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Smyrna times., 1912-11-06
AND VICINITY

Short Items of General Interest Gath
cred During the Week.
Fresh fruits and vegetables at
Cummings Phone 139.
Smyrna times., 1912-11-06

The circle of Kings Daughters will
meet at the home of Mrs. Jos. L.
Beckett, Thursday evening, November
9TH, at 7.30 p. m.-Cor. Sec.
Smyrna times., 1912-11-06

Try Turner's fresh meats-beef,
pork, veal, and lamb. Fresh line of
groceries aways on hand. George w.
Turner & Son.
Smyrna times., 1912-11-06

Rev. w. D. Parry will preach at
Smyrna Landing Chapel, Sunday
afternoon, November 10, at p. m.
Mrs. Parry will sing "All are We'll
come. -
Smyrna times., 1912-11-06

Short Items of General Interest Gath
cred During the Week.
Fresh fruits and vegetables at
Cummings Phone 139.
Before selecting your dishes see
the assortment at Longs five and ten
cent store. adv.
J. E. DeFord is building a new
and larger kitchen with laundry in
the rear of his residence.
The Century Club House is receiv-
ing a new coat of paint by the brush
of Johhn C. Mannering.
The circle of Kings Daughters will
meet at the home of Mrs. Jos. L.
Beckett, Thursday evening, November
7th, at 7.3O p. m.-Cor. Sec.
Try Turner's fresh meats-beef,
ElCTh1 veal, dIlQ ldlilOs EACoAl AAhC VI
groceries aways on hand. George w.
Turner & Son.
Conkey's Poultry Book means dol
lars to anyone. Free if you bring
this ad to ]. Frank Webb. adv.
Mrs. Margaret P. Collins has
greatly improved the appearance of
her home on Main street by coat of
paint.
E. Gutman is having a closing out
sale of his stock of clothing. See
adv. for bargains.
eThe Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety will meet at the home of Mrs.
j. P Hudson. Thursday, November
Z, at 2. 30 p. m.-Sec.
Rev. W. D. Parry will preach al
Smyrna Landing Chapel, Sunday
afternoon, November 10, at p. m
Mrs. Parry will sing "All are Wei
come
Smyrna times., 1912-11-06

Conkey's Poultry Book means dol
lars to anyone. Free if you bring
this ad to ]. Frank Webb. adv.
Smyrna times., 1912-11-06

Mrs. Margaret P. Collins has
greatly improved the appearance of
her home on Main street by a coat of
paint.
Smyrna times., 1912-11-06

The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety will meet at the home of Mrs.
J. P. Hudson. Thursday, November
z, at 2. 30 p. m.-Sec.
Smyrna times., 1912-11-06

E. Gutman is having a closing out
sale of his stock of clothing. See
adv. for bargains.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-01-09
An Exception.

say that lightning never
- twice in the same place."
Doesn't 1t? know a woman who's
been married for her money three
times detroit Free Press.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-01-09
aussia's Parquetry Floors.

Most flooring put down in Russia is
parquetry. and 1t is generally oak.
Even In the unpretentious houses and
fiat buildings this parquetry is to be
found. In some cases. of course. the
finish is not SO fine as in others, and
in ordinary buildings the designs are
not so elaborate. One of the most
noticeable features of Russian house
is that rugs and carpets are used for
wall decorations instead of floor COW
erings. Floor polishing by profession
ais. who come regularly once every
week or ten days. is considered a part
OF the regular routine of running a
house.-Detroit Free Press.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-01-09
Social Parasite.

you needn't brag about your social
connections If you do belong to an
nristocratic family. Don't you work
for q livingY'
lork! How do workT
erybody you cam" Baltimore
can
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-01-09
Churchyard Yew Trees.

One reason given why very old yew
trees are so often found In country
churchyards is that originally these
trees were planted to supply the peas
ants with wood for their bows. for in
lawIess times It was soon discovered
that the only place where trees would
be safe from nightly marauders was
the churchyard. where the most hard
ened thief dared not venture between
darkness and dawn.-London Mail.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-01-09

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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-01-09
A Philosopher.

"Myl You wanted fried potatoes.
didn't you?" said the careless waitress
as the customer in the restaurant fin
ished his meal and rose to leave.
That's all right" answered the pa
tient man. i've wanted SO many
things all my life that l didn't get I'm
used to Newark News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
IMPROVING PIG CROP
BY JUDICIOUS FEEDS
More Attention Given by Farmers
to Rations and Care in Or
der to Secure Profit.
By r. G. wEATHERsToNE)

(By r. q. w EA1 HENS OAN rA'I
MANY farmers have started out this
year with the intention of doing better
by their crop OF pigs than they have
in the past. BY doing better, l mean
giving closer attention to the feed
problem, and the care problem, so
that the pigs when mature will nave
made a favorable growth at low
cost. and at the same time have de-
veloped strong frames, especially IN
the case of those pigs which are In
tended to be kept for breeding pur-
poses.
1t will be we'll for every man who
desires to bring his pigs through the
season in good form and condition
to calculate to supply some of those
foods which are known to have
favorable influence on the develop
ment of the framework of the pig.
1t is needless to say that corn alone
will not serve the purpose. While 1t
is true that corn in conjunction with
good pasture makes a diet for the
growing pigs which can hardly be
improved on, it also often happens that
the pasture contains little to attract
the pigs.
In that case they are sure to lie
around the yards and stuff themselves
with grain in preference to seeking
the grass and exercise in conjunction,
which is so essential to the health
opd thrift of tho animal
The best bone building foods are
those rich in protein and mineral mat
ter. Skim milk perhaps stands at the
head of the list. and it will pay to
lay in some tankage, shorts and pos
sibly some bone meal as well as some
pure mineral matter.
1t cannot be expected. however, that
the feeding of foods bearing large
amounts of protein and mineral mat
ter, such as have been mentioned. will
change the conformation of any part
of the skeleton or, for example. make
a pig stand straight.
This improvement will have to be
made through selection, using no male
or female that is faulty.
1t might, too. be urged that il care
full selection were practiced 1t would
be unnecessary to consider the diet,
since strong boned breeding stock
would naturally impress these good
points on their progeny.
On the contrary, it may be said that
men have been trying for years to
breed poor hogs out of their herds
without giving attention to balanced
ration problem, and they are practi-
cally where they started.
We generally find that when men
feed little or no grain and do not
care to hasten the growth OF their
pigs, the quality of the bone is gen.
orally very satisfactory.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
(By JOHN r. MOHLER)

tuberculosis in the human family
has been lessening materially during
the past Is years, but reports from
the various meat-packing centers of
the country fail to show the same
encouraging condition regarding tu-
berculosis in hogs during the same
space of time. 1t must be admitted
that reports have come from several
localities during the past four years
showing a decrease in the number Of
tuberculosis swine sent to market, but
review Of the collective records OF
the country at large shows an in
crease rather than a decrease in the
number of swine affected by this dis
ease.
The small amount of money re-
CURED to begin hog raising and the
quick returns on the capital invested
make this industry an attractive one
10 the small farmer. The hog will
make a pound of gain on less feed
than most live stock, and will prob
ably utilize waste food products Of
every variety if properly prepared for
him. AS tuberculosis in this species
is chiefly acquired by indigestion, the
significance of the latter statement is
obvious.
The vitality of hogs or their powers
of resistance TO disease are necessari-
~ lowered by the unnatural condi-
tons which frequently obtain in hog
raising. namely the forced feeding for
fattening and the small feeding pens
in vogue in certain districts. When
the enormous growth of hog is con-
sidered, when it is realized that in
the short space of s or 10 months its
development is frequently 250 to 800
pounds-a proportionate increase of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11

weight unknown to any other species
of domestic animals-the great meta
bolic changes which must necessarily
occur can be appreciated. Such rapid
development is very likely to take
place at the expense of the disease
resisting powers of the animal.
When tuberculosis results, the le'
sions usually observed are discrete
and of chronic type, at times retro
gressive and at other times slowly pro
gressive as manifested by calcaerous
deposits and fibrous enCapsulation. II
is not infrequent, however that a
more extensive and spreading disease
is seen, and the LESSONS indicate Sc
we're infection and rapid generalization
of the bacilli which in these animals
may quickly follow the initial attack.
And whether the disease assumes an
acute, sub-acute, or chronic type, tu'
berculous growths may soon be found
attacking lymph glands in widely sep
arated parts of the body.
The intradermal method Of testing
HUGS lOI tuDtl CulOolS utla toifOAA ~
cellent res Its. Two drops of tuber'
culin prepared by eyaporating away
two-thirds of the volume of the tuber
culin previously prepared for the
sub-cutaneous tuberculin testing Of
cattle, is injected into the dermal
layer of the skin near the base Of
one of the ears of the hog If the
animal is not affected, no change in
the appearance of the ear will result,
but q positive reaction will at the
end of 4S hours cause swelling near
the seat of their injection. This
edematous enlargement may remain
visible for 10 to II days after the
injection in case the animal is affected
with tuberculosis.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
WAS FEELING WRONG Buns
sagacious Phrenologist Mistako.
His Conclusions, as II u
Turned Out.

The learned professor was o..
his public lecture on phrenologSs 'as
for purposes of demonstration - 'a'
vited boy to the platform saws re u u
New York American. After =, ~. a'
cal examination of the lads crapinu
he turned to the audience:
Ladies and gentlemen" 10 49,,
the protuberance on this LITTLE k ss'9
head is remarkably we'll deyeIo,os
is the bump of philoprogepitivona
In the present case it proves tbst 81
boy mas an extraordinary love for -
parents. addressing the boy.l 1s a1
that true. Johnny?"
Johnny hesitated moment :,
said: N''a
Well, I get along pretty we'll Wiz,
the old lady, but the old man ai.,I
such a much" D
why, how is thai, my boy?p ,.,,
the professor.
We'll, if yuh want me ter let If ~.
the bump yer BLOWN about is wba.,
pop hit me yesterday wit a bs'
buckle" wy
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11

students; in eight minutes by thirty
three; in ten minutes by sixteen.
Other similar problems, given at the
close of the lesson, were solved in five
minutes by one student: in eight min
utes by twenty-seven; In ten minutes
by twenty-three. Evidently, said the
professor, it is mental fatigue that
causes the slower work. On a subse
quent day Professor Lorentz vapor-
lied antikenotoxin ip the classroom
first before the close Vt the period and
then set his pupils problems as before
The result was that they were solved
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
MAINE HEN HOUSE
is ADVANTAGEOUS
Feature of Structure Is Closet
Form for Protection in Cold
Weather,

In the curtainfront type of poultry.
house used at the Maine experiment
station feature of the original plan
on which considerable stress was laid
was the canvas curtain front of the
roosts. This curtain, together with
the back wall of the house and the
dropping board under the roost,
formed a closet in which the birds
were shut up at night during cold
weather.
When the Curtain-front house was
first devised, it was thought es.
sential to provide such a closet to
conserve the body heat of the birds
during the cold nights when the tenn
perature might be we'll below zero.
Experience has shown, however, that
this was mistake. Actual test shows
that the roosting closet is of no ad.
vantage, even in such a severe climate
as that of Orono.
On the contrary, the birds certain.
~ thrive better without the roost eur.
tain than with it. 1t has been a gen.
curtain-front type of house that when
the roost curtains are used the birds
are particularly susceptible to colds
1t is not hard to understand why this
should be so. The air in the roostine
closet when 1t is opened in the morn.
ing is plainly bad. The fact that it is
warm in no way offsets physiological.
ly the evils of its lack of oxygen and
excess of carbon dioxide, ammoniacaI
vapors, and other exhalations from
the bodies of the birds.
For some time past it has been felt
that the roosting closet was at least
unnecessary, if not in fact positive
evil. Consequently the time of begin.
ming to close the roost curtain in the
fall has been each year longer de.
layed. Finally in the fall of 1910. 1t
was decided not to use these curtains
at all during the winter. Consequent.
ly they were taken out of the house
or spiked to the roof as the case
might be. The winter of 1901 was
a severe one. On several occasions
the temperature dropped to 80 de.
grees below zero. During the winter
the mortality was exceptionally low,
and the egg production exceptionally
high.
In view Of this experience the sta.
ton has decided to discontinue the
use Of the roost curtain. 1t would
seem to be generally undesirable. or
at least unnecessary.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11

Bancroft for a private view OF the
coveted red rose.
Oh that must be Benefits new
rose. the English beauty" said the
first woman 10 spy it,
Not at all madame" said Brady.
proudly, that is the American red
rose"
Then it is the American Beauty"
said the lady. not 10 be outdone.
And then and there the name orig.
( mated, and not all OF Brady's storm
/ lest persuasions could ever dislodge
/ it For the roses maker had already
decided that It should be named for
Judge Hagner. warm friend of Mr..
Bancroft. and Brady's bright particu
lar star, and 10 have the choice of its
name and the christening ceremony
swept out OF his reach at one fell
swoop would have tried the patience
of a saint.
Brady finally made the best of it,
and contented himself with assuring
Judge Hagner that things would have
been different If he had had any say
in them
From this time on, however, the his
tory OF John Brady and his precious
rose begins 10 take a somber turn. Mr..
Bancroft died in 1891, bequeathing the
American Beauty TO Brady as tesla
ment OF his affection and appreciation.
The famous gardens passed into other
hands, and Brady moved, with his
large and hungry family and his
handful of American Beauty rose
bushes, into a little house outside of
Washington.
Things went rapidly from bad to
worse. Brady had neither money
nor the knack OF picking up odd jobs.
His eldest son was still too young for
responsibility. and the ages of the
others, in regular succession, dimin-
ished punctually by year. His wife
was frail, out of patience with power
~. and worn TO exhaustion with the
care of children.
Brady survived the first part of this
bleak period by observing the Span
is proverb. Patience, and shuttle the
cards No stress of want could make
him part with his rose bushes, though
his wife. regarding him as a sort of
monomaniac on this subject, put her
noblest persuasions into the task of
undoing his resolve.
To his reiterated tales of the for
tune that would come to him some
day through the American Beauty
rose Mrs. Brady reasonably replied
that she and the children were hungry
that very day and hour, and that more
than her soul was sick with hope de-
ferred.
But some prescience of the inherent
value OF his rose kept Brady obdurate
TO appeals, domestic or professional.
The world OF fashion had all but
forgotten the interregnum Of the
American Beauty in the Bancroft gar
dens. Rose culturists had thought,
many OF them, that it had never out
lived it's heyday. Only a few of the
more observant had remembered that
the treasured bushes had been lega-
cy from Bancroft TO his gardener.
One OF these last was the elder of
the Field Brothers. wholesale florists
on the old Seventh street road, out
side of Washington. They made con-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
Sailing Ships in Demand

In consequence of the better outloos
for sailing ships, values have gone mn
considerably during the last wear n,
two. For instance, a fcur.masted sail.
ing ship of 2,750 tons register. which
was sold in January last year for SO
500, is at present in the market I'm
sale, and the owners have refused
4 definite offer of $4,000: they an
$4,000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11

1t was on one OF lueSe AOh4oAH w"
sions that Mrs. Brady's patience snap
ped and her loyalty faltered' She
seized the pampered rose bushes
made haste to Field Brothers, and
sold them, one and all. for scarcely
more than the price of single meal
When this was told to Brady, he
touched the hour of his supreme tribu-
lation. His world fell away from be-
meath his feet. Not once in the 10
years since then has the stupor which
came upon him lifted for long enough
for realization of his misery to sift
through
Matters went merrily with the rose
he made. Field Brothers, by skillful
advertising, were able 10 sell their ex-
elusive right to its reproduction for
$4,000. Within a year ten times that
amount was being paid for it by en-
thusiastic purchasers here and
abroad
For ten years past a moderate esti'
mate of the amount of money spent
annually all over the world for Amer
lean Beauty roses is $4,000, 900.
John Brady is still homeless in
Washington. His wife and the fam
ished children have died, one after
another. He himself is the recipient
OF constant small charities from Wash
ington florists, any of whom will give
him bits of work, spraying, or cutting,
when his mind can be held to mis-
task
At the funeral of William r. Smith.
the famous old Scotch superintendent
Of the National Botanical gardens.
who had, at eighty, the reputation of
knowing more public men-diplomats.
statesmen, and politicians-than any
other person then living in the United
States, there was an assemblage of
men aggregating almost incalculable
personal distinction. Into the midst
of them crept shabby, bent old man,
who. with ayerted eyes and bowed
head sidled into a corner and wept
with unmistakable suffering. He was
without airy doubt the most humble
and obscure sorrower at the funeral
ceremony. He was John Brady, maker
of the American Beauty.
Mercifully he does not feel the in
finite pathos Of his lot. His real
tragedy ended IS years ago, when.
having nothing left to hope. he had
nothing left to fear. If you search
him out and question him, you will
find him curiousIy apathetic.
Me? l am nothing nobody" he
will say to you. my rose? Yes, that
was my fortune, but They took it
away from me. l cannot make an
other-I am nothing"
And he will tell you this with the
most exquisite manners, learned, per-
haps, in the Bancroft gardens. His
eyes will tighten, his voice will in
tone gently and courteously, and for
an instant before the lethargy steals
over him again you will glimpse the
power that could drag from earth and
make permanent the most wonderful
rose she gives.
He has kept, or perhaps got back,
an impressive sweetness of nature.
One thing only stirs him to overt
flashes of rebellious misery-it is to
be asked to see or handle an Amer
lean Beauty rose.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11

on the eve Of being able 10 announce
/ the success Of his red rose ventures.
Once a friend from France brought
( Mir Bancroft a cutting Of 2 red rose
called Madame Ferdinand Jems!n, "
which. although il had failed at home,
vas thought TO have possibilities in
an American climate. Brady nursed
it along with a fair degree Of conscien-
tlOusness. none TOO pleased, likely
enough. that France had been so pre-
mature in this honorable business.
But the little alien rose bush sickened
and died. and was thrown aside. pre-
sumably at the end OF its history.
Then came the shocking news from
England that William Francis Ben
nett had won the red rose race. He
had had an astonishing luck with his
plants, and had finally established
| their hardihood and their permanence
Of color. Bancroft and Brady mourn
ed in secret. True. there was still the
American championship to be tried
for. but the first fine careless rapture
OF success had been already captured
A rose culturist in New York had
the good fortune, about this time, TO
make a new flower. which he prompt
~ named the George Bancroft but
this was not compensation enough,
either for the historian or his garden
er. So back they went 10 the Seeding
beds. with renewed determination.
In the face Of such a touching faith
and such Astounding energy. the fates
were bound to be kind. And so, one
morning. a delighted yell from his
gardener brought Mr. Bancroft sour
rying into his garden, TO find that in
bed of white and yellow seedlings
there stood a strange red rose, look
ing for all the world as if it had come
to stay. Its stem had a stiffness the
/ like OF which had never before been
seen. Its petals looked TO have the
hardihood TO weather a hundred dis
/ asters.
Where il had come from nobody
could find out Ii might have been
sJalwart seed left from the scored
and Giscredited Nine Ferdinand Je-
main, and it might have been just
that mysterious freak which the rose
culCrisr has come TO take for granted
under the name of a sport.
Al any rate. there it was, and it re-
NAMED 70 be developed
. For it must be known at the outset
that getting a single bloom is the least
Of the rose culturist's troubles. In fact,
. IT merely marks their beginning.
All new brands OF roses are grown
from these curiosities called sports"
70 q bed Of seedlings, about once in so
often. an orphan rose will appear
which will bear no trace OF its parent
/ age. and will usually be found to have
neither longevity nor the ability 10
reproduce after its kind It's seeds will
revert 10 type.
SO John Brady set forth on the up
Hill climb TO perfecting his little red
sport" In due time he did it. And
when he had three bushes which he
could personally guarantee to repro
duce red roses after the original pat
tern he placed them in the garden
where they would likeliest be seen.
He had not 10 wait for the clamor of
approval Guests for tea in the after
noon were led into the garden by Mr..
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11

Business men from New York .,
to establish in Red Bank n tbs
first butterfly farm in the world Tbay
will raise butterflies of all variatia'
specializing in specimens Of brilli.n,
coloring and highly decorative ammo,
ance. The product of the farm is IA
be sold to society women, who tbr,
will be enabled to satisfy their wbin
for having butterflies about their co1
servatories and parlors.