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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-23
Farm Advice and Suggestion
PREVENTING PLANT ILLS.
Methods Of Treatment Recommends
BY Texas Agriculture Department.

Methods Of Treatment Recommends
by Texas Agriculture Department.
First-Killing Spores on the Seed
large number of plant parasites arr
carried from one generation to anothe,
by adhering to the seed. These spora.
can in most instances be DESTROYED Nv
washing the affected seed with a dis
infectant.
Second-Killing Superficial Fungi bv
Spraying-Plant diseases of this sor,
are easily reached with a spray. A.
they grow on the surface Of plants
such material as copper sulphate, sui.
phur and carbonate Of ammonia ara
destructive to diseases belonging "a
this group.
Third-Killing alternating Spores
of Superficial Fungi Upon Dormant
Plant-These spores are found adher.
ing to old infected portions of dis.
eased plants in old cankers and to the
bark of healthy plants. BY giving
such plants a good strong spray, such
as the lime sulphur wash, while the
trees are dormant the spores in nearly
all cases will be killed.
Fourth.-Protection Against internal
F~ungi-The spores Of many fungrs
diseases will not grow In a caustie ma.
terial S lch as copper sulphate. Toe
sermina ing spores OF diseases can te
prevented frU.2 entering healthy plant
tissues by having she surface of such
tissues covered with a fungicide.
Fifth.-Excision of Affected Parts
In eases where spores hibernate in
cankers or decaying portions of trees
or plants where they cannot be reach
ed by a spray Of any kind 1t Is well
to cut out such portions with a sharp
knife. The material removed should
be burned and the knife and remain
ing portion Of wood disinfected.
Sixth.-Removal OF Diseased Twlss
and Fruits-Where parts OF plants
have been killed by a fungous disease
il IS useless to try to save such parts.
The thing to do Is to cut out these
dead portions and burn them.
Quite a number Of fungous diseases
have more than one host pb An
example Of this is the rue bea'
In oats. The complement H q
this disease is the ordinaas M. AYR
berry. To prevent infestat u
of oats or wheat the J @1sas.
should either be destros
removed cr he oats and
be plantN Y good
the berry =
crops that ha\ sess
ably from plant o. asses s.sasa -.
be planted upon the same a..sa s.
ground the following year.-Texas De
partment Of Agriculture.
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With the Short Story Writers
His Confession


I Going to my secretary, he took up a
bit Of paper and a pencil and wrote his
message; then, without looking at me.
hurried from the room. / waited
breathlessly till 1 heard the front door
close after him, then sprang eagerly
for the paper he had left on the deal.
Great heavens! What a revelation.
Il wear a glass eye"
/ sank down on the sofa limp as a
wet cloth. Never, never; / can never
live with a man with a glass eye. The
horrid thing would stare at me the
first thing In the morning and con
tinue its dreadful ogle till the last
thing at night. No; it is all over be-
tween us.
But what a mlsfortune! Poor Paul.
How sensitive he is about it! | don't
wonder that he Is SO. III 1t Is such a
terrible thing for me to look at, how
much more terrible it must be for him.
BESIDES, he suffers all in losing me
that suffer in losing him.
| must be as gentle as a dove In
breaking my decision to him. There is
no need to take time. My mind 8
made up. We must part forever.
! took up the pen that he had Just
laid down. kissed it as | did so-then
began to write a note which when |
read 1t seemed very harsh. / wrote an.
other. then another and another tin
had written half a dozen, each growing
more tender, more loving. The last was
simply, Come back and let me comfort
you for life" This L sent to him post.
haste.
When he came l was alone In the
room to which he was ushered. look.
ed Tor a serious, melancholy expression.
but was astonished to see a very merry
one. He clasped me in bis arms, say.
ing:
Louise, pardon me II / am a little
late. Just as was about to read your
note my glass eye fell on the floor, and
as | am very nearsighted l spent some
time hunting for it"
Never mind. Paul, dear. You will al
ways have me to find it for you"
You see." he said. taking OF his
monoele, when l hold it Off there I'm
as Duhd as q bat for my left eye In adj
clifton 70 nearsightedness has astigma-
tism."
He looked at me, both his eyes fairly
dancing The truth rushed upon ma
dis glass eye was his syeglass.
suppose that the knowledge that
after all, he had two natural eyes
should have made me insxpressibly
happy. On the contrary. II made me
inexpressibly angry. I tore myself
from bis embrace and was feeding from
the room when he caught me In bis
arms and covered my face vita . show.
er Of kisses. I bitterly complained thss
he had played me Q trick He declared
that should thank him for giving M
the opportunity to prove the nse6hr o.
my nature in standing hu I'm n -
supposed m~izfastaaA
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FOOD FROM OIL

Scientific research which has for its
object the development of an addition
to the food supply sources of the world
is being carried on at the University
Of Pittsburgh with a fund of 100000
raised for the purpose.
The commodity under scrutiny is
crude petroleum, and it is stated there
are properties in this product that
have nutritious edible qualities which
when combined with others now in
ommon use will form palatable addi-
lions to the daily menus of the house
hold.
DIR. Robert Kennedy Duncan of the
University of Kansas began the work,
assisted by six other professors. The
funds at their disposal were furnished
by interests dealing in the commodity
In large quantities, and they have Of
fered an additional contribution to the
university If commercially valuable re-
suits are obtained, with the under
standing that the owners have the sole
use of them for at least two years be-
fore they are given to the world.
DR.. Duncan explained it has been
found that hydrocarbons of petroleum
are amenable to transformation into
fatty acids, which, blended with glyc-
erin, form a new food.
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manure be so applied as TO lessen the
chances of failure of this crop and to
reduce the bill for chemicals. Such
crops as onions, cabbage, celery, sweet
corn, caulifiower and many others con
stitute a list from which many men
who are not truck farmers make a
single selection upon which they rely
for ready cash at a certain season. In
my own section. says a writer in the
Country Gentleman, from which this
article is reprinted, the early potato
r is prominent on many dairy farms
and is regarded as a direct method OF
converting the pile into cash.
Opinion is divided as to the policy of
direct application in comparison to
heavy manuring Of a small area of the
silage corn or soiling crop. this to be
followed by potatoes the next spring.
Whatever the cash crop may be, the
manure to yield the greatest imme-
date return must be well rotted and
reduced to a crumbly consistency. In
other words, the preparation Of the
manure for the crop is the work of the
greater part OF a year, II It's proper
management will require a%bsOrbents
for the liquids or the use Of a pit, per-
haps both, and the pile should often
be forked over as heating and decom-
position progress. 1t may be profitable
to modify the character of the bedding
by putting through a cutter a good
deal hat would be perfectly satisfac-
tory in its coarser state in the stable,
simply in order to add to the avail
ability of the for the specia.
use to which it is to be put. Manure
thus used becomes almost a cash prod
uct in itself. 1t requires special build
ings and special handling and by the
time it is applied to the crop repre-
sents a considerable investment of en-
ergy. Through the medium of the
quick growing crop on which it is used
it is soon converted into dollars and
cents.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-23
THE o w PHILOSOPHER.
eff You Want to Starve Your Home
BUY THROUGH Mail Order"

so long as people continue to hold
the theory that distance leads en-
chantment to a bargain, just as II
does to a view," remarked the town
philosopher, "just so long Will the To-
cal merchants suffer for lack of trade
and the town remain stunted because
it Is not fed sufficiently to insure its
proper growth. The food OF a COM
munity is cash. That's a solid food,
but highly necessary to make a com
munity strong and vigorous. Dollars
are easily digested. The community
appetite is always normal, and if you
keep on shipping your dollars out by
money order or bank check TO dis
tant points to buy things you could
buy right here at home with equal
advantage or better this town will
stay hungry and increase in gaunti-
ness.
al know towns" the philosopher
continued, that are so lean because
of this undertaking. due TO mail or
der competition. that their bones stick
out and are visible to the naked eye.
If you want to starve your home
place and stunt it's growth so that
when it comes to a mature 3ge it will
be as puny and sickly as a youth
who has smoked sever packages of
cigarettes every day since he was
fourteen, just continue to feed the
towns legitimate food-the dollars
produced hereto the voracious NAV
of the mail order concerns away off
yonder. But if you want four town
to be healthy and happy and look fat
and prosperous, with good red blood
in its veins, patronize the home mer-
chant, the home manufacturer. the
home tailor, doctor, dentist, printer.
etc, every time you have a dollar to
spend. Feed your dollars to your
neighbors and they will ~reciprocate in
kind"
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trademark on NURSERY Stock.

A trade mark is intended to protect
the party holding it in the exclusive
right to sell the article on which ii is
placed. In the nursery business it is
supposed that only the particular
nursery that has trademarked varie-
ties can sell them under that name,
and, although we do mo- know of any
test case of this kind, we suppose the
government would be behind the guar
anty of the trademark. However, we
do not think this would prevent any
one who had any Of these trademarked
varieties from propagating them and
using them. 1t probably would pre-
vent advertising and selling the trees
or plants by any one not having Sc
cured the privilege to do so.-Rural
New Yorker.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-23
MEMORIAL

The Lincoln memorial commission
has decided upon Potomac park as the
site Of the 100000 structure to the
memory Of the martyred president.
The principal opposition to the Po-
tomac park proposition and to a me-
moral located entirely in Washington
came from those who favored the con-
struction of a great highway or boule-
ward leading from a memorial in
Washington to the spot at Gettysburg
where Lincoln delivered his immortal
address. Through its extensions this
highway, it was contended, would rap
idly develop into a transcontinental
thoroughfare and become the nucleus
of a national system of public roads.
Within the walls of the sanctuary
which the architect designed are plan
ned three memorials for Lincoln, one
a heroic statue expressing his person
atty, the others memorials of his two
speeches, the Gettysburg speech and
the second inaugural address. The
statue is to be in a central hall facing
the entrance which opens toward the
capitol,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-23
Farm Engine Troubles.

Severe cold snaps caused Wisconsin
farmers considerable trouble in con
nection with their gasoline engines.
which can be readily avoided. accord
ing to Professor G. A. Ocock Of the
agricultural engineering department of
the College of Agriculture of the Uni
yersity of Wisconsin. In extremely
cold weather batteries should be kept
In a warm place and attached to the
engine when needed. Cylinders should
be warmed with a small torch made of
burlap wound round a long bolt and
soaked in Kerosene. the heat from
which can be drawn into the cylinder
by turning the fiywheels after the spark
pug nas oeeh removed. I12 Al
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-23
WHY DO ANIMALS PLAY?
II ls Important Part of Development In
Some Species.

U . = dbk u VI 1SNGtORfngfe "
Some Species.
Play and intelligence go together.
Dogs, cats, monkeys and ~apes-these
are the animals that we are accustom-
ed to rank highest in their ability to
meet new situations with novel modes
that the play tendency is strongest.
Earthworms may play, and SO may
mosquitoes, but we are rather accus-
toned to regard the activities of these
animals as more concerned with the
serious business of providing for the
immediate demands of food and drink.
says a writer in the Indianapolis News.
1t is only in those animals that have
a long infancy that the tendency to
play is strong.
Not many years ago Professor Groos
proposed to explain play as natures
provision for the education of the
young of any species into the particu-
lar forms of behavior that were profit
able for the mature animals. Play, he
said, is an instinct. Animals do not
play because they are young, but ami
mails have a long period of youth in or
der that they may play. Play is the
practice school, and in the play activi-
ties these animals acquire the skill
that they will need when they are
grown. A dog when grown will need
to fight. Nature fills the young pup
with an impulse to play fight and in
so doing provides for his schooling. In
the mock battles of his early days he
learns better how to wrestle. better
how to bite, better how to escape
harm. The kitten in chasing a ball is
practicing herself in the very activities
that she will need to exercise later
when she chases mice and rats.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-23
"ELL me frankly, Agnes. what
do you think of my loverg'
IA Personal appearanceF'

II W. gbu Ahihh VI ny tRNRAs
i'll Personal appearancef'
Yes. You can't judge OF
his mind in one meeting"
Frankly, then, | don't ike the look
of his left eye"
"Oh. dear. Have you Noticed thatT'
you appear to have noticed it,"
Il have been worried to death about
it."
Has he explained itY'
81 have not asked him to do so"
MY advice TO you, Louise, is to give
him an opportunity to explain. If he
doesn't, | would break the engagement.
| wouldn't marry a man who would
keep anything back"
My resolution was taken. That very
afternoon | asked Paul:
why do you wear a monOcle Ii is
so frightfully English"
Because, sweetheart, | consider il
useless TO wear two glasses when !
can see as we'll with one"
81 notice you always wear it before
your right eye"
eyes. That is the better one of the
two"
l began to feel uncomfortable. He
had admitted that one Of his eyes was
better than the other. He noticed some.
thing was troubling me, for | saw him
looking at me inquiringly.
Don't you Think | said, 'that on
the V of a marriage it is the duty OF
each of the parties to it to explain ev-
cry defect, no matter how trivialfp
His brow contracted slightly. "You
mean that If | should be blind in one
eye you would break the engagement
you wrong me. | only wish for per
feet confidence, l don't want to find
out anything after we are married"
you'll have it all to find out" he
said coolly, land more important mat
tiers than defective eyesight. You may
find that | have an imperious DISPOSE
ton, a bad temper, a grasping nature
indeed faults enough to make me a
poor husband for any woman
THAT is a risk we all have to take.
and since we are unconscious of our
own 1aultS there is no deception In not
confessing them. But If, for instance,
l wear false teeth or my foot Il made
Of wood
Il would love you just the same."
ut would be a fault for me not to
confess it," l persisted.
He showed very plainly that / had
offended him. He sat locking at me for
a few minutes, scowling, then said:
"Very well, / will make a confession
which may cause you to break your
engagement with me. But I win not
place you in a position to be innu-
enced In your decision l will write
my confession on a scrap Of paper and
1t with you. Take plenty of time
come to a decision whether or no
you can live with a man with such a
defect as mine. then write me-"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-23

WHAT sILo WILL DO.

The sIlo Is not an experiment.
For thirty years it has proved to
be an economic mean for stor
ing excellent feed.
} 1t will save 40 per cent OF the
|, feeding value of the corn plant.
Ii will double the value OF an
acre of corn.
. 1t will save labor in feeding
} stock.
, 1t will make a big profit in the
} growing Of beef.
1t will make possible the keep
, ing of double the amount OF
. stock we now keep.
, 1t is in keeping with intensive
! farm practice and the proper
) thing for valuable land.
; 1t is a good feed for cattle,
) horses, sheep and chickens.
} Ask the man who has a silo.
Kansas Farmer.
a a q
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-23

TN commemoration of the victory of
Commodore Perry on Lake Erie
in 1913 an ~alegorical group of
statues, with a colonnade and mu-
scum Of the Greek Doric order sur
rounding a $50 foot shaft viii be COM
pleted In time for the celebration OF
the one hundredth anniversary or that
event during the summer Of 1913 under
the auspices of the interstate board of
the Perry victory and centennial cele-
bration.
The architects estimate the cost at
100000, and an extra appropriation
of 100000 has been made by the gov
ernmen and all the states bordering
on Lake Erie, as well as Rhode Island,
where Commodore Perry was born. for
the development Of landscape work
inc gardens to harmonic with the
monument, colonnade and museum.
Sixty leading architects of the coun-
try submitted designs for the memo
rial. which were judged by the nation
al fine arts commission.
The monument will be erected on an
isthmus connecting South Bass island.
in Lake Erie. with the mainland near
Sandusky and will rest on a large stone
platform 1000 feet in length and 22O
feet wide, elevated about four feet
above the grade of the island and ex-
tending by a short flight Of steps to
the edge Of the water, similar to the
water gate erected in New York city
for the Hudson-Fulton celebration.
In the central portion Of this plaza
will be placed the shaft $50 feet high
in the form of a Doric column fifty
eight feet In diameter surmounted by
a light, thus serving a dual capacity.
as the shaft will be visible to mariners
at a great distance on Lake Erie.
Space has been left by the designers
In the museum hall for mural paint
ings illustrating scenes Of the battle.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-23

Colonel George w. Cocktails, Who Tells
Of Progress at Panama.
use of the canal and he had advised
Washington that it should not be made
free.
When asked when the canal would
be completed he answered:
"It will never be completed, because
thsrs viii always be some work to be
donA but the canal will be officially
opened for navigation ON Jan. 1, 1915,
the appointed time. Experimental
trips through the canal will be made
probably twelve months in advance Of
that date.
THE percentage of the canal now
completed is rather difficult to deter
mine, but it might be safely esdmat-
ed as follows:
1.-The Culebra section 20 per cent
completed, Gatun 81 per cent and
other sections from 90 to 90 per cent,
which, at a rough estimate, is about
20 per cent of the whole work.
1.-The use of the concrete guns for
sticking the earth together at Culebra
has been abandoned, and the pressure
on the sides of the cut has been reduc-
3D."
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Survey of the Worlds News

100 year mark at least He quoted fig
ures showing that, while the death
rate In the United States is sixteen and
a half to 1000. that Of New Zealand,
with no better climate" is nine and a
half to 1000. He said that this meant
an annual loss Of about $4,000 In the
United States yearly from ~preventaDie
causes and that 100000 persons. or
whom 100000 are workers, are "seri-
ously sick each year from ~preventable
causes" The loss in productive power
he figured at $4,0O0.OO0.OOo yearly.
A number Of state health boards have
indorsed Senator Owens demand for
a national bureau of health
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e,

Like to the falling of the star,
Or as the flights of eagles are.
Or like the fresh springs gaudy
hue,
Or silver drops of morning dew,
Or like a wind hat chafes the flood,
Or bubbles which on water stood
Eel such is man, whose borrowed
light
Is straight called in and paid to-
night.
The wind blows out, the bubble dies.
The spring entombed in autumn lies.
The dew dries up, the star is shot,
The flight is past-and mar forgot!
Henry King.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-23
TAFT'S CAMPAIGN

Whether Charles Dewey Hilles, Pres
ident Taft's secretary, becomes chair
man Of the Republican national ON
mittee or not, he will have a big say
in the presidents campaign for anoth-
er term-this because Mr.. Hilles is
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-23
Present Cnmnanu

How about the sermon?"
"The minister preached on the sinful
ness of cheating at bridge"
"You don't sayi Did he mention any
names F"-Washington Herald.
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Dire Calamity lnd..d

did you hear about the awful afflic-
ton which has befallsn Mrs. Talktif?"
Don't tell me she has lost her voice!"
NO; her husband has lost his hear
ing."-Houston Post.
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MARCH ANNIVERSARIES

Thomas Bailey Aldrich, poet and
author, died March 10, 1907; Pocahon-
tas, the Indian heroine, died in Eng
land, March 81, 1916; the United States
b~attleship Texas Of Santiago bay fame
was sunk by high explosive projectiles
in a test March 81, 1911; cession of
New Netherlands CNew York; to the
Duke of York March %, 1864; Agui-
naldo, the Filipino leader, was captur-
ed by General Frederick Funston, U.
S. A, March %, 1901.
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of the executives campaign
for delegates to the nominating con-
vention.
Mr.. Hilles was born in Ohio on June
%, 1867. He was appointed assistant
secretary of the treasury in April, 1909.
and was chosen as secretary to the
president ON April 4. 1911. Secretary
HiIles' past activities have included
newspaper work and connections with
the Boys Industrial school of Ohio, To-
Gated at Lancaster. and the New York
Juvenile asylum, located at Dobbs Fer
ny, n. Y.
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CANAL SEVENTY PER CENT DONE

Colonel George w. Cocktails, chief
engineer in charge of the work on the
Panama canal, said recently that he
agreed with the decision Of congress
that tolls should be charged for the
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-23
Paint Your Buildings.

A little paint goes a long way to-
ward making a home-out Of a group Of
buildings.
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RACING ON THE THAMES

oxford is still favorite for the an
nual university race with Cambridge,
which takes place on the river Thames,
Saturday, March 80. The contest is
to be rowed over the historic course
from Putney to Mortlake.
The Cambridge crew is composed
mostly. AT material which had to be
developed while the dark blue oars
men have been in excellent form from
the time they first went into training.