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Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-12
PUBLIC INTEREST IN PUGlLIsM


When one reads in the newspapers
that Jim" Flynn damned his blonde
bean against John Johnsons golden
smile, that John banged the tin
cared mans dripping proboscis," one
would think that some battle of pro-
found social significance had arisen.
to evoke such chaste, sonorous, and
melifluous writing.
Furthermore, such an event as the
defeat OF white Hope" does seem
to stir an underworld of public interest
not touched even by a national con
vention. The crowds around the bull
letin boards July 4 included host
Of men who would not look at con,
vention return, even if it had reached
the 1046th ballot instead of the 46th.
The newspapers are sometimes crit
ieised for printing the reports of the
pugilistic battles in which the inter.
est of the street is so keen. But
their action is merely answering the
intense interrogation of crowd thirst
ing for this bloody news You do not
often say No to man who asks you
information, even if you do not ap-
prove the taste he thus manifests.
1t is d saIe guess that few neWspa
per men feel sympathetic with pugil-
ism or keenly interested in it. They
are fighting their battles with the pen
and the lead pencil and the typewriter
rather than the fist, and they are in
terested more in the triumphs Of
brains than beef
OF course science plays a great part
in the prize night Yet it varies from
all other athletics in that little effort
is made, and from the nature of the
sort little can be made, to protect
competitor on the physical side so
that he shall have full chance to use
his science to the limit
If the spirit of pugffism applied in
base ball, a tier score would be fol
lowed by allowing the teams to go at
each other with ball bats, The nor
NAL minded public, however, has such
preference for the triumphs of brain
and skill over beef, that it will not
permit player in any OF the fine
sports to win over an opponent by
Gripping him physically as is done
in pugilism.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-12
DR.. sELaY LOCATES HERE.

Or William j. Selby, a dentist, for
merly OF Westminster Md, has moved
q rhis city where he will make his
nome. Dr. SeIby will egen his ell
ce5 in the apartment formerly oceu
piad by the late DE- H. S Castleman
directly across from the post od.ce on
West King street. Prior to coiaias
here, Dr.. selby had practiced dentistry
for twenty years ia Marvland 76-t
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-12

Miss Mary McCuer left this after
noon for Cumberland to visit Misses
Louise and Elizabeth Edwards.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-12

Herbert Knox Smith refused to com
meHt on his rumorcd resignation.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-12

MI. and Mrs. Richard Washington,
Ct Philadelphia, who are en- route to
Charles Town, stopped off for while
ebay win lneir son, Mr.. John A.
Washington. who is associated with
M. Herbert l.. Alexander
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-12
NO BAND CONCERT.

There will be no band concert at the
.S4uaro tonight.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-12

Mrs. A. 4. Westrater is visiting her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. f. b. Smoke,
al White Hall
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-12

Misses EDNA and Elva Sprceher left
for Failing Waters to visit Miss Lot
tie Y Drake.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-12

FOR SALE

FOR shLE-One Fora torpedo road
ster. Cheap to quick buyer. In
first class condition. One Ford
touring car one two-cylinder Buick
touring car. Apply shenandoah
Garage, corner Winchester avenue
ind KIM streets. 6 II
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-12

Mt. and Mrs. Roy Triggs and
child of DreWry's Boost, we're in town
today
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29
DISHES WORTH TRYING.

The following is a recipe for bread
which is very acceptable for
change:
Roxbury Bread.-Take a half cup of
molasses a half cup of sugar. a half
cup of sour milk, one egg, third OF
cup of drippings, two teaspoonfuls
of soda, two teaspoonfuls of salt, one
and three-fourths cups of -four. three
fourths of cup of raisins two tea
spoonfuls of cinnamon. one teaspoon
full of cloves and twenty-four walnut
meats, broken in pieces. Bake in a
loaf and cut when cold. Fine for sand
witches.
Dip marshmallows in the white of
an egg, roll In cocoanut and set in the
oven until puffed
Fermenty is whole wheat mixed
with few dates, raisins or figs and
served as a breakfast food,
Caramels.-Cook together a cup of
molasses and half cup of sweet
cream until 1t rattles in the cup of
cold water when tried, then add Ia
blespoonful OF butter and cup of
grated cocoanut Pour out and cool
Graham Pudding.-This is whole
some pudding, which may be given to
the children, and is one to keep on
hand for unexpected company:
Into quart of boiling water stir
enough graham -four to make thick
mush Add cup of sugar, pound OF
dates cut up, pound of figs, add.
half cupful of nuts after cooking in a
double boiler for a half day. Turn
into mold and serve cold In slices.
with whipped cream
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

apart as to freely admit the sunlight
1t is possible, however, that too
much has been made Of this objection,
as the experience of many has shown
that much milk may be obtained by
feeding corn grown thus on given
area of land
1t is a very convenient way OF grow
ing it, but it is costly of seed and does
not check weed growth SO completely
as when grown in rows.
For purely soiling food uses, when
corn is grown in rows the aim should
be to obtain from 1t as much bulk as
is consistent with the free and ample
opportunity to cultivate the crop in
the usual way.
This means that while the rows
should not be closer than three feet,
the corn may be grown thickly in the
row. To accomplish this the drill
may be made to SOW seed twice or
three times virtually in the same
place
The cutting may begin as soon as
the crop is in full tassel, and may be
continued until the crop is nearly, If
not quite, ripe. The season of feeding
may be prolonged by planting at least
two varieties which mature at differ
ent times during a season.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

cessity of meeting obligations incurred
for foodstuffs and other necessaries of
life by reason of failure to produce
them on his farm.
The cotton farmer is, of course, in
a still more advantageous position If
he carries diversification to the extent
OF having something besides cot
ton for sale. 1t is particularly desir-
able that the farmer should have a
steady source of income throughout
the year.
The local demand throughout the
south for dairy products, poultry and
eggs is such as to enable the farmer
who produces surplus of the COM
modities to have weekly income
throughout the year sufficient to meet
his bills with local merchants, and
regular income such as this, even
though the amount received per week
may be small, will go far in assisting
him to market his cotton when there
is an economic demand for it.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

(By PROF. THOMAS SHAWL
Corn is great soiling crop, but
the same objections obtain to using it
for soiling food purposes as obtain to
sorghum. The nutriment in it is less
prior to maturity than after maturity
When fed in the form Of ensilage it
is fed virtually as soiling food, as ii
is then fed slightly short of maturity
and in the succulent form.
For this use no plant in America
will equal corn, and this is unques-
tionably the most economical way OF
feeding it when it is to be fed for a
number of years.
Under such conditions 1t will abund-
antly pay to build silo, relatively
narrow and deep, that it may be
adapted to summer feeding.
The advantage of narrow silo over
wide one. for such feeding arises
from the fact that less surface is ex.
posed from day to day during the
summer when small quantities are
fed
The sowing of corn for soiling on
the broadcast plan has but few advo-
Gates. 1t has been condemned chiefly
on the ground of the small food value
possessed by corn so sown as com
pared with corn grown in rows SO far
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29
QEhE:R|AL. FARrl
5 N''oTES s

Every farmer who keeps stock Of
any kind needs silo.
Horses are the most uneven graz
ers among our animals.
Give the orchard a goodly share Of
time, thought and care.
Calves will learn to eat hay early
when 1t is kept within reach.
The wise farmer keeps all the fer
tility that he can on the farm.
1t is well known that some bees are
more inclined to swarm than others.
The skimmilk differs from whole
milk in being deficient in butter-fat
There is positively no known treat
ment of any value for tuberculosis of
chickens.
1t is very necessary to teach the
calf to eat grain early, when raised
on skimmilk
Whatever breed of sheep meets
your requirements it is the one for
you to land on.
Size, vigor and activity of both cock
erels and pullets are essential to good
breeding of fowls
why not clean out the poultry build
ings as often and as thoroughly as
you do the barns?
There is no excuse for keeping
cows that do not pay market price
for the feed that they consume.
The craving for salt by animals has
been considered whim of the animal
when in reality, salt was a necessity.
When put in the milk the calves
simply gulp 1t down which may mean
Indigestion or constipation. But it is
mistake to put it in with the milk
feed. Let them have it dry
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29
THE USE OF DRIED FRUITS.

Most housekeepers hardly appreci-
ate the value Of dried fruits. They
are much more wholesome for the
children's eating than the sweet pre-
serves and canned fruit that is con-
sidered necessary In nearly all homes.
One of the mistakes of the house
wife in her lack of appreciation is
that she doesn't cook such fruits long
enough to develop the favor, so they
think they are tasteless and unpalata-
BILE, and give up serving them at all.
The secret of delicious dried fruit
is long, slow cooking. The fireless
cooker is an ideal place to cook dried
fruits
Wash the fruit thoroughly in little
warm water, to remove all foreign
matter Put on to soak over night, or
boil about five minutes rapidly, and
put into the fireless cooker to remain
over night. A dish of well-cooked
prunes with a little cream and some
bread and butter makes, with an egg,
an ideal breakfast for small child.
When the fruit Is taken from the
cooker each piece will be swelled to
its original size, unbroken and full OF
the juicy, aromatic flavor of fresh
fruit so much in advance of the fat.
insipid product of the tin canned va
riety.
Peas, beans and lentils are all
treated in this manner, and are cheap
er, besides being fully as satisfactory
as the canned.
Tapioca and sage are delicious des-
serts combined with dried stewed
fruits
In cooking tapioca with dried fruits
put 1t to bake, and stir occasionally,
adding water if it seems too dry.
Serve with cream and sugar. This
makes nice dessert for children who
must carry their luncheon to school.
Prunes favored with bit of lemon
juice and sugar, rolled into buns or
rolls are especially liked by the chill
dren for luncheon.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29
TWO GOOD THINGS FOR sILo
Sorghum and johnson Grass May Be
Used, But Not Considered as
Good as Dent Corn.

In reply to query from Texas as
to the use of sorghum and johnson
grass in the silo, the Hoard's Dairy
man makes the following reply:
Sorghum may be put into the silo
and we should expect it to keen as
we'll in the south as it does in the
north. About the only difference he.
tween silage keeping in the winter
and in the summer is that a little
more should be fed each day in sum-
mer than in winter. The air coming
in contact with the surface OF the
silage in summer spells 1t more quick
ly than it will in winter. This is dine
to conditions making it easy for the
different kinds of bacteria and fungi
to grow. But in an alright silo where
these plants cannot get in, silage viii
keep as we'll In warm as in a cold
climate Sorghum makes a fairly
good silage, but owing to the large
amount of sugar it contains the silage
becomes more acid than when made
from common field corn.
johnson grass may be put into the
silo. Care must be taken, however.
to thoroughly pack it during the filling
process, and if it is little too ripe
when put in liberal amount of water
should be used. We think it a very
good practice. after the silo is filled.
no matter with what crop it is filled
to add a considerable amount of wa
ter, While sorghum and johnson
grass may be put into the silo, yet We
think they are not as good crops to
use for this purpose as dent corr.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29
INVESTIGATION IN SOUTH
Farmer Who Raises All His Own Sup
piles Can Market His Cotton
When Prices Suit Him.

The cotton grower who diversifies
his farming, at least to the extent of
rendering himself Independent of out
side source of supply for all of the
grains, fruits, vegetables, meats and
dairy products consumed on his farm,
says w. w. Finley, president OF the
Southern railway, is enabled to mar
ket his cotton when there is an eccon-
omic demand for it.
He is not compelled to sell regard
less of market conditions, as has so
often been the case, under the ne
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

Wonderful, Clay, and Red Ripper vari-
cites are well adapted for green ma
nure
When corn is to be planted on wheat
ground, cowpeas should be sown in
sell at so cents to So a pound. The
grain is harvested. One and one-half
bushels to the acre, sown broadcas ST
or drilled in with an ordinary grain
drill, will give the best results. If a
drill is used, it should follow the bind
er between the dropped bundles and
the standing grain. Where the field
is trashy or weedy and can be cleared
of the grain before July l, it should
be cleared and disked. In no case
should the planting be delayed long
the sowing of the peas an easier mat
ter A thoroughly warm seed bed is
necessary for success with this crop.
Cowpeas, seeded in July and grown
through August and part of Sep
TENDER, may be plowed under late in
any danger to the succeeding crop or
to the soil. On light soils a part OF
the crop should be removed. On heavy
clay soils blowing under the whole
crop is best. The ground should then
lie fallow until spring. Where it is
possible the peas may be pastured be-
fore being turned under with little
loss in fertilizing value and consider
able additional gain in feed for farm
animals.
The expense of growing the peas
will be about 81 an acre. The ground
will raise almost enough more corn
the next year to pay this expense, and
hen there will be diminishing gain
or period of nine years longer.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

The fleece of the Angora goat,
known on the market as mohair, will
sell at SO cents to So pound. The
price depends upon the length, fine
ness, and amount of coarse hair. The
average amount of mohair varies from
about FIVE to fourteen pounds head.
The United States has the reputa-
ton of producing the best quality OF
mohair. 1t is used to make plush car
pets, chair seats, braids, curtains and
many articles of women's clothing.
The original home Of the Angora
goat is in the village of Angora, in
Asia Minor.
The Angora goat was introduced
into the United States in 1S49, when
the sultan of Turkey presented nine OF
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

for your f1ower-seeds. Make the rows
run north and south. Water the bed
with a sprinkler having very fine
nozzle
The little seedlings are very delicate
and care must be taken not to bake,
starve or chill them Too much heat is
worse than too little, therefore, 1t is
necessary to air the hotbed by open
ing the frame when the sun shines
and the weather is warm.
Water with fine hose when the
soil looks light in color and is dry to
the touch. Thin out the plants If they
stand too thickly in the row.
When the plants have attained two
or three true leaves they must be
transplanted into a cold frame. This
made with the twin cupboard door,
and contains no heating material, and
the frame put on the top of the
ground.
The earth should be banked all
around the frame and during cold
days and nights both the hot and cold
frame were covered with board shut
tiers, and carpet thrown on top for
further protection.
After the hotbed has been emptied
into the cold frame 1t may be used to
grow another crop of seedlings. The
hotbed is also good place to start
cuttings. Slip the cuttings, place
them in dish containing sand which
should be kept as wet as mud, and
the slips will grow in short time
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29
COWPEAS FOR HUMUS
Crop Also Furnishes Nitrogen
When PIoWed Under.
They Are Deep-Rooted and Can, There
fore, Use and Make Available Plant
Food Other Crops Are Un-
able to Produce.

For green manuring purposes, no
plant is better than cowpeas, crop ex-
perts at the Kansas Agricultural col
lege say. One year of this crop will
improve the soil for ten years. They
are deep-rooted and can, therefore, use
and make available plant food which
other crops are unable to get. Nitro
gen is the fertilizing element usually
lacking in the soil. Cowpeas take this
element from the air and make it
available.
Cowpeas grow best in warm eli
mates. but many varieties will grow
In cooler regions. The Whippoorwill,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

his choicest goats to President Polk.
Angora goats will adapt themselves
to almost any climatic condition. being
found from New Mexico to the New
England states. Texas and New Mex
leo produce the greater amount of the
American output, but small focks are
found in many parts of the Mississippi
valley.
Goats are long lived and are very
prolific breeders at the age of one
year. They are natural browsers, and
often live off twigs and brush.
The fleece should be pure white,
and the staple from ten to twelve
inches long and very dense. AS many
as 5000 fibers are found on square
'nch.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29
Utility Of Cement Fence Posts.

Farmers are now beginning to make
cement fence posts quite extensively
in some localities. They seem to be
a success when properly made, and
they are not expensive, especially
when they are made on the farm on
rainy days or at odd times when work
is not pressing. Once they are made
and in the ground they are there to
stay, perhaps one hundred years.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29
Ie<A<- H+,4s.zN-.
Quicker Wsv

Employer (angrily) What are you
throwing these handbills on the pave
ment for?
Bill Distributor : Wen. guv'nor
that's what the people does as gives
EN- to- so it's only savin' time!--
Comic Cuts.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

Old Teller in New Jersey claims that
plenty of conversation is an aid to
longevity. If that were the case the
average insurance agent would live to
be 1000.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

When a man gives "a 100000 neck
lace to his wife, men growl about the
extravaganza of the idle rich, but
when he gives it to a comic opera
queen they nudge each other and say:
-The gay old dog!"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

1t has been suggested that to keep
our toes warm during zero weather
all that is necessary is to concentrate
the mind upon them. Non-believers
can accomplish the same result by
twiddling theirs
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

A newspaper in Germany is named
the Notwithstanding Wochen-
schrift. No wonder man in Michi-
gan has been laboring strenuously to
produce a new alphabet
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

The $4,000 registered letter stolen
by ST. Louis mail clerk was found
in a chicken coop. The hens should
be made to lay, If possible, but offer
ing such extraordinary inducements as
this is hardly justi6able.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29
His Disappointment,

lover"
He certainly was"
But thought he married the girl
he loved?"
80 ne did. And then he found that
TWO cannot live as cheaply as one"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

A southern Illinois farmer claims to
double yolked egg every day. This
is believed to be the worst case of ex-
aggerated eggo now before the public.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

"Automobiling leads to corpulence.
IL this is an attempt to brighten the
ladies away from automobiles, 1t will
fail OF it's purpose.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

Many Of the British submarines in
class A have met disaster. They
should improve the model or get
new classification.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

A phrenologist advises the liberal
use Of the mirror for study of ones
own ailments. This should boom the
safety razor.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

The appendix can now be removed
in two minutes and the cut need not
be two inches long. Surgeons de-
cline. however, to be paid by mes sure
ment.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

The correspondent made mistake
when he wrote that the Yaqui Indians
are in revolt again. He means that
they are in revolt yet
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

If it costs $500 week to remain
beautiful. as one of our actor ladies
says, we are surprised that all our
druggists are not millionaires.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

Sundays will hardly become popu-
Far with many of the leisure class if
they are only to be seen at about sun
rise, for what is the use of staying up
30 late?
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29
Diplomatic

How did you get your wife to fore
go her desire for that EXPENSIVE eve.
ming gown?"
Told her 1T was just the thing
plain woman needed."-Judge.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

One of the best things about a mo-
tor truck is that 1t doesn't spoil ones
peace of mind by shivering while try
ing to get its lunch out of a nose bag.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

The report that this country is first
sn coal production does not arouse
ones patriotism when one awakes in
the morning to find that the furnace
has grown cold.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

Did you ever aee a driver arrested
Tor cruelty to his motor truck?
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

Being resuscitated by the pulmotor
ID more popular than appendicitis and
not nearly SO fatal
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

We see by the pa-apers that for
tune in diamonds was found in Phil
adelphia ash barrel. How'd you like
to be the ashman?
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

The Persian government wants to
pay the former shah 100000 year
to stay out of the country Ample
pay for light work.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

Eve was not beautiful woman. so
the historians say, but we have rea-
son to believe that she was the most
beautiful woman of her day.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

The honk of the automobile follows
the flag. Alaska, Porto Rico and Ha-
wall invested $1,800,00O in automobiles
last year.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-29

Either none of fortunes fools ride
In airships or else fortune leaves
them when the ship begins to fly