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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-07-17
Unclaimed Letters.

MINERAL POINT, July Is, 1913.-Let.
tiers addressed as follows remain unclaimed at
the Mineral Point postoffice:
Dr. c. d. Mcdonald. Mrs. Thos. Clayton,
James Dosiag j. E. Elder,
Miss Lowry. Miss Mary Teasdale,
Mrs. Katherine Woolworth,
Northwestern National Bank
In calling for above, please say advertised
b. I, PRIpEAUX. Postmaster
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-07-17
The Honor of Brave Men.

"You refuse to fight meE'
"Certainly."
81 believe you are a coward
"Of course YOU do; otherwise you
never would have dared mention the
matter"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-07-17
Center Field and Grand
Stand Privileges.

Bids are solicited for the privileges
of the center field and amphitheatre at
the Mineral Point fair to be held Aug.
10 to %, 1918. Bids will close July 25
at O'Clock p. IN.
ID. E. JACOBS, Secretary.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-07-17

Some people call hard work hard
luck yet 1t is the surest cure for hard
luck.-Deseret News.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
Ancon Hill.

ing. by the way, raised a great row
among the ignorant inhabitants of
Panama. They could not understand
why they should be all moved out
into the street and their houses filled
with evilsmelling fumes, and they
we're inclined to offer forcible re-
sistance until the zone police took
the matter in hand.
Much more difficult has been the
task of eradicating malaria, for the
Anopheline mosquito, which makes a
speciality of carrying this disease. is
widespread and of several varieties.
1t is the female only that bites, and
she needs blood-preferably red
blood-for the development of her
eggs. The eggs are deposited in a
slow moving or stationary water and
hatch out into little larvae or "wrig-
glers." At least once in two minutes
the larva must come to the surface
% breathe, and that Is where the san
tary department gets 1t, usually.
AS one wanders about the zone he
ices at the headwaters OF every
stream, ditch or other water course,
at frequent intervals along its banks,
and at the edge OF every pool. a big
tin can or a key. From this recep-
tacle there is a constant drip. drip,
drip of larvacide, black, oily-looking
compound of crude carbolic acid.
caustic soda and resin. This spreads
cut over the water, an iridescent
film, and when little Anopheline
larva comes up for air he meets a
swift death. To replenish these cans
of larvacide small army of Jamai-
cans is kept travelling about the zone,
and others go around with tanks of
the compound strapped on their
packs, spraying every pool they come
10.
Another measure of determination
has been the draining and filling in of
swampy ground and the Strengthening
and clearing of water courses SO that
their flow win be too swift for Mad
anne Anopheline. The work of drain
Ing and filling has been extensive and
near the Pacific end of the canal has
resulted in the reclamation of large
tracts of land for building sites.
The third part Of the anti-mosquito
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
PRETTY HOME MEANS MUCH
Attractive Surroundings of Farm
House Mark Place as Abode of
Love and Contentment

A very observant traveller of I'M
questioned taste observes: II wish
could more forcibly impress upon the
mind of the farmer the value of at
tractiye surroundings. Every farm
home should be attractive. 1t is not
necessary to have a fine house or
fancy cottage or expensive lawn fence
to make the farm home pretty. To be
sure, a neat fence. few ornaments
On the house and the free use of
,aint help nightly, but the chief at
fractions can be made of trees and
shrubs. A shady lawn and shady
driveway are always attractive. Groups
Of trees, shrubs or flowers never fail
to charm. The lawn may not be kept
perfectly smooth, all the trees may
not be clearly pruned, yet the home
place ornamented with them does not
fail to convey the impression that
peace and contentment dwell there.
AS lady from the city said: A pref
ty farm house suggests happy bird 8
nest. We do not notice the dwelling
so much as we do the surroundings.
If the surroundings are pretty we
know the interior of the house is all
right and that 1t is the abode of love
and ccntentment and all that makes
life worth living. We look to the city
Tor fine mansions, but to the country
for pretty homes"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
TIRED OF HIS PEEWsHNEss
MilIicnaire Gently Reminded That He
Was Not Alone in Quest Of
the Missing Link.


A western millionaire of the newly
rich" variety recently came to New
York and one of his first extravagant
purchases was a pair of diamond
crusted cuff-links, for which he paid
$3.50.
But the pride OF possession lasted
only two days. for one of the links
became lost High and low the mil
lionaire hunted for it. turning the
whole hotel upside down in thl
search, but it was not recovered. But
he would not give up the search
One evening week later, while Civ
ing dinner party to few friend
and business associates, he recounte(
the circumstances of his loss and con
cluded by saying:
"Confound it. ! don't understand il
Here I've spent a whole week hunt
ing for that there, missing link, ant
still. by crackey, can't find it,"
ooh, cheer up" advised one of tn,
men who was bored by the recital
Charles Darwin spent a whole life
time in the same quest, but he WASH
half as peevish as you arel"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
Lona-Lost Mine Found.

The long-lost Cinnabar mine in Ne
vada has been found after a search
lasting more than thirty years. The
discovery was made some weeks ago
by George Keough while searching for
strayed stock, seven miles from Nina.
The discovery was kept secret un-
til claims were staked and assays
made of the ore, showing it to run
high in quicksilver.
Following the announcement of the
finding of the mine. rush was start
ed for the district in which it is
located.
Hawthorne, after finding the Gin
nabar deposit, became confused and
lost his way on the desert He wan
dered about for several days and final
ly landed at New Boston, formerly a
thriving camp, but now extinct.
He conducted expedition after expe-
dition in search of the deposit, but his
efforts were fruitless. He described
the location, stating that two petrified
trees stood near the mound.
The stone trees are to be noticed
today as described by the old pros
pector. who dies Is years ago.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
Against BlIibo.rds.

Agitation against the billboard nui-
sance will not down and IN the end
he pretestants surely will win. Al
most every civic organization is now
waging more or less bitter warfare
against this universally acknowledged
evil One federation of clubs has this
to say IN a circular recently issued:
Never cease to agitate talk against
the unsightly billboards and do all
within your power to rid your town
of them. Refuse to patronize firms
advertising in this manner. They will
soon find out it does not pay them to
use billboards In your town and you
will have gone a long way toward rid
ding the state of them. Our district
viii give especial attention to state
legislation on the subject"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
Grating Trees.

on that day are apt to be too far ad-
vanced, that is the buds of the scions
are apt to be partially opened. which
is almost fatal. Therefore the sue
cessful CRATER usually cuts his scions
few weeks earlier than the grating
is done, and stores the scions under
the cool sawdust of the ice house or In
damp sawdust or moss in cool cellar
until just the moment arrives for in
sorting them in the tree.
If you are skillful enough to insert
the wedge-like scion into the slit or
split of the branch of the tree SO that
the bark of one edge of the scion ex-
actly meets the bark of the tree as re-
CARDS it's inner surface, you are likely
to succeed with your grating. Do not
try to graft the peach. The apple and
pear are much easier to graft than the
cherry or plum. The grape vine and
nut trees are the hardest of all to sue
coed with
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
Uniform Street PLANTING,

Simplicity amplified also assumes
dignity. One sort of tree upon D
street. uniformly planted, is simple
scheme, or, indeed. too simple to be
scheme at all, AS such planting
extends is added more and more of
dignity until with sufficient extent we
find the very height and depth of dig
nifty, simplicity. beauty, art and every
thing desirable that may be designat-
ed in language. And more; something
SO satisfying that while we may feel
Its benignant influence, language is
inadequate to express it. Where do
we have such examples of street
alignment? Here? No! May we
have them? Yes. Then. why not?
And echo answers, why not?" Who
is responsible? When shall we begin?
Ask the city council, at once. to APP
point street-tree commission. with
both power and funds, to carry out
our wishes.-Exchange
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
Home blurl'
| y HelED'7F
GROWING PLANTS ON PORCH
Simple Arrangement Does Away With
the Bareness That Marks So
Many Homes.

There is nothing that adds SO at.
tractiveiy to the porch as large hang
Ing baskets suspended between the
pillars. When making them, purchase
large, flare wire baskets, the larger
the better. in order to provide sufh-
Client earth to the growing plants
Now Is the time to make these bas.
kets. as the plants should have a good
start before they are hung on the
porch. Line the baskets with wood
moss. A basket outlined with yellow
myrtle, the center being filed with
short ferns, is very pretty. The blue
myrtle is just as good.
Trailing ferns. red geraniums and
striped grass are used In the baskets
When porches are extremely large
have one or more fern-filled porcelain
1ardinieres on pedestals. II the porch
rugs are red, select green jardinieres
or delft blue rug and blue porcelain
jardinieres and pedestals. The latter
Is very pretty as color scheme foa
porch.
From any furniture dealer you car
buy for few cents the long boxes II
which curtain shades are sent by en-
press. These boxes, II painted and
filed with earth, make very good win
dow boxes for small flowers. They
can be placed crosswise on the cor
ners of the porch, or they can be
hung from the front to the side rail
ing. They should be filed with pc
tunias. portulaca and any vine thai
will trail over the sides.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
FAILURE OF TREES TO SET
Trouble Is Due to One or More OF Sew
eral causes--Many Varieties Are
Self-SterfIe.

tBy w. w. ROBBINS, Department Of
Botany and Forestry. Colorado Agri-
cultural Collcge3
The failure of orchard trees to set
fruit, in spite of the fact that an
abundance of blossoms was produced,
is due to one or more of several
causes. These are as follows:
Self-Sterility-M varieties of APP
pies and pears are self-sterile. That
is, they are not capable of setting
other variety is used. For example,
Bartlett and Keiffer pears, in many
localities, when planted In solid
blocks, give less satisfactory results
than when they are planted with such
varieties as Lawrence, Duchess and
Anjou. With apples and pears 1t Is
good practice to mix varieties How
ever, If varieties with proper affiDi-
ties are selected, one variety to fur
nish the pollen is as good as a num-
Der.
Frozen Pistils-The pistil, which
is the part of the flower to develop
fruit, is more easily frozen than other
parts of the flower Hence the pistil
may often be frozen while other flow
er parts are not affected; consequent
ly. blossoms are formed, but fall to
set fruit
Weak Trees-Trees in a weak con-
dition, although blooming abundantly.
often fail to set fruit
Rain and Snow-The pistils may be
mechanically injured and the pollen
washed away by rain or snow at the
time the blossoms are open.
Excessive Growth of Wood-Blos-
SONS often drop in great numbers
when the tree is forming excessive
amounts of wood
Oyerabundance of nitrogen fertiliz-
ers.
Diseased buds.
Spraying-Heavy spraying of trees,
especially before pollination, has in
some few instances resulted in loss
of blossoms. This is not serious, how
ever.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01

hncon, C. ALI the world gives to
Col. w. G. Gorgas, chief sanitary Off
GER, and his assistants full credit for
the wonderful work they have accom-
plished in making the Panama canal
zone healthful and keeping it SO. All
tho world that knows gives equal r
greater credit to those American, Ital-
Ian and English doctors and soldiers
@ho sacrificed their health and in
some cases their lives to prove that
yellow fever and malaria, the two ter
rors of tropic America, are transmit
ted by the bite of mosquitoes. 1t is
not my intention to tell over again
the latter story. The devotion of
those brave men actually made pos
sible the building of the Panama
canal, for their work has been TAX
en- full advantage of by Colonel Cor
gas and his forces, and the zone is
now enc of the most healthful places
IN the world.
Before the coming of the Amer
leans the isthmus was veritable pest
hole. The French canal builders and
their workmen and the laborers on
The Panama railway died like flies,
usually of malaria or yellow fever.
Today fatal case of malaria is a
rarity, the more malignant form being
almost unknown, and not single case
of yellow fever has originated in the
zone in several years.
The Stegomyia mosquito, the yellow
fever bearer, has not been exceed
lngly hard to exterminate because it
breeds and lives only near human
habitations. When the Americans
had substituted regular water sys-
tenn and underground sewers for the
rain water barrels and the open
bitches in Colon, Panama and the
other towns, and had fumigated all
the dwellings, Stegomyia was prac-
tically extinct. That job of fumi gat,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
FOR GRATING FRUIT TREES
Successful CRATER Usually Cuts His
sclons Few Weeks Before Opera
tion Is Performed.

In reply to query as to the best
method of grating apple, peach. pear.
plum and cherry trees, Green's Fruit
Grower makes the following reply:
THE season at which the scions are
inserted in the tree is important There
can be no uniting of the graft to the
tree until the sap begins to circulate
In the tree, therefore if the tree is graft
ed several weeks before the buds open
and the leaves appear, there will be
several weeks of exposure without
much adherence of the two parts. The
best time for grating is at Just that
period when the buds are opening and
when the sap is circulating freely in
the tree, but at this date the scions cut
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
Compliment.

1.-THE English are a heavy-handed
race said suffragette in the smok-
ing room of the Colony club
She lighted a fresh cigarette and
slipped her coffee.
The English are heavy-handed, :"
she repeated. Il went to hear Mrs
Pankhurst lecture in Woodstock on
my last visit to England, and do you
know how the jolly old farmer chair
man introduced her? Well, this is
what he said. intending it for COM
piiment, mind you:
Ladies and gentlemen, you have
heard of Mr.. Gladstone, the grand old
man. Let me now introduce to you
the grand old woman.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
Soil for the Feruery.

Ferns will not grow In the common
garden soil. but should have rich soil
from the woods. The common hardy
greenhouse varieties are best plants
to buy. There are many pretty and
attractive detigns OF ferneries shown
In the shops and among them are
those made OF silver terra Gotta, earth
enware. birch bark and grass baskets,
Whatever receptacle is selected II
should not be les than three inches
deep.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
True Business Instinct.

Topham's was the smartest empor-
ium for miles around. You had to be
the last word in "go" before situa-
ton was obtained in that establish
ment Keen business men filled every
post.
One afternoon when trade was in
full swing an unfortunate customer
fell down the first floor stairs.
Help" he groaned in agony. Il do
believe I've broken my leg!"
A shopwalker Immediately flew to
his side.
Broken your leg. sir?" he inquired
alphabetically And then. in sharp
clear tones: Cork legs! Third coun-
ter to the right, sir Forward, Miss
Davis!"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
BLUE And
DISCOURAGED
Mrs. Hamilton Tells How She
Finally Found Health In
Lydia E. Pinkhan's Veg
esabie Compound.
Warren. Ind. 81 was bothered ter
ribly with female weakness. had pains

anu was iioI regular,
my head ached all
the time, / had bear
ing down pains and
my back hurt me the
biggest part of the
time, / was dizzy
and had weak feel
ings when I would
stoop over, it hurt
me to walk any dis
lance and | felt blue
and discouraged.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
Not Orchard Crops.

Wheat and oats are not good crops
TO grow in an orchard, as theg remove
the very elements from the soil that
are most required by the growing
tree. to grow good crops of fruit.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01

Perfectly Clear.
Peters has clear head"
yes. there's nothing in it."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
So Ear.

BILL hear he is preparing for one
of those trips TO the north or south
pole.
JiII-How far has he got?
Bill-oh. he's written all the press
agent stuff!
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01

81 began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and am now in
good health. If it had not been for
that medicine would have been in my
grave long time ago. Mrs. ARTIE E.
HAMILTON, RID. No. 6. Warren, Ind.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01

Never put off till tomorrow what
any one is willing to do for you to-
day.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01

Occasionally a man kicks because
his name is in the paper-in small
type.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
Another Case.

Esmond, R. I.-"I write to tell you
how much good your medicine has done
me and to let other women know that
there is help for them. I suffered with
bearing down pains, headache, was ir-
regular and felt blue and depressed all
the time. took Lydia E. Pinkham's-
Vegetable Compound and commenced to
gain in short time and I am well wo-
man today. am on my feet from early
morning until late at night running a
boarding house and do all my own work.
I hope that many suffering women will
try your medicine. 1t makes happier
wives and mothers. Mrs. ANNA HAM,
SEN, Esmond, Rhode Island.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
Never Again.

Going to get out here and stretch
your legs?" asked one passenger of
another.
What place is it?" asked his COM
panion.
Chicago
NO had one stretched here once"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
Selecting Peach Trees.

In buying peach trees. get one-year.
old stock
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01

Late hours and spicy breath are
sure to tell on man.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
Rrutsl

my husband is one of the most
stubborn men in the world"
"He can't be any more stubborn
than mine"
'Oh, yes, I'm sure he must be. Yes
terday had an engagement to meet
him at three o'clock"
"Yes?"
'Well, it was nearly 4:30 when
got there, and he won't admit yet that
the rest he got while he was waiting
did him good
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01

W. N. U, salt Lake city, No. st-1s1s,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-11-25
FIRED ON STAR OF THE WEST
Helped Load First Gun-Samuel G.
BOylstOn Died in Jacksonville.
(The State, 22d.)

Samuel Cordes Boylston, a Confed-
crate veteran many times compli-
mented in dispatches for gallantry on
the field, and a transportation expert
associated prominently with railway
and steamship lines in the Southeast
during the last half century, died
yesterday morning, in his 73 year, at
his residence in Jacksonville, and
Will be buried tomorrow afternoon
in Elmwood cemetery, Columbia,
where rest two of his children. Col.
Boylston was a member of the gun
crew which fired upon the steamship
Star Of the West as she was entering
Charleston harbor to the relief of
Fort Sumter; this shot being. the
first of the War Between the Sec
tions
Born in Charleston, April 3Oth,
lS41, Samuel Cordes Boylston was
graduated from the Citadel in that
city in 1861. His class was the last
to receive diplomas from that institu-
ton before the outbreak of the war.
He served throughout the war as ad-
jutant on the staff of Col. Alfred
Rhett. Not less than seven times he
was mentioned in dispatches for con-
spicuouS service, three times he was
III general OTueTS IOr
gallantry under fire, and the Confed-
crate States Congress rendered him
vote of thanks for brave and valua-
BILE services.
From the close of the war until
about 1887, Col. Boylston was asso-
ciated with Col. G. S. Gadsden in the
operation Of the Savannah e Charles
ton railroad Then he went to Flor
da and in that State engaged in the
service Of the various steamship lines
and of the Plant System, the South
ern Railway and the Atlantic Coast
Line. His interest in the welfare of
old comrades continued unabated to
his death. He had been for some
years commander Of the Florida Di-
vision, United Confederate Veterans.
Col. Boyiston is survived by his
wife, formerly Margaret Cloud Du-
Bose, Of Winnsboro, to whom he was
married September Is, 1868, and by
seven children.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-11-25
SENECA LOCAL NEWS.
Death of MIR. Ford Deplored-The
School is Closed Again.

Seneca, Nov. 24.-Special: There
will be no services on Thanksgiving
on account of the diphtheria quaran-
tine, which the board Of health has
extended another week. School will
open next Monday unless there are
further developments.
The stores and other business
houses will close for Thanksgiving.
The remains Of H. r. Ford were
brought to Seneca on Saturday night
last and carried to Walhalla for in
terment Sunday afternoon. MrFord' s
death occurred in the State hospital
in Columbia, where he was carried
several weeks ago for treatment for
pellagra. He was manager of the
light plant here, having moved to
Seneca from Walhalla several years
ago. The sympathies of the commu-
nifty are felt for the bereaved family.
Mrs. E. A. Hines has had as her
guest the past week her cousin, Miss
Brunson.
J. e. Harper is in Baltimore buy
ing goods.
l.. H. Cary, Of Greenville, spent
Sunday in Seneca.
Miss Sue Ellen Hunter spent the
past weekend with her homefolks.
having come over from Lander to
meet her mother, who returned last
Thursday from Baltimore
Hon. Lee McWhorter, Of Nashville.
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. H. f.
Alexander anu other relatives here
the past week.
Mrs. w. A. Nimmons has returned
from Spencer, n. c., where she Wis
tied her daughter for several weeks.
Mrs. l.. w. Werner and Mrs. II. S.
Stribling visited in Richland the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Earle were Wis
itors to Seneca the past week.
The Once-aWeek Club held a de-
lightful meeting with Mrs. w. p.
Reid last week.
Harry Woodward is in Seneca
again visiting DR.. e. c. Doyle. Mr..
Woodward's friends here are always
pleased to see him.
Misses Miriam and Dorothy Jen-
nings went to Spartanburg Sunday to
spend the week with relatives.
Mrs. Ben Harper has returned
from a delightful visit Of several
weeks to friends in Augusta.