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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
Old Advertisements.
From the London Globe.

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Public. opinion is inclined to regard
advertising modern development.
but as a matter of fact the art in Eng
land is at least $50 years old The
first advertisement on record refers.
not to soap. pills or the hundred and
one other patent articles Of our modern
life, but to something much older and
much nearer the heart of things-a
lost horse. It appeared in paper
called the Moderate. in No. 3, of this
journal. issued March -. 1919. II runs
thus: Reader, thou art entreaIed to
enquire after a blackish and kind of
piebald Nag. very poor. His face.
feet and flank is white. and little
white tip on his tail. Wall eyes. He
hath a hurt on his further bullock.
and doth both rack and trot. and is
fourteen handful high; about six years
old He was stolen from grass the
18th of March. 1913. from one John
Rotterdam of Barnet in Hertfordshire.
sixteen miles from London Whoever
will emo ire find him out and make
stay o. .iim. and bring or send
tiding of him. shall have what con
tent they will. or can desire, for their
pains.
Another advertisement about a wan
derinc horse appeared two years later
Charles | having lost his head in the
meantime. II was. curiously enough
in a sedate and serious periodical en-
titled Several Proceedings in Parlia-
ment being published in the issue
which told of the proceedings for the
week ending December IL. 1850. The
advertiser gives the usual particulars
about his bright, bay mare and then
living fortunately in an age when
the law of libel was less severe than
il is today-he remarks that John Ry-
lands. butcher, tall and rudy. flaxen
haire. about thirty years of age. is
suspected" Those who can make dis
covery are promised satisfaction. but
the amount of such satisfaction is not
stated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
Prince Krapotkin's Escape.

George Kennan in the Century
In originality of conception and ngenu-
ty of execution the escape of Prince
krapotkin from the prison of the Njko-
iaievsk Military Hospital in ST Peters
burg, in 1876. is probably unpa ralieled
in prison annals. Twelve conspira tors
outside the prison took part in it, but
not one of them was ever arrested or
suspected, although many of them were
subsequently banished to Siberia for
other political offenses
The escape was made in broad day
light, about O'Clock in the afternoon, In
the presence of three armed soldiers, and
with such novel accessories as cherries
opera hats, louise, music, black mare
and a microscope. The chances were
at least ten to one that IL would fail, not
outstanding the extraordinary ingenuity
with which it was planned, but every
device and stratagem worked perfectly
and the liberated prisoner dined that
night in Demons restaurant the most
fashionable in st. Petersburg, while the
entire police of the capital was ransack-
ing the city in search of him.
Nobody even imagined that he would
be shrewd and bold enough to take his
dinner in so public place. and not a
single detective looked for him there a.
though search was made in scores of
other places, and every exit from the city
was SO carefully guarded that mouse
could hardly have crept through unob-
served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23

comp ulsory industrial arbitration. Fifteen
years experience with the law has shown
the working class that it invariably OPP
crates in favor of the employer. Under
the law strike is illegal and any one
who advises Ii is liable to a fine or i'm
prisonment. Disputes must first be re-
ferred to the arbitration court. As a mat
ter of fact. strikes are as common In New
zealand. in spite of the law, as in most
other countries. Things have changed
since the late Henry Demarest Lloyd
wrote about New Zealand as "A Country
Without Strikes. The workers believe
that the arbitration court is always
ioaoed against them. Hence they would
rather run the risk of defying the Law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
Unpopular CompuSion
From The Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe
Neither compulsory military service
nor compulsory arbitration in labor dis
putes is popular in New Zealand Which
is not strange, considering how unpopular
compulsion is in general. Who wants to
be compelled to do anything. The New
Zealand law requires the registration for
military service Of all boys between the
ages of sixteen and twenty-one. and
those who refuse to register are punished
by fines, imprisonment and disfranchise-
ment for life. Scores of boys have been
committed TO Jail for violating the law.
and quite naturally their parents and
friends have raised an outcry. y strong
sentiment against compulsory militarism
is growing up. especially in the churches.
At their recent annual conference the
Methodists adopted a resolution 'temphati-
cally condemning the compulsory military
training act and pledging the conference
to work for its repeal
No less unpopular in New Zealand is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
At the End of the Rainbow
Some Kinds of Economy
ny WALT MASON.

4 see you've been having your old
proved man,
Yes replied the professor That
pump Is a source OF great annoyance and
expense 10 mo. ] have mad il repaired
three or four times In the last year
IF yoa had the least glimn1ering OF
everyday horse sense, professor. yod' d
send that pump TO the heathens and buy
q new one. ! don't know of anything that
will drive man to dissipation quicker
than an old leaky pump, and such a
pump keeps you broke AL the time, Tor
it gets out of order whenever YOU use
ii and then you have TO hire somebody
to fix it, and he loafs around talking
about the effects of wholesale imnliGra-
ton upon our institutions and charges
ST an hour for the time he puts in. on
the other hand, new pump 5 great
comfort and doesn't cost ) cents a year
for repairs. new pump I'm the ward
is well-splins of pleasure, vet YOU
haven't sense enough to buy one. and
you're wearing OIL; your life and Your
bank account with an old pump.
That's the sort Of economy ] see
around me every day. and il gives me
a shooting pain. Old Doolittle, who lives
next door to us, wears the rattiest bunch
of whiskers in this town. They look as
though the cutworms had been in them.
These whiskers give Doolittle a low
standing and when he wants TO have
ANYTHING charged al the store he always
has to talk couple OF hours. The mer-
chant naturally reasons that man
who'll wear such whiskers in broad day
light can't be trusted. Dooittle would
he a fine-lookins man if he would dyna-
mite his WhiSkers or get rid OF them
somehow. but YOU see. he can't shave
himself and he baiks at the idea of
spending a few cents at the barber shop.
Fifteen cents a week wonto Keep that
man looking comparatively decent, but
his false notions Of economy interfere.
and so he is considered cheap skate
BIZ our merchant princes.
MY Aunt Julia is level-headed wom-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
The Prune in Honor
From the Boston Herald.

When the humble pot ato was first in
troduced in France the leading families
would have nothing 10 do with such a
pleheian product. At last one of the pro-
ducers of the wholesome tuber induced
the king to put a royal guard around his
potato field. Then the aristocracy fell
over themselves TO obtain the fruit The
hotel keepers of Chicago have adopted an
ingenious scheme to socially boost the
democratic prune. A single prune is now
being sold for five cents, The FIRST fam
lies are now giving exclusive prune
parties, and the prune jar is locked in
the burglarproo safe with the family
PLATED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
Cause and Effect.

FROM the latter
Look heah. doctah: I've taken youah
advice and tried cantah wound the park
before breakfast but it doesn't do my
livah a bit of good
"Uh, I'm afraid the good effects of
the 'canter before breakfast are counter
acted by the bad effects of the de-canter
after dinner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
Must Break "Vicious Circle"

The national committee, over whose
selection and retention in office the voters
have no control whatever, makes up the
fraudulent temporary roll call which con-
trolls the national convention. The ma
tional convention thus fraudulently made
up names another national committee.
and the new national committee, consti-
tuted the old one, has already shown by
tuted he OLD one. has already shown by
its actions that II can be trusted four
years hence 10 repeat the msbehavior of
the old one.
The vicious circle must be broken The
powerful crook political bosses have and
ought to have no feeling but contempt
for the honest man who submits to their
violent and INSCRIPTIONS dishonesty. II
we permit fraud of this kind to triumph
We do a shameful thing, and show either
that we are faint at heart or dull of con-
science.
las for the principles for which l stand
I have set them forth fully in the many
speeches / have made during the last four
months while making an active contest
for the nomination which | won. and out
of which / have been cheated by the man
who feared to see these principles reduced
to action.
Fundamentally. these principles are
first that the people have the right to
rule themselves, and can do so better
than any outsiders can rule them, AND
second. that il is their duty SO to rule
in spirit of Justice toward every mar
and every woman within our borders, ano
10 use the government so far as posi- BILE
as an instrument for obtaining not merely
political but industrial justice.
For Honesty and Fair Play.
Eve do not stand for these PRINCIPLES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
Col. Roosevelt's Speech.

Mr. Roosevelt in accepting the nomina-
ton said:
Gentlemen: thank YOU for your
domination. and 10 you / recognize the
lawfllly elected delegates to the re-
publican convention who represent the
Overwhelming majority OF the voters who
took part in the republican primaries
prior 10 the convention. and who rep
resent the wish OF the majority of the
lawfully elected members OF the con-
ventien. | accept the nomination sub
ject TO but one condition
This has now BECOME a contest which
cannot be settled merely along the old
party lines The principles that are at
stake as broad and as deem as the
sogndations OF our democracy itself. They
s.e ia no sense sectional. They 81 .u,d
appeal 10 all honest citizens, cas-, aad
west, north and south: they should ap-
peal 10 all right thinking men, VIII .ther
republicans or democrats, without re-
gard 10 their previous party affiliations
/ feel that the time has come when NOT
only ali men who believe I'm PROGRESSIVE
principles. but all men VINO believe in
those elementary maxims of public md
private morality which must under.ie
every form OF successful free govern
ment. should join in our movement.
Suggests Mass Convention.
Therefore ask you to go to your
several homes to And out the sentiment
OF the people at home. and then again
60 come together. suggest. by mass
convention. TO nominate for the presi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
Principle From the West.

Beyond the mere personality of the
candidate. there is much to interest every
person in this movement. 1t is the prin-
ciple that has come out of the west stalk
ing toward benighted New York and en-
deavoring even in darkest Philadelphia. To
make understood the principles upon
which this republic was founded.
This principle was trampled under foot
at the republican national convention.
Then 1t was tina. the people of all this
country reDeiled.
"A national committee has endeavored
10 assassinate the republican party. If ii
has succeeded there are left enough pa
triotc honest citizens to erect upon the
ruins another party that represents prog
ress. That is the main purpose that brings
US here"
Gov Johnson described the campaign OF
Col Roosevelt against the bosses. and de-
ciared that the delegates assembled pro-
posed Ito see that Mr.. Roosevelt got his
reward. He then introduced Senator
Clapp.
Senator Clapp of Minnesota read the
resolution nominating Col. Roosevelt. 1t
was adopted with a cheer. The resolu-
tion follows
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Continued from First Page. J
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Nominated by Prendergast.

Mr.. Pendergast then made the nominat-
ing speech
Il am very glad said Mr.. Fender
CAST. that the opportunity is afforded
me to speak here tonight so that you may
see that all people OF New York are not
quite so benighted as Gov. Johnson
seems r think.
4 want 70 say that if poplar primary
were held in New York today Mr. Roose-
Welt would poll more votes than Mr..
Taft Through this movement We pro-
pose 10 prove that New York is not
backward In the progressive movement.
Though we here tonight are republic
cans, We have not ceased to be American
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Eve do not stand for these principles
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-10-15
A GOOD MANURE SHE'D.

shed may easily be built at one
end of the barn for the gathering
weather. The shed should cover a
door at the end Of the alley behind
the stalls, and the floor Of the barn
SO arranged with a drop that all
manure, both liquid and solid, is
caught and easily moved towards the
door and this shed. If the fields are
dry enough the manure spreader may
be driven under the shed and loaded
directly from the barn door. II the
fields are too wet for use Of the
spreader then the manure may be
protected from rain and consequent
waste. The only thing that could be
added to this shed to make it perfect
i/g with cistern into which all the
liquid manure could drain. In the
absence of this use oat straw for
bedding whenever possible, as this
will serve to absorb practically all Of
the liquid part Of the manure.
A Kansas farmer reports that the
alfalfa which he uses for bedding and
which is made of the tops and bot
toms Of stacks will absorb the liquid
manure as we'll as will the oat straw
Taken in the aggregate, there can
be no question that thousands Of dol
lars worth OF valuable fertilizer Is
wasted each year through loss Of
l1Qu1d manure ana through the leech-
ing OF manure piles that are stored
in the barn yards without shelter.
The question of the best method in
which to preserve the liquid manure
is we'll worthy Of study.
The Agricultural College at Man
haitian, Kansas, has it's large barn
yard paved with stone, which drains
to a central cistern, where all the
liquid manure is collected and later
pumped out for distribution on the
grass and other crops.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-10-15
THE POTATO EE.LWORM
RH 6 b DO4Ru

The rejection Of several carloads of
potatoes on account OF the presence
Of the potato eel-worm is cause for
considerable concern among growers
in some Of the western states.
The surface Of a badly diseased po-
tato is more or less Wrinkled and
dotted with circular or oval pimples
somewhat smaller than pinhead, or
with more irregular and larger no.
dulles. The nodules are Of a grayish
or brownish color, more or less de-
pressed IN the center. and sometimes
surrounded by slight furrow.
II portion OF the pulpy center OF
one Of the burrows Is scraped out and
examined with the microscope, it Will
be found to contain numerous eggs.
larvae, young and adult worms. The
adults are at most one twenty fifth OF
an inch long. The potato cells have
broken walls and the starch grains
are fewer in number than In healthy
tissue and those present are Of smaller
size.
The disease is spread by planting
infested seed potatoes. It is not def
initely known to what extent the
worms may live and multiply in the
soil itself or how long a soil may re-
main infected. This important point
can be settled only by careful obser
yation and experiment.
Only a few carloads of potatoes
were rejected, SO that it does not ap
pear that the disease is as yet wide
spread. The efforts Of some dishonest
shippers to dispose Of potatoes known
to be diseased, either for food or seed,
should be guarded against by every
grower, shipper and all who deal in
potatoes, making themselves familiar
with the appearance Of the disease.
and combining in an honest effort to
stamp it out. Some sort OF inspection
service should be Immediately estab
lished in the sections where potatoes
are grown for shipment purposes
Care should be exercised in the pur-
chase of seed potatoes, to insure that
the disease is not introduced into
regions as yet free from it. 1t will
probably be necessary to quarantine
against infected localities in case the
disease becomes widespread.
How to free infected soil from the
parasite Is a question which the
knowledge at present at our command
will not permit US to answer salts
factorily. The best advice for the
present. it seems, to us, is to plant
infected fields with some other kind
Of crop, preferably grain or alfalfa
rather than root crop, such as sugar
beets, which might be attacked by the
same pest.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-10-15
Orchard Notes.

In Virginia orchard OF 1000 trees.
the owner says that during the past
26 years there has been only one
failure in apples. The 1909 crop sold
for $4,000 cash on the trees.
A WE'LL selected apple orchard Of
Is acres in a good location next to a
big market will, in ten years, pro-
duce a large, permanent income
It is q mistake to cultivate an
orchard on a hill side. Nothing but
the sod will hold the soil there.
We believe that no part Of farm
work is SO thoroughly misunderstood
and neglected as the raising and sell
ing Of fruit.
Do not prune your trees until the
sap has gone out Of them and then
prune very sparingly
Neglected fruit trees are not worth
the ground they occupy, and besides
they are an eyeSore to everybody ard
when infested with worms and insects
a constant menace to the neighhor-
hood There ought to be a law nro-
hibiting any man from ALLOWING, +raes
of this kind to remain on the farm
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-10-15
A HANDY AUTO.
A farmer Of South Da]

4 farmer Of South Dakota has
A farmer Of South Dakota has
elected satisfactory compromise, the
parties concerned being his wife. him.
self and an automobile. The farmer
owns the automobile which naturally
increased the strength Of the argu-
ment on the part Of his wife as to
her need Of an electric washing
machine. Enter the compromise.
The automobile does the family
washing. It is backed up to the plat
forr> one wheel attached by a rope
to the fly wheel OF the old washing
machine, the rear wheel Of the auto
is lacked up clear Of the ground and
the rope fast tened to the hub, that it
may act as driving-rod.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-10-15
FALL CARE OF THE EWES
Little Extra Care This Season Will Be Repaid
Many Times Lambng Time.
TO FEED HENS PROPERLY RE
QUIRES STUDY.
fBy X. A. GRIMES }

1t takes considerable studying and
experimenting to find out just What
the hens need, and how much they
ought to have. but we must learn as
soon as we can, or we Will hnd our
poultry is not SO profitable as it ought
to be. The feeding question is one
Of the most important in the whole
poultry business.
Experts tell US that a hen needs
about six ounces Of food per day. A
flock Of 10, then, will need about three
and three-fourths pounds per day, or
trif1e over &c pounds week.
OF this amount two-thirds by weight
should consist Of grains. The grain
should be mixture Of equal parts
handsful Of snowfower-seed. cane
seed or buckwheat should be added
for variety. They are to the hen
what pie is to the boy, and you know
what that is.
The other third should be mash,
which is a mixture of bran and other
finely ground feeds, usually fed dry.
Some poultrymen moisten the mash,
but the majority claim that it is bet
ter to feed it dry and let the hen
moisten it in her crop by drinkin'
what water she wants. If fed dry
there is less danger from certain
konds of disease.
A good formula for a mash is as
follows: One-haf bushel Of bran, 4
quarts Of alfalfa meal, 2 quarts each
Of ground oats and corn meal, l table
spoonful Of salt and l tablespoonful
Of pepper.
good way to give green food for
a change is to hang head Of cabbage
by string SO the fowls can just reach
1t. The exercise is good for them,
and they will thoroughly enjoy the
feast. Or a large beet, carrot. or
turnip may be stuck on nail driven
about a foot from the ground, for
them to pick at Such food should
never be thrown down in the dirt.
Now. as to the time Of feeding.
Early in the morning a light feed of
grain should be scattered in the litter
on the floor Of the coop. The hens
get off the roost hungry, and should
find something ready for them. Some
scatter the grain in the straw after
the fowls have gone to roost at night,
ing.
In the middle of the forenoon. the
green food, if it is in the form Of
vegetables, should be given. At noon
it is a good plan to throw in a few
handfuls Of table-scraps ps to keep them
tusy.
Late in the afternoon, SO that they
have plenty Of time before dark, the
heavy grain feed of the day should be
given. There should be all they will
clean up Of this. enough SO they will
go to bed with full crops
Water, lots Of it, clean and fresh
is a great item in the hens diet An
egg is SO per cent water. If they are
stinted in this respect it will tell in
the egg-basket in a hurry. Just one
days neglect to furnish plenty OF
water has been known to cut the egg
yield nearly half.
Grit and lime. usually given in the
form OF oystershells, are two other
necessary elements. They should be
kept before the fowls all the time
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-10-15
GRADING POTATOES.

The grading Of potatoes is quite as
important as the grading Of fruits.
Large and small tubers should not
be mixed in the same barrel. The
picllers should be taught to gather the
large and merchantable tubers in one
basket and the small ones nanother,
and these if placed upon the market
should go in separate receptacles and
be clearly marked, so as to represent
the grade
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-10-15

Irish experts have invented a proc
ess by which dairy waste in combina-
ton with coarsely ground phosphate
Of lime and weast makes a fertilizer
which will return to the soil all of
the phosphate removed by milk.
Scientists claim that this fertilizer is
worth about s26 per ton while II costs
only about half that amount to
make it.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-10-15

age, rode from Virginia to Coi"raa-
on horseback to locate a farm "n
government land. He carried a roll
OF $4,000 in currency in his bootles
and after selecting his farm pd4d
all OF the fees at one time. His T.p
lasted three months and at the @nd
Of it MIR Magnus said he felt liz
boy
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-10-15

New Jersey was the pioneer in the
good road movement but New York
has $4,000 miles Of road with a
greater mileage Of improved high
ways than all the other Eastern
States put together New York will
this year spend s21,OOo.0Oo on roads
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-10-15

In Montana, road experts haNT
found that crude sugar beet syrup
spr1nkled over dirt roads that were
dusty makes the surface imperVious
TO rain and two coats year Will keep
the road in nrst-elass condition ana
q very low cost.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-10-15

NJ Stagg. California, woman runs
:, frog farm and sells, every year. from
10000 to $4,000 frogs legs She works
hard and manages to make about
g.. 900 a year. Another frog farm IN
New Jersey is run by a woman.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-10-15

The average girl is mighty carefu,
to drop her hints careiess!y. y.-Datrnit
Free Press i'!s
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-10-15

One Whiff OF onion will do more
70 kill love than a pound OF cloves.