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Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

July and August are pre-eminentiy the two months in which thai joint roofing. drought defying pest. crab grass. gets Tn it's work often counter acting and rendering futile most of the good hoe and cultivator work done during May and June. II is fortunate that crab grass is an annual. This means that the root does not live through the winter and that to exter- minate it all one needs 10 do Is to keep it from going to seed. It is hard to overcome. for the reason that it makes most of its growth in corn. potatoes and other cultivated crops after they have been laid by: hence 10 get rid of it one must wage a persistent fight from now on by pulling and hoeing so as to keep any seed from maturing. This will require lot of persevering work when the sun beats down hard, but the reward will be clean garden next season.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

The low form of vegetable life that makes the green scum in water tanks may be done away with by dissolying copper sulphate in the tank at the rate of one two-hundredths of pound of the chemical to hundred gallons of water. This chemical is poisonous and used in larger quantities than this would be injurious to the stock drink ing ft
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

Good profits may be made in dairy Ing and fruit raising; but. if reports are to be credited. the easiest money is made by big army of sharks and grafters who make business of farm ing suckers. the class of folks who are always hotfoot to get something for nothing. the crop of which seems per. ennial. like quack grass, humps and feaS.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

Conditions point to record break ing cotton crop for the year. The area planted is 35.004,0Oo acres. as com pared with 3s.41s.Ooo last year, while the condition of the crop as reported June 1 was SIS of normal as com. pared with S2 per cent for the corre- spending period in 1910 and S0.9 per cent. the average condition for the past ten years.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

While the growth of timber of the hardwood varieties Is usually mark of fertile soil. it cannot always be relied upon as indicative of the char acter of the surface soil as the roots of many trees penetrate deep But where one finds clover growing natu. rally the evidence is quite conclusive that the soil is rich and also that it is sweet and does not need lining
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

A Vermont farmer who has tested the method for twenty years. reports in an eastern farm Journal that he has successfully killed willow trees, root and top. by removing a two foot girdle Of bark the latter part of Au- gust For many readers who have bad trouble killing these hardy trees this suggestion is worth remembering
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

An experiment made recently by the department of agriculture for the pur pose of testing the shrinkage in corn in storage showed that 2S,000 pounds of shelled corn kept under ordinary conditions for a period of 147 days lost t.970 pounds. or about ' per cent. as . result of evaporation of moisture Weighings made at frequent intervals showed that the corn gained in weight in wet weather and shrank core spondingly in dry.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

had soreness in each side. could not stand tight clothing. and was irregular. l was completely run down. On ad- vice 1 took Lydia E. Finkham's Vege- table Compound and Liver Pills and am enjoying good health. 1t is now more than two years and 1 have not had an ache or pain since. do all my own work, washing and everything, and never have the backache any more. l think your medicine is grand and I praise it to all my neighb6rs. If you think my testimony will help others you may publish it."-Mrs. OLLIE WooDALL, Morton's Gap. Kentucky.
 Backaehe is a symptom of organic weakness or derangement. If you have backache don't neglect it. To get permanent rehelf you must reach the root of the trouble. Nothing we know of will do this so surely as Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound.
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Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

Stock that is not used to eating al falfa have to learn to like it the way some folks do olives and lobsters- On the farm of a friend, who was grow ing small patch of the legume for the first time, the farm animals had the range of this alfalfa. clover and some timothy and blue grass It was interesting to notice that while the al falfa was the most nutritious forage available, the stock ate everything else before they would touch 1t.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

A musty old rat is an uninviting morsel to the family eat when she has had her appetite aroused with two or three juicy young birds, and it is quite natural that she should pass the former up when the latter are to be had
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

A section of wire netting makes 1ne trellis for Champion of England peas, and also good perching place for the grosbeaks that like to shell and eat the green peas as relish be- tween rations of potato bugs.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

While birds like the robin and brown thrush never build or rebuild their nest in the same place during the same season. the writer has noticed with much interest that pair of the latter have built a new nest in the same syringa bush as the one from which they led brood of little ones about four weeks ago. Wrens. on the other hand, will rebuild their nests in the same place and will do 1t the more ouickly if all the old nest material Is removed
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

my heaith was very bad and I had a continual backache which was simply awful. 1 could not stand on my feet long enough to cook a meals vietuals without my back nearly killing me,
 and l would have such dragging sen- tions could hardly bear it. |
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

There are two or three points in the artificial watering of gardens that It IS well to keep in mind. One of these is that water should be put on growing vegetation only in the evening or early in the morning. Applied when the sun Is shining brightly. it Is likely to scald and kill garden stuff. Another point worth keeping in mind Is that unless watering is kept mp systematically dur ing dry and heated spells it is often worse than no watering at all And lastly. it is important 10 remember that frequent stirring of the surfece soil. which will bring mp subsoii mots- ture is preferable in every way 10 an apn!ieation of water without eultiga- ton.
 \ pound of raisins, cured with spe- eial reference to eating out of hand, costs at retail 15 cents. Not only are they an appetizing ration. but from the standpoint of nutritiye elements they compare favorabiy pound for pound wsh meat and eggs at the sar1e Drice
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

There is no profit whatever in keep ing hens of the star boarder" type through the molting period for the few eggs they may lay in the fall. They should be converted into tooth some stews or shipped to market
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28
A Heartless ather.

"I need some help with my mousse hold duties" announced a Maiden "o- man when her husband came nome the other night.
 "What's the matter with our daush- terq.. the husband wanted to know.
 "our daughter? The idea why linn YOU know she's awfuny deliea'e' and m she would die if she had to do any household work. She has her school ""J And what? Her teachers report sbows that she isn't doing pit oI school work" os her
 "But she is the star member or ne' hosl,etball team. and you know she IS eaeer 10 take the prize at the gym nasium contest But that's Just hAe mon-wanting delicate girl to en- @ara in rough. hard labor Be aSha III. H ed ed of yourself Jim Jenkins! ! oO ,.uo m feeling Boston Traveller
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28
A Einancier

Tommy, what did you do with that penny I gave you for taking your medieinef'
 Il bought a bun with one halfpenny. ma. and l gave Jimmy the other one to drink the medicine for me. Lon don Tit-Bits.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

The habit some animals, old and young. have of eating dirt is usually due to the fact that some mineral ele- ment is not present in sufficient quan- titles in the ration which they are get ting. Where such tendency is noticed bran or other bone forming feed should be furnished; also salt and an abund ance of pure water.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

A gang of sharpers have been work ing" a number of old soldiers and sol diers' widows in Kansas lately The grafters posed as representatives or the government who were introducing n new electric belt (price only S1Oo). which they guaranteed would give long life and happiness. and they aug mented their sales by promising that inc government would increase the pensions of all purchasers. Just so long as suckers of this type run around loose they are bound to get caught.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

Evidence a-plenty Is forthcoming to show that the presence of cedar trees in the vicinity of apple orchards is prolific source of the cedar rust which has done much damage during the past year or two. Little help has been de- rived from spNy ying, and the only way to keep an orchard free from the dis ease is to cut down all red cedar trees in the neighborhood.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

The aim of the designers of women's dress styles seems to be to make them so outlandish in style that if will be impossible to make them over into anything that it would be safe to wear outside the back yard. Surely the wom- en are deserving of pityl
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

Praties may go out of sight as a re suit of the drought. but there is reason for comfort in the thought that there is better crop of apples in sight than for number of years.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

Kittens are generally viewed as cute and harmless pets for little children. but the truth is that they are among the worst germ carriers we have.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

A lot of farmers who do not live In territory usually termed semi-arid have been confronted with pretty stiff dry farming proposition this year and out of 1t all may learn something that will stand them in good stead in the years to come. One of these lessons is the advantage of very thorough prepara. ton of the seed bed for small grain. also the narrowing of small grain to break the crust after it is up. second ly, the distinct advantage of ire quent and careful tillage of such crops as corn and potatoes.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

Post timber felled the last week in July will outlast two cut during the winter months. The reason for 1t seems to be that it has a chance to dry out thoroughly before being set in the ground. In any event a year should elapse between time of cutting and setting.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28
rn.n nf A Kind.

Polite Neiehoor = Everybody says rour husband is such a wide awaHe man Airs iobhies. Mrs. Johbles 'wlth eirh,-Yes. and the baby takes arte' him,
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

Deans Rheumatic Pills for Rheum
 atism & Neuralgia. Entirely vege- table. Safe. ioiy
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28
There is no utter failure in trying to

There is no utter failure in trying to do what is good.
 The Lobster.
 rha Lobster is decidedly pugnaclous' engaging in frequent comoats .asts ssts o+hers of it's kind, in which con'es.s ss.s I,nahs are often severed, but this loss s ,r l.'- soon repaired by the growth or new ', .s,a,,,hers - rather smaller, though tnAn the old ones.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28
THAT
 AWFUL BACKACHE
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Morton's Gap, Kentueky.-'T suf- fered two years with female disorders.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

A number of state experiment sta tons are now offering courses in poul- try management especially designed to At men who desire to go Into poultry farming for themselves. Among prac- tical lines taken up are feeding. the use of incubators and breeders. an atomy and physiology of poultry. mar keting various poultry products and poultry judging. There Is little ques ton that 1t would be time and money well spent for those planning to take up poultry raising on an extensive scale and possessing no previous ex. perience to take just such course. They would he able to secure instruc- tion from experts and acquire experi ence in the business without the heavy losses that often accompany the early efforts of novices wbo take up the poultry business.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

The writer has seen some pretty ef. fective execution done within the past few weeks with one of the guillotine or terror rat traps. Cheese. grain or a piece of meat makes excellent bait. but small piece of bone with gristle attached and tied to the tongue of the trap Is perhaps the best bait of all Care should be used in setting the trap. for blow that will break a rats back or crush its skull is apt 10 break the bone of ones finger. While the campaign is being waged the traps should be attended to daily baited at night and emptied in the morning. Moreover. the traps should be placed so that neither kittens. chickens nor children can have access to them.
Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

Drafts Issued on all Foreign Countries
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
TYPICAL "PIsToL ToTERs" OF N EW YORK.

in gangs. Men do the same thing and al
ways have. Almost any organization, from
the United States government to cock
fight, is just a gang that is pretty well
run. Well. where there are gangs, boys or
men, there Is rivalry between them, and
where there is rivalry you have the max
ings Of a fight. Some gang Of very young
boys get into row with an older gang and
the big fellows shoot at them. Then the
little chaps go and buy revolvers TO pro-
tect themselves The next time those
two gangs meet there IS trouble.
Now, those boys aren't all bad, but
they're in a mighty bad way. Just carry
ing their guns around makes 'em itch TO
use 'em. They keep thinking and talking
about il. and gradually they prepare them
selves for the time when they Kill some
body. Now, we want 70 save those boys
from becoming criminals.
"It IS for their sakes that l want 10
amend the law so that it will be felony
instead Of n misdemeanor to be caught
with a concealed weapon. The usual pun
ishment for a first offence at present Is
forfeiture of the weapon and a fine OF $40
mr. s25. That is not much OF penalty
seeing that the chances are mighty slim
that any given man will get caught. Even
a second offence will only mean bigger
fine or q month in jail, perhaps.
.1t's a different color Of horse when car
rv,ng O. gun Is a felony. You don't get on
with a fine. The least penalty is year
in prison. A lot of these boys VIII take
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

who was driven out OF his own country by
the police. II he doesn't bring his gun over
with him, the first thing he does in Amer
Tea is to buy one. Now, the professional
criminal isn't going 10 be deferred from
carrying a gun by any law whatever II
he ever gets arrested he'll go to jail on
his record. anyhow, and the carrying OF O
weapon won't add much TO his sentence.
1.-The second class Of people who commit
murder are the ones who get into a rage,
rush out to the nearest store. buy a re-
yolver and come back and shoot Now, no
man with murder in his heart is going 10
be prevented from taking a revolver across
the street. because If a policeman should
happen TO stop him and feel OF his pockets
he might be fined or sent to Jail No law
aginst carrying weapons is going to pre-
vent his crime.
"The third class is a very different sort.
| They are the young fellows who carry
guns around in their pockets all the time.
not because they are murderers or crirni-
nals but because the other fellows do 1t
| and they want to be ready TO protect them
selves. Here In the crowded tenement dis
tricts there's no room for the boys in the
house. After a kid is thirteen or fourteen
be can't be cooped up IN two or three
room tenement with a dozen older people;
he has 10 live most of the time on the
/ streets.
There are other boys on the streets. hun
dreds of 'em Of his own age And wherever
boys get together they are going to run
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
To Eliminate Peril to Life That Turks Pockets of Many Rough

man is the breadwinner of his family a
father supporting wife and children or
son supporting his mother and sisters-ner.
hans n young gang member who is ius, he
ginning to do his part for his people.
"suppose a shooting like that has oc-
curred: say there has been a gang fight
It's mighty likely that the family OF the
daad man have got to be helped. and ~
that IS so I'm the man they're most will
ing TO come TO. There has TO be a funeral.
The family will have to be helped through
the winter till the girls or the other boys
can get work. / try TO help 'em about
everything | can.
.Then there's the other side. The young
fellow who fired the shot-who never would
have done II II the revolver had been kept
awav from him-he gets arrested. He has
a mother. Well. you know how mothers
are She don't believe he ever did such a
thing as kill a man. She knows he is q
good boy He has always been a good boy
IN her. she wants him pulled out of the
scrape. She comes to me to beg me for
help. You see get it put up TO me both
ways.
so / have got sick Of these shootings,
too guess nobody will charge me with
being stingy with help for people In
trouble But l am mighty stingy about
letting people get into trouble. Why. a
good half Of all this suffering-no doubt a
hanged sight moroccan be wiped out by
the right kind OF laws. know about what
the law ought TO do. Now | am trying to
work out the kind Of law that will do 1t.
There are three kinds OF people who
shoot TO kill, and we want a law that will
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

q chance than has a drunkard OF becoming
| the parent Of healthy normal child. Dr.
| Schlapp cited the case OF woman VINO
| took morphine. She married and had three
| children. Although there was no record In
either her family or her husbands family
OF any previous cases OF abnormality, her
| children were all deficient.
The only adverse criticism OF the move
ment heard so far came from Isaac Frank
| lin Russell. the new Chief Justice Of the
| Court of Special Sessions. Judge Russell
| said: while I do not know much about
| Dr. schlapp's plan. think it IS glorious
| idea. My only objection is that authorities
do not agree as to what IS abnormality. 1t
would be shameful 10 label child as abb
normal IL he were not really So" In an
swer TO Judge Russelrs criticism DIT.
| Schlapp said: IF a child should be on the
border line board OF experts would de-
eide whether or not the child was abnor-
NAL. At any rate the registration of the
| child would not put any more OF stigma
! on him than he has already. The records
would be kept secret and would be used
publicly only for statistical purposes. A
child would not be any more disgraced az
ter he was registered than he was before y
Europe is awakening TO the fact that
criminality. especially among child. en- and
the half grown. is increasing rapidly. Ger
many is especially alarmed. She has dis
covered a Startling increase of criminality.
In 1852 she had Sl5,S $40 convictions Counting
in all criminas) which made an average
OF s9S per 10000. In 1905 she had 02illS
convictions. an average OF 1.229 per 100000.
This made an Increase IN the twenty-four
years OF 23.4 per cent. That was bad
enough. In Germany, moreover. the juven-
lie criminals between the ages Of twelve
| and eighteen I'm 1852 were 307l9. an average
OF 56S per 10000 In 1906 the Juvenile Grim
inals were $500 an average OF 76i per
100 900. This shows the enormous increase
in the Juvenile class in about twenty-five
years OF 34ie per cent.
In Holland Juvenile delinquency among
children sixteen years old has doubled
within the last twenty years. In Russia
the number of convicted persons between
fourteen and twenty-one IS increasing pro-
portionately faster than the growth oil
incubation In Hungary It Is increasing
In Austria. while statistics are incomplete
the tendency is the same. and criminality
In England and Switzerland is no bettei
than In the other countries.
The increase OF the criminal class as 8
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

O. f. Lewis, secretary OF the Prison As
sociation, stated that II was estimated In
1904 that there were one hundred thousand
criminals. Mr. Lewis stated also that tho
age when most criminals were sent 10 the
Elmira Reformatory Was nineteen years.
The age at which most criminals were sent
10 the state prisons was twenty-three. This
IS not the average age, because the old
criminals raise the average. but twenty
three Is the most frequent age at which
criminals go TO prison. II has been said
By another authority that the age OF most
criminals in Europe, Australia and also in
America Is between twenty and thirty. lt
seems 10 be generally agreed among Grim
inologists that the average criminal is a
man considerably below middle age.
While there are statistics. more or less
Inaccurate. Of the criminal class. there arc
practically no statistics covering the men
tally deficient not insane This is es-
peclally true Of America. While figures
may lie occasionally in politics, DR. schlapp
betleves they are infallible in the study OF
the feeble-minded. This is one reason why
he laws so much stress on the registration
Of all abnormal children. Besides the
child's registration DR.. Sehlapp seems 10
desire the parents history, the grandpar-
cnts history and SO on ad inhnitum. DR..
schlapp estimates that there are between
l0OOo and l2.Co abnormal children in New
York city alone.
DR. Henry Dwight Chaplin, who has been
professor OF children's diseases at the POST
Graduate Medical School for twenty-five
years. was asked his opinion. DR. Chaplin
said no thought Dr. Schlapps estimate was
too low. The movement is somewhat han
dicapped because It cannot show the actual
figures to demonstrate the horribieness ct
the situation. II reminds one Of the head
OF a business house who realizes that hts
affairs are in bad shave, huy who has not
enough clerical force 10 fnd out how bad
ly of lie actually II. He feels he cannot
afford to hire any more clerks. and without
his financial reports ne Is in the dark.
Not until the Institution has been estab-
lished several years can any helpful sta
tistics be produced.
CHARLES S. RATHBuN.