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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-09
GlNEN A SURPRISE.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Parsons were
pleasantly surprised last evening at
their home on North Fifth street by a
company of about fifty friends. The
affair was planned to celebrate their
wedding anniversary. Music and
games were the features Of the even
ing's amusements. A dainty luncheon
in several courses was served late in
the evening.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-09
CLUB NOTES
LADIES AID SOCIETY MET.

The Ladies Aid society of the First
Methodist church met yesterday after
noon at the home of Mrs. c. B. Will
liams, 206 North Eleventh street. At
ter business session, social hour
followed. Light refreshments were
served.
= - =
HELEN TAFT CIRCLE.
The Helen Taft Sewing circle will
meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. Bond
at her home, 207 North Ninth street.
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MEErIAH nEEEoREn
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-09
PENNY CLUB MEETING.

meeting of the Penny club was
held Wednesday Afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Frank kitson on North Eighth
street. Plans We're completed for the
turkey dinner and Christmas enter
tainment for the poor, to be given
Tuesday, the twenty-eighth in the
Pythian temDle
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-09

ly good. Miss Francisco delight
ed the audience with the rendition
of her numbers. She appeared to
great advantage in the Debussy selec-
tons. Mr.. Louis Francisco for
the first time appeared in public recit-
al, when he with his sister, played
Three Laundier for two pianosJ by
Alexia Hollaender. Mr.. Francisco
possess wonderful quality Of inter
probation for an amateur.
Special mention should also be made
OF the work done last evening by Miss
Ruth Hadley, a young and promising
musician. Miss Ruth Morrow also did
exceptionally well when she played ta)
Melodie, OPP. 81 No. >, by Edward
Schutt and CD Valse, Op. 73,( No. >,
by the same author.
The recital was one of the most en-
joyable affairs ever given under the
auspices of the organization.
- II X
CHARMING DINNER PARTY.
Miss Ethel Lockwood gave charm
ingly appointed dinner party last
evening at her home on North Four
teenth street, complimentary to Miss
Bessie Thompson, a bride elect. The
table was decorated with red tapers
placed in crystal holders. At each
place Individual tapers were placed.
Brides and cupids ornamented the
place cards. After dinner the affair
was in the nature of miscellaneous
shower. the bride receiving a number
of beautiful gifts. The guests were:
Miss Marjorie Pennell. Mrs. E. j.,
Dykeman, Miss Elsie and Miss Jessie
Beeler, Miss Edna Hoover. Miss Stella
Koogle, Miss Ethel Marlatt Miss Flor
ence Endsley, and Mrs. Ora Brubaker.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-09
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CENTRAL AID SOCIETY.

A meeting of the Central Aid soci-
ETY. of the First Christian church was
held yesterday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Miller, South Ninth street, to
complete plans for market to be held
Saturday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-09
Anty DRUDGE Advises the Commuter.'


mr. Suu,banx' Missed my train And another fol
an hour!"
Auty Dyudsr-" That's too bad. What the mauer'
Clock stopped!'
Mr. Subu,bauin-"No. It's the thing every Monday
morning get my breakfast till the last minute
Washbolers the and room to cook breakfast
Anty Drudge-" How silly Tell wife Fes Naptha
Then she won't have for washboller She need
only rub the clothes with Fels-Naptha and soak them in
tub of cold or lukewarm water.
When you take medicine you go by the
directions, don't you?
Well, that is just the way we want you to
use Fels-Naptha soap according to direc-
tons on the wrapper. You don't expect
medicine to cure unless taken rightly, and
you shouldn't expect Fels-Naptha to do
everything claimed for it unless used in
the way it is meant to be used. Given
chance, it will cure your wash-day ills.
Here is a prescription in the case Of
white clothes: Soap the clothes with
Fels-Naptha, roll, soak in cold or luke
warm water 80 minutes, rub lightly, rinse
and hang on the line. That's all. By
all means don't boil the clothes or use
hot water. Fels- Naptha was made to save
you from the trouble of boiling, heating
water and rubbing hard.
For washing colored clothes, hannels,
and many other uses of Fels~Naptha, d.
rections are printed on the red and green
wrapper.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-09
HELEN TAFT CIRCLE.
Meeting DEFERRED.

The Francis Willard w. c. T. T..
will not meet Friday afternoon. The
meeting has been postponed one week
at which time Mrs. S. w. Traum will
be hostess
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13

In a North Dakota bulletin on the
subject OF feeding millet hay we find
the following statement of experiments
tried by hat station:
By feeding a mare millet hay for
about three months. she would become
so lame in the joints of the hind legs
that it was almost impossible for her
to walk, and on disseminating the feed
ing Of mi1let she would gradually re-
cover, until at the end OF three or four
months she would be in normal
condition..
AS soon as that condition was
reached they would again feed mil1et
until the mare was scarcely able to
stand, then again quit feeding millet.
We have alternated with millet and
other hay. producing the conditions
referred to, at will for nearly two
years. In the meantime the horse
has suffered in condition and does not
at all resemble her former self.
She is valueless as far as work is
concerned and is only kept for expert
mental purposes.
We are able at any time to demon
strate the effect from feeding miIlet, by
allowing her to ave millet exclusively
as coarse food for a portion Of two
months.
Letters sent to veterinarians, farmers
and others in the state brought replies
winch showed thai Ill results mad quite
generally been observed from the use
of mil'e-, manifested usually by in
creased action of the kidneys.
Our experiments have thoroughly
demonstrated that millet, when used
entirely as a coarse food, is injurious
to horses: First, in producing kidney
troubles; second, in causing laIneness
and swelling Of the Joints; third. in
producing infusion Of blood int the
joints; fourth, in destroying the tex
ture of the bone, rendering it softer
and less tenacious, SO that traction
causes the ~ligaments and muscles to
be torn loose.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13

spindling plant.
When you get them from your
berry patch you can select them from
strong, healthy plants. Another ad-
vantage is that you can have your
ground already, the line stretched just
heady to open the ground with a spade
and set the plants in.
Take UP ten or a dozen plants with
a clump Of dirt left on the roots. A
na~rrow-bladed spade is fine for this
Garry them to the new patch and set
at once The leaves will not even wilt
The best time for transplanting is. late
in the afternoon.
The first year the patch fixes itself
for cultuhe fruiting. The care and
cultivation given the first season will
have much to do with its future pro-
ductiveneSS
The patch should be allowed to fruit
three years. If it stands longer the
canes grow slim and weak and the
root crowns grow up out of the soil
and become diseased.
After fruiting the third a the
canes should be cut and as soon as
sufficiently dry raked and burned-the
land ploWed UP and planted to a late
garden crop.
The next year plant to Strawberries
and let frui two seasons. PloW up
and plant to coWpeas.
Let the cOWDea fall where they
grew, spade stable manure on the
vines during the winter, and in the
spring turn all under and You are
ready to set back to raSpberries.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13
THINKING OF RAISING GEESE?

Geese must have freedom to thrive
well.
Pure breeds are always to be pre-
ferred to crosses.
Two or three yea dc geese are
more profitab bic than yearlings.
A mating a be continued for seven
or eight years without a change.
A bird with a yellow or orange-col-
Ored bill is always preferred by the
Jews in purchasing geese in the mar
ket.
In handling geese they should al
ways De taken by the neck, and when
lifted from the ground the body
should be turned with the back toward
the person handling it. In that posi-
ton they canno strike, and will re-
main quiet and dOcile. The body can
be partly supported by Selling the
first joint of the wing with one hand.
If the goose is held facing one it will
strike hard blows with it's wings or
scratch with it's feet.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13
RAIL FENCE PHILOSOPHY.

With needless recklessness some
people strive to see how near the
edge Of a moral precipice they can go
without tumbling over. This may be
brave, but it's not wisdom.
You cannot drown your troubles.
They succomb only to continued
drought.
Waiting over defeats or failures is
not phoitable. Only success intreStS
the world. It was a wise WOman who
said: Laugh and the world laughs
with you; weep and you weep alone
The most uncharitable man is the
one who has never tried and failed His
judgmenS Of the mistakes Of others IS
invariably harsh and unjust.
twenty-five cents earned is more
valuable than a dollar found.
Fortune is said to knock orca at
every mans door. but some men are
Just naturally hard of hearing.
Too often, when reproVins our child
rem. we forget how much their parents
are to blame.
The real prfts of the fahm are
more often made by the fIesight Of
the business farmer than by hard
knocks.
We have known a farmer to make
more money buying, selling and trad
ing than his neighbOr could ever make
by straight farming. But we must re-
member that while all COCO farmers
member that while all good traders
may be farmers, 10. all farmers are
good traders.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13
WHAT HARVlE JORDAN SAYS.
"A System That Costs Cotton Farmers
$1O.O @ 900 a Year.

Mr.. Hinton calls attention to an
article written last year by Mr.. Harvie
Jordan in the Cotton Journal bearing
on this question:
The cotton owe of the South
will never be able to relieve them
selves from the heavy burden of
losses from tare as at present assessed
against their cotton until they devise
plans for marketing their cotton on
a strictly net weight basis. Cotton is
bought at the present time entirely by
gross weight, and the price is made
to the farmer on a basis of 6 per cent
deduction for tare or practically 80
pounds to the bale. This would not
be unfair to the rover if they put
80 pounds Of bagging and ties On each
500 pounds, but as a matter of fact,
farmers do not average more than 20
pounds Of tare to the bale. and the
arbitrary reduction of 6 per cent not
only causes a loss of the value of
what bagging and ties they do put on,
but a net loss of from 8 to 10 pounds
of lint in, each 5O0 pound bale besides.
There is a law on the statute
books of Georgia which provides that
lint cotton packed into bales can only
be sold by gross weight, and that it
shall be unlawful to sell cotton by
net weight. It is very probable that
similar laws prevail in many Of the
other cotton growing States. Just
why such a law was ever passed it is
hard to understand, and that such
laws should be promptly repealed
there a be no question of argument.
The Georgia law may nave been
passed under the influence of the cot
ton exporters or large COM
panles, or possibly through the com
blned influence of both. Such a
law could not have been passed in
the interest OF farmers who grow
cotton.
1T is easy to understand why buy
ers and certain compress interests
would want a of the
present method of buying cotton by
the 3 per cent reduction for tare. A
farmer selling a bale Of cotton. weigh
ing 500 pounds gross under existing
system gets pay for only 47O pounds
OF lint cotton. when the bale has $50
pounds Of lint. When this bale gets
to the compress it is patched with
second hand bagging, SO as to build
up the weight Of tare to 80 pounds,
and the difference between the value
OF the 10 pounds of lint and the Sec
ond class bagging is a clear gain to
the buyers or exporters. h is a
good proposition for the buyer. but
8 very bad deal for the grower.
Under this unfair system Of regulating
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13
IT. Ransom Hinton,

IT. Ransom Hinton, a prominent
AXE county farmer, who was in Raj
eigh yesterday, was asked whether
the rebate provision secured by Sena-
tor Overman in the tariff bill, would
help the cotton farmers. He said tina
he did not doubt that Senator Over
man was seeking to secure the return
OF the tariff money to the farmer, but
he did not think the farmer would get
the money.
Who will get it," Mr.. Hinton was
asked.
Either the exporter or the manu-
facturer,' said Mr.. Hinton, most
probably the exporter"
What help then, can the farmer
get as to tariff in cotton bagging and
ties" he was asked.
Only by putting them on the free
list. The farmer ought not to be made
to pay a tariff on something he gives
away. He gets no pay for the hagging
and ties, though the popular impress
sion is thai he does. Considering the
fact that the cotton farmers furnish
a larger proportion of the exports, or
about $500, 900, 600 out of the total ex-
ports, they ought at least to have
cotton bagging and ties on the free
list. Under the operations of the
Treasury Department, Mr.. OverInan's
drawback would not go to the farm
ers but to the men who export or
manufacturer.
The farmer gives ava the bagging
and ties. This is shown by the fol-
lowing letter from the leading cotton
exporter in Raleigh:
July, Sth 1909.
Mr.. Ransom Hinton:
Dear Sir
Replying to your inquiry as to
whether or not the tax Concerning
bagging and ties) is deducted in ex-
porting cotton. 1 will say that there
is a regular commercial rule concern
ing the matter. and six per cent of the
gross weight is AXE from the weight
of the cotton, only the net weight be-
ing billed at the price of sale. Hoping
this supplies the information desired,
| am,
Yours truly,
CHAS. E. JOHNSON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13
PEACH BORERS.
(Southern Planter.)

For the benefit Of your many rea-
ders who are engaged in peach grow
Ing, will you allow me a short space
in your journal to give my experience
in treating peach borers! I have been
engaged in peach growing on a small
scale for twenty years or more.
My firsst method was to remove
the soil and expose the roots in cold
weather, hen replace it in the spring.
I found this only partially satisfactory.
[ hav also used waste tobacco around
the trees, and found it very effectual
in destroying worms and insects and
in promoting a very vigorous growth
in the trees; but it is too expensive to
be practical in a convenient Way.Then
I tried hunting them with wires, but
never had much success with this
mehod, and 1 felt, too, tina the man
with the wire was doing more damage
thar the borers. Six or seven years
ago [ commenced using I've for peach
borers, n [ have found it the cheap
est and most effectual remedy that L
ave yet tried. I buy caustic soda in
fve-pound cans at five or six cents per
pound. l dissolve a fve-pOund can
in twenty gallons of water, and let it
come to a boil. this will make it
strong enough to make good soap.
I have already had a little of the soil
taken from around the trees. 50 as to
make a little basin to hold the I've. I
now dip this boiling I've from the ket-
tie and pour it around the trees, at the
rate of one to one and a half pints per
tree-abOut one pint is enough for
trees one and two years old; for trees
three and four years old, it will take
one and a half pintS.
Borers never do much harm after
the fourth or fifth year.
I use the I've early in the spring
each year, and have never been trOu-
bled with borers since l have been US
ing it; never look for them now. I
use the lye on both peach and young
apple trees, because I. know hat it
pays, aside from killing the borers,
in cleaning the trees. I have never
seen any harm done by using the I've
hot.
S. E. PUGH.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13
PEACHES, CHERRIES AND PIVNS
On THE TREH>.

A number OF inquiries Were recCIv-
ed lately by the Division OF Zoology
of the Pennsylvania Department a
Agriculture for 6 formula for a spray
ing mixture TO be used on peach, plum
and cherry tree 10 keep the fruit from
rottlng. The answer of Prof. H. n.
Surface, the State ZoolOgist. is as fol-
lows:
The ripe rot. or brown rot. is due
to a fungous disease. which attacks
the ripening fruit OF peach, plum and
cherry trees, and is to be prevented
by spraying before. or about the time
the fruit is half grown with the self
lime-sulphur wash. Into a barrel put
eight pounds of fresh lime or quick
lime, n eight pounds of sulphur. and
into this pour four or five gallons Of
hot water, and cover it with a cloth
to keep in the heat. Stir occasionally
with a hoe or something to keep it
from burning to the bottom. and
keep it from settling too much. Let
it remain an hour. Then dilute it to
fifty gallons, and spray it over the
trees. Cold water should be used for
diluting. Repeat this after a hard
rain: or, If it does not rain. repeat in
a week or two: and continue until Just
before the fruit to ripen.
when there is no need to continue the
spraying, because to spray 1t on rlpen-
ing fruit means to discolor the fruit.
and thus render it unmarketable, al
though it Will not be poisonous, and
will not be unfit for use, even though
it should be stained by the spray
liquid.
This s~elf-boiled l~ime-sulphur wash
is not recommended for scale insects,
and it is not to be replaced by the
concentrated l~ime-Sulphur solutions
now on the market, nor by the home
boiled wash. which we recommend as
the best and cheapest material for
treating scale insects. 1t is a different
preparation, made by a different
formula and method, and these mate
rails should not be confused"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13
THE HOME RASPBERRY PATCH.
Some Good Suggestions Regarding
Transplanting and Caring for the
Plant.
By J. WESLEY GRIFFIN.

If allowed to take roo and grow
the runners of the black cap varieties
of raspberries soon become as weeds
to the parent plant.
A system or rotation is as important
in the farmers fruit and vegetable
garden as in the field crops
Raspberries, strawberries, cowpeas
and a crop of white or sweet potatoes
grown in a fOur-year rotation do well
with US here in the Ohio valley.
We put our patch of raspberries
following a crop of beans, onions or
melons, which leave the soil in fine
shape.
I nave found when a patch of rasp-
berries mas once beer started on q
place it is much better to take new
plants from this patch than to buy
from the commercial plant grower.
Some, not all, nurserymen make an
old bush produce as many young
plants as possible by topping h plants
when about two feet tall. This makes
a great many aterals, which bend ov-
er and take root, each making a weak
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13

Miss E. Gambler, of Cassville. Wis.
has the largest surplus of sweetness
of all the girls in hat State. She
produced and marketed 1900
pounds of honey last season. This big
crop was the output Of 800 colonies of
bees, and Miss Gambler did with her
own hands practically all of the work.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13

Stains on all china Or porcelain
dishes or enameled ware can be re-
moved by rubbing we'll with wood ash
eS or ammonia.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13
WOULD NOT HELP FARMERS
MIR OVERMAN'S DRAWBACK On
COTTON TIES DISCUSSED.

Mr. Ransom Hinton, a Prominent
Wake Cotton Farmer, Says Farmers
Get No Pay for Begging and Ties
and That Exporters or Manufacture
)Sed.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26
CHRISTMAS CHEER FOR
SAN JOSE'S WORTHY POOR
ETks Supply Baskets Containing
Holiday Dainties
TSpecioI Dispaich 10 The Call

SAN JOSE. Dec. 25.-Headed by q
committee composed of Elmer Z. Chase,
Z. Knickerbocker. l. Hubbard. J. f.
Hancock, DR.. A NJ Barker, Henry Aver.
DR.. J. 7. Fahey and Judge P. F. Cos
bey, IS Of the members Of San Jose
lodge No. 522, B. p o. E. distributed
10 the worthy needy of San Jose this
morning $50 boxes filed with Christmas
cheer.
The gifts were purchased with funds
raised at a theatrical show given re-
Gently for the benefit Of the empty
stocking fund" Each box contained a
25 pound sack OF flour. 25 pound sack
or potatoes. tea, coffee, sugar, rice,
prunes, beans, cottolene, bread and
roast Of beef.
Toys were also provided for families
which had children.
The cost of the supplies was s1.150,
p wagons were employed and the city
was divided into SO routes.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26
Happy, Happy Youngster

The first to receive a present was a
youngster of about five years-a tow
headed tot with features pinched and
blue and cold. He gazed awe struck at
the wonders before him, standing there
with the forefinger of his right hand
in his mouth. He was such a comical
little figure that an involuntary
chuckle burst forth at the sight of
him. Slowly he withdrew his fore
finger from his mouth and held out two
rather thin hands for gai1y colored
top. And then he grinned 1t was the
self satisfied grin of one who had
achieved purpose. 1t grew bigger
and bigger by slow degrees until it
ultimately exploded in a peal of ring
ing laughter. A shout from the by
standers echoed him and a dozen
women stretched out their arms for
him, but he fled by them to his wait-
ing mother.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26
BESMIRCHfS GOOD
NAME OF EUGENE
Madame Humbert Declares Her
self to Be Daughter of EN-
press and Marshal Bazaine
[Special Dispatch to The Call

[Special Dispatch TO The Call
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Mme. Hum
bert, the notorious woman who served
a term in prison for her colossal frauds
had no sooner read that Nine. Steinheil
would publish book than she an
nounced that she, too. would publish
her. memoirs.
Nine. Humbert promises some gen
uine revelations. Among. other things
she makes the wild promise to prove
by docanentary evidence that she is
the daughter of the Empress Eugene.
She further makes the shameful dec
iaration that she can prove that Mar
shall Bazaine, who betrayed France at
Metz. is her long lost father.
She adds, by way of whetting the
appetite of an expectant public, that
she receives an annual pension from
Eugene, paid her regularly by NJ.
Pietri. who is the secretary of the
Empress. She goes further still. and
proclaims herself sole heiress of Eu-
genie. promising to pay off all her in
debtedness.
Of course. it goes without saying
that the book, if it is allowed to be
published at all, will not be given to
the public until after the death of the
venerable empress. Eugene is SO.