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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-05
AGREEMENT SIGNED

Berlin, Nov. 4.-The Morocco and
French Congo agreement between
France and Germany was signed by
the German minister of foreign affairs,
Held Won Kiderlen- Waechter, and the
French ambassador to Germany, NJ.
Cambon, late this afternoon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-05

ting the presidents signature On the
back of a $4,000 three-year promissory
note. He wanted the presidents en-
dorsement for three reasons No. l,
read the letter: Il wish to secure
your signature to keep as long as /
live and then destroy it; second, 1
need the money: third, I think it is
more manly to get help this way"
The letter gave to the president the
names of the general secretary and
janitor OF the Y. NJ c. A. in the
writer's town as references.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-05
TAFT DECLINES OFFER TO
GO INTO BANK BUSINESS
Rv Assoclated Presa,

Hot Springs, Va, Nov. 4.-President
Taft today declined an offer to go into
the banking business. The offer came
from a man in Connecticut whose
name was not revealed.
He wished the president to start his
banking career in a modest way, put
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-05
A MEMBER Of
JURY CHARGED
WITH MURDER
s ONE STARTLING DEVELOP
MENTS OCCUR IN MURDER
CASE OF SPIRo kATAK, WITH
RESULT THAT ED. DONAHOo is
ARRESTED AND HELD IN THE
COUNTY JAIL.

Something of a mild sensation was
created when it became known yester-
day that one of the members of the
coroner's jury investigating into the
cause of the death of Spiro Katak, the
Greek who was found dead in his
store early last Sunday morning, had
been arrested and is now held in the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-05
WEALTHY CONTRACTOR
COMMITS SUICIDE
BY Associated Press.

Hot Springs. Ark, Nov. 4.-Martin
Kelly, so years of age, said to have
been a wealthy granite contractor of
Vancouver, B. c., fired a bullet from
a revolver through his head while
alone in his room at a hotel here to-
day. Death was instantaneous
He was respondent because of ill
health
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-05
CONDITIONS BETTER IN
SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS
BY Associated Press.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Nov. A
ditions in the South American re-
publics is predicted by Bishop Frank
Bristol, of Buenos Ayres, who made a
report to the board Of bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal church here to-
day. Led by Bishop Walden, there
was also an extended discussion re-
garding the status of the members OF
the northern church in the southern
states. No action was taken today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-05

east of this city and had announced
that it's funds were short $4,000 to-
day, Howard Harter, the banks
cashier, came here and obtained the
sheriff's permission to stay in the
county jail until inquiry into the in
stitution's affairs had proceeded fur
Their
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-05
CASHIER KILLS HIMSELF
WHEN SHORTAGE is KNOWN
BY Associated Press.

Rochester, Ind, Nov. AFTER state
bank examiners had closed the Citi-
Zens Bank at Akron, Ind, ten miles
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-09
GIVES ATHLETICS BIG BOOM

this is marked Improvement in car
rage OF the person, alertness Of mind
and body and the general air of
strength and health resulting from
the athletic exercises which the chill.
dren have pursued. Gratifying as this
is from the physical side, the improve.
ment on the side of ethics, school dis
cipline and esprit du corps is even
greater.
'The New York Public School Ath-
letic league, formed in 1908. is now
the largest athletic organization in the
world. It's success has caused the
formation of similar leagues in six.
teen of the great cities of the conn
try and more are constantly ADOPTING
it's methods. One hundred thousand
school children took active part in the
leagues competitions in the last year.
For example, 32,750 children partici-
pated in jumping contests, while a.
500 boys competed in 'chinning' and
5000 in class running. Thirty thou
sand were entered in the various field
day games, at which $500 medals and
$50 banners were awarded"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-09
RODENTS HOARD MUCH GOLD
Office Boy of Chicago JeweIry House
Solves Mystery of Disappear
ance of Valuables.

Chicago.-A piece of gold chain
three inches long sticking out of a
hole in the floor solved big mystery
In a downtown wholesale jewelry
house. The manager for the COM
pany had been missing watches for
three months. He suspected that some
employe was taking them, but there
was no clew. More watches disap-
peared, the managers worries in
creased. He called his chief aids one
by one into his private office and whis-
pered to them that he would give $500
to the person who discovered the cul-
pr1t. A month passed. The thief was
not arrested. More watches and other
1ewelry were missing. Two detect
ives were hired and ostensibly put to
work among the help. The officers
watched every move of every person
In the place, but they got no hint of
the identity of the robber Watches,
lockets. rings and gems kept going.
The manager called his whole force
together and told his troubles in q
fiye-minute speech, winding up by urg-
Ing everybody to extra vigilance and
advising the culprit to fold his tent
and silently steal away. Nothing do
Ing. Jewelry went out of sight with
increasing speed.
Finally, an Office boy sighted the
chain and the hole in the floor. He
pulled on the chain and the watch
popped up through the hole. A great
light broke in on the whole
force when he reported his find. A
carpenter was called in and the floor
was ripped up. From the recesses
were recovered II watches, seven
lockets, IA bracelets, 10 stickpins, 27
rings, four .hatpins and 13 bales of
wire. Further search revealed a hole
IN the bottom of a case in which
timepieces and other jewelry were
kept. Rats had been at work for
months carrying off the stock of the
concern. The hole in the floor was
not large enough to let a watch
through fiat, but the rodents had head
enough to work them round sidewise
and thus accomplish their purpose.
What they proposed to do with the
gems nobody had an idea There were
only occasional marks of teeth on any
OF the stolen stuff, and they were
made in dragging it away. Only a
students of animal life can say why
rat, with fine appetite for all va
rieties of cheese, should waste his
time Juggling away gold, silver and
dross.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-09
PREPARE CREAM FOR CHURN
Temperature Is Important Factor ir
Facilitating RlpenIng-Proper
Care Of Milk.
(By j. FISHERY

Skim the milk after it has com
menced to thicken, which will usually
be after setting SO hours, and put one
pint of fresh buttermilk from the last
churning into the cream jar as start
er. Every time fresh cream is added
stir thoroughly so as to get 1t well
mixed. Much the best results may be
had by having all the cream in one
vessel. No fresh or sweet cream
should be put into the ripened cream,
as 1t will be lost and pass out in the
buttermilk. Mature the cream quick
ly; If kept long it will be bitter. The
cream should be kept at tempera-
ture of about 70 degrees F. to facili-
tate early ripening. Churn at temper
ature of 60 degrees. Have a dairy
thermometer-one may be had for 25
cents-and it will save much trouble.
In warm weather the churning should
be done early in the morning, and, if
necessary, cold water or ice should be
used to get the cream at the right
temperature. When cream is proper
ly churned the butter comes firm and
hard. The milk should be kept in a
cool, well-ventilated dairy. No veget-
ables or meats should be kept in the
same room with the milk, as the
fresh-drawn, warm milk will absorb
the odor, which will spoil the flavor
of the cream and the buffers. The
grounds outside of the dairy should
be kept clean. During the day the
windows and shutters should be clos,
ed, but opened at night.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-09
GARDENS IN THE BACK YARD
Space 20 by so Feet VIII Supply Az
erage Family With Vegetables
Half the Year.

A space 20 by so feet may, under
intensive culture, be made to yield
fresh vegetables for a small family
through half the year, says Martin
Observation-Disclosures in the Circle Mag
azine. with 40 feet by so, or so by
100, there can be a garden spelling
riotous plenty.
Have the spading done as early as
possible, use thoroughly rotted ma
nure, and supplement it with some
good commercial fertilizer, either
broadcasted and raked in or put in
hills or drills
1T Is waste of seed, strength and
time to plant garden in poor soil.
The seed will come up, the spindling
plants will be harder to work than if
they were luxuriant, and the resultant
crop will be mostly conspicuous by its
absence.
$50, II it is impossible to do more,
make small, rich beds, four feet wide
and as long as the manure holds out,
and sow them crosswise with such
things as radishes, lettuce, cress, pars-
ley, beets and onions. Make the rows
foot to Is inches apart, or SOW the
radishes broadcast.
Lettuce also yields more for broad
cast sowing. Pull out the thriftiest
as soon as edible and leave the rest
to grow. Radish tops make excellent
greens, something better favored than
mustard. By sowing thickly you can
have dishes of green's.
"Say the garden is 40 by so feet,
this is something what the planting
OF 1T should be: Dwarf early peas,
medium early and late peas; beets
early and later; beans in succession,
including bush limas; carrots, radish-
es, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers.
do not adventure upon corn unless
1t is sweet corn planted on the pea
space as a second crop, to come in
just before frost. Make an asparagus
bed all across one end of the plot,
setting two-year-old roots, and fertiliz-
ing the bed heavily in early summer
just after cutting ceases.
Peas are so hardy they may be
planted before snow Is past, provided,
of course, the ground is right when
they go in. Make it fine and light,
cover the seed at least three inches
deep, then tramp the earth over them,
setting the feet SO one track touches
the other. A quart of seed will SOW
100 feet of drill the proper thickness.
An ounce Of beet seed will sow the
same row length.
Cultivate your garden with a wheel
hoe or use the trowel and hand hoe
remembering Isaak Walton's adjura-
ton as to the bait worm: Use him as
though you loved him. AS one thing
yields pull it up and plant something
else."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-09
A SAMPLE Quip.

Thomas W. Lawson's Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation was a very good
piece of oratorical writing" said. a
Boston banker. Lawson is always
full of quips.
mot long ago l attended the flu
neral Of millionaire financier-one
of those real high financiers' whose,
low methods Lawson loves to turn the
light on.
II arrived at the funeral a little
late. I took seat beside Lawson
and whispered:
How far has the service gomez
Lawson, nodding towards the cler-
gyman in the pulpit, whispered back:
".Just opened for the Defense
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-09
MAKE WAR ON THE BUGS NOW
Begin the Fight Early and Keep 1t UP
If You Would Eliminate
Garden Pests.
(By ]. FISHERY


All insects pass the winter in some
stage of their existence. The ques-
ton is, Where and how?" Certainly
not on the wing and often in way
that they can be easily destroyed.
Watch the fences and weather
boarding of unpainted buildings fol-
the chrysalis of the cabbage worm
neatly suspended by couple OF SILK
en- threads. Some Of these mischief
making butterflies will emerge and
they will prove many times more diff
ficult to destroy.
Many insects pass the winter in egg
or larval form in the rubbish about
the farm, old weed stalks, clumps OF
dead grass and the remains OF last
years crop being common lurking
places. Fire is a sure destroyer and
cleans the ground nicely for blowing
Early plowiny in the spring is hard
on the insects, the freshly exposed
sod being cleared Of them by frost.
This is especially favorite remedy
for cutworm, though the finely pull
verified soil, which is a resultant, in
vites the ants freely.
The pupa of the tomato worm is
often plowed up in the garden and Is
distinguished by an appendage like
the handle of pitcher. While in this
stage most insect life is dormant, the
tomato or potato worm pupa expresses
it's disapproval Of being disturbed by a
series Of f1ops. If placed in a shiny
window it will develop into a magnif-
cent butterfly-but every one knows
the horrid green larva which follows.
Every one is familiar with the snap
ping bugs or click-beetles, which creep
into our windows and amuse us by
falling on their backs and feigning
death. Presently they make a click
ing noise and flop up several inches.
If they fall on their backs the per-
Torrance is repeated until they alight
on their feet when they scamper off.
Their larvae live near the surface
Of the ground. and from their long,
scarcely tapering form and hard COW
ering are known as wire-worms. There
is hardly a cultivated plant which
they do not infest, and, working as
they do beneath the soil, they are diff
ficult to cope with. If the cells con-
tanning the pupae or recently trans
formed adults are broken their in
mates perish.
The lady bug in various forms is
quite common indoors and out, and
should be always carefully guarded
as one of the best aids in destroying
aphis. The little red lady bug with a
black dot on each wing cover is often
found about houses in winter and
should be transferred to the con-
servatory or window garden.
1t is often mistaken for the buffalo
beetle and destroyed, though the lat
ter is smaller and black and white,
with simply longitudinal band Of
dull red along both sides of the back.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-09
IL Is A MISTAKE

Many have the idea that anything
will sell if advertised strong enough.
This is a great mistake. True,
few sales might be made by advertis-
ing an absolutely worthless article
but it is only the article that is
bought again and again that pays.
An example of the big success of a
worthy article is the enormous sale
that has grown up for Cascarets
Candy Cathartic. This wonderful rec
ord is the result of great merit sue
cessfully made known through per-
sistent advertising and the mouth-to-
mouth recommendation given Cas-
carets by it's friends and users.
Like all great successes, trade pi-
rates prey on the unsuspecting pub
lie, by marketing fake tablets similar
in appearance to Cascarets. Care
should always be exercised in pur-
chasing we'll advertised goods, espe-
cially an article that has national
sale like Cascarets. Do not allow a.
substitute to be palmed off on you.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-09
PROMOTE ALFALFA GROWTH
for Growth of Plant for Period
Of Ten Years.

DR.. Beal, of the Michigan expert
ago, laid down the following ten rules
as necessary to make growth of al
falfa for a period of ten. years or
more;
Select land that is deeply drained.
Swampy lands or soils in which the
hardpan comes very close to the sur
face will not make proper place for
alfalfa.
Prepare the land as for a crop Of
wheat.
If the soil is not alkaline apply air
slaked lime.
Sow about four pounds of good,
clean seed to the acre at the time of
corn planting, or else early in Aug
ust, If the soil is moist then.
With alfalfa seed sow orchard grass
or tall oat grass, about peck each
to the acre. Excellent results may al
so be obtained by adding two pounds
of timothy seed.
Under no circumstances should So
called nurse crop be sown.
If nodules are not produced on the
roots, inoculate with soil containing
them.
Clip young growth from one to three
times.
Cut when few plants Of alfalfa
are first in bloom
Leave moderate growth in the fall
as mulch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-09
Gen. Winaate Reports so Per Cent
Improvement in United States
Public Schools.

New York.-That the introduction
of systematic athletics in the public
schools in the United States has re-
suited in so per cent. improvement
not only in physique, but in ethics,
discipline and mental alertness is the
assertion of Gen. George w. Wingate,
president of the New York Public
Schools Athletic league, in his annual
report just given to the public. He
says in part:
The day of experiments in this
matter of athletics has now long
passed. 1t has now become estab-
lished upon such firm foundation in
both the schools and the public esti-
nation that the future is assured.
With every year the standard of
athletic ability in our public schools
becomes higher and records which
were considered wonderful when
made are surpassed. Accompanying
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-09
NURSE TELLS OF SKIN CURES

81 have seen the Cuticura Remedies
used with best results during the past
twenty years. In my work as nurse,
many skin disease cases came under
my observation, and in every in
stance, I always recommended the
Cuticura Remedies as they always
gave entire satisfaction. One case in
particular was that Of lady friend
Of mine who, when child, was af-
f1icted with eczema which covered her
face and hands entirely, breaking out
at intervals with severer torture. She
could not go to school as the disfigure-
ment looked terrible. told her to get
at once set of Cuticura Remedies.
After the use of only one set she was
perfectly well.
"a grown lady friend was afflicted
with salt rheum in one of her thumbs,
and she was cured by the Cuticura
Remedies. Still another lady had dry
salt rheum in both palms of her hands
every fall Of the year. They used to
be so painful she could scarcely wet
her hands until she began to use the
Cuticura Remedies which cured her.
I have also seen them cure children
Of ringworm. The children's faces
would be all circles and rings around
the cheeks, and the neck and after
treatment with the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment they were completely cured.
My husband had rheumatism on his
arm and I used the Cuticura Oint-
ment. 1t made his arm as timber and
nice, whereas it was quite stiff before
I began to apply the Ointment.
Last May / had an ingrowing toe
nail which was very painful, as the
side of the nail was edging right
down in the side of my toe. 1 cut
the nail out of the cavity it made, and
of course applied the Cuticura Oint-
ment to the part affected. 1t soothed
1t and in less than ten nights it was
all healed through constant use Of the
Ointment Ten days ago 1 had my
left hand and wrist burned with boil
ing lard, and Cuticura Ointment has
completely cured them. / have just
recommended the Cuticura Remedies
to another friend, and she is pleased
with the results and is recovering
nicely. l will gladly furnish the
names of the people referred to above
If anybody doubts what say" (Sign-
ed Mrs. Margaret Hederson, n High
land Ave, Maiden, Mass, Oct. 1, 1910.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-09
ASPHALT is in FAVOR

which affords a good foothold for
horses and prevents motor skidding
also, owing to the nature of the bin
der, such roads remain quiet, elastic
and resilient under all extremes of
temperature and under the most try
ing mixed traffic conditions.
every little reflection is necessary
to convince even layman in road
matters that coal tar varies too much
in quality and is, per Sc, far too sus-
ceptible to the changes of climate and
temperature to be of any real perma-
nent service as road binder. Not
only does it soften the macadam in
summer, but also makes it brittle and
crack in winter, so that tar-bound ma
cadam roads cannot be expected and
are not likely in these circumstances
to withstand the strains to which they
are subjected by fast and heavy mo-
tor traffic for any period of reasonable
length.
again. tarred macadam is by no
means dustless, and the question has
recently been raised as to whether the
dust from roads, when treated with
tar, is injurious to the eyes, but as
tarred dust. like ordinary dust, can
produce only a mechanical irritation
upon the mucous membrane of the
eye, and in view of the fact that the
dust from tarred road is naturally
considerably less than from road not
so treated, it is therefore obvious that
tarring roads is likely to tend to di-
minisk the chance of injury to the
eyes.
Climatic conditions have so impor-
tant bearing upon the life of roads
it is no exaggeration to say that at
least SO per cent. of the wear of wa
ter-bound macadam roads is due to
weather-that, knowing this, and adj
hitting that macadam is the right ma
terial for the construction of main
country roads, 1t is necessary only for
the road engineer to consider the best
material to employ as waterproof
binder capable of withstanding
climatic conditions for binding the
crust of such macadam roads SO
as to make each piece of stone
adhere to its neighbor and at
the same time be able to withstand
any tendency toward disintegration,
the ideal binder for this purpose being
Cuban asphalt"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-09
Glover for Horses.

An experienced horse breeder says
the objection of some people to feed
ing clover hay to horses on account
of heaves should be placed on the man
who feeds the hay rather than on the
hay. The trouble is that the horse is
given all he will eat, thus overlooking
his stomach, which crowds his lung
action. Well-cured clover hay fed in
the right amount is not likely to give
trouble, and less grain will be need
ed. Some authorities feel that one
pound Of hay and one of grain per day
for each 100 pounds of the weight of
the horse is about right for ordinary
work, and for hard work increase the
grain some.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-09
London Engineer Recommends 1t
for Macadam Roads.
Points Outs Its Advantages Over Coal
Tar Spraying and Resists Wealth
er-Is More Durable and
Economical.

London.-Cecil Nathan, an engineer
who gives especial attention to road
making, expresses the belief that Gu
ban asphalt is destined to take the
place Of tar as binder Of macadam
roads. He defines the essential de-
6iderata" of a satisfactory road as
Smooth appearance and even surface
following the Gambler of the road,
which must be, sanitary, dustless,
noiseless and nonslippery." Mr.. Ma
than also stipulates that the ideal
road must not only have these quail
ties. but be reasonable in initial cost
and above all in maintenance.
Many of the present generation will
remember the phrase, Electricity is
only in it's infancy" says Mr.. Nathan.
well, today the road board is in its
infancy, and I have no doubt that it
will grow into as fine and healthy
child as electricity diI. Like other in
fants, the road board is just beginning
to speak, and the first word that it
has been taught, is tar Now I hope
1t will very soon grow up and learn
words of two syllables, such as
asphalt and then, be able to expound
to road engineers the real meaning
Ct this much misunderstood word.
This is the tar age, and, as an In
different palliative, tar is serving its
purpose today as temporary expedi-
ent; but something much more perma-
nent than the primitive methods of
tar spraying or even tar macadam Is
required for the future, and maintain
that permanency will be obtained only
from the adoption as waterproof road
crust binders of either Lake Trinidad
asphalt or Cuban asphalt but prefer
ably Cuban asphalt, owing to its hav-
ing higher melting point and it's
ability to withstand the rotting effects
of water.
Although this country may con-
graduate itself on being ahead of the
continent in the matter of roads, it
still has a good deal to learn from
America, where asphaltum base oils
are used on very large scale with
good results as palliative for spray
ing on roads in preference to crude or
refined tar, such as is in general use
here.
Furthermore, in America asphal-
tums are now nearly always employed
as binders in constructing macadam
roads, and naturally this has thorough
" demonstrated and proved that as
phaltums are far more economical for
this purpose Such roads, even on
steepish gradients, provide a surface