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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
CHINESE FIRST TO USE TEA
How the Custom Originated Is Told
In Legend Dating 1000 Years Be-
fore Coming Of Christ.

The Chinese claim to be the first
users of tea as a drink, and how it
originated is told in a pretty little
legend that dates from 1000 years be-
fore the coming Of Christ.
A daughter OF then reigning SOW
ereign fell in love with young noble
man whose humble birth excluded
him from marrying her. They man
aged to exchange glances. and he oc-
casionally gathered a few blossoms
and had them conveyed to her.
One day in the palace garden the
lovers met and the young man en-
deavored to give her a few flowers:
but SO keen was the watchfulness OF
her attendants ali she could grasp was
a little twig with green leaves.
On reaching her room she put the
twig in water, and towards evening
she drank the water in which the
twig had been kept. So agreeable
was the taste that she even ate the
leaves and stalks. Every day after
wards she had punches of the tea
tree brought her, which she treated
in the same way.
Imitation being the sincerest form
of flattery, the ladies of the court tried
the experiment and with such pleas
ing results that the custom spread
throughout the kingdom-and the
great Chinese tea industry became a
fait accempli.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Jonquils.

plants to bloom before cold weather
Procure a shallow pot or pan with
good drainage and fill it with fine
leaf-mold and good garden soil and
press fat. On this surface sprinkle
the seeds of the primrose. Sift a
busting Of soil and cover with a piece
of glass. Set at the edge of the sun
light, but not in the direct rays.
Water by setting the pot in a pan Of
water.
Cyclamen seeds should be sown
during August and September in shall
low boxes or pots. They prefer light,
sandy soil and gentle heat. The seed
is slow to terminate and when the
seedlings are large enough to handle.
they should be removed to similar
boxes and the next shift is to pots.
Place in bright spot. but away from
the sunshine.
The old-fashioned Madonna lily
(Lilium candidum), which is often
seen in rural districts, is one of the
most beautiful and chaste lilies we
have. 1t grows two or three feet
high, and it's sweet flowers grow in
clusters.
Lily beds must be dug two feet deep,
well drained and made light with some
leaf mold, or adding muck or sand.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
DESTROYING WEEDS IN WALKS
There Are Number Of Excellent Chem
lcals or Sprays Which Can Be
Used With Good Success.
By JULIUS ERDMAN; Colorado Agri

By JULIUS ERDMAN. Colorado Agri-
cultural College.l
II is rather a tedious process and
hard on tools to remove weeds or
grass from walks by hoeing or cut
ting them out between the stones, but
there are number of chemicals or
sprays which can be used with good
success.
/. Salt--Take 1 pound OF salt to
gallon OF water; boil and apply while
still hot; or dry salt may be used and
then watered in, but this will color
the walk more or less. and is not quite
so effective.
2. Crude carbolic acid, X ounce of
the liquid to 1 gallon Of water, will
also destroy ants.
8. Sulphuric acid, 4-6 ounce of the
acid to 1 gallon of water. Best ap-
piled with wooden pail.
4. Take 1 pound of powdered
arsenic to gallons of cold water;
boil and stir well. Then gallons
of cold water with 2 pounds of sal
soda.
5. Lime and sulphur, 10 gallons of
water, 20 pounds of quicklime and 2
pounds of flowers of sulphur are
boiled In iron vessel. After settling,
the clear part is dipped OF and used
when needed.
There are also a number of COM
mercial weed killers In the market
which can be bought at seed stores.
Application Of weed destroyers should
best be made on a hot day or night
after rain, with watering pot
(sprinkler), and one good application
Is usually sufficient for the season. AS
most of them contain poison, either
arsenics or acids, great care should
be exercised in handling them.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
HOW SOME WORDS ORIGINATE
Construction OF Language az Much a
Piece Of Carpentry as Building
Of Ordinary House.

Word building is as much piece Of
carpentry as is house building. Only it
takes longer. Sometimes century or
more. And by that time the words
first meaning is usually changed.
For example. the old word for
"Heighbor" was "sib." Ones good
neighbor was known as ones good
sib." This became shortened to god
sib." and later to gossip" Then the
words whole meaning changed and
gossip no longer meant good neighbor.
but applied to the sort OF talk ex-
changed between good neighbors.
Take the word farmer" too. The
old word for farmer" was Door"
(And Door" later was used for de-
scribing farmerlike or rough persons.)
The farmer living nearest to one was
known as the "nighboor." and this
phrase. In course of time. was twist
ed to "neighbor."
You've heard the proverb. Little
pitchers have big ears" Well. it
doesn't refer to the utensil that holds
water or goes to the corner side door.
pitcher" was a slang term with
some such meaning as our word
chap" or fellow" Thus, Little fell
lows have big ears" is a more sensi-
ble rendering OF the proverb.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Who Was on the Train?

ANY gentleman on the train got
a corkscrew?" shouted the man in his
shirtsleeyes, walking through the car
aisle
Here! Here!" came from several
men with broad-brimmed hats, as they
reached for their hip pockets.
Thanks, awfully," said the coatless
man, accepting one of the proffered in
struments. 'I'll return it in a few
minutes. A gentleman in the for
ward car wants to open bottle OF
milk"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
RECORD OF THIRTEEN" YEAR
Period Of American History That
Brought Much Good to Nation
Europe Was at War.

In the year 1913 the thirteenth con-
gress of the United States assembled.
That. portentous conjunction did not
bring evil to the nation In which we
are all most interested. 1t is true.
remarks the New York Sun. that the
republic was then in armed strife
with Great Britain. but the year wit
messed a succession OF American tri-
umphs on shore and sea-Commodore
Per!y's victory was one Of them. CIV
ing us control of the great lakes,
which prepared the way for the treaty
of Client in 1914 and the glorious
peace that has now endured for al
most a century between the two great
English-speaking peoples-may it
never be broken or sullied by fault Of
ours!
James Madison was inaugurated in
1873 for his second term.
Europe was at war. That year saw
the inception of the alliance and the
mighty operations which resulted in
the overthrow OF Napoleon. The bat
tie Of the nations" at Leipsic foretold
Waterloo and long period Of peace
and prosperous development.
In that year Argentine threw of the
yoke of Spain and established her in
dependence.
The resources of the printers art
were enriched by the process Of ster-
eotyping. There we're born that year.
among millions of others who exer-
cised more or less influence on the re-
sultant line Of human progress. Rich
ard Wagner, Henry Bessemer, David
Livingstone, Isaac Pitman, Stephen A.
Douglas, Admiral Porter and John c.
Fremont, the Pathfinder.
Such is a part of the record of a
thirteen year that did not turn out
very badly on the whole for the world
we live in.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Anagrams.

"a fool and his money are soon part
ed"
The same letters spell:
o. rash man. to pay one If one sold
dear.
Zone good turn deserves another
The same letters spell:
Go on at need, serve others round!
Little pitchers have long ears"
The same letters spell:
These grave lips chatter no i'll.
"AIl is not gold that giitters.s
The same letters spell:
DrolI tinsel tags to gilt hat
thine and tide wait for no man..
The same letters spell:
"a want! Do it in a moment, friend.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09

HKRM15N0rEES

Dairy farming is the best soil fer
tility insurance.
There is no prospect of overstock-
ing the dairy cow market.
Skimmilk, If fed in normal quaint
ties, will not cause bloat in calves.
Plans are worthless unless they are
properly carried out after they are
made.
The time to ship poultry is when the
demand is good and the market is
steady.
The big, clumsy horse is the fellow
that suffers from the heat most as q
general rule.
Study to feed balanced ration. Do
not overlook the mineral value of each
feed, especially for young stock.
Some form of power is necessary
on the farm and nothing is more prac-
teal or convenient In the vast ma
jority of cases than the gasoline en-
CINE.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Faith.

Discussing the lamentable fact that.
according to the last census, half the
American people never go to church,
Canon Hughes Scott recently said:
The trouble is, perhaps, that Amer
leans have a wrong idea about the
church. They think the church wants
them to believe a lot of outworn dog
ma. That Is not true.
Yes, the trouble is that the people
define faith as the little girl defined
it in school.
Faith the little girl said, is
believing what you know isn't true +"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09

learning more and more to appre-
cfate the natural enemies of our de-
structive insects, and when one of
them shows such distinctly beneficial
habits as does the toad, it deserves
special consideration. Snails, grass,
hoppers, ants, crickets, wireworms,
potato beetles, butworms, army worm,
tent caterpillars and many others of
equal importance have been found In
the stomach of toads. According to
one authority, II acknowledged
worms were found in one stomach, 81
tent caterpillars in another, 65 gypsy
moth, caterpillars in another, and 55
army worms in a fourth. One toad
had been known to eat "a gypsy moth
caterpillars in succession, and another
was seen to devour Sc horseflies in
less than ten minutes. Toads have
many natural enemies, such as snakes,
hawks, and the like, and numbers of
them are killed by lawn mowers and
farm machinery of various kinds. We
can well afford to study toads with a
view to giving them our protection.
They should not be killed for sport,
as many animals are, for they are too
valuable. Since they must have
water in which to place their eggs and
nourish their young for few weeks,
it is suggested that suitable places
be maintained for their convenience
A shallow cement pool, having small
but constant water supply will be
greatly appreciated by the toads. For
garden shelters, make shallow holes
in the ground and cover with fat
stones or boards. The toads will re-
tire into these in the daytime and
comes forth at dusk for their nightly
forays.
Toads are especially valuable to
greenhouse men in keeping down
slugs, acknowledged worms, plant
| lice and cut worms. 1t has been es-
,timated that during the 90-day period
extending over May, June and July,
grown toad will consume 1,160 cut
worms, 1900 thousand legged worms,
2,160 sowbugs, 3,240 ants. $50 weevils
and $50 ground beetles, the last being
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Why Use Plant Food

The crops which you are growing
average to mature in so to 80 days.
The seasons are short. The plants
must have their food every hour they
are in the soil. and it must be avail
able or they will not grow If you
think you can trust quick-growing
crops on insoluble fertilizers, that is
for you to determine, but in my judg-
ment, taking the seasons as they go,
wet and dry, hot and cold. you will
find you will be the loser. You have
to take a great risk as to the weather.
That is the largest factor in raising
crops. Can you afford to take any
risk in the seed, the kind of fertilizer
used, or the culture employed, factors
over which you have control?
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
HOW TO MAKE RABBIT TRAP
nary Soap Box and CIeat Along
Sides and Bottom.

This is how make rabbit trap:
/ take a box, such as one can get at
the store-a soap box is the right
size-and carefully take out one end
first mailing cleats along the sides and
the bottom, so that the box will not
fall apart when the end is removed,
says writer in the Farm, Stock and
Home. Then build up the other
end as shown in the illustration. and
bore small hole through it for the
bait-stick, and with my jack-knife
make notch still higher up, to hold
the brace stick in place. Then clean
the top together, and nail the end to
it, and from the front end of the top
to the brace stick run cord. fast
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Disenfeetina Cow Stables.

Disinfectants cannot destroy germs
if they do not come into direct con-
tact with them. Disinfectants should
be applied in sufficient quantity to
thoroughly saturate the surfaces, aft.
er the adhering PARTICLES of dirt are
removed. In the application of the
disinfectant in COW stables it is well
to use broom or stir brush and
thoroughly scrub the flood, feed
troughs, stanchions and lower parts
of the walls
The solution can be applied to the
ceilings and upper parts of the side
walls with spray pump and must be
carried into any crevice and recess
into which dirt can enter.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
HIGH Finance.

4 man sent his neighbors little boy
to the drug store to buy five postage
stamps. He handed him two dimes.
tho extra one being for himself. Some
time afterward the boy came back
blrIbbering and said he had lost one
of the dimes.
But why didn't you buy me the
stamps?' asked the man.
because. mister" replied the boy,
lit was your dime that / lost
Judge
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Change Of Thought.

A sad-looking man went into a
chemists. Can you give me-" he
asked. something that will drive
from my mind the thought of sorrow
and bitter recollection"
Then the chemist nodded, and put
him up little dose of quinine and
NORWOOD and rhubarb and EPSON
salts and dash of castor oil. and
gave it to him, and for six months
the man coule think of nothing in
the world except new schemes for
getting the taste out of his mouth.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Rrioet,s Scheme.

why, Bridget, you surely don't
consider those windows washed?" said
the lady of the house. reproachfully.
Sure, 1 washed 'em nicely on the
inside, mum, so we can look out" re-
piled Bridget, "but l Intentionally lift
thin a little dirty on the outside so
thin ignorant Jones children mkt
door couldn't look n."-Everybody's
Magazine
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Different Endino.

Had quite an adventure lately
Gave an old gentleman my seat in a
street car and he insisted on taking
my card"
And now he wants to give you $685.
900, eh?"
mo; now he wants to sell me- an
encyclopaedia on dollar payments"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Probable. Pnomotinn

Rosenbaum fproudly)-My son Solly
vent to work. rebording on a news
baber yesterday, undt last nighdt hees
city editor sendt him oudt on an as
signment
Cohenstein (approvingly)-Dot vos
doing splendit! Maybe tonighdt he
geds sendt oudt on a fire.-Puck.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Rabbit Trap.

en- the top to the box with a couple
of small hinges. If one has nothing
better, two strips of leather viii do
first rate. Then bait the trap with
piece OF apple. setting it in run
way, and go to it every morning and
evening
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
ProfessIonalIv conaidered

The declaration of independence is
a wonderful document said the pa
triotic citizen.
Yes" replied the legal expert. "It's
one of the ablest documents l ever
saw. And the most remarkable thing
is that. with all the ability 1t repre-
sents. nobod appears to have re-
ceived cent fer drawing it up
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Another Complication.

Horse racing has always been COM
pick. You have to allow for weather,
wind. condition of the horse, and
condition Of the track"
And now you have to look out for
interference by suffragists."
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09

hobby" said the lady in the street
car. severely. why don't you get up
ami give your seat to your father?
Doesn't 1t pain you to see him reach.
ms; for the strap"
mot in car" said Bobby. at does
at home. Ladies Home Journal.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
End of the Concert.

q heard The Last Rose of Summer
on Plumly's photograph"
We'll, did you enjoy it?"
Yes, indeed. He'd already played
all his other records for me and this
was the last one he had"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Could Happen Only in Boston.

'~PPS" O"J ." SSs>"'
Eager young man who has called on
adored one: Il can't wait any longer.
dear. really had to phone. Will
you marry me?"
Gentle voice, in reply: Why. yes,
Of course l will But haven't you got
the wrong number"
And he had.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09

Music Clerk-Do you want the Bee
thoven Sonata arranged for four
hands, or only two
Mr.. Krusty (who is ignorant of mu-
sic)-Why, two, Of course. Do you
think my daughter is a freak
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Rrearettina.

You'll be sorry some day that you
didn't marry"
We'll, I'd rather not be married and
be sorry / wasn't than be married and
sorry | was"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
FRIEND OF GARDENERS
Toad is Worth Several Dollars a
Season to Land Owner.
Especially Valuable to Greenhouse Men
In Keeping Down slugs, Thousand
Legged Worms and Other
Harmful Insects.
(By r. G.. wEATHERsToNE.)

The writer, and no doubt many
readers Of this article, had heard the
statement that each toad on farm
is worth several dollars season to
the land owner It Is difficult to
place an exact value on any particu-
lar beneficial species, but we are
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Real ThIna.

Il understand that Mr.. GrabwelL
started in life by borrowing $50. You
must admire man with courage like
that" said Mr.. Growcher's neighbor
as they walked downtown.
.enJo don't" replied Mr.. Growch-
81 ..The man / admire Is the one
who had the courage to sez>f BIN inc
fifty." n
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
On the HIah CO.

Willie, you have been a very bad
hoy, and as a punishment I'm going to
make you stay right here in this room
while your mother Is practicing her
singing lesson Judge.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Too Swift.

THAT young fellow is too fast to be
on an ocean steamer"
How SOP"
81 noticed he was half seas over be-
fore the ship was out of the harbor"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Greater Trust.

Your nursemaid seems to be very
careful with your child"
She does seem to be careful. If
she continues to be reliable, believe
I shall trust her with Fido."
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
His Mother-You caught that COLI
A Pamnered Pet.

Dame Fortune on her smiled
Throughout a lengthy life.
She was an only child;
Also an only wife.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Its Species.

II saw rat once that walked up
right, played ball, turned somersaults,
did number of tricks and understood
every word one said
What kind of rat was it,"
1T was a wharf rat
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
At the Picnic.

There are ants in the currant jelly.
BLACK ants or red ants?"
Red ants"
Good. They won't be noticed so
much"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Pestiferous creatures

Il presume you would call sitting
on the lawn and picking violets a
peetical attituder
Yes. but little, red ants are apt to
spoil the attitude"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Something Just aa cood

Jockey-You want me to pull the
horse-is that right?
owner-No. no! want you to con-
duct him around the track with a
reasonable restraint OF pace!"-Puck.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
A Jiit.

Jack taught a girl to swim.
Then raised an awful row
Because the girl told Jim
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
PLANTS WANTED FOR WINTER
Seeds of the Primrose May Be Planted
In Shallow Pots or Pans Filled
With Leaf-MoId.

Make cuttings this month of all
kinds Of plants wanted for winter
blooming, but do not allow the young
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
AIwaxs Something.

The men who used to watch the clock,
No better than they were
Now gather hourly in a flock
At the thermometer.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Harhor Tor Rats

Boards. posts or rubbish piled M
near the poultry quarters, afford too
good harbor for rats.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Common Tree Toad.

beneficial insects. The total sum,
therefore, for the 90 days is $50 bene-
fetal insects and 9,720 injurious ones
destroyed.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Tree Lore.

How can You tell the dogwood?"
you ought to be able to tell by its
bark
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09

Something Like L.
"Old Timmons is an entomologist
mo. he amt; he's>a bug"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
CATCHING the Pose.

II guess that boy Josh O. mine will
make a regular golf player one O. these
days."
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-09
Is he taken up the gamer"

mot yet. But I've watched him at
work, an I've noticed that whenever
he's specially interested in somethin'
he jes' naturally stands pigeon-toed:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
WHAT SHALL WE EAT,

Howard H, Gross. president Of the
National Soil Fertility League, de-
elares that We now consume 81 per
cent OF our wheat and IS per cent OF
our corn.
IN 1906 we exported $50, 900 head
Of cattle, and IN 1912 only 10000
head This was decline OF rs per
cent In six years.
In 1905 We imported $1,000 head OF
cattls. and in 1912 we imported slS.-
COO head, This was an Increase or
1000 per cent IN six years. aud the
imports of cattle far exceeded the
exports,
In 1907 the number of besf cattle
on the hoof IN the United States was
S1.566.ooQ, and IN 1913 II had flllen to
5000, 600. This was decline In the
supply OF beef IN sight Of so per cent
in six years.
What will we ear in thirty years.
when our population is zoo, 900 900
The subject calls for the best thought
OF our best minds Certainly we can.
not continue with tmpunity our pres,
ent wasteful methods OF production
and consumption SCH fertility ana
scientific managem ent or all the aeen-
cies entering into the problem Will
soon become absolute necessities.