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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07

The recent announcement of Secre-
tary Wilson OF the department of ag-
riculture Of his purpose to hold hear
ings for the purpose of determining
the advisability of quarantine against
fmportations of plants, fruits or trees
from countries where the Mediterran-
can fruit fly Is known to exist, has
aroused considerable interest in this
very destructive insect, and there have
been many demands on the depart
ment for information concerning 1t.
To meet this demand DR.. L. o. How
ard, chief of the bureau of entomology,
has had prepared circular-No 100
of his bureau-of which A. L. Quain-
tance is the author.
That the Mediterranean fruit fly is
a most serious drawback to the sue
cessful cultivation of fruit in the coun-
tries where it is established, there
can be no question. Indeed, the cul-
tivation of fruits Is scarcely possible
In the worst infested regions. The
fruit-growing industry of Bermuda was
practically destroyed many years ago
by the Introduction Of the insect into
that island. Its introduction into the
United States In all probability would
be calamitous to the orchard interests
Of our more southern states and ot
California, In which regions it would
find conditions very similar to those
in countries where 1t now exists In
most destructive numbers. BY the
establishment Of strict quarantine,
such as proposed by the secretary, 1t
is believed that 1t will be possible to
prevent disaster to the American fruit
industry.
The greatest amount Of damage La
done to the ripening fruit by the fe-
male, which, with her sharp Oviposl-
tor, pieroes the fruit and deposits the
small glistening white eggs just under
meath the skin. These hatch in a very
short time, two to four days In midsum-
mer. Their development, however, de-
pends upon the ripeness of fruit-in
all probability II the fruit is green,
the eggs will not hatch. The larvae
or "maggots" when hatched at once
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07

begin to feed on the pulp of the fruit.
In apricots they make straight for the
center; In peaches and other fruits
they are more inclined to work out In
different directions. When fully de-
veloped, which usually requires fort
night or three weeks, they leave the
fruit, which has previously fallen, and
enter the ground. Here they soon
change to the pupal stage, and remain
for IL days to three weeks, when they
become transformed into fly,
completing one generation.
The governments Of certain coun-
tries have put In force regulations for
the enforced control of fruit flies, and
in each instance the principle follow
ed has been the inspection Of orchards
and cleaning up and destruction Of all
fallen fruit. At the present time the
United States authorities are expert
menting with the "poison-bait" meth
cd of controlling the insect, similar to
that tried In South Africa. In that case
the bait consisted of solution Of five
gallons of molasses, one pound Of ar
senate of lead, and 25 gallons Of wa
ter. This was used In tho form OF
spray evenly distributed over the
trees, bushes, prickly pears, etc. Not
only were thousands of the flies pre-
vented from reaching maturity, but
the deposition of eggs in the fruit al
ready ripening was almost completely
stopped. The fruit on all the late va
rieties of treated trees ripened per-
fectly, and was sold on the market and
guaranteed free from the maggots. On
the trees that we're not sprayed the
situation was just the reverse, almost
every ripe fruit being infested by
maggots ranging from newly hatched
to fully developed. The pupa were
also present under some of the decay
ing peaches. and there were numerous
flies fitting about the trees. The poi
soned-bait method of controlling the
fly appears entirely feasible in this
country, especially in more or less arid
regions, where the spray cannot be
washed off by rains, and is not other
wise disturbed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
So Like STRANGERS.

Nell-Bob Brown and Dolly Smith
are engaged.
She-Indeed? l thought they were
better acquainted.
Puts Job In Second Place.
A Humboldt rancher returned from
a years trip through the east to find
that one-time neighbor OF his, a
man noted for his perfect patience,
had been having a siege of bad luck.
Upon hearing the news he imme-
diately sought out the neighbor to
condole with him.
well, John" he said, after greet.
ings had been exchanged, 81 hear you
lost all of your timber through the
forest fires"
The other man nodded.
"And they say that the river cut
of your best bottom land; that your
hogs all died Of cholera; that your
wife and children had been sick, and
that they have now foreclosed the
mortgage on your other place."
John nodded again. Yes, it's all
true" he said, looking about him at
what had once been his prosperous
farm, "all true. Why, sometimes get
almost discouraged. Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
FOR
GREENHOUSE USE
Many Weed Seeds and Disease
Germs Contained in Ordinary
Stable Manure.

The use Of rotted stable manure as
a source of greenhouse plant food has
been the custom for so many years
that more effective forms of plant
food make headway slowly; yet this
rotted stable manure has many disad-
vantages. 1t always contains more or
les weed seeds as we'll as disease
germs, and 1t supplies plant food In
available form very irregularly.
Also by fermentation it materially
influences the temperature of the
seed beed, temperature we have no
means Of regulating. The ammonia 1t
contains is not nitrated, hence for
forcing 1t cannot be safely relied up
on. For greenhouse work the fer
tilizer chemicals should be used, such
as nitrate of soda, acid phosphate,
and sulphate Of potash. They should
always be used in such proportions
that 100 pounds Of ammoniate nitro
gen are always accompanied by 80.
pounds Of phosphoric acid and 70
pounds Of actual potash.
The quantity to be applied should
correspond to about three-fourths Of
an ounce of ammoniate nitrogen per
square yard of surface; that Is, to
each yard of bench, use about FIVE
ounces Of nitrate Of soda, three ounces
Of acid phosphate and two ounces OF
sulphate of potash. A mixture of these
proportions may be dissolved in water
and applied in small proportions every
few days, taking care, however, to
cease applications with those plants 1t
is desired to fully mature as soon as
the desired growth is made.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
GRAPES NOT HURT
BY HONEY BEES
Busy Little Workers Never Pune
ture Skin of Luscious Fruit,
Says Expert.

There are some subjects on which
It is impossible to convince our older
farmers and fruit growers that their
inherited notions are at fault. No
amount of scientific assertion and
demonstration by the highest authori-
ties avail to change their opinions or
to make them hesitate to assert and
reassert them in their communica-
tions to agricultural journals and IN
meetings of societies where such Ques-
tions are discussed.
One of these is that under certain
climatic or other conditions wheat
seed is transformed to chess seed; and
another-much vouched for at this
seasons that bees are injurious to
grapes, says writer in the Farm
Progress.
Again and again have the most care
full observers announced In lectures
and published horticultural journals,
that they had never seen honey bee
cut the skin Of ripe grape or Of any
other fruit
OF course, 1t was freely admitted
that bees were often seen slipping the
juices of grapes that had been pecked
by birds or clipped by the sharp Jaws
of wasps and other insects; and In
this they do no harm, for punctured
or injured grape is Of no further value
to the vineyardist-
In an endeavor to settle this matter
beyond dispute, DR.. Riley, while en-.
tomologist of the Department of Ag-
riculture, authorized one Of his assis-
tants to investigate the matter thor.
oughly; and to do this portion Of a
grape trellis with bearing vines en-
closed in the most secure manner un-
der q wire screened tent Of considera-
BILE size, together with hive of bees,
with sufficient honey for their susten
ance. AS the grapes ripened the clus-
ters were under almost constant in
spection during the daylight hours,
and, though the bees buzzed about
them, never once during period of
several weeks was bee seen to cut
a grape, though when some were part
ly crushed by the attendant, the bees
were eager for sip of the fresh juice
It would seem that nothing could
be more conclusive for the exculpation
of the bees from the charge of being
depredators in vineyards, backed, as
it is, by many other observations on
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
IN THESE DAYS OF DIVORCES
Really Nothing Remarkable In the
Simple and Frank Explanation
Of the Small Boy.

We were walking down the street
Sunday and we saw the most beauti-
full child sitting on the front steps
OF pretty house, says Ted Robinson.
His eyes were so big and blue, his
curly head so golden, his innocent
smile SO frank and inviting that we
could not resist the temptation to en-
ter into conversation with him.
well, son." we said in the idiotic-
ally genial way with which an adult
usually addresses a child, how old
are your"
-Four" lisped the infant. (He didn't
really lisp 1t, because you can't lisp
when you say four; but that's the way
children are supposed to do.)
Isn't that flne!" (It would have
been just as fine If he'd been three,
though, or five. More idiocy) "And
whose little boy are your"
Mammals III boy"
Aren't you papa's little boy, too?''
Nope"
why aren't you papa's little boy?''
"The decree gimme to mamma"
Then we went on our pleasant way
Savannah Morning News.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
THANKSGIVING DISHES.

For the Thanksgiving time, when
friends, relatives and countrymen are
dropping in for q social tea or lunch
con, 1t is the prudent forehanded
housewife who keeps her cake box
well replenished, and other good
things easily at hand.
Honey cakes.-Melt n fourth of
cup of butter, add cup of strained
honey; let 1t cool, then add the rind
of a lemon grated, a teaspoonful Of
lemon juice, three tablespoonfuls Of
blanched, chopped almonds, fourth
of teaspoonful of mace, half q tea
spoonful of soda and two cupfuls of
flour sifted together. Mix thoroughly
and set aside for twelve hours to sea-
son. Roll into sheet half an inch
thick, cut In squares and bake in
moderate oven. When baked, brush
over with heavy sirup made by boil
Ing together cup of sugar and half
a cup Of water. Let cool a little be-
fore putting on the cakes.
Baked Eeets.-Wash and put the
beets to bake In a moderate oven, be-
Ing careful not to break the skins.
Turn frequently, using a wooden
spoon. Remove the skins, add butter
and serve hot
Stuffed onions.-Take sufficient on
ions to serve each with one; bail un-
til tender enough To remove the CEN
ters. Chop the centers, add cooked
chopped ham, season to taste. Mois-
ten with cream and the yolk Of an egg,
NIL the centers with this mixture and
place bit OF butter on the top of
each onion. Set in a deep dish, pour
little milk over and bake, covered.
for twenty minutes. Then sprinkle
with buttered crumbs and bake ten
minutes longer.
SeaIloped oysters-Take six nice
fresh oysters, cut away the tough
muscle and beard. Cover a sauce with
with fine bread crumbs, lay In the oys-
ters, season and add a few drops of
lemon juice, and dot with small
pieces of butter. Cook in q hot oven
until the crumbs are brown.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
ECONOMY IN BUYING.

There are some ideas which 1t
seems hard to separate ourselves
from in regard to meat values. Meat
that has been used for soup has lost
it's flavor, but the food value is there
and the meat may be converted into q
palatable dish with the addition Of
some flavoring. A frugal housewife
may have two good meals for family
of four or five from three-pound
knuckle of veal. Cover the meat with
cold water and cook until the meat is
tender, but not long enough to make
1t tasteless.
Remove the meat and add two table,
spoonfuls of farina to the stock. flavor
with little mace, add two cups Of
milk or cream and serve hot.
For the next days meal remove the
meat from the bone and cut in small
pieces. Fry a small onion in little
fat, remove the onion and fry the
meat. Cover with water and cook for
ten minutes flavor with two tea
spoonfuls of curry powder. thicken the
gravy with -four and add tablespoon
full Of vinegar. Serve with border
of rice.
The pieces Of rare broiled steak
left from dinner make a most delicious
dish when combined with few vege-
tables. Put a layer Of sliced potatoes
in the bottom Of buttered casserole,
add a generous layer Of the cold meat,
a sprinkling of grated onion and then
a large cup Of tomato. Season and
bake we'll covered for at least an hour.
Just before serving scatter a table
spoonful or two of cooked peas over
the top. j."
A casserole or heavy stone dish with
a tight cover Is invaluable in cooking
cheap cuts Of meat, as the long, slow
cooking develops the flavor and makes
otherwise unpalatable meat very ten
der.
Another valuable reminder to the
housewife who wants to keep her
meat bills down is that a variety of
fiavorings which change the char
acter of dish make 1t more digesti-
BILE and more attractive. Monotony
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
SOME SUCCESSFUL DISHES.

An economical stew Is made Of a
pound of round steak cut In one thin
slice as broad as possible. Mix in a
sauce pan a cup of bread crumbs, two
tablespoonfuls of chopped suet. par
boiled onion chopped, two tablespoon
fuls of chopped parsley, beaten egg.
and salt and pepper to season. Gather
the stuf1ng in large lump, roll it In
side of the meat, tie with string, and
fry it all over until brown. Put into
saucepan a tablespoonful of drip
pings, chop half an onion and fry. then
add the meat. Mix tablespoonful Of
-four with little soup stock and pour
over the meat. Add enough stock oc-
casionally to keep it well basted. Cook
for three-quarters of an hour.
Raspberry 5uns.-Rub four table
spoonfuls Of butter into three cups of
-four, add half cup Of milk, half
cup of sugar and two we'll beaten eggs.
Mix a half teaspoonful of soda and a
teaspoonful Of cream Of tartar, sifted
with the -four. If the milk does not
seem to make the mixture soft enough,
add little more, though the dough
should be quite stifr. Mold in buns,
place them on a buttered dish, make
a hole in the top of each and put in
a teaspoonful Of raspberry jam, draw.
ing up the dough to cover 1t. Bake In
hot oven.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
SOME BEST RECIPES

Boiled Loat-A simple pudding
which can be made for an emergency
Take loaf of bakers bread and
cut off all the crust, then press into
the loaf as many seeded raisins as 1t
will hold without breaking. After pre-
pairing a custard with two eggs, pint
of milk and fourth of cup of sugar,
dip the loaf in 1t and let 1t stand long
enough to absorb all the milk. Then
lay it in foured pudding cloth and
drop 1t In boiling water and boil FOR
twenty minutes. Serve with creamed
butter and powdered sugar favored
with vanilla. Place the bowl Of but
ter and sugar in hot water and stir
until soft.
Delicious little cakes for tea are
made Of the round crackers covered
with a teaspoonful of boiled frosting
and chopped nuts and raisins. Then
baked.
Chicken Broth.-A very wholesome
and nourishing bowl OF broth may be
made from the liquor in which q
chicken Is stewed. To a Tablespoonful
of butter, bubbling hot add table
spoonful of -four, then a cupful of the
brotn. When hot add a quarter OF a
cup of thin cream and pour the hot
soup over a we'll beaten egg. Season
with salt and red pepper.
Cracker Dessert.-When pushed for
ideas ON desserts try this: Put \ half
dozen of split milk crackers 10 soak
in cold water for half an hour. Take
them out with a skinner and place
them on a buttered dish, the inuerside
up. Butter the top of the cracker and
put into a hot oven. In a few min
utes they will be puffed and brown.
Serve with any kind Of preserves and
whipped cream.
Black Bass, Okauehee StyIe--Pre-
pare the fish and fill with several
slices OF bacon, which has been
dredged with parsley and seasoned
with pepper and salt. Wind a string
around the fish and fry or broil n halt
hour. Serve with melted butter and
lemon.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
chIvaIrous In Face Of Misfortune.

At a mass meeting recently in a
nearby town an old and foremost citi-
zen who clings to the sartorial style
Of years ago, was called upon for his
views on the subject in discussion. He
made brief speech, and as he was
compelled to hurry back to his office,
he turned to the seat next to his, on
which he had deposited his silk hat,
just in time to see woman f1atten
1t completely by sitting on 1t.
Ever polite, his feelings were never
theless stirred, and the best he could
think Of to say under the circum.
stances was:
Ill hope you have not injured
yourself, madam. City Star
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
Mhg4M:H:BCTHH5TN
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is the bugbear of the menu maker.
A powdered ginger snap added to
gravy is a change which is very accep-
table for the every day Drowned -four.
A teaspoonful of Worcestershire
sauce or a few drops of tabasco or
catsup, a pinch of mace and dash of
celery salt, bit of garlic and a mix
ture of herbs will always be found Of
service in a dish.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
The Boston Fern.

To have the best success with the
Boston fern, give it a specially pre-
pared soil. Prepare potting soil Of
equal parts of sandy loan. leaf-mold
and well-rotted horse manure. Mix
thoroughly. and add a sprinkling Of
coarse bone meal When the plants
come, soak the roots well, and pot
them as deep only as they were be-
fore. Keep well watered. and in q
partly shaded situation--in summer
on porch is the ideal place. When
: new leaf shoots up. cut OF at once
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
Breaking Il Gently.

Pat-Mrs. Flanagan, yure mon
Moike has Just fell off tn scaffoldin
and killed himself, bedad!
Mrs Flanagan (collapsing in chair)
-Hivins!
Pat-Aisy-aisy! 'Tis only his leg
thot's bruk. It's rejoiced yell be to
hear it whin ye thought he was killed
fur-r-st!-Puck.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
Clever Idea Of Collector.

Here is rare specimen OF business
humor, received the other day by a
London firm. 1t ran:
Our cashier fell unconscious at his
desk this morning. Up to this time,
four p. m. we have been unable to
get word out of him except your
names. May we say to him, with a
view to his immediate recovery, that
we have your check, as we think that
is what Is on his mind?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
Welcome ARRIVAL.

Il don't think we had better lose
any time about calling on our new
neighbors.' said Mrs. Maintenance.
'Why?" inquired her husband.
Il have watched them unload the
moving van and they have. a lot OF
things we viii want to borrow"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07

Time was when the hogs were sup.
posed to have had excellent care when
they had all the grain and slop they
wanted in an Sx10 pen. Nowadays a
good pasture of clover, alfalfa or rape
is considered an indispensable ad-
junct in the hog raising business by
all farmers who are interested in eco
nomical pork production.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07

the actions Of bees in the open; and
yet the same charge Is made year
after year, by grape growers who ex-
perience loss in having their clusters
mutilated, and who seem determined
to consider the harmless bees as the
principal source of the trouble.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
A oueatlon.

The Critic-That picture entitled
Charity" is pretty fair for Church
mouse to have painted.
The Querist- Yes: wonder where he
got the model Of the 50 bill the wom-
ian Is handing over"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07

Country Cousin-Well, was in the
Metropolitan museum this morning.
City Host-That's nothing to brag
about. / know two or three fellows
living right here in New York who
have been there.-Snart Set.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
Not That Kind.

Il have a fine setter at home"
Irish, English or Gordon?"
None of the three"
What is it, them"
plymouth Rock"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
m suffraoe Dave.

Pretty Girl-Will you be entitled to
q vote before long?
Handsome FriendNo: but hope
to have some one whose vote can
direct pretty scc-s,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07

the one that dies. The best varieties
Of the Boston fern are the Exaltata,
Cordata and Piersonii. Keep free
from dust and mealy bug.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
A Possibility.

Jinks-If had not married would
be worth million.
Binks-But / am single and penni.
less.
Jinks-Ah, but If you had married
you might have learned to economic.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
A Contrary Hab,+.

rs your laundress careful washer
wotnan?"
! Yes, despite the fact that she Ieta
things g0 by the board"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
His Idea.

Don't you think we have laws
enough already, senator?" ~
"Oh, yes; but if don't let 'em know
what I'm here for. I'll never get here
again."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07

Red Cross Ball Blue gives double value
for your money. goes twice as far as any
other. Ask your grocer. ADV.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
Boiled Potatoes.

The avidity with which chickens eai
boiled potatoes proves their value az
feed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
Sail for currart.

Currants do best on heavy claJ
liam or upon lighter soil well mulch,
e.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
E1ardshIns Of rravaI.

Look here. conductor. why didn't
you put me OF at that last station r.
'Why didn't you tell me to?"
Il couldn't pronounce It."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
|[#Hz7R " E;EEjI

GODS Of various kinds allure
taste.
There's a deal OF spending in a six
pence.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07

" We CANNOT kindle when v
will
The fire that In the heart resides;
The spirit bloweth and Is still
In mystery our soul abides.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07

b ONT worry. dear. it doesn't
pay.
The cheerful heart makes bright the
way.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07

HAT this old world chiefly
needs is some Sunday religion
on week days and some company man
ners In the bosom of the family.
Thousands die from over-eating. few in
this world starve to death.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07

Husband (holding up lot of bills)
Here's the devil to pay.
Wife (sweetly)-Don't let him wor-
ry you. You can settle with him
hereafter.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07

For over seventeen years Resinol has been
prescribed by doctors a safe and effective treat
ment for skin affections, we'll as for piles,
burns, wounds. Sores ulcers, and boils, and 1t
proves an ideal household remedy for all these
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07

troubles. Try It yourself, by sending to-day for
a liberal sample of Resino Soap and Resinol
Ointment Address Dept. lax Resinol Chem
ical Co., Baltimore Md. Sold by all druggists.
Resinol Soap Csc, Resinol Ointment, Soc and 81.