he
had finished he blinked at her kind
by and not without a look of pity
through the horn-rimbed spectacles
astride his enormous red nose, and
said: Y
There's something missing in
your stuff. But you just keep com
Ing. A beginner has got TO sweat
blood. One of these days your work
will begin getting by, and then
you'll have smoother sailing"
Marian's hungry soul devoured the
crumbs OF comfort that were tossed
her by this royal chef of literature's
Kitchen. Just what seems to be
lacking in my work." she asked
bracing herself for the shock she felt
was coming.
at hasn't got the punch" replied
Gillsy. There's a tired something
about it. 1t lacks color and snap
You haven't put the real stuff into
It that you shot into that newspaper
yarn of yours you showed me. This,
on the other hand, is just little toe
artificial. You don't seem to know
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-09
IT DOESN'T PAY.

1t is human nature to resent
having something forced on you
that you do not want.
The customer who asks for a
branded article by name has a
right to that article.
something just as good" nat
urally raises a suspicion against
the storekeeper.
The customer may be persuad-
ed to take the suggested article.
but u will have TO be something
mighty good to entirely remove
all suspicion from the mind.
The store that gets reputation
for chemically offering "just as
good" loses in the long run.