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The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
General Wood May Stir Up the Army

reer. It is expected he will under take most actively a number of re- forms which might not meet with the approval of the army at large.
 One of the questions which will be taken up by General Wood is the physical test of officers. Since Presi- dent Roosevelt inaugurated this sys- tenn, many officers have been hoping that 1t would be modified. General Wood Is one of the foremost of phys ical culture enthusiasts.
 Instead of being made milder, it is not unlikely that the tests will be made harder than ever. The detail of troops to the Philippines Is an other matter that will be disposed of by General Wood very soon. He has also a number of ideas regarding co operation between the regular army and the militia which he will prob ably attempt to put into practise.
 General Carter, who has been act. ing chief of staff, will take his place as assistant chief General Bliss, whom he succeeds, will go to San Francisco to relieve General Barry, who takes command of West Point.
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
Vast Sum Which We Spend on Peanuts

By far the largest part of the crop is consumed from the peanut stand. the little whistle sign of the roaster being the signal for the average youngster to suggest to dad or ma that some of them would be very ac- ceptable, and the paternal or mater nal parents willingness-nine times out of ten-to invest. Yet there are millions of bushels that go to the fattening of hogs throughout the south, the feeding of poultry, while the vines, often cured as hay, feed thousands of head of cattle, and even old Mother Earth is hourished by the roots of the plant, which furnishes nitrogen to it from the air.
 The farming of peanuts during the past five years-not longer than this has become an established industry of this country. At present about five sixths of the crop comes from Vir- ginia and most of the balance from Tennessee, Georgia, West Virginia and the Carolinas, although most of the southern states contribute some. As the peanut industry has increased so has the use of all nuts grown nightly as an article of food during the last decade, and the entire fam fly now forms a most important part of the diet of the physical culturist and Vegetarian
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
GREAT CROPS FOR DAlRYMEN
Alfalfa and Corn Furnish Nutrients, When Rightly Combined, That
 Are Excellent.

When we find a dairyman that is growing alfalfa and corn he Is invari- ably successful farmer, says Hoard's Dairyman. These two plants furnish nutrients, when rightly combined. that give excellent results. Prof. w. J. Fraser, in commenting upon them and the use of the silo says:
 The summer silo gives the best and most economical protection of all against drought
 One of the very greatest crops for being successfully grown on thousands of farms in Illinois, is alfalfa. Every dairyman should have patch of al falfa, and this will supply the finest of feed when the drought has ruined ordinary pastuRs. The alfalfa at the university yielded more than six tons of air dry hay per acre last year.
 The great advantage of corn in the silo and alfalfa is that they not only produce the largest yield of nutrients per acre of any crops, but are in the best condition for feeding at what ever date the pasture may fail, while it Is difficult to have a constant sup ply of other soiling crops in the right stage of maturity at and during the uncertain time of the drought.
 Never, under any conditions. allow the cows to go hungry and suffer loss of milk during the summer drought which for several reasons is the most trying season for the dairy herd.
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
SEEING THE SIGHTS
Rubberneck Men Have Fun With
 Visitors in Washington.
Are a Great Lot of "Kidders," and Tell All Kinds of Fairy TaIes-va- cations of Cabinet
 Members.

Washington.-Those who attempt to see Washington from the rubberneck wagons have their own trials and trib- ulations. The rubber neck conductors are the most imaginative citizens left in the capital this summer. One of their favorite stunts is to indicate as the home of Senator Aldrich the mag nificent new building just finished at DuPont circle, between Connecticut avenue and Nineteenth street The Aldrich home is a very modest semi colonial affair farther down in Massa- chusetts avenue, not far from the home of Senator Lodge. Another trick is to make sure that the tourist sees the house given to Admiral Dewey by the American people. whether the car goes anywhere near 1t or not. The sight that cannot be produced on demand by the modern rubberneck conductor is not worth seeing.
 These are the days when the wan dering tourist is able to see more of the interior of the White House than
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
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 tie deficiency for the 12 months end ing June 30 was $5,970,0O0. as against $1..480.O00 for the preceding fiscal year. The savings for the year aver aged nearly $1.OOO.OOO a month. rec ord never before attained. The post master general said that during the coming year he hoped to make such further reductions in the cost of the postal service as will wipe out ertire- ly the annual deficit and place the de pertinent on a self-supporting basis.
 The extent of the postal savings bank institution which the government will have to build up to meet the de- mand, Is just beginning to dawn on the officials of the post office department At present the trustees have only des- ignated a commission of subordinate post office department officials to de wise rules and regulations for the new banks and have chosen Chief Clerk .. eed as secretary. The correspond ence has reached 200 letters a day on this one subject and it Is believed that the trustees will have to select sec retary who can give his time exclusive ly to this work.
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
CABINET IS SCATTERED.

The nations capital has been such only in name during the hot weather for activity has given way to the quietude of country village. Not a department head is to be found in Washington. President Taft's cabinet members are scattered from the mid dle of the Atlantic to the middle of the Pacific. The most important official iu Washington is Assistant Secretary of State Huntington Wilson. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Charles B. Hilles might be ranked as the next most important.
 IL Is interesting to note how widely department heads have separated themselves, some seeking pleasure and recreation and others conducting fn- vestigations in their departments.
 President Taft has been on a sea trip with members of his immediate and official family, coasting along the New England states. During this time he was the guest of honor and made the address at the unveiling of the big monument erected by Massachusetts in memory of the Pilgrim Fathers at Provincetown, just inside the hook of Cape Cod
 Secretary Knox of the state depart ment is quietly cooling himself at Val ley Forge, Pa, while Japan, Russia, Germany and Nicaragua are showing unusual activities in their own state departments.
 Secretary of the Treasury Mac Veagh is seeking rest and recreation at Dublin, N. H., in an effort to stave oil heat prostration.
 Secretary of War Dickinson has gone to the Philippines, combining in his trip work and pleasure. Although no authoritative statement was given out before he left, it Is generally un- derstood his trip Is in order to give him personal knowledge of fortif1ca- tions and war conditions generally in the Philippine and Hawaiian islands.
 Attorney General Wickersham has devoted little of his summer to recrea- ton. Early in the season he lodged in and out of Chicago, Washington and Beverly, keeping in touch continually with the various federal prosecutions W WnkCA arc AOW uuucI way UT dDOul lO be started. Then he and Secretary of Commerce Nagel started for months stay in Alaska to study the Alaskan situation. as 1t may be termed.
 Postmaster General Hitchcock has returned after s short time in Europe. combining a brief period of rest with a thorough investigation of postal services abroad at first hand
 The only member of the cabinet who is seeking recreation by going back to nature in her most attractive form is Secretary of the Navy Won L. Meyer. Up in Canada, past the outskirts of civilization, he Is enjoying a fishing trip with number of friends at the Fishing club.
 Secretary of the Interior Ballinger is spending the summer in his home city of Seattle, Wash.
 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is on his Iowa farm in Tama county.
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
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Secretary Wilson Now the Bug Man

preventing" any insect. The law of. ficers, after due consultation. admit ted that while they understood how an insect might be repelled or destroyed, they did not see how they could pre- vent an insect or mitigate him.
 The law is specific in declaring against misbranding insecticides. If a well-meaning citizen of the United States puts up a compound that he says will rid house of. say, bugs. within a specified length of time, there seems no way to determine whether the compound is misbrand- ed. unless the secretary of agriculture goes to the premises and holds stop-watch on the reaches, to see whether they mitigate or vacate with in the time limit.
 The biological survey has issued an informal statement already, saying that the law is remiss in that it does not include rats among the insects to be prevented. An effort is being made to see whether the law officers are willing to consider rats as insects.
 Dr. Henshaw of the biological sur vey and Prof. Crittenden of the bu- reau of entomology are going to call to their aid the legal advice of Judge Pugh of the police court. Judge Pugh. while assistant district attorney some years ago, established a reputation in the police court by arguing that, le gally. lop-eared rabbit was chicken within the meaning of the act If any
 
 centipede Judge Pugh is the man, it f- h0I
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
Girl to Doctor Horses.

Dartmouth, N. H.-There WIS only one woman veterinary .l, tss United States until a few days ago, when Miss Florence Kimball of Dartmouth became the second. Miss Kimball received her degree from Cornell. and Is now ready to care for sick horse or failing canary. She can set the broken leg of a draft horse or bind up the wound in the breast of pheas- ant shot by a cruel hunter. She is an expert in all branches of animal surgery.
 "It is my love of animals that caused me to become veterinary" said Miss Kimball. Dumb brutes have their troubles as well as human beings and should be taken care of. have not yet decided what my fu- ture plans shall be-"
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
NEW USE FOR SNAKES
PUT THEM TO EATING UP THE
 POTATO BUGS.
Ohio Farmer Finds Striped Garter Snakes Eating Troublesome Bugs and Gets Good Idea Afioat
 Among Soil TiIlers.

Cadiz. CA number of leading farmers are considering the proposi- tion of starting a snake farm where the garter snakes could be grown in large numbers and sold to growers of potatoes.
 The plan was suggested to enter prising citizens of this county after Charles Albright who resides on the Hon. Samuel K. Mclaughlin farm discovered garter snakes eating potato bugs in a field of potatoes.
 MT. Albright was killing bugs when he suddenly discovered a snake coiled in potato top just in front of him, and being averse to snakes he killed it, but was soon startled to see two other snakes of the variety known as garter snakes, coiled up about stalks of other potato hills. He was pug zled as we'll as alarmed, and in spite of his dislike for serpents, watched long enough to see the snakes pick off and eat with apparent relish a number of the Colorado potato beetles, that are and have been for years, such pest. MT. Albright declares these snakes would soon strip a plant of all the bugs, and then move on to other plants, where they repeat their work. In short time several snakes could easily clean up all the bugs in good sized field of potatoes. It is esti- mated by some of the enterprising farmers that quite paying industry could be built up in snake raising, as the potato bugs are a general pest. and the demand for potatoes is such that it would pay to establish new and safe method of exterminating the troublesome pests.
 It Is claimed that the garter snakes breed rapidly, and are perfectly harm less to handle, and even if sold at reasonable figure there should be paying revenue derived from the sale of the snakes to those growing pota- toes.
 Lots of farmers will not allow other snakes found in this section to be de- stroyed, as they declare they catch and destroy hundreds of field mice, rats, and the troublesome ground sQuir- rels that eat the grain in some places as fast as farmers can plant it.
 Those farmers are the ones who are willing to undertake conducting a snake farm to raise the garter snakes to destroy the potato bugs.
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14

THE army is on the anxious seat
 With a new boss on the job 1t is expected Major Gen. Leonard Wood. chief of stan, will make things hum until his own ideas are put into oper- ation. Although he was appointed to succeed Major Gen. Franklin J. Bell last October, since that time he has been on a trip to Argentine to rep resent the United States at the cen tennial celebration, and has only late ly returned to Washington.
 In the meantime many important questions have been piling up await ing his decision. Just what effect the personality of the new chief of staff will have on the army is matter of much moment to the officers who know something of his strenuous ca-
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
BIRDS WILL PROTECT FRUIT By Planting Early Wild Varieties songsters May Be coaxed Away
 From Cultivated Trees.
CBy W. L. ArATEE.)

lBy w. l.. MATEE-)
 Birds play very important part in the economy of nature and by their destruction of insects lend material aid in keeping the balance true Both the farmer and the orchardist are greatly indebted to birds for the de- struction of insects and weed seed. Both for practical and esthetic req sons, there Is a demand for informa- tion as to the best method of in- creasing the bird population in re- str1cted areas, particularly on the farms and about homes. There Is a demand also for the provisioning of large preserves for both land and wa ter game birds and the protection of crops by cultirating seed and fruit bearing plants more useful to birds than to man.
 Various other factors may be made to contribute to the success of efforts to attract birds, such as a supply of water for drinking and bathing. nest ing boxes, protection from enemies, and winter feeding; but the main pur pose is to call attention to the plants which best serve to provide food for birds and to draw their attention away from cultivated crops.
 Our native shrubs should be utilized as far as possible, especially as many of them are not exceeded in beauty or interest by foreign plants. Further more, as a rule they are more attrac- tive to birds than exotics. It should be borne in mind also that smoothly trimmed hedges and the stuff trees of a formal garden are not nearly so at tractive to birds as untrained bushes and tangled thickets. Shrubs of sterile varieties or those closely pruned after blooming are not Sought by birds, while those allowed to ripen fruit are often crowded with feathered visitors.
 The best shrubs and trees for at tracing birds are those most resorted to for food, and the extensive records of bird food in the biological survey make their selection an easy task. The berries of elders are eaten by the largest number of species of birds. namely, 67. Raspberries and black berries are known to be eaten by 50 species. mulberries by AS, dogwood fruits by AT, those of the nonpoison- ous sumachs by A.. the various wild cherries by 39, ,-and blueberries by 37.
 A great many other varieties which grow in localities where these are not plentiful are also very attractive to birds
 Nothing surpasses mulberries for alluring birds away from the early orchard fruits. Early bearing varie- ties should be planted in numbers and some should be selected for the length of the fruiting season.
 Where it is desired to attract birds and afford them sanctuary at all seasons. large variety of plants must be used+ For this purpose thickets of shrubs and other low growths are bet ter than trees. since tangles of bushes and vines afford more secure retreat from bird enemies and are the favorite cover of many species.
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14

at any other season. True, all the furniture is neatly covered and the pictures are screened, but the entire first floor Is open to visitors and they may look in ever nook and corner of the most interesting building iL the country. The beautiful old-fashioned garden, just outside the long, glass Inclosed east corridor, Is at it's pretti- est now, with fine high hedge run ming around 1t on three sides.
 Offices Are Closed.
 Its appearance is not improved by the presence of two great staring wood settees at. either end. The White House offices are closed to the public Secretary Norton's room Is being heightened by the use of space former Iy given over to the telegraph opera tors. MT. Norton is accustomed to gather his important callers in his own office, where he can beam upon them and keep them feeling good during their sometimes long waits for the president. Room to stow an extra dozen will be appreciated. and no doubt will keep many distinguished men from sitting on the secretary's desk
 Getting back to the main building again, the curiosity of visitors is ex- cited more than anything else by two of the most innocent objects in the whole collection of bric-a-brac These are apparently a pair of sarcophagi, which lie in dignified impressiveness on either side the main entrance be- tween the reception hall and the long corridor which extends east and west from the east room to the state dining room.
 'Is that where presidents lie in state when they die?" inquired a busy old woman as she poked about wondering ly through the spacious corridors.
 No. madam, those are jardinieres. We use them for plants during the winter" was the courteous response.
 These jardinieres, by the way, are carved in the severest style and doubt less are replicas of better known art objects abroad. They are of texture not unlike soapstone, and from a glance at their sculptured sides might be mistaken for plaster. They are said. however. to be made of an ex- ceedingly rare marble, and they are so brittle that an Italian workman, know ing their value, fled in terror and never returned again when he happened to push over and break one of the faces, some time ago.
 Different Kinds of Visitors.
 Summer visitors to the White House are of a totally different character from the throngs which swarm in and about the majestic building during the congressional session. They are chiefly men, women and children from humble homes who are more interest ed to learn how Mrs. Taft keeps house" than the spot where the presi- dent stands and shakes hands with the people. The guards have the hardest kind of times keeping them down stairs, for the women especially are crazy to go up and look over the bed rooms. About one out of every ten puts up the argument that q pay taxes and this house is mine and I have a right to go all over it." but so far no administration has been able to see it that way. It may be said, however, for the benefit of the disappointed, that the second floor of the White House is as spacious and beautiful as a human being could desire for a resi-
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
TRIES TO SELL HIS TEETH
Poorly Dressed Tennesseean Begs Dentist to Buy Bridge Work
 on Upper Jaw.

Evansville, Ind.-"What's the gold on this tooth worth?" was the strange question shot at Dr. William J. Hook ter by a poorly dressed man who walked into his office. Suspecting nothing. the dentist looked at the heavy bridge work on the upper jaw ard answered: Three or four dol lars'
 Well, yank 1t of and pay me $4 dollars" said the man. The dentist was astonished and said he would do nothing of the kind. He intimated to the stranger that he was crazy.
 T am in earnest about it," said the stranger. T need the money and need it badly. I am not able to work and cannot get into hospital here as I am not sick enough. I came in from Tennessee and am trying to work my way north for my health. The only thing of value have is this gold on my teeth What use is it to me if I haven't enough to eat. My other teeth will do me. anyway, until I get more prosperous
 Dr. Hooker still refused to despoil the mans teeth. q would have that gold work by all means" he said. Beg or go to the Associated Chari- ties and seek help.'
 The stranger said he would not do this, as he was determined to get money. He left the dentists office deeply disappointed. AS he went down the stairs the dentist called after him and tossed him coin. He was so angry that he would not pick it up at first, but reconsidered and pocketed the silver. He said he was going to consult another dentist and see if he could not sell the gold in his teeth.
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
Get Rid of Lice.

Lice on animals sap away their vi- talitv and hence rob you of money. It is cheaper to invest $10 or $20 in a dipping vat and oil than to lose many times as much from the ravages.
 A good way to Kill lice on hogs is to have crude oil on posts where they will rub against 1t. Wrap the post with rough bagginG and saturate the bagging with oil.
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
The Yorkshire Hoa.

Tests made by the Wisconsin ex- pertinent station show that Yorkshire hogs require the least amount of food for 100 pounds of gain of either Poland Chinas or Berkshires. Common stock hogs made the smallest gains and ate the least food
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14

dence. and If all a president ana uIs family cared to do in summer was to keep cool. they might do this on the hottest LLy without leaving the execu- tive mansion. The building is now be- ing fitted with lightning rods. to the open-mouthed surprise of hundreds of farmer visitors, who have been taught by costly experience that the prom ises of the lightning rod agent are deluSion and a snare.
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
kIIIs Infant With AIIspIce.

Lees Summit, Mo.-The youngest child of MT. and Mrs. Fred W. Arthur died from inhalation of ground all spice sprinkled into. her face by her brother, child of IS months. The little boy picked up a can of all spice and dusted 1t into his sisters face, as he had often seen his mother use the can of talcum powder
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
POSTAL DEFICIT IS REDUCED.

Postmaster General Hitchcock was gratified when he returned from Flu rope to learn of the fulfillment of his prediction of $1O.OO0, 900 reduction in the yearly postal deficit. The report or the auditor of the department showed the saving for the fiscal year to be $11,573, 1000. The total amount of
The Holbrook news., 1910-10-14
contrast.

"Can sell you some of our Red Cross stamps?"
 "Sure It's a pleasure to use Red Cross stamps. They stick so much bet ter than Uncle Sam's."