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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-03-07
Department on Agriculture
cent Of infection. though the fungus

cent Of infection. though the fungus
may not penetrate very deep. 1t is also
true that such seed will not have the
vitality or keeping qualities Of seed
that has properly matured.
Potatoes which are SO badly marked
internally as TO be- unfit for table use
may be fed to the hogs or other stock
when properly handled. The fungus
will In no way injure the animals
Manure produced in feeding badly in
fected raw tubers should be spread on
permanent pastures or applied so as
not to carry the disease to areas which
will be used for potatoes.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-03-07
A Natural Disguise
By ARTHUR M. HOPKINS

over the paper, that you have put
everything in the name Of the heir"
"Jes' So"
"Well, then, he'll have either to call
for the stock or send you . power Of
attorney"
The promoter gave the supposed de-
tective a curious parting glance, as
though he wondered at his motive for
keeping up his country character, then
left him.
When the promoter entered his once
the next morning at 10 o'clock silas.
had been waiting for him three hours.
The papers were ready.
Send these papers to Silas Nudge"
said the promoter, "and when they're
presented here, duly executed, we'll
deliver the stock"
Silas took the papers and studied
them for q long while. Finally he
asked:
"Hev you got the stock readyr
"It's in that safe"
"Git it out"
But you don't expect US to deliver
it till you produce Mudge's receipts?"
"Git 1t out!' repeated Silas.
The promoter brought out the stock.
"Whatll you give fur it in cash?"
Cash? Why, let me see. Fifty per
cent of par"
"rn take it."
The promoter, still believing that for
some purpose Of his own the supposed
detective was keeping up his charac.
ter Of countryman, drew a check for
$25,OOO.
Don't want that. want the mon.
ey."
II can have 1t certified"
Don't want nothin' certified. Gimme
the bills"
The promoter went to the bank him.
self and brought back twenty-five one
thousand dollar bills Silas put one
! hand on the pile and with the other
signed the papers.
"Silas Mudgew exclaimed the pro-
moter
"Jes' So"
Silas showed the bills into his capa.
cious pocket and moved toward the
door. leaving the promoter gaping.
The stock Of the Nudge Mining COM
pany went on the market at par and
gradually sank to nothing, 2OO,N:)
shares having been disposed Of at an
average Of $45. The promoters made
handsome thing, the public were
gulied and Silas Nudge was content
with the sale Of his patrimony.
Il spec the galoot what pretended
to be me-" said Silas, was one Of the
company" I9A1
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-03-07
BUYING CATS IN BAGS.

pie time to examine their purchase be-
fore paying over their money.
Why they prefer thus to buy their
cats and their pigs is a question that
the local merchant would pay money to
have answered.
Why will people otherwise sensible
pass up the goods which they can ex-
anime before purchase and pay out
their good coin to catalogue house,
trusting to the picture and promise
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-03-07

Would you buy cat in bag, pig
in a poke? No: Then You are not one
Of those who contribute S25O,OOO,OOO
annually to the support of the cata-
logue houses in payment for their pic
tured wares
Yet there are millions who are doing
that very thing, buying the cat in the
bag and pig i'll the poke, and Of Il
stranger. when for the asking they
might buy Of neiGhbor and have am
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-03-07
lMPRovERs WHO HELP TRADE.

THE clean swept sidewalk in front Of
the well dressed show window.
THE folks living next to the railroad
who keep their back yards neat and
thus improve the railroad view.
THE merchant who advertises regu-
larry in the home paper and there
by attracts trade to the town.
A LII these are town improvers who
help the trade in their town to
grow. And there are others.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-03-07
WINTER ORCHARD WORK.
Advice Regarding the Pruning Of Dead
Limbs Of Teooa

@tUV0o ~ ubVVOs
While the fall is the best time to
Irune apples, much can be do"e in
mild winters. In the spring IL is Of
ten difficult task in pruning 10 dis
tinguish the live wood from the dead.
After the crop is harvested is the best
time Of the year to 50 through the
trees pruning out the dead branches.
They can then be distinguished easily
and the work more rapidly and thor
oughly. performed. In pruning off the
dead limbs always be sure to cut back
to live wood, making the cuts clean
and close. Long stubs never heal. bur
will soon start to decay. The rot that
has now Travelled into the trunk of
many Of the older trees in our orchard
started in this way. and year BY year
the trees grow weaker.
About week altar pruning all the
larger wounds should be protected by
painting them with a mixture Of raw
linseed oil and good white lead.-Coun.
try Gentleman.
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TNHE citizen who speaks a good word
for his town wherever he goes.
THE good looking girl who carries
herself well on the street.
THE married woman who brings up
Rooseveltian flock of five or six
to swell the population.
VNHE farmer who sells his produce in
the town and buys things from the
town stores instead of sending to mail
order houses.
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from the farm buildings to the fields
The second farmer is handicapped by
a good many miles Of unnecessary
travel for himself, his teams and his
machines. Planning ahead will often
avoid this handicap."-Kansas Farmer
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AVIATION SQUAD

-Four more officers of the regular ar
my have been detailed to the signal
corps for duty as aviators.
There are still about forty young Of
fcers in the army who are eager to be
assigned to the aviator corps.
The officers who are being selected
will be required to furnish surgeons
certificate as to their fitness for aerial
work and must be volunteers for that
branch of the signal corps work They
must also be bachelors and with no
intention Of getting married at an ear
ly date.
The officers after assignment are be-
ing ordered to Augusta, Ca, where
they become pupils Of the army avia-
ton school, of which Captain Charles
DEF. Chandler, U. S. A.. is the head
A bill was introduced in congress to
double the pay Of all officers assigned
to aviation work.
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Survey Of the Worlds News

tcally all of the murder cases in New
York state, said the death penalty
should be continued.
Cornelius Y. Collins, former super
intendent Of state prisons. has long
opposed the abolition of capital pun
ishment.
III guard in our prisons incurred
the enmity Of life prisoner" said Mr..
Collins, there would be nothing to
prevent the prisoner from killing the
guard and as many others as he want
ed to. 1t is the fear of the electric
chair that puts 4 damper on staying
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-03-07

the Death Penalty.
life has many supporters. The Right
Rev. William Croswell Doanc bishop
of the Episcopal diocese of Albany, n.
. T.. said:
Capital punishment is right. The
objection to it is purely sentimentah
Those who have been declaring them
selves in favor Of the removal Of the
death penalty overlook the one great
significant instruction Gods own
word-'Whoso sheddeth mans blood,
by man shall his blood be she'd"
Edgar NJ Cullen. chief justice of the
court Of appeals, which passes on prac
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-03-07

Uss For Read Dust.
Road dust will serve to hold the nj.
trogen in manure using it In the sta.
BILE gutter.-Professor 8. w. Cavanagh.
Experiment Station. Ithaca, n. y.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-03-07

~ AN having mastered the art OF
flying the suggestion that 1t
Is possible to cross the At
lantic ocean in an airship Is
being taken up with the utmost seri-
BUSINESS and confidence. The failure
of Walter Wellman and Melvin Nani-
man to accomplish the feat has in no.
wise deferred others from planning for
such q conquest Even Naniman him
self Is hopeful that the honor will fall
to him.
Meteorological authorities have been
impressed with the outline Of plans
published by DR.. Paul I. Cans OF
Munich, Germany, who has announced
that he will set out on his spectacular
sea flight in March Of this year in his
dirigible balloon, the Suchard. He
thinks he can make the trip across IN
Ave days He proposes to end the
flight at Barbados If necessary, but to
continue to the coast of Florida II pos
sible.
DR.. Cans says the main obstacle to
overcome will be atmospheric dis
turbances that might divert the air
ship from its course and the ability to
remain aloft the necessary length Of
time. He thinks he has solved both
difficulties. The first he thinks has
been eliminated in the selection Of his
route.
He has figured that his airship will
lose weight from the instant OF its
start, due to the consumption of food
and drink and OF oil and fuel, and pro-
poses to add to the weight OF the Su-
chard by taking on sea water as bal
last. This will be accomplished by the
use Of fish shaped buckets let down
by q steel cable operated by motor.
A committee Of the Royal Aero club
of London took charge Of James V.
Martins proposal to attempt trans
atlantic flight from Newfoundland to
Ireland next August. Mr., Martin for
merly was manager of the Harvard
Aeronautical society, and the scientific
arrangements for his contemplated
journey were referred to Harvard pro-
fessors. He plans to rise from the sea
and keep in the track of Atlantic
steamers as closely as possible.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-03-07

also at the University Of Berlin. In
1887 he was ordained to the Presbyte-
rian ministry and was pastor at
Chambersburg, Pa, 1Ss7-91. From
1891 to 1893 he was instructor in logic
and psychology in Princeton and later
professor in logic in that university
Or. Hibben's works as an author in
clude "Inductive Logic" 1896; THE
Problems of Philosophy" 1898: He
gals Logic" 1902, and 1.-THE Philoso-
ply of the Enlightenment 1909.
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PRINcEroN'S NEW HEAD

DR.. John Grier Hibben. the new pres
idcnt of Princeton university, was
born at Peoria. nj. April 10, 1861. He
was student iu the Princeton Theo-
logical seminary 1886 and studied
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-03-07
is EXECUTION RlGHT7

The urging of Colonel Joseph +.
Scott, superintendent Of New York
prisons. that capital punishment be
abolished in that state has received
the approval Of Governor Dix. Il am
in sympathy with Colonel SCOTS
views on the subject" said Governor
Dix. II think 1t would be the right
thing to do"
Governor johnson of California de-
clared not long ago that his opposition
to capital punishment would impel him
to insist upon special legislation doing
away with the extreme penalty for
crime In California Other prominent
men are fully in accord with the two
governors views on this subject.
On the other hand, the theory that
the state has right to take life for
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-03-07
THE BRITISH NAVY

Great Britain's twenty eighth Dread
nought, which will be one of five new
armored vessels provided for in the
program of 19l1-12, will be completed
In 1914. The ship will be the largest
battleship hitherto constructed in Eng
land. displacing between 5000 and
260OO tons.
Although Dreadnought cruisers of
the Lion class are much longer, the
new vessel will be slightly heavier,
besides throwing heavier shells. A
number Of improvements have been in
troduced in the arrangement Of the in
terhal subdivisions, intended to mini
mize the danger of torpedo attack,
while the vessels anti-torpedo battery
will consist Of sixteen six-inch guns,
whereas her predecessors have been
armed with only fouy inch guns for the
purposes Of encountering torpedo
boats.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-03-07

nR AN having mastered the art OF
flying the suggestion that 1t
V Is possible to cross the At
lanti,> n..an m nm airSlin Is
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-12
STRONG WOOD FOR CARRIAGES
count Of Lishtness Without Los
Ing Any of Its Strength.

The most important kind OF wood
which the carriage maker uses Is hick.
ory. The lightness, without loss OF
strength, for which American made
vehicles are famous, is largely due
20 the use OF hickory. 1t has great
strength and elasticity There is no
other wood that equals II In these re-
spects, and all kinds have been used.
For one thing. the light wheels used
on some kinds of pleasure vehicles
would have 10 be fitted with very thick
tires II hickory was not employed.
Ash and elm have been tried in place
or hickory. but these woods split TOO
easily TO be successful substitutes.
Many millions OF feet Of hickory are
used every year In the carriage and
wagon industry. II is feared that It's
rate OF production may not keep pace
with the demands of the trade, for
hickory springeth not up in the night.
Nevertheless, II does grow rapidly
enough to hold out some hope that
with careful supervision OF the forests
the hickory tree may be made to yield
sufficient crop.
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QUALITIES OF FUSED 81
Latest Material to &c Used ..
Original Standard Of Lerr,t ~
Light In Weight,

Fused silica Is the latest mae.
be used for On original s,,rl% .
length. Such standard nm q
tinue accurate and inyarlaM. "t
long period under all condltior W a
air. and tho metals tried c.,. e
Toys. platinum. iridio platinyr " W
and invar--fall short OF ,.-,'V's
Fused silica claims a rare cum,...os
OF good qualities. II Is ligh, h, r1'4'
cheap. and has small eXuals,.,
It's dlsadvantages-suc as ea.. -
age. lack of elasticity. and -
solubility In water-are not .-,,.. -
The first meter of the kind. ag d,
I'd 10 the London Royal soc.,,, ~
tube Of silica with horizontal .'.t' :.
the same material fused into m. ~
The slabs are accurately grugH ,a,
plane and parallel sides. I'll. -
sides are coated with platinum =,
the lines OF the standard arc 49,,
through this film with a diamond ~
annealing OF the meter so,,.
heating TO $50 degrees. maintalpir, :.
This temperature for eight days ~
slowly cooling Ii days gagSs i,
shrinkage OF about one 5O.u00,h d, =,
inch
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"CANADlUM" IS A NEW META
Discovered by MetallursIcal ch.rI.
While investigating Gold Min.
In British Columbia.

"Canadium" Is the name given
new metal discovered by a G Freph
metallurgical chemist OF Nelson b c
when investigating large g0ld NH.
I'm that province. While examining,
deposit of platinum metals. be ts
covered. sometimes isolated and some
times in combination. another metal
which was quite different from oths
members of the group. II has since
been found In many other igueOa
bikes in the vicinity of Nelson
Canadium Is "A beautiful white 1etGl
but little softer than gold o. silver
and melting at n somewhat lower ten
peraturc II is not furnished uy damp
atmosphere nor blackened or affected
by sulphureted hydrogen. alkaline SUI
phides or tincture OF iodine, VhIct
blacken both silver and palladium
When FURNISHED, II is much Ic'e
brilliant than either silver ur laE
ladium.
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Sympathy.

Mr.. and Mrs. Brown had given their
six.year-old son Ralph a most careful
home training. With great reluctance
they placed him in a public school last
September. 4 few days later Ralph
came home with a cut lip and swollen
nose.
His mother exclaimed: How did
you hurt yourself?"
He replied: Il was sliding down
hill at recess and ran into n tree. IL
hurt pretty bad, mother, but everyone
was awfully good to me- The boys were
just fine-why, mother. there wasn't a
boy in the class who didn't say 'Gosh.'
when | ran into the tree."-Harper's
Magazine.
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HIGH AMBITION FOR HIS SON
Pooling Time Studying Art and lltera
ture TO Neglect Of His Fathers
Soap Business.

81 understand you are worried about
-FOUR boy"
Yes, am. I'd give $4,000 this min
ute II ! could get him TO give up his
present companions and go away some
where out west on a ranch and stay
there for a year"
lis he drinking hard?"
NO: l don't believe he has ever
developed a taste for strong liquor. II
that was all that allied him | wouldn't
feel so bad / could rush him of to
q sanitarium and have him cured
Have you reason TO suspect that
he waits TO marry chorus girl?
No, thank heaven, he don't seem
20 have any interest in stage folks.
But wish l could get him away from
the people he insists on associatin'
with. Unless he changes his habits
and ideas right away I'm afraid there
won't be any help for him. think
one year on a ranch, where he could
be out in the open, punchin' cows or
something like that, might bring him
through all right and make man OF
him"
Well, what is the matter with him
anyhow"
Il hate 10 tell you. but / will.
never thought II would be possible
Tor a son OF mine 10 do such thing
but the blame chump has an idea that
he wants TO help spread culture, SO
he's foolln' away his time studyin' art
and literature and insistin' that there
no use OF me expectin' him TO ever
20 into the soap business. no matter
how big the profits might get to be-"
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GETTING It All.

The doctor told him he needed car,
bohydrates, proteids and, above all
something heterogeneous. The doctor
mentioned a long list of foods for him
to eat. He staggered out and wabbled
into a Penn avenue restaurant.
How about the beefsteak?" he ask
ed the waiter. rs that heterogeneous?
The waiter didn't know.
Are fried potatoes rich in carbohy,
drates or not?"
The waiter couldn't say.
We'll, I'll fix It," declared tie man
In despair. Bring me in a large plato
OF hash"
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Turn on the Calcium.

The doorben OF the Vanitys' house
rang at about eight o'clock one night.
and Mrs. Vanity said. excitedly, 10 her
husband:
There, Charles, | know that's the
furniture van coming with the new
bedroom suite We bought today, and
u Il is / just won't receive 1t, that's
ALL"
Why not?" asked Mr.. Vanity.
why not?" replied Mrs. Vanity. do
YOU think I'm going 10 pay 800 for
q suite and then have II sent out here
after dark so that none OF the neigh
bors can see II when it's brought in?
Not II ! know It."
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the paint brush. thus keeping the
brush from tumbllng about in the
bucket or sinking over its head when
the bucket is full. The bracing effect
produced By using the bottom hook
IS particularly handy. as ii inclines the
handle so that II does not get in the
way of the workman as he dips his
brush into the pail.
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Just How He Felt.

Mr.. Meekins was habitually all that
the first syllable of his name might
imply, but day came when the worm
turned at last and spoke his mind free.
up to that other member OF the domes.
tic firm. who had assumed leadership
Mrs NJ stood aghast and then re.
marked ominously: Timothy, you'd
regret those words If you should sud.
denly lose your wife"
"Oh, don't want to lose her." came
the cheerful retort. but there are
times when I'd like very much TO mis-.
lay her for a few hours. "-Harper's
Weekly.
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MECHANICS
TW0.IN.ONE HANDY HANDLE
Hangs Paint Bucket Up and Ho'os
the Brush Straloht-usefui Tor
other Purposes.

A little wire handle devised by an
Ohio man will make life easier lor
painters. This handle, designed prin'
cipally for paint buckets, can be usea
ON other buckets. too. II has hook
at the top by means OF which the
bucket can be hung up within reach
OF the workman and second down
wardly projecting hook can be caught
In the rim OF the pail. II necessary
to shove the pail forward. In the
center OF the handle Is clip TO bold
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-12
HIS HEARTS GREAT DESIRE
Enthusiastic Young Man Uses Long
Route TO Ask Clever Girl for
Rhyme for cadlilaqua.

Grace" he said. enthusiastically, ~
have a question TO ask YOU"
YES" she said softly. and prepared
TO listen.
Il hope you won't think II inperti-
nent, or take II as an attempt upon
my part TO interfere with your own
prospects"
"Oh. George"
But you are SO much cleverer than
l."
You mustn't say that"
You are. I've been going with you
long while now. and I've had time
to see It. You are musical and under.
stand"
Go on"
II was going to say that you under
stand the poets and all that. SO much
better than I. Your family Is literary,
whereas mine is not. Ny father is
but a humble bookkeeper You have
taken first honors in college. have
had to earn my own living always"
THAT makes no difference to me.
George"
Il know II doesn't. Grace. But now
I've come TO you for help. ! feel that
l cannot hope for success without your
assistance"
Il am sure. George. that you will al.
ways find me willing 10 do anything in
my power 10 help you"
Il knew you would be. II but con.
firms my first impression of you. And
you will help met"
Yes. will"
Then give me rhyme for Cedil.
.aqua There are 25 beans in Il for
me. II ] win. detroit Free Press.
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INDUSTRIAL
MECHANICAL
S notes.

Sixty per cent. OF the Brazil Jus
Is oil.
Glycerine is a bi-product OF The so''
factory.
Both the Chinese and japanese
manufacture alcoholic beverage "O-
rice.
The British empire supplies aoou'
three-fifths OF the worlds demands j"
gold.
New Zealanders consume more 'Hap
seven pounds OF tobacco per caP''
per year.
Russia supplies Great Britain WIZ
the greater proportion OF her p0n'"'
and eggs.
Over 100000 pedestrians and ao'Vvy
vehicles pass over London bridge !"
one day.
A fleet OF $50 refrigerator ships
engaged In carrying fresh meat TO NV
British islands.
The cod fish shipped out OF New
foundland each year are valued nj n''
million dollars.
little glycerine, well distribute,
often will renew life In a much use0
typewriter ribbon.
Shipping casualties OF all nationan,
ties last year totaled 10S vessels. WIZ
a tonnage OF 1l4.231. !,
British beer consumption decrease
from 36,S4l. 900 barrels In 1899 to '''
$4,000 barrels last year. =.
In one month the yield OF gold ,o ~
southern Rhodesia exceeded 5o'VV'
ounces. valued at 100000. =.
Fish Is sometimes colored with ~
Inorganic dye. to give II the appe"
ance Of having been smoked
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Use Waste Product.

IN wilmington. Del. n use is being
FOUND Tor the waste products of paper
NILS which have been accommodating
lor years and have been thought
Valueless. One factory has dumped
oVer i"o'ooo tons Of residuum from II,
ooilers on the neighboring fats. GOV.
ering about eight acres. This IA now
70 be treated by process for extract.
ing the carbon for the market and the
TEST VIII be converted into fertilizer.
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A Happy Married Life,

Il married a suffragette," said Mr..
Cholmondely Rippingate Of Hyde Park,
land for Ave years have found I'M
speakable happiness"
I'm glad to hear it," said the SUI.
fragette leader.
Yes" said Rippingate. MRS. Rip
pingate has been In jail four years and
three months altogether.
Weekly.
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Culture.

You keep talking about the inter.
ests of the farmer in the language OF
the prize ring" protested the friend.
Don't you think you ought to give
some attention to culture"
Certainly" replied the energetic
candidate, agriculture and physical
culture"