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The Washington herald., 1912-01-21

ther, Harold" Mr.. Martin said as they
began the return nip. Il can't be sure Of
just the point at which l crossed the fields,
and three miles is a lot Of ground to cover.
But they walked slowly, keeping a
sharp lookout for a possible CLEAN of
gold in the grass around them. King was
with them, of couBe, happy and busy as
he always was on cross-country wander
ings. The slow pace of his companions
suited him exactly; it gave him so much
time to hunt for prey and treasures.
As they were leaving a large pasture
Harold missed the crow. and he and his
father stood up on the fence they were
climbing and looked back. They dis
covered him at the further end of the
field, walking and talking about some
thing on the ground, circling about it and
eyeins it with the greatest joy and eK.
citement.
Hes found something especially fine
this time; a toad, perhaps" Harold
laughed to his father Then he whistled.
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red. and one day picked all the incest
blooms off Mrs. Martins geraniums when
no one was looking.
Il don't see how you can stand him." :
friend said TO Mrs. Martin after this in.
cident. Il would get rid of him If were
you"
He is too good a companion for Har.
old" Mrs Martin replied. Harold would
be lonely out here if it were not for
King"
King and Harold took long walks to-
Gether, the crow keeping busy all along
the way hunting grasshoppers or for
nails or bits of glass or other glittering
objects, which he would hide in Harold's
chest pocket, perching on the boys
shoulder and slipping the treasure in
whenever he thought Harold was not
looking. Harold always pretended not to
see, but when he got home and King
was not around he would take them all
out, and he and his parents would laugh
over the odd assortment.
In the autumn Mr.. Martin sold heifer
10 Farmer Person, who lived three miles
away. He led her over 10 her new home
one afternoon. and when he returned he
said to Harold
Il have something TO show you. Mr..
Person put a twenty dollar gold piece in
the money he gave for the heifer. You
have never seen one, have yOu!'
Harold never had, and both he and his
mother watched with interest while Mr..
Martin drew some bills from his trousers
pocket and searched for the coin.
This gold piece is a present for your
mother" Mr.. Martin went on. "She has
been working so hard out here all summer
that l want her to go to visit her sisters
for a week or two. Perhaps il you ask
her she may take you along"
lie smiled over at his wife, who flushed
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Harold Placed Some Cake OF
Pot Cheese on the Sill for His
Breakfast

on a table right by the window, and the
next morning King caught sight of his
reflection in it. He was so much pleased
to make his own acquaintance, aud had
so much TO say 10 the crow in the glass,
talking, nodding and bowling to him
through the screen, that after that Har-
old always placed the mirror there before
going to bed.
Harold's mother said that it was a
blessing they had screens in their win
dows or they could never keep King out
of the house, or anything of value in it,
for King was a born thief. Everything
bright that his eye fell upon he stole, or
tried to.
He stole Harolds jackknife, and it was
three days before his master found it in
n corner of the porch roof, where King
had stored it, together with bits of glass,
tin. ribbons, colored paper and other
bright odds and ends which he had col
Iected as treasures. There also, was a
teaspoon which he had stolen from the
kitchen table, slipping in one morning
when Mrs. Brown had the door open for
a moment talking to the grOcer's boy.
He was particularly fond of anything
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long tramps a6eld the moment the
first hint of spring is felt in the air, but
meanwhile they are not idling their time
but are preparing for the important event
by familiarizing themselves with various
phases of voodcraft, and one Of the most
important branches is the art Of tying
ropes or making knots, with which every
veteran scout is familiar and every ten
derfoot should be.
1t Is really the first lesson in woodcraft
and, except for the art Of IRE making
without matches, is one of the most i'm
portant, since not only comfort in camp
ing depends upon a knowledge of the art,
but frequently human lives as well.
Thousands of lives have been sacrificed
to i'll made knots, so it is well to study
the subject thoroughly before putting the
knowledge to use.
There are scores Of E1ots made use of
by sailors, campers, explorers and noun
tain climbers, some Of them simple, some
complex. and while it is nice for boys to
know all the different combinations there
are only a few that are aDsolutely neceS-
sary to the boy who is getting his first
experience in camp life.
Take a short piece of hemp rope for
practice work and study each one until
the knot can be made with the eyes shut
First of all comes a very simple but
valuable knot called the square, or reef
knot, for the reason that it never slips
or jams and is easy to unite. 1t is always
used in ambulance work.
To make it pass the end of the rope A
over and under rope B; next B is taken
and passed over the loop made by A.
then over it again. Once tied it is very
secure and will not slip under strain,
which is not the case with another which
closely resembles the reef knot and is
known among sailors as the false reef or
granny knot. In this the end OF the rope
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ure. He would carry it few yards, then
drop it on the ground and play with II,
Strutting about it and talking happily over
|it. Each time, however, he few nearer
until he was close enough for Mr.. Martin
and Harold to see that it was indeed their
missing coin which he had. Finally be
looked at them sharply, and as both were
gazing steadily at the horizon he few to
Harold's shoulder and dropped the twenty
dollars safely in his pocket.
Your mother deserves that good turn
from King; she's been so patient with his
tricks" Mr.. Martin said as he and his
son tramped happily back to tell the good
news to Mrs. Martin.
And since that day King has been 4
greater pet than ever In the Martin house.
hold.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
HOW TO MAKE
A MINIATURE
FREIGHT
ELEVATOR
BY RICHARD J. SHERMAN

TO make a miniature freight elevator
use for the car a small cigar box 81
in. long, 214 in. deep, 81 in. wide, or q
smaller box will do as well. Zig. 1.)
Then insert a small screw eye in the centre
of one end. Zig. - For the elevator
shaft take three boards each four feet In
length, having them of such a width that
their edges will overlap when placed
closely around the car. BE careful that
the car passes freely without binding
through the shaft. Nail the edges of the
boards together so that the opening in
the cigar box corresponds with the opening
left where a fourth board would be. Nail
a light, narrow strip of wood across the
top Of the side boards and insert a screw
eye in its centre, the head downward.
Zig. 81. Now fasten a strong cord to
the screw eye in the end Of the box and
pass the cord through the screw eye in the
crosspiece. This cord serves to draw up
the car. Nail small pieces of wood across
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King looked up in answer to the call,
and seeing his master 30 far away picked
something up in his bill and hew toward
him. Both Mr.. Martin and Harold ex-
claimed together, for the object which
King held CLEANED in the sun like gold.
Don't try to take It from him." Harold,
cautioned his father, ''or he'll fly away
and hide it somewhere elses Let's pre-
tend we don't see him and he's sure to
put 1t in my pocket"
The two sat on the fence and waited.
trying to conceal their impatience and
keeping a covert eye on King to be sure
he did not lose what he had found.
King was in no hurry to hide this treas
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knots a boy will find he is very well
equipped for the ordinary sort Of camp
ing, but it is unlikely that he will stop
there, for familiarity with the simpler
forms of rope tying win develop a taste
for the more complex and he won't be
satisfied until he has mastered all the
different knots that are recommended 10
scouts for service in camp or the field, of
which there are about fifteen.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
THE LAMENT OF A FosTER-MoTHER.

They loved our games together, and
i never had TO scold.
But do you know what dolls expect
OF parents nowadays?
The finest, most expensive clothes,
And every costly craze
Itmakes one wish one didn't have
A family to raise.
We do not play house" any more
The naughty things prefer
To ride in motors, or TO see
A ball. or theatre.
And that is why we're never, now,
Happy as once We were.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
Puzzle Answers.

The puzzling avisry in last weeks page
for boys and girls included the spoonbilI.
toucans, thrasher, kiIldeer and bats.
The musical telegram published in last
weeks page for boys and girls was ''Bab
fed Abe beef"
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
Hunting Grasshoppers or for
Nails or Bits of Glass OF Other
GIittering Objects

bread and cornmeal mush into long
wormlike pellets, 10 drop down the baby
crows yawning bill Kings appetite
seemed Unsuitable. As soon as he could
use his wings we'll enough TO hop out of
his nest he would come Tapping over the
grass from the woodshed to the house,
and stand at the kitchen door and scream
until he was fed.
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- 4 AROLD, Harold" calleC
- Mrs. Martin from the kitcheI
window, ''look what King i
doingl Make him stop a
once"
Harold ran to the bael
Of the house, where the family wasl
was drying. Walking along one of tht
clothes lines was a large, black crow
which paused at each clothes pin as he
came to it and deliberately pulled it of
letting the white linen fall to the grass.
Harold laughed as he ran to chase the
bird away. and King. taking fight to
the top of one of the posts which held the
lines, began voluble explanations in the
cultural, pretty bird talk crows use in
their sociable moods and which is so IN
like their harsh cries as they sit in noisy
groups in a tree top, or fly, cawing
through the air.
You need not try to excuse yourself,
bad bird" Mrs. Martin said. shaking a
finger at him as she picked up the fallen
pieces. But she laughed as she spoke,
for King was such a chum and compan-
ion of Harold's that she couldn't take his
tricks seriously.
When King was a baby n neighboring
farmer took him from a nest in the top
Of a tall tree and brought him to Harold,
whose parents had just moved out from
the city. \ hideous baby he was, with
rusty feathers, no tail and a bill which
Saauad ia coyer his whole face IL was
So large.
My, isn't he A regular fright" Harold
exclaimed when the farmer held King out
10 him.
He accepted his pet, however. and made
him nest by lining soap box with hay.
This he placed in tie wOOdshed. For the
next week or two he was kept busy dig
Sing for earthworms. catching grass
hoppers and caterpillars, and forming
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When | was very young and small
My dolls were good as gold;
They had one simple dress apiece,
They did as they were told:
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-04-11
CORN COB ROT.

The corn cob rot is a fungous dis
ease which is spreading very rapidly
over several states and has gained
strong hold in several sections of West
Virginia. The disease works on the
cob, causing it to fall apart into sew
eral divisions when little pressure Is
exerted on the ear. AS all fungous
diseases, it is easily and rapidly
spread, and great precautions should
be taken to avert it The spores Of
this fungous disease survive in the
soil over winter, and corn planted in
the same field another year may be
affected by the disease. It may be car
ried to other fields by planting corn
which came from section where the
disease was prevalent. I would sad-
wise farmers of this state to avoid
planting corn on fields where the dis
ease was present last year. and also
not to send away for seed corn which
by chance might have come from a
field where the disease existed.
1t is absolutely necessary that strict
precautions be taken to check the
spread OF this disease. which is con-
sidered to be serious Eenace to the
corn crop. !. s. COOK, JR.,
Agricultural College, West Virginia
University
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-04-11
.DANGERINE EXPLOSIVES
TEST IS BEING MADE TO SAFE.
GUARD THEIR USES.
Is New Plan for Handling Of Gaso-
!lne--Government Is supervis-
ing Tests.

Follansbee.--A plan for handling of
gasoline that may revolutionize the
industry is being tested out here The
test is being watched by Colonel Dun,
representing the Washington govern
ment, various officials of railroads,
officers of Car Builders associations,
and Is in charge of Frank Peterson of
the Pennsylvania Gasoline company
and the Master Car Builders associa-
ton and the bureau Of explosions.
The idea is to haul the gasoline in a
new type of tank car, with capacity
OF 20 drums, or 1000 gallons.
Gasoline of 671a per cent gravity
was used in the test. The tank was
removed from the truck and mounted.
The gasoline was then at tempera-
ture of "a. A fire was built under it
and the safety valve set at IL pounds.
The fire continued for 20 minutes be-
fore the safety valve opened, and the
gasoline was at a temperature of 14O
degrees.
Officials who saw the test we're ia.
yorably impressed and further tests
will be held soon.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-04-11
SYSTEM IN LETTER WRITING
and Prevents Too Frequent Neglect
Of Correspondence.

All busy women know the value OF
system, and every busy woman should
systematic her daily tasks.
In the matter of letter writing many
women are great procrastinators. They
persistently leave important letters I'M
answered until the last possible mo-
ment, and then have to write hurried
note, often forgetting to take up Inn
portant subjects for discussion.
The best way to do is to have one
day or evening set apart for weekly
letter writing. One woman reserves
Tuesday morning for this purpose, and
she allows none but the most press
ing duties to interfere with her writ
ing.
While reading letter she will jot
down any particular thing she wants
to mention in the reply on the back
OF the envelope, place 1t in the letter
rack on her desk, and, when Tues
day comes, has all the weeks CORE
spondence ready for answering be-
fore her, II during the interim of
the receipt and answering of letter
she thinks of any point she wishes to
discuss. that, too. is noted on the en-
velope
With this system letter writing is
a real pleasure-one that~is looked
forward to every week with keen in
terest.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-04-11
HIGHEST GRADE OF FERTILIZERS
SHOULD Be USED BY FARMERS
The Highest Priced Material May Not Be Best For Ali
Purposes-Report Shows That Education Of West
Virginia Farmers Is Necessary

ing while nothing was growing; loss
in the half starved crop for which the
bone was applied, but for which it
could not become available in time.
Such losses must be very great and
even if we could afford them it is a
shame to waste materials so we'll
adapted to better agricultural prac.
tees. A very considerable part OF
these losses is traceable to the teach.
ing that it is the acid phosphates that
make soils sour. Parties believing
this naturally buy the more expensive
bone as source OF phosphorc acid
An ever present opportunity for
wasting money in the purchase of fer
tilizers is to be found in the garbage,
muck tankage and other low grade
sources of nitrogen. Small quantities
of such materials are sometimes used
for the reason that they keep certain
mixtures in good mechanical condi-
ton. Larger quantities are often used
because some people insist upon hav-
ing something low priced at any cost.
But by far the greater part of such
materials are doubtless used to meet
the provisions of fertilizer laws which,
in many states, refuse to recognize
any difference between the best and
the worst sources of nitrogen and
which require that nitrogen of all sorts
be officially valued on the same
oasis.
The tags show the materials from
which the fertilizer is made and the
proportions lin which the materials are
used. The purchaser knows just what
he is getting; indeed he has very much
less reason for uncertainty than If he
had bought the materials and mixed
them himself, for in such case he must
Of course take chances on the materi
ais which may not be as ordered. In
West Virginia there is only one way
for a purchaser of commercial fertil-
izer to be in any doubt as to what he
is getting and that way is to refuse to
read the tags.
PROF. b. HI. HITE,
West Virginia Agricultural Expert
ment Station.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-04-11
THREATEN TO RESIGN.
Several Town Officials in sistersville
May Retire.

Sistersville. Heavy pressure
brought to bear through the banks by
the so-caled citizens league, has
caused several newly-electesi city Of
ficials to express their intentions OF
resigning Those mentioned in this
connection are Mayor Loughney.
Councilmen H. II. Works. J. A. Rich
anrds and Charles H. Skaggs, City
Solicitor A. G. Swiger and Assistant
Street Commissioner Roy Sutor. The
designations are scheduled to take
effect Monday evening, but 1t is i'm
probable that the program will be
carried out. Definite statements have
been madeby some of those men
toned, but it was indicated that they
may yet change their minds. 1t is as
serted that the banks are using finan-
cial pressure to the limit to compel
change in the city administration,
so that men may be placed in office
who will favor certain franchises
which they want passed
Following this, crowd headed by
several ministers and business men,
paraded on Wells street. Stopping in
front of City Solicitor Swiger's Of
fee, they hooted and yelled until he
appeared on the balcony. A little
later the mob quietly dispersed.
Chief Boyd had expected trouble and
was prepared for 1t.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-04-11
DOES AWAY WITH THE CORSET
Experiment Of French Modlste That is
in the Nature Of Sartorial
Revolution.

A very famous French modiste has
started a revolution Of sartorial or.
der by making gowns which are to be
worn without any kind Of a corset
Butt" exclaims the well-dressed wom-
an. at is an impossibility to wear such
a gownt The figure will appear loose
and untidy, the gowns will not fit. and
the appearance will be ruined by such
preposterous fashion"
Nothing Of the sort. The gowns
are veritable gems of beauty in which
the models look more chic than in the
styles which need corset. Now. how
is this accomplished?
The modiste who is responsible for
this fashion. being an artist as well as
dressmaker. set about to study the
natural lines OF the feminine figure
with the purpose of evolving fash
ion which need not confine Its grace
and beauty. All the gowns hang from
the shoulders and with none OF the un
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-04-11

factory of all the arsenical poisons.
Paris Green has been often used but
it does not stay in suspension as well
as the arsenate of lead and also burns
the foliage much more than the latter.
When to Spray. The first applica-
ton should be made as soon as the
petals fall, and before the calyx closes
(See Fig), SO that the cavity will be
filled with the poison and awaiting the
larva when it enters the fruit. Great
care should be used to direct the spray
into the calyx (blossom) end of the
young fruit and cover the foliage com.
pletely. In case of heavy rains follow
ing soon after the first spray second
application should be made in 5 to 10
days IL no rains come the second APP
plication should be made about three
weeks after the first, SO as to cover
the foliage when the eggs are hatch
ing. The third application may some
times be made late in July to catch
the second brood Of moths, but usually
this is not necessary il the first two
applications are thoroughly made.
preparing Lie Dpldy COlullUuS.-- HG
commercially prepared arsenate OF
lead is recommended, and used in con
junction with the Bordeaux or Lime
Sulphur solutions. Two to 2k pounds
Of the lead arsenate should be added
to each so gallons of the above solu
lions and mixed thoroughly.
Applying the Spray.-A high press
ure and fine mist is to be preferred to
the low pressure, or coarse spray. AS
stated above, the spraying should be
done thoroughly SO as to completely
cover the foliage and to force the
spray into the blossom ends of the
young fruit, which are pointing in all
directions. The spray must be APP.
piled with sufficient force so that it
will penetrate through the tree and en-
ter the blossom end Of the fruits
which point inward on the far side Of
the tree. LUTHER r. SUTTON,
Assistant Horticulturist, West Vir-
ginia University.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-04-11

The annual report on the inspection
of commercial fertilizers in West Vir-
ginia will be ready for distribution in
few days. 1t will have to mention
no really serious violation of the fer
tilizer law. When farmers buy fer
tilizers in West Virginia they get what
the tags tell them they are getting;
indeed there are very few other pur-
chases that may be made with as lit
tie uncertainty.
The report will show that somebody
is buying too much low grade fertil-
lzer, but this is not the fault of the
law or those intrusted with its enforce
ment. IL somebody will buy the low
grade stuff when sworn statement
as to its inferiority conspicuously and
securely affixed to every package, it
Is sad case to be sure, but it is be-
yond the reach of fertilizer legisla-
ton. Just here it is to be observed
that while low priced often means
"low grade" there are exceptions to
this rule. Acid phosphates are among
the cheapest fertilizers obtainable and
there is no better source of phosphoric
acid. On the other hand, some of the
highest priced materials may not be
the best for all purposes For exam
pie, bone products, such as bone meal,
bone tangake, etc., which furnish so
large part of the nitrogen purchased
in this state, are, in this climate, nee
essarily slow acting manures. When
bone has time to decompose, as when
used on crops that do not have to at
tain their full growth in single sea-
son, or when used in a rotation close
enough to prevent serious loss by
teaching, bone is an ideal manure. 1t
even tends to feed the crop more reg
ularly than the more quickly available
materials. Unfortunately, however, 1t
is not on such crops or in such rota-
tions that bone products are always
used, and while the lasting effect" is
always highly priced and often regard
| ed as evidence of double service, 1t
may, in the case of quick growing
crops and a loose rotation be the evil
dence of a double loss-loss by leach
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-04-11
To Keen Plants.

If you intend to leave home for q
few days and desire to keep palms.
ferns or other plants watered during
your ABSENCE do SO in this manner;
Place as many common bricks In a
tub as you have plants to keep.
Cover them with water and place
the plants upon the bricks. The bricks
will absorb the water and the plants
will draw all the moisture they re-
quire, keeping in good condition for
many days.
In winter place the tub In the warm,
est place. so that danger OF freezing
may be prevented.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-04-11
GAS EXPLOSION CAUSES SCARE.

Fairmont. -Charies Ryan, foreman
of the mangle department Of the
American Laundry. was badly in
iured In gas explosion at the plant
Ryan lit the gas under the boilers.
but a gas leak had filled the furnace
and 81 explosion followed. Ryan was
blown 20 feet into a pile of irop
pipes and burned about the face and
back ard badly cut. He was removed
20 hospital The fire department
extinguished the flames before SC
rious damage was done the plant