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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-17
Fails to Provide
for Big University

national university at the earliest prac-
ticable moment. but the objection Of
Gouverneur Morris that such an authori-
cation would not be necessary. and would
serve to incumber the Constitution with
useless provtsos. operated to its excIu-
sion. This was unfortunate, because De-
cember II, 1916, the House Of REPRESENT
atives. On this very question Of constitu-
tlonal authority. voted down the national
university project by SO to "a. Today no
doubt such as this could becloud the
forthcoming Dillingham; Sterling bill.
washington advocated the measure in
ms ilrst message. January 8, 1890, and
IN I'e4 and 1875 and 1896. Reference to
1t was omitted from his farewell address
only at the insistence Of Alexander HAM
ilton, who, while In favor Of it, thought
the occasion inappropriate. In his last
VIII and testament, dated July 8, 1893,
Gen. washington bequeathed to the ma
tionaI university project fifty shares of
the Potomac Company. valued at $500
each. total value, 500, 600 the said sum
70 De invested In stock of the Bank of
Columbia by his executors or by the
treasurer Of the United States. under the
direction Of Congress. This bequest dis
appeared completely and no trace of 1t
has been found to this day. Prof. George
Brown Goode OF the Smithsonian declared
IN q speech delivered In 1891 that the little
observation-disclosures bequest with
compound interest. would have amounted
TO $i.4Ol 600. Today 1t would be about
So, O0O, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-17

James Madison, Charles G. Pickering
and others strove in the constitutional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-17

John Adams followed Washington in
declaring to Congress that the nation
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
CLEVER WOMEN SPIES
LINE OF WORK IN WHICH THEY
EASILY ouTDo MEN.
To Unusual Powers of TrIckery They
Add the Charm Of FemInlnlty and
Thus Win the Confidence
They Seek.

Women from time immemorial have
been the greatest spies in history.
Their charms and resources adapt
them to every line of apprehensive
endeavor, from tracking the erring
New York husband to obtaining the
plans and the specifications of the bat
tleships and the forts of the great
powers.
TO those who are acquainted with
the history Of espionage, this state
ment comes as no surprise, for nearly
all the most sensational spying cases
OF recent years have been engineered
by INSCRIPTIONS women.
For when 1t comes to trickery there
Is no match for clever woman, espe-
cially II, as is often the case, she has
natural beauty allied to her powers of
stealing condolences.
Only a few years back an important
German fortress had to be entirely re-
built owing to France obtaining ex-
tensive and valuable information re-
garding Its armaments and the geog.
raphy Of the important portion Of Ger
man frontier that 1t guarded. And
this act was made necessary owing to
the ramifications of French woman
whose attractive personality enabled
her to worm these secrets from i'm
portant Berlin officials, in whose
homes she was implicitly trusted and
entertained.
Recently a charming woman who
posed as a governess was sentenced
to four years penal servitude for Spy
ing. She was employed by two Euro
pean powers, and by acting as a gov
erness to the children of naval officers
In Paris and Berlin she paved the
way to acquaintance with those hold
Ing responsible positions.
With remarkable audacity she an
nexed charts and plans and sold them
II the right quarters. This she found
an easy task. having, In her position
OF governess. ample means of learning
IN what part Of the house such docu-
ments were stored, and 1t was not
until bunch Of duplicate keys of a
number of admiralty safes were found
IN her possession that suspicion fell
upon her.
Every one remembers the sensation
several years 40 when most complete
plans of the interior of the first Brit
ish dreadnought were published in a
German newspaper. About this time
an attractive American woman of Ger.
man descent disappeared from Lon
don's society circles, where, by rea-
son of her charming personality and
apparent wealth, she had been given
hearty welcome.
An inquiry was held on the affair,
and 1t was suggested that this woman
probably knew good deal about the
leakage of these important plans, and
probably further proceedings would
have been taken had not the honor of
several officers of high standing in
naval and society circles been in
volved.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
SOURCES OF HOG TROUBLES
Corn 10 Productive Of Indigestion and
Dirt Breeds DIsease-FurnIsh
Dry Quarters.

Hog troubles are due to too much
dirt and too much corn, says Kansas
Farmer. Corn is fat producer hut
not muscle builder, and an exclu.
sive corn diet during the growing ne
riod not only fails to supply the ele-
ment needed by the animal. but IA
productive Of digestion troubles and
weaknesses In the system which in.
vite disease.
Corn is good element in the ra.
uon Of any hog at any time. There IA.
nothing better, but It must be bal,
anced BY alfalfa, clover or some 9th.
or nitrogsnous feed during the grow.
Ing periods Of pigs and the breeding
periods Of hogs. There is only one.
period in the life Of the hog when an
exclusive corn ration should be used
and that Is at the last end of the tat.
tening period Of market hogs.
There Is not time in the life of hor
wnen ne should not have clean, dry
sleeping quarters and pure drinkins
water.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
RIDDLES.

What does man love more than life
hate more than death or mortal
strife;
What which contented men desire.
The poor have, and the rich "a
Quire;
The miser spends. the spendthrif,
And all men carry to their gravesf
Nothing.
What man must have his glass be.
fore he can do days work.
A glazier.
When is a pie like a poetf
When 1t is Browning.
What are the greatest obstacles "a
q Russian invasion Of Turkey,
The balkin' (Bankan) mountains.
Who was Jonah's tutorf
The whale that brought him up.
Why is avarice like bad memory,
Because 1t Is always for getting.
Why is 1t vulgar to sing and play BY
yourselff
Because 1t is solo $50 low).
Which Of the feathered tribe vou,d
be supposed to lift the heaviest
weight?
The crane
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
Big Value of Farm Manure.

Manures benefit the soil by adding
chemical elements and supplying il
with organic matter. The organic
matter by decomposition forms humus.
A soil deficient in humus has lost it's
power to retain water for the growing
crop, according to Farm and Home
contributor.
Organic matter can be added to the
soil by growing and blowing under
green crops, but this method adds but
little new chemical material. On the
other hand, when farmers attempt to
keep up fertility by applying CONNER
cial fertilizers alone the soil will
eventually become depleted of humus.
This makes necessary the keeping of
stock and saving and properly apply
ing the manure.
The value of farm manures depends
chiefly upon the kind and quality of
the feeds used and the class of stock
kept. The first is by far the most
important. On an average three
fourths Of the manurial value of the
feed is voided by the animals in the
manure, and in case of certain chem.
ical elements with some stock nearly
all of it is voided. &C
There are several good ways of saw
ing and applying manure. We as
farmers have to consider how we can
save all of the chemical elements and
at the same time handle it and get it
to the fields with the least labor. In
the first place the stable floors should
be tight so that the liquid portion of
the manure containing the nitrogen
cannot get away. Even in cases where
large amount Of bedding is used, if
the floor is poor some of the liquid
portion will leach away.
Bedding should be used, even though
the floors are tight, as it adds greatly
to the comfort of the animals, and
when it is of the right sort, it adds to
the quality of the manure. A con-
siderable portion of the organic mat
ter of manure is in the bedding. A
shed with tight cement floor and a
good roof, in which manure is kept
wet down to prevent fermentation,
makes good manure, but is often OBJ
jectionable because of extra expense.
and Home.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
Garden and Orchard.

Evergreens make call the differ
ence" in the winter garden. They
brighten and enliven gardens other
wise winterkilled, bleak and bare.
The Importance of the gooseberry
in England is shown by the fact that
in the county of Kent there are 5000
acres devoted to this fruit. Ameri-
cans do not half appreciate it, says C.
Wall in Farm and Home.
Give Golden Ball lettuce trial. 1t
is round and compact, as the name i'm
plies, and must be sown thinly, as it
has tendency to rot if closely set.
In color it inclines to yellow, is of
good flavor and nice to garnish or for
salad. Boston curled is also a very
desirable kind, being tender and fine
favored, and is not inclined to seed
early, a fault of many kinds.
Last spring l planted piece of
gravelly loan to sunflowers. They
grew very rank, some having heads
measuring from 8 to IL inches across.
When harvested the sunflower seed
was fed to SOW that had farrowed 10
pigs in June. No feed that / have
ever used gave faster gain with this
SOW and pigs.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
Protection of Sheep From Poison.
GUS Plants.

The only known way to prevent sheer
poisoning by poisonous plants is to keeI
them away from infested pastures and
ranges when they are very hungry fol
green feed, is the conclusion reached
by Mr.. G. R. Sampson, instructor in
animal husbandry at the Oregon Agri-
cultural college, after exhaustive re-
search. Inquiries have come to the
college for methods of prevention and
cure, and in reply Mr.. Sampson says:
Several plants poisonous to sheep
are normally found in many localities.
Sheep frequently come in contact with
them without serious injury. When
pastures become poor, due to drought
or overstocking, or when sheep are
first put on summer range, deaths
sometimes occur and serious losses
may follow.
Treatment of poisoned sheep is
very difficult, as the animal frequently
shows little sign of sickness until a
few minutes before death. Regurgita-
ton or vomiting after food has reach
ed the digested stage is nearly impos-
sible for the sheep, so that emetics
are of little avail, and physic works
too slowly to get the poison out quick
enough. These treatments which may
relieve poisoned people, are less eff
cient for sheep, because of the more
complicated stomach of the latter.
For the same reason, antidotes are
difficult to get into action unless ad-
ministered hypodermically, and unfor-
tunately the commoner plant poisons
in sheep do not yield readily to known
treatments.
1t is therefore evident that sheep
should either be kept away from pas
lures infested with poisonous weeds,
or only allowed on such pastures when
there is an abundant growth of whole
some plants and after the sheep have
been allowed to eat their fill on unin-
Tested pastures.
"Larkspur, loco weed, wild parsnip,
poison oak, sage brush and laurel, are
all more or less injurious to sheep and
will cause death if the sheep eat much
of them or if they are compelled to
subsist to too great an extent on these
plants. The fact that sheep normally
run on pastures containing one or
more Of these plants and yet suffer no
i'll effects, simply indicates that these
plants are not relished by sheep SO
much as are normal forage plants, and
will be left very largely alone unless
pasture becomes moor -
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
A PIanker Has Several Uses.

soon after rain as the surface will
crumble nicely. This will not only
fine clods and level the surface, but by
putting on weights the seeded may
be firmed. which, with the mulch left
on the surface, will hold the moisture
where seeds or plants will need 1t
most.
by weighing the marker one can
make drills deep enough for the seeds
OF smaller crops without using any
other tool. A good job covering them
can be done with the planker, the
driver standing on 1t, or harrow with
teeth set slantwise, will answer the
purpose well. In using the marker let
the outer runner follow the last drill
made, so as to get all rows a uniform
distance apart.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
Wooden HarmonIcon.

the pieces are called, must be of vary.
Ing lengths for the different tones.
Oak or mahogany are best. Expert
ment will soon show what to select
and what to refuse. The palettes
when cut should be allowed to rest
on straws or strings frightened over a
shallow box and kert in place by
means OF wax on their under parts.
The music is produced by striking the
notes with small hammers in the
same way as the ordinary glass har-
monicon. These should be made of
whalebone or split cane. at the ends
OF which small knobs Of wood are
liked. On these wooden instruments
only quick tunes can be played, as
there is no sustaining power in the
notes. !.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
MEMORY A MATTER OF HABIT
Forsetfulness Arises Largely From
Special Kind Of Laziness-Mental
Training Needed.

Memory, according to psychologists,
Is good deal a matter Of habit, and
lack of 1t arises largely from spe.
cial kind of laziness. We see the truth
OF this, remarks the Bellman, when
we observe the prodigious memories
OF some Of the men Of letters a cen.
tury ago. and then compare their edu.
cation with the system Of teaching
which now prevails. When we won.
der at their ability to quote offhand
OF almost any length, we must remem.
Der from their earliest days they were
taught to memorize. They had to
learn things by heart, and learn them
exactly, with the result that in child.
hood they formed. perforce. the habit
OF remembering with absolute pre-
cision.
What we need nowadays is a sort OF
mental training analogous to this old
er schooling. Let US by all means
keep our filing cases and memoran.
dunn pads, but let US at the same time
Keep our memories active by making
them work. The simple process OF
committing poetry to memory, futile
as 1t may seem to some, is one of the
most useful kinds Of intellectual ex.
ercise. And If we do not before long
make general use Of some such stimu.
lus. 1t begins to look as though our
memories would join our appendices
as now useless relics of an earlier
stage of existence.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
FARM AN1 AM, ORCHARD
Notes and Instructions from Agricultural Colleges Experiment Stations
OF Oregon and Washington Specially Suitable Conditions

stroyed hundreds of dollars worth of
otherwise good berries. But Pro-
fessor C. l. Lewis, head of the Horti-
cultural department, has been conduct
ing scientific experiments to determine
the fitness of loganberries which have
grown mould but are otherwise
sound, for domestic use. The above
surprising conclusions are the result
of this investigation. Although of
great economic value, the results are
easily accounted for. Professor Lew
is says that mould is vegetative pro-
cess as truly as the growth of lettuce,
and the high temperature merely kills
it.
Directions for the use of the mouldy
loganberries are easily followed. The
mould is washed from the fruit and it
is put into a saucepan with just
enough water to keep it from stick
ing. With quick fire it is brought
to the boiling point without continu-
ing to boil. 1t is then removed from
the fire and the juice strained out.
The juice is then mixed with one-third
its measurement of sugar, put back on
the stove, and again heated as before.
1t may be mixed with an equal guam
tity of apple juice and the mixture
made into a jell with the right amount
of sugar. Or it may be set aside to
cool, mixed with four times its meas
urement of water, and used as a
wholesome and delightful beverage.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
MUSIC is MADE FROM WOOD
Among Amusing Toys Any Small Boy
Can Make Is HarmonIcon-only
=, Quick Tunes Played.

A harmonicon made of glass is q
wellknown instrument Of ancient
date. Glass. from its very nature,
lends itself to produce musical
sounds. but wood is quite different
material. and great many people
would hardly believe that 1t contains
musical properties. 1t is not record
that wooden harmonicon was made
some years ago out of an ordinary
bundle Of firewood. the sticks being
laid In due order upon waxed threads,
and that the music produced was in
every way satisfactory. AS toy it
if worth consideration. and should be
made as shown in the illustration.
The wood should be as hard as pos
sible to produce the finer sounds, and
the straighted the grain the more true
the tones will be. The palettes, as
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
TREATMENT FOR LUMPY JAWS
Most Satisfactory Way ls to Remove
the Growth With Knife When
In the Tissues Only.
(By q. g. GRAHAM,


The most satisfactory way Of treat.
Ing lumpy jaws is to remove the
growth with the knife when in the
tissues only. The animal is thrown:
the head then held in favorable po-
sition, the skin is cut over the tumor
and the swelling removed by cutting
around 1t in the healthy tissues. II
hemorrhage is large the vessel NAV
be tied or taken up with the forceps:
bleeding from smaller vessels may be
scared with red hot iron. The
wound should be washed with an anti.
septic In one per cent. solution after
the tumor is removed and then packed
with antiseptic gauze or cotton and
the wound stitched up. The next day
removed the stitches and treat as an
open wound.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
Big Return From Garden,

1t is astonishing the amount of gar
den produce one may raise on small
patch of ground. Last year from a
plot 75xl32 feet family of four were
supplied with fresh vegetables all
summer. Besides using all the early
potatoes needed, 80 bushels were put
into the cellar together with enough
onions, carrots, parsnips, satisfy and
cabbage to supply the family for the
winter, writes an authority in Farm
and Home.
Six 5O-foot rows of popcorn pro-
duced "a bushels. One 5O-foot row of
string beans by carefully picking, that
none got too old, provided the family
with these, besides enough to pickle
and can % quarts. Not a pod was
wasted. One 50-foot row of beets
sufficed for summer pickles, canning
25 quarts. and as much more to give
away. Thirty tomato plants furnish
ed enough for use fresh and the win
ter's supply of canned tomatoes, be-
sides selling two bushels.
From 30 currant bushes, 10 goose
berry bushes, and three 50-foot rows
OF red raspberries, many quarts of
fruit were used fresh, rs quarts
canned and enough sold to buy the re-
naming fruit needed for the rest of
the canning. A bed of asparagus and
OF pieplant is found at the end of the
garden.
How was it done? The ground is
kept well fertilized, we'll worked, and
complete rotation of crops is iprac-
ticed. Every foot of ground is used.
Small vegetables like radishes, let
tuce, onions, etc., are planted Ia inch
es apart. The first little rows of rad
ishes are planted between the currant
bushes, as the early cultivation helps
them. The two succeeding crops of
radishes were put in wherever any
seeds failed to grow, so we do not lose
the use of any ground. Plant squash
es in with the corn, leaving four hills
square between the squash hills.
Plant no more of anything than you
will use, and can what cannot be used
fresh, letting nothing go to waste.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
Five Families In sInols Roor

rive Families In Single Room.
Five families living and sleeping in
one room were recently discovered
among the slums Of Dudley, Worces-
ter (England). According to Canon
Southwell, who apparently possesses
an intimate knowledge of the district,
the occupants were all quite comfort.
able until the arrival of "the chap in
the center of the room" Then the
happy family circle was broken up.
rive families and a lodger In one
room is really overstraining the
economic possibilities Of slumdom.
Two and three families In one house
are common enough to agitate the
public mind. even In this age of hous-
ing and town planning reform.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
Dental Corps In Navy.

II is probable that with the estab.
nsnment OF the dental corps in the
navy bad teeth will not necessarily
nsqualify man for enlistment II
mere is any way in which such de.
tective teeth can be made serviceable
u is the object Of the surgeon general
Of the navy when applicants are quail.
med In all respects except teeth to
accept the candidate with a view to
letting the dental corps put him in
Snape after enlistment.-Our Navy.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
Use for MOuldy Berries.

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis-"Just look here," exclaims
many a disappointed housekeeper
these damp summer mornings.
These loganberries are all mouldy.
They are such lovely berries that do
hate to throw them away" Well,
don't do-it, then. Just turn them in
to delicious drink or sparkling jell,
for which purposes they are excellent.
Of course, most people have not
known this, and as result have de-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22

Because a large portion Of the work
must be done when other work is
pressing, gardening is too often left
as slack time job. Doing the right
thing at the right time in the garden
counts for more than 1t does any
where else on the farm, since garden
crops will not stand much neglect.
Two garden tools that will be found
very serviceable, and saving Of hand
labor, are a planker and marker, says
the Farmers Mail and Breeze. Both
are homemade affairs, the drawings
herewith showing the plan of con.
structing them. Use the planker on
plowed or narrowed ground, Just as
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
TOOLS FOR A GARDEN
Labor of Growing Vegetables Re.
duced by Field Methods.
Because Much Of Work Is to Be Done
When Other Things Are Pressing,
Gardening Is Too Often Left
as Slack Time Job.

Field methods in the garden go a
long way toward reducing the labor of
growing vegetables Long rows and
the proper tools to work with will do
away with rs per cent. of the tedious
hand work, SO freely used as an argu.
ment against maintaining a garden.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
Scientific Point Cleared I'm.

A German astronomer has published
series Of tables which seem to show
connection between the appearance
OF sun spots and the wabbling motion
OF the earth on its axis, due, perhaps,
to variation in the suns magnetism.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22

ekeptIeai.
MRS. Noowed prides herself on her
ability to make fudge"
Indeed! Do you suppose she could
cook anything to eatf"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22

An Important Omission.
The doctor who laid down the re-
quisites Of the perfect baby omitted
the most essential one-the baby
must be yours.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-22
A MIxun.

When do you expect to take hand
IN this businessf" when get foot
ing In It"