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The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
THREE SOCIALIST PAPERS
AREPLANNED FOR LONDON
Only European Country Without Daily
Representing that Party.

his scheme with that of the present Sun
project, however, he Immediately with
drew from the committee. One of the
features of the recent London and dis
trict divisional conference of the indie
pendent Labor party was a resolution.
passed by a majority of thirty-six TO
twenty-one. that the party's participation
in the Sun project was greatly to be re-
gretted, and that the connection should
not be continued unless backed up by a
majority vote of the rank and file.
But a more formidable rival to the
Sun than this scheme, caused by de-
fection from the party's own ranks, is
the Daily Herald, projected by an en-
terprising committee of Fabians and So
Cial Democrats, which was started last
winter during the strike of compositors.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

London. Sept. 16.-No longer is England
to enjoy the distinction of being the only
country in Europe in which no Socialist
daily paper is published.
The Labor party, which has been enor-
mously strengthened by the recent
strikes. is planning to publish a half
penny daily. to be called the Sun. And
even this new publication is not to be
without competitors.
Two rivals. and possibly three, are to
dispute its pre-eminence. 1t is known,
for instance, that Keir Hardie has by no
means given up his own project of bring
ing out a paper under the control of the
undiluted Socialists of the Independent
Labor party. Upon the amalgamation OF
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

TWIN CHILDREN DIE
FROM STING OF BEES

Special Csble To The Washington Herald.
Berne. Sept. 16.-The twin chill
dren of a railway official named
Pochon, of Vernayaz, Canton Va
lais, have been killed by bees.
They were playing together in a
garden, when they overturned a
beehive. The angry bees ct
tackled the children, stinging
them so badly that both sue
cumbed.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

Vienna. Sept. 16-The bitter race feel
ing existing between Hungarians and
Tyrolese resulted in a fatal riot at an
outdoor dance at little inn near Trei-
bach, in the Austrian Tyrol, short
time ago.
A number OF Hungarian workmen were
dancing in the evening to music sup
piled by gypsy band. and. being grace
ful and good dancers, they had no
difficulty in securing many pretty part
ners among the village maidens. This
raised the ire OF the Tyrolese, who not
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
NOISY MOTORISTS
DISTURB BERLIN
Officials Declare War on the
Nerve-racking Horns.
ecial cable 70 nae washington Herald.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Berlin, SeptA 16-Herr Won Dallwitz,
Prussian minister of the interior, has set
an example to administrators in other
countries by declaring war on the nerve
racking motor horn. In a decree just
issued, he declares that unnecessary
blowing Of moor signals. either by day
or night win be regarded as a mis-
demeanor and breach of the peace, and
will be punished accordingly.
Berlin suffers from the motor horn to
no less a degree than New York and Chi
cago. At night. conditions are even
more hideous here, because the Berliner
and his vaunted "nachtleben' require
much gadding about In taxicabs in the
small hours, and the nervous minority
OF the populace which uses the night for
sleeping purposes, is subjected to In
tolerable annoyance by the roar and
blare-of the-allsnight- -chauneurs.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
MOROCCO TROUBLE
AROUSES GERMANY
Great Interest in Situation
Shown Everywhere.
.reual Gable to The Washington Herald

SIeulA! Gable to The Washington Herald
Berlin, Sept I6.-Under ordinary cir
Cumstances the average German citizen
is not greatly interested in the foreign
politics of his country. He is satisfied
if he is allowed to run his business with
out interference, and asks no questions
If the police do not try to Curtail his
personal freedom or close his cafes or
beer gardens too early He thinks it
only right and proper that the Kaiser,
whom he knows to be a safe guardian
Of Germany's national honor and dignity.
should play the game of foreign politics
with the diplomatic representatives of
other countries undistuTbed by inquisitive
questions.
The constant war sCares he reads about
in a certain part Of the press do not. as
a rule, make him excited, but the Mo-
rocco muddle has now lasted so long and
the leading articles in the papers have
been so confusing that he Is beginning
TO ask, what this things really means
Sees Result of Scare.
He sees in his daily paper that a
serious crisis is at hand, and notices
stock quotations on the Berlin exchange
fluttering wildly. He has seen the French
Ambassador to Berlin rushing away to
Paris to receive verbal instructions from
his government, while his own minister
OF foreign affairs is enjoying a few weeks
rest in the country, and he is unable to
make these two facts jibe.
He is told that France is preparing to
20 to war rather than consent to the
demands of ACCOMPLISHMENTS which he
knows nothing about except that he is
told that they are so reasonable that
they are really unworthy of Germany,
as'the strongest power in Europe: and
he is ultimately told that it is all the
fault Of England. which is Germany's
only real enemy. AS a result of all this
strange muddle, his brain begins to whirI
and he feels himself becoming excited
very much against his will
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
BELIEVE MANUEL PLANS
TO REGAIN HIS THRONE
English People Fear Deposed King of Portugal Con-
spires With Duke of Orleans to Start New
Revolution in Republic.

grateful to their hosts. the English peo-
pie. Fortunately, however, Manuel, II
reproved for his endeavors to get hold
Of his lost crown, will be able to reply
that what he is doing has been approved
years ago by no less authority than the
late Queen Victoria, who did not try to
stop Napoleon III from doing the very
identical thing.
After the fall of Napoleon III and his
escape to England, the French became
very irritated at the alleged plotting
which went on upon English soil. Queen
Victoria denied giving any encourage
ment or harborage TO French plots, but
frankly admitted that II was only nat
ural that dethroned monarchs should
plot to get back their own. wherever
they were.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
Special Gable to The Washington Herald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald
London, Sept. l6-The publishing OF a
recent letter. said to be written by ex-
King Manuel to a German f1nancier, the
authenticity Of which ne has never OFF,
cially denied, followed by the seizure in
various English ports of steamships
armed and equipped for war, leaves little
doubt that the young King and the men
who have remained loyal to him are
planning to overthrow the republic OF
PORTUGAL While the young exile is per-
sonally very popular here. most people
are of the opinion that IL he and the
NDuke OF Orleans are using their domicfle
IN England TO hatch warliSe schemes for
recovering the lost throne Of the Bra
sanzas. they are proving themselves un-
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
THOUSANDS VISIT ALPS.
Railway Tourists Records Are
shattered in July.

Srecial Cable to The Washington Herald
Geneva, Sept. 1.-THE high-water mark
OF tourists visiting Switzerland was
reached in July, when the Swiss federal
railways, exclusive of the funicular lines,
transported $4,000 travellers, and the re-
ceipts amounted to s.. 6OO, 400, which totals
have never been attained in previous
years.
At present. owing to the weather be-
coming suddenly chilly in the higher re-
sorts, after two months of heat, crowds
are coming down to the large towns,
while the express trains are also taking
away many visitors, specially Germans
and Italians.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

Catch en- frst and educate EN- afterVard"
seems to b. the maxim Cf European nobility, Judging
from the relations Of Irene George the pretty Amer
lCan actress. and Baron Leopold Pepper. to
whom she is engaged Miss George at present
urder the tuteIage Of viennese lady Of excellent
social position. who is :rying. in conjunction with
the baron to inCIlCate Tre-nuptal Of train
ing that will place the stage beauty at her when
she takes her place in society
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
GERMAN ELECTION
EYOKES CONTESTS
Government in Fear of a
Crushing Defeat.
7ecial Gable to The Washington Herald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald
Berlin, Sept. l6.-Before the end OF the
year, or at the very latest in January,
1912, the general elections for the Reichs-
tag are to take place, and as the time
approaches the anxiety of the govern
ment, which expects a great defeat. is
becoming more and more evident.
While the patriotic Germans have little
or no fault to find with the foreign
policy Of the present administration, the
great masses OF the voters are thirsting
for revenge over the ltra-conservative
landowners 0unkers) who, in conspira cy
with the Catholic center in 1909, plpaced
enormous new burdens OF taxation upon
the middle classes and the poor while
they absolutely refused to tax the great
fortunes
All Necessities Taxed.
The supposed representatives of the
PEOPLE favored the millionaires, but tax
ed all the necessaries of life, even down
to matches. The budget which the al
lied groups OF conservatives succeeded
in passing was so utterly unjust that
even Prince Won Buelow, as stanch a
'junker' as any. refused to accept IT,
a refusal which ultimately led to his
downfall.
During the two years which have pass
ed since then the new chancellor of the
empire. Herr Won Hollweg, has
everywhere in his domestic policies re-
vealed himself as so .ultra-conservative
and ultra-Prussian that he has made
himself the most hated man in all Ger
many. The only thing which might have
saved him would have been a great vic
tory in his foreign policy, but his victory
has failed to come. No matter how
Franco-German relations in regard to
Morocco are arranged in detail the
agreement will never approach anything
like a German victory and many are
those who will continue calling it a
disgracefUl German retreat
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
JAMES HAZEN HYDE.

Whose appearance. after a lapse Of nearly decade
and in a makeup that approaches the acme of col
ored minstrel, has caused reminiscent stir among
those who remember him when he took his Ameri-
cau-m2de millions and fCresoOk the home OF his
fathers for the exotic pleasures Of the French ca
ital. Mr. Hyde's English costume is startling and
original. He affects a large brown hat shepherd ;
plaid trousers and black coat reaching nearly 20 his
knees The whole is set of with a collar Of great
height.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05
The Poultry Yard.
December Farm Jour-

December Farm Journal.)
Winter eggs and exercise go to-
gether.
Do not neglect the laying hens
exercise.
Judge not a hen by her beauty,
but by the way she does her duty.
o may feed all the food your
hens can possibly use, but if you are
short of grit, the results will not be
satisfactory.
It isrnot good for hens to dust in
coal or wood ashes only, some folks
claim, but we find that a few ashes
tighten UP the dirt.
Noon is a good time to supply the
stock with some green stuff, such as
cabbages OF roots OF any kind. The
latter can be cut in half, and the hens
will then pick them to pieces.
Have the floors of the houses we'll
bedded with some light litter, SO that
the biddies will be induced to scratch.
and thus warm un-their bodies these
cold, frosty mornings.
Drafts in the chickens home are
more dangerous when the fowls are
quiet on the roost thar when thew
are stirring around during the day;
but a cold air current
throug the house is a bad thing
at any time
AS the colo winds come in the fail.
it is noticed that the 1ocks do not
take SO wide a range as they did
in miider weather, but, instead. con.
gregate in the corn fields and along
the stone fences in the pastures.
where they can get the benefit OF the
warm sun. and at the same time be
shielded from the raw winds.
Poultry feeding has been much i'm
proved and simplified by the intro
duction OF the hopper method. The
oid-Iashaoned way Of preparing and
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05
How and When to Use a
Drag
(By D. w. kING.)

The successful operation Of a road
drag involves two principles, which,
when thoroughly understood and in
diligently applied, make road work.
ing with this implement very simple.
The first concerns the length and po-
sition Of the hitch, while the second
deals with the position Of the driver
on the drag. Each influences the other
to a large extent, n successful man
ipulation of the drag is dependent
upon an understanding Of both OF
them.
For ordinary purposes the snatch
link or clevis should be fastened far
enough toward the blade end of the
hair to force the unloaded drag to
follow the team at an angle of As
degrees. This will cause the earth to
move along the face of the drag
smoothly and will give comparatively
light draft to the team, provided the
driver rides in the line Of draft.
Sometimes. however, conditions are
met which require special treatment.
and in a rolling country such condi-
lions are not infrequent. Often a fat
place several rods in length or q seepy
spot needs special attention.
The distance from the drag at
which the team is hitched affects the
depth Of the cutting. Shortening the
chain tends to lift the front slab from
the ground; a longer hitch causes the
blade to cut more deeply. The length
Of hitch may be regulated by length
ening and shortening the chain at the
end which runs through the hole in
the blade end Of the drag. If small
weeds are to be cut the double tree
should be attached rather closer to
the ditch end of the drag. The drag
will now move nearly ditch end fore
most, and the driver should stand
with one foot on the extreme forward
end Of the front slab. his will swing
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05

the drag back to tie proper angle
and will cause the blade to pillow.
The drag does the best work when
the soil is moist, but not sticky. The
earth then moves freely along the
faces Of the slabs. If the roadway is
very badly rutted and full of holes, it
may be we'll to use the drag once
when the ground is slushy. This
treatment is particularly applicable
before a cold spell in winter when it
is. possible to ave a roadway freeze
mooth.
A smooth road surface is secured by
this method Clay, when mixed with
water and thoroughly worked, be-
comes remarkably tough and imper-
vious to water. If compacted in this
condition it becomes extremely hard.
another lua result Of dragging
IS the reduction of dust, for the par
tlcleS or clay cOhere SO te~naciously
mat there is but little wear when the
surface is smooth. Dust on an earth
ROAD is due to the breaking I'D under
traffic OF the frayed and upturned
eoges OF ruts and hoof prints. If the
surface is smoothed after each rain
and the road dries hard and even no
edges are exposed to crushing and the
only dust which forms is that due to
actual wear of the road surface.
Certain sections of a roadway will
require more attention than others
because CT steep grades, ex-
posture to hillside wash, etc. The best
guide In meeting these conditions is
the knowledge and experience gained
while dragging the roadway.
Ihere is n condition, however. I'm
which special treatment should be
given to a road. Clay hills under per-
sistent dragging frequently become
TOO nigh in the center. To correct
TINS 1t Is best to drag the earth to-
ward the center OF the road twice and
away from 1t once.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05

made at big r-oit to the merchant,
you could be selling him P~aln Tor
cash as [ am doing. Then, too, rht.
fertilizer 1 bought last spring AMI
mixed for myself did not cost me any
more than the 2-8-2 you bougnt,
though I used more Of it an acre, for
l had clover to turn under and did
not buy any ammonia, out ml4eo
phosphate and potash literally for
my cotton, and bought nothing Tor
my corn. / had clover to turn under
and had spread manure OF that clover
all winter as fast as it was made, and
I made corn at an actual cost or a
little more than 10 cents a bushel,
and before next spring you will be
buying it at ST a bushel. Then l
made as much peavlne q as my
barn would hold, and O the price
Of hay is so nigh that l am debating
whether to sell it or feed it. There
will not be much profit in feeding $2S
hay, but / do not believe that l can
afford to do without the manure, and
l rather think l shal feed it, for L
am looking more after the future or
my land than the immediate profit in
selling hay. I will, at least. turn the
hay into cash and manure, n we
all need cash in the spring for I can
buy what fertilizers I need for a great
deal less than you a in buying on
credit You remember / told you last
fall that you had better SOW crimson
clover and oats and not let the high
price of cotton make you O your
head. J. thought you were going to
do better. but. like hundreds Of
others all around us, you thought that
15-cent cotton had come to stay. and
you made cotton at twice the cost !
did. and now hav to sell o a failing
market to pay your debts"
Well" said Jim, II know you are
right, but it is awful hard for an old
dog to learn new tricks, and I have
never believed in this book farming.
But it seems to be helping you, and if
You will lend re some Of your books
I think I will try this winter to study
up on farming and start off to do as
you are doino. And if I can scare up
a dollar after I have sold this cotton
I am going to take that paper you
mentioned, too. / can't get any Worse
Off, and perhaps 1 may do better"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05
NEW KIND OF JAG.

The Department Of Agriculture as
serts that there Is a concealed jag in
some of the Southern watermelons.
1t requires some labor and scientific
knowledge to extract it, but out of
every loo pounds of melons the Gov
eminent chemists have made one
tenth of a gallon Of alcohol. They
have also ~-cceede@ - ~xtracting a
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05

very good quality OF alcohol from the
sweet potato, and it is expected that
these two vegetables can be turned to
a good profit in the manufacture Of
denatured alcohol for manufacturing
Some experiments show
that one bushel Of sweet potatoes will
make about two-thirds Of a gallon Of
commercial alcohol.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05
Prof. Massey's Views On Farming

mixing a wet mash is don away with.
on account of Its tedious and need
less expense of time and labor. The
hopper IS filled with a variety OF
ground grains, and placed where it
is accessible to the fowls at all times
With this arrangement the hens need
never go to roost ithou sufficient
food
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05

In the greater part OF the South rye
can be sowed up to the middle of De-
cember and will make a good winter
cover. There is no excuse, then, for
letting land lie all winter with moth
ing but dead cotton or cornstalks on
II, and the rye will make a cheap
means for getting humus material
into the soil. o may ave failed
with clover or vetch. but the y will
grow anywhere. Sowed this late the
sowing should be thick, or fully two
bushels an acre. It will help you get
poor land into shape for growing
clover or other legumes that survive
the winter.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05
Last Cooking Demonstration

Inc sixth and last cooking lemon
stration of Miss Lean Will be given
at the High School MONDAY afternoon
at 4 o'clock All ladies' are cordially
invited to attend his meeting.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05

Jim Mulekin's Big Cotton Crop.
Henry Knowit was backed up at the
Planters Supply House" unloading
q wagon load Of oats that he had sold
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05

"Will Bermuda grass cross from
one field to another under the fence!
Can Bermuda sod ever be cultivated
with satisfaction? Can it be killed."
Bermuda grass will certainly creep
under a fence. Bermuda car be de-
stroyed easily, for I have done it. 1t
will not grow in the shade, and one
heavy crop of peas in summer will
nearly finish it. Then seed to crimson
clover and you can turn this under
III the spring and cultivate the LAM
in corn or cotton with little or no
bother from Bermuda.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05

What grass will make the best
lawn under maple treeS?" If
the sugar maple trees are planted in
a dense grove you will never get much
grass under them. The best chance
will be with a mixture Of redtop and
Kentucky bluegrass. The practice Of
planting a dense grove of trees around
a house is bad. The sun should shine
IN a dwelling, and it is really hotter
where the house is smothered with
trees. Trees are beautiful and essen
tial to the adornment Of the home.
But plant them and plant shrubbery
as a framework to the lawn, and
then have an open sweep of grass in
front OF the dwelling. The front
porch is Of more use as shade to sit
under than the trees, and it is not
wholesome to have trees too dense and
too close to the dwelling. Let the
sunshine in; it is the greatest of all
destroyerS Of disease germ
What Is the best remedy for cut
Worms?" You will seldom be much
troubled but cutworms in a garden
if it is kept clean all summer and con
stantly cropped in a succession Of
vegetables. The average country viii
lage garden is planted in the spring,
and at this cas- Of the year is usu-
ally DIS IlldSS O1 dcdO grass, COI1dIC
and bean vines and cornstalks, q reg
ular breeding ground for cutworms.
The land I am using for garden pur-
loses was bought a little over two
years agO. It had been-lying in weeds
and grass several years, and in the
sI'ring of 1910 the cutworms swar1ned
on me and destroyed plants as fast
as I set them. Then T mixed some
slightly dampened bran, SO parts
bran to 1 part Of Paris green, and
s%prinkled this about the tomato plants
and other plants that the cutworn1s
were after, and that was the last of
them. The garden was worked per
fectly clean all summer and, in fact
lad crops on it all winter Of the more
hardy things. Last spring I was
ready for h cutworms, but they
did not put in an appearance. In
fact, I had broke up their breeding
places in the Weed and grass, and ]
did not need the poison. But if your
garden is now full of dead weeds you
had better nave the poison ready in
h spring, for you will surely have
the cutworms.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05

If you have been doing patchwork
farming with spots of corn or cotton
in~terspersed between gullies and
punches of bushes and plots of broom
sedge, get to work this winter and
clear up the field of al encum-
brances. Put dams Of stakes and
brush in the gullies to catch the silt
ard fill the gullies. Get your land
into broad open fields IND abolish the
bushes and the brush-lined ditch
banks.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05
Progressive Farmer.)

II have some Seeding pecan trees
eight years old which have never
bloomed. Are they barren or not old
enough?" Seeding pecan trees sell
dom i,ioom or bear nuts in Tess than
twelve to sixteen a Then II is
probable that the nuts may be in
ferior. It is far better to plant budded
trees Of the improved sorts.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05

"Is there any danger in using water
from a galvanized tank?" If the
water is soft there will be danger in
using it from a galvanized tank. If
the water is hard or limy, it will de-
post an insoluble coating On h zinc
and the water will not be dangerous.
/ would be afraid Of soft water that
stands long in a galvanized