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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19
REVERE HIS MEMORY
Schools to Celebrate Wash
ington's Birthday.
PROGRAMS OF EXERCISES
Music and Addresses on Patriotic
Topics Leading Features.
PUPILS OF GRADES TO ASSIST
Most of the Schools to Observe
Tuesday Owing to Holt
day the 22d.
PUPILS OF GRADES TO ASSIST

The anniversary of the birth Of George
Washington will be celebrated in the local
public schools this Year with appropriate
patriotic exercises. In almost every in
stance the exercises will he held Tuesday,
as the schools will he closed Wednesday.
the I'D. In one or two cases. however,
the exercises will be held tomorrow.
Heretofore the school committee ct the
Board of Trade has provided speakers for
each of the school building, This year
the committee made no such arrange
ments so the matter of preparing suitable
programs was left to the supervising
principals of the several divisions, and the
principals of the various buildings under
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Plans for Battleship Practice.

The Navy Department has approved
plans for the spring practice Of the
ships of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
The torpedo boat fleet in the Pacific will
begin practice March II, and the Pacific
fleet proper will commence work April
/, either in Santa Barbara channel or
of San Diego. The Atlantic fleet will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19
Small Bow Hurt.

While trying to secure some wooden
boxes which were being thrown from a
window of Il building at 7th street and
Massachusetts avenue northwest yester-
day afternoon, Eli Morris, seven years
old, of AT / street was struck on the
head by one of the boxes. lie was treated
at the Casualty Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19
Favorable to St. Lawrence Dam.

The Senate committee on commerce yes
terday directed favorable report on Sen
ator divers bill authorizing the Long
Sault Development Company of New
York to construct power dam across
the ST Lawrence river, south of the in
ternational boundary line near Long Sault
Island, n. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19
Social Session of LOYAL Lodge

Loyal Lodge, No. 3, !. O. G. T.. met in a
social session last night at it's head
quarters. 623 Louisiana avenue. The fol-
lowing was the evenings program: Piano
solo. Mrs. f. V. Carr: reading, Mrs
Florence Dieudonre: address, Judge
Nichols: reading, r. e. Smith, and ad-
dress, Newton r. Donaldson.
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WEATHER
Rain or Snow Sunday and Monday;
Northwesterly Winds.

For the District Of Columbia and Mary
land. unsettled weather Sunday, probably
snow or rain. Monday snow or rain;
moderate ncrthwesterly winds, becoming
northeasterly.
A strong area of high pressure has built
up i'm the last twenty-four hours over the
Dakotas. This, in connection with a
disturbance over Texas, has caused heavy
Texas, and SHOWS in western Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico.
Rains have also fallen in the Ohio valley.
The temperature has fallen decidedly
over the plains states from Nebraska to
northern Texas. In Atlantic coast dis
tricts it has risen quite generally.
The disturbance now central over
Arkansas will move northeastward dur
ing the next forty-eight hours and cause
snow or rain in the middle Mississippi
and Ohio valleys, snow in the lake region
and rain turning into snow in the north
er portion of the middle Atlantic states.
Rain is probable in the gulf and south
Atlantic states, and snow is indicated for
the Rocky mountain region.
The temperature will fall in Arkansas,
and thence southwark to the gulf, also in
the east gulf states and Tennessee. The
changes in the middle Atlantic states will
be unimportant. although the tendency
will be to lower temperature. In the up
per Missouri valley the temperature will
also rise.
The winds along the New England and
middle Atlantic coasts will be brisk
northWesterly; on the south Atlantic coast
moderate southwest to south; on the east
gulf coast moderate to brisk southerly;
on the west gulf coast brisk northwest
erly; on Lake Michigan moderate north
westerly, becoming northeasterly.
Yesterdays Temperature.
Midnight, II: am. 46: am. AS: 8
"a m. ~; s am. %; 10 a. m, "a: Il noon,
80: pm, iS; i pm, 4S; pm, 46; 8
pm. "a: 10 pm, Is. Maximum, 81;
minimum, AZ.
Temperature same date last year-MaXi-
mum, 81: minimum, 20.
Relative Humidity.
am 10: pm, 70; 8 pm, 81.
Rainfall q pm. to y PM, O.O1. Hours
of sunshine. O.OO Per cent of possible
sunshine, O.O0
Temperatures in Other Cities.
The maximum temperature in other
cities yesterday, the minimum Friday
night and the reading at pm. yester-
day together with the rainfall for the
twenty-four hours ending at s pm. yes
terday, are as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19

Otto Hohng of Frostburg. former sheriff
of Allegany county, Md, has filed a pc
tition for writ of mandamus to GUST
John G.. Youngerman as q member of the
Frostburg city council. The petition states
that Youngerman is also treasurer or
Frostburg having as a member of the
council voted for himself toy that office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19

An experiment new to the east will he
the terrifying OF the immense apple or
chards of James Craig of Augusta coun-
Ity, Va. against frost this spring. The
orchards will be supplied with 800 oil
stoves, two under each tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19

begin spring practice April 1. on the
southern drill grounds. off the Chesa-
peake Capes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19

Mt. PLEASANT. COLUMBIA ROAD NEAR
14th ST., Rev. Frank j. Goodwin. minister
Morning service. II o'clock; sermon by the
minister; subject. The Great Alternatives in
the Spiritual Life" EseniEg service, o'ciock :;
pie TO Prison. Sunday school. $40 am. ;
adult classes. 10 am; Christian E.Ideayor
meeting. $40 pm.
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Temperatures in Other Cities.

The maximum temperature in other
cities yesterday, the minimum Friday
night and the reading at s pm. yester-
day together with the rainfall for the
twenty-four hours ending at s pm. yes
terday, are as follows:
Rainfall.
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In Eastern High School.

Eastern High School will hold its eNer-
ciSes tomorrow morning at 1870 o'clock,
as Or Willard S. Small principal of the
school. has been delegated to attend the
department OF superintendent meeting
Of the National Education Association, to
ne held in Mobile. Ala, and will depart
TUESDAY. The principal speaker at East
ern is TO be Representative Morris Shep-
pard of Texas.
Following are the programs SO far as
they have been completed:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19

S am. Ia: pm, 10; 8 pm, 81.
Rainfall q pm. to . PM. 0.01. Hour:
of sunshine. 600. Per cent of possibl.
sunshine, 900.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Convalescents gain health and
strength rapidly by drinking Bal
lantine's Canada Malt ALE-a
Dourshing beverage. SLIGO dozen bottles.
Shoemaker Co., r 1,sl i St ;,. Nv
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Twelfth Division.

Smo;hers School-Address, Rev. Elijah
Ayers: America" school; recitation. Sc
rena Diggs; recitation. Lucille Lo"rH'
recitation. Mabel Suydau; keller's
american Hymn school: recitation
MARCEL Posey; recitation, Bernard Chap
man: recitation. Marian Dorsey; recita-
ton Pearl Cain; recitation. Yetta
Mavritte: Land of Greatness. Home of
Glory school: recitation, William Tur-
ner: recitation, Mildred Chase; recitation.
Adeline Jenkins; recitation. Eugene
Mavritte: recitation, Margaret Slaughter:
Battle Hymn of. the. Republic" school;
flag salute school: quotations. Beatrice
TAYLOR. Oden Allen. Anna Mitchell and
| George Nichols.
| Abby S. Simmons School-Patriotic
songs by the school; recitations, William
Collins, William Gather Eta Jackson,
Bernice Robinson, Sara Hill. Ola Clarke.
| Pearl Crockett.
| Ivy City School--Chorus, America
| recitation. third gra,lc; recitations and
patriotic songs. second and third grades;
| chorus, Hail Columbia: recitation,
James Wychc: reading. Irene Glascoe;
reading. Marion Brass; THE Star Span
gled Banner" school; recitation. William
S. Thomas. jr.. recitation. Clara Mallory
address, ]. w. Cromwell: Mount Yer
non Bells school.
/ John A. Logan School-ChorlD, Amer
| lea; recitation, James Stokes; flag sa-
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Normal School No. g.

Prayer. Miss Cordella Murdoch; The
Battle Hymn of the Republic school;
address, Charles NJ. Thomas; quotations,
school: America, school.
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For the District Of Columbia and Mary
land. unsettled weather Sunday, probably
snow or rain. Monday snow or rain;
moderate ncrthwesterly winds, becoming
northeasterly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19
Used Golden Remedy, The Great Home
Treatment For Drunkards.

IL you have husband. son brother. father or
friend who is victim Of liquor. all you have 10
Ito Is To send Your name and address the con
pom below. You may bc thankful lon: us you
live that you did il.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
BALE YOUR HAY THIS YEAR
Kept Compact. is Easy to Handle
and Takes Up Comparatively
Little Room-Always Clean.

Loose hay is so bulky that It takes
up five or six times the barn space
Of baled hay Loose hay quickly
gathers dust-which causes cough
ing OF stock and perhaps disease
The whole outside of a stack OF loo,
hay is practically wasted by wind
rain. sun and the other elements
This often amounts to 20 per cent OF
the stack. Loose hay can not be
shipped far. and the local dealer
knows It. So he pays you his price.
and you sell because you know that
your loose hay must be sold near
home
Baled hay is compact-easy TO
handle-takes up comparatively lit
tie space. so can be stored until
prices reach the top. when you can
sell anywhere. distance does not mat
ter much. Baled hay is always clean
and fresh. loses none Of its nutrtive
qualities. and there is no waste.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24

(By CAPT. A. II. wADDELL)
II we are good judges Of human ma
ture. or able to Judge others by their
biographers. we should feel very much
inclined 10 lay $40 bill to 10c piece
that the willy Richard" who once
made himself hoarse shouting "A
Horse. a Horse, my Kingdom for a
Horse" wanted a good one.
Richard had Just killed five Rich
monds. or thought he had. and was
looking for another when his horse
was killed under him. and when he
uttered his memorable words. Yes.
he wanted horse and he wanted one
badly enough. but. he wanted a good
one.
good horse was what he wanted.
good horses are what we all want. and
1t is only the large breeder who can
really tell us. how many bad horses
he breeds. for one good one that he
sells This is in large measure due
TO haphazard methods in breeding;
breeders are not careful enough in
the selection of their parent stock nor
do they take pains enough to ascertain
the pecularities and characteristics Of
the families from which the parent
stock comes.
In the trotting horse everything has
been neg ected for speed. and in the
thoroughbred in this country. nothing
but this element has been considered;
the result is too we'll known to be re-
capitulated Notwithstanding this no
body seems to try TO remedy the de
| fects that this near sightedness has
produced. There Is not one trotting
horse in a thousand whose anatomical
formation. physical and constitutional
soundness. will permit him to become
a 2:10 trotter. nor is there one race
horse In the same number that can
gallop a mile in first class company
with any chance of winning. for the
same reason.
Breeders no not give sufficient care
to individuality. size. bone. substance
and soundness; they never think Of
temper or temperament and only con
slider speed. which. although inherited
on both sides is useless in weakling
Stamps and types of horses anC
ponies have been bred which are wei
exemplifed in the Shire. Clydesdale
Suffolk. Percheron. Belgium and Hack
ney Why cannot this obtain in som,
measure at least in the trotter ant
thoroughbred in America? 1t does il
other countries and why should it no
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24

pain, my nerves are stronger and can
do my own work Lydia l.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cured me after
everything else had failed, and j rec
ommend it to other suffering women"
-MRs. WIN. SEALS COS w. Howard St.,
Creston, Iowa.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
ine testimonials Ike the above provo
the efficiency of Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills should not lose sight of
these facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound TO
restore their health
If you want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
She will treat your letter as
strictly confidential. For go years
she has been helping sick women
I'm this way, free of charge. Don't
hesitate-writc at once.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
SUMMER WORK
FOR CHICKENS
Where There Is Not Perfectly Com
Portable Poultry House on
Farm One Should be Pro-
vided This Summer.
(By MILLER PUVISl

II there is not a perfectly comfort
able poultry house on the farm. one
should be planned and provided this
summer. at least before cold weather
sets in. for il is poor planning to put
off providing a warm poultry house
until the time arrives for its use. A
comfortable poultry house need not be
a costly one nor a particularly warm
one Every poultry house should have
two rooms with a tight partition be-
tween them If it is build in this way.
tie flock may be crowded into ono
room when very cold weather comes,
and the heat of their bodies will keep
the room warm. A hen does not feel
the cold as quickly as a man does. for
her blood is five per cent. warmer nat
urally. and If she can sleep where
there is no draft blowing on her she
will be very comfortable in a room in
which the temperature runs as low as
10 to IL degrees below the freezing
point.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
kF,2'.R!I'l,: 8
& SI)cs@'1t=-1tSto lsssS ~ Is
EtfSNOIES

Remember that bees crawl up in
stead of down.
Extracted honey will candy much
sooner than comb honey.
The drains should be properly laid
out and carefully graded.
You give the weeds a big advantage
If you let them go to seed
Send your honey to the market in
as attractive form as possible.
When the crops begin to grow it's
easy to find where the manure
spreader quit.
The breeder that is afraid of the
zeal test of his breed will never do the
breed much good.
Some weeds have such tenacious
roots that the only way to kill them
is to pull them up.
One of the chief causes for alfalfa
failure is that the young plants are
crowded out by weeds.
Deep blowing is one of the most
effective ways Of keeping good mols'
ture content In the soil.
The automobile is an important
addition 10 tne i"ii" NH"iPN'-
is more than luxury
Remember to keep the insurance
nolicies in force now for one never
knows where the lightning is going to
strike.
A teaspoonful OF coal tar TO a peck
NJ corn. moistened with little water,
70 said to be a protection against
gophers.
To he on the safe side cabbage
nl,nts should be started in soil which
has not been previously used for cab
bage culture.
Weeds are growing fast this year
pemember that any season that
makes the crops grow fast encour
ages the weeds also.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
A Good Horse of His Breed-A Hackney.

here, in the greatest and most ls rish.
ly. bestowed by nature for the pur-
pose?
The American is the best business
man in the world, as good a horse
man as can be produced anywhere,
and is always looking for the straight
est way of getting to a certain point
and has certainly succeeded in sur
prising the world in this direction. He
has produced the most extraordinary
light harness horse that has ever been
/ heard of, when speed alone is consid-
cred. and also some of the fastest
thoroughbi eds, and it seems that the
time has not arrived when more care
should be shown in the selection OF
horses for breeding purposes. so as to
be able to produce sounder, bigger,
and better individuals.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
Sure Weed Destroyer.

reservoir extending out from 1t
Just above this point. which is hol'
low and has an opening at the bot
tom. The reservoir has a discharge
spout leading into the hollow point
and a rubber bulb. by means OF pres
sure on which the contents OF the
reservoir are discharged through the
spout This reservoir is filled with
tobacco juice or some other liquid
that will kill plant life. The garden
er then inserts the point at the root
Of a weed and presses on the rub
Der bulb with his foot An injecron
Is thus squirted on the roots OF the
weed. which soon kills It, Compare
this method with the laborious sys'
tenn Of pulling weeds up. one by one.
and tearing up tho turf into the bar
gain-to say nothing Of the wear and
tear on the only back you'll ever
have.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
HOT WEATHER GARDEN Wuhk
Pulling Up Weeds Whenever Found
Will Save Considerable Labor
Next Year-Care for lllacs.
(By EBEN e. REXFoRDl

By EBEN e. RExFORD)
Weed. and weed and weed again.
In brief. pull up every weed as soon
as you see IT, All the work OF this
Kind done this season will save a
great deal of labor next year. for
every plant allowed to go to seed
will most likely be perpetuated by a
thousand seedlings.
Make a practice of going over the
garden beds and clipping away seed
vessels. The plants will at once set
about making good their loss and as
fiowers are the first step toward the
formation of seed. they will soon pro
duce new crop of blossoms.
In this way make almost constant
boomers OF kinds that won't bloom
but once during the season II al
lowed to follow out their own in
cinations.
Keep the ground about the lilac
bushes moved or hoed closely. II
this is done the suckers about this
plant OF which 80 much complaint Is
made. will cause no more trouble
than ordinary weeds. II is when
they are allowed to grow for a sea
son that the trouble begins. There
fore. keep them down from the star
and you will have nothing to com
plain OF. A place without the lilac
would be one that failed to live u
TO the privileges warranted. cor
slider the lilac one OF our very bes
shrubs
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
LAWYER CURED OF ECZEMA

while attending school at Lebanon,
Ohio. in 1882. became afflicted with
boils, which lasted for about two
years. when the affection assumed the
form Of an eczema on my face, the
lower part of my face being inf1amed
most of the time. There would be
water-blisters rise up and open, and
wherever the water would touch 1t
would burn, and cause another one to
rise. After the blister would open.
the place would scab over. and would
burn and itch SO as to be almost I'M
bearable at times. In this way the
sores would spread from one place to
another, back and forth over the
whole Of my upper lip and chin, and
at times the whole lower part Of my
face would be solid sore. This con-
dition continued for four or five years.
without getting any better. and in fact
got worse all the time, so much SO
that my wife became alarmed lest 1t
prove fatal.
During all this time of boils and
eczema, / doctored with the best ply
sicians of this part of the country. but
to no avail. Finally decided to try
Cutieura Remedies, which l did. TAX
ing the Cuticura Resolvent. applying
the Cuticura Ointment to the sores,
and using the Cuticura Soap for wash
ing. In a very short time began to
notice improvement. and continued to
use the Cuticura Remedies until / was
we'll again, and have not had a re-
currence of the trouble since, which Is
over twenty years. 1 have recon-
mended Cuticura Remedies to others
ever since, and have great faith in
them as remedies for skin diseases.
(Signed) A. c. Brandon, Attorney-at'
Law. Greenville, O., Jan. IL, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint.
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book. will be
mailed free on application to "Cut-
cura," Dept. 3 X, Boston.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
Hub and Spokes.

one-half inches long. The hub (b)
is made of two circular pieces of
board one inch thick and six inches
in diameter bolted face to face to-
gether. and holding the spokes firmly
in the grooves previously cut. There
should be eight spaces between the
points. as there are eight spokes.
which at the end should be twenty
four and three-fourths inches apart.
The points of the spokes must not be
sharp, or they will sink into soft
ground and the distance will not be
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
The Young Idea.

There are two kinds of joints, the
hinges and the ball-bearing.
Reflex action is the inside eye and
ear Reflex action controls things
that we do not have to think about,
as talking.
Had we no skin, our clothes would
cause us endless agony.
The stomach is the trunk OF our
body. The stomach contains the liver.
The stomach is south of the lungs,
west of the liver. 1t has three coats
Without the stomach We should die,
therefore God chose the stomach to
digest our food.-Woman's Home Com
panion.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
Little Pitcher.

Lady VISITOR am coming to your
mammals company tomorrow. Tom
my
Tommy-Well, you won't get good
supper
Tommy's Papa-Tommy. what do
you mean. talking like that?
Tommy-Well. you know. pa, you
told ma you'd have to get some
chicken feed for her old hen party
tomorrow.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24

The chemist tells us that 10 per
cent of the feeding value OF corn
fodder is below the ear. II this De
true how much do you lose by Iced
ing the fodder whole when put In the
.uo the stalk is worth about as much
as the ear. and the ear has lost none
of It's value?
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
STACKING HAY FROM WAGONS
Trolley May Be Arranged to Do the
Work In Fields Where There
Is Much Hay to Be Piled.

The accompanying illustration
shows how to make a trolley stacker
that will do service in the field where
there is much hay to be stacked In
constructing this wire cable one
half inch thick is required. says n
writer in the Farm and Home II
may be made any length. according
to the requirements of the farm.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24

In my side, sick
headaches and ner-
vousness. | had ia
ken 30 many medi-
cines that / was
couraged IN d
thought / would
never get we'll. A
friend told me of
Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vege t able Com
pound and 1t re-
stored me to health.
L have no more
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
DEVICE TO MEASURE FIELDS
simple Continuance Shown In Illus
tration Much Better Than Sur
veyor's Chain or Tspeline.

The simple contrivance shown in
the Illustration for measuring fields is
much better than surveyors chain
Or tapeline. because It can be used
by one person. says the Homestead.
1t Is made of small hub and spokes
little larger than lath. Make them
OF such size that one revolution meas
ures exactly one rod. This is done
by having each spoke thirty-two and
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
Trolley Hay Stacker.

This cable is attached to stakes In
the ground and is run up through
crotch made by two long poles at
either end of the stack. On this ca
ble is run an ordinary hay fork. A.
h and c show details Of attaching the
cables to the poles.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
Gathering Onion Bulbs.

Notice your onions. and when the
tops cease growing and begin to de-
cay. gather them. Dust air-slaked
lime over them. tie the bulblets in
bundles OF one-half dozen and hang
them up in a cool place in the Darn
or cellar.