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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
LITTLE THINGS TO
DO IN AN ORCHARD
Norway Spruce, Scotch and Aus
trian Pine All Make Excel
lent Wind Breaks.

Peach trees under four years old
which are so badly frozen as to show
discolored wood must be cut off be-
low the snow line and allowed to
sprout again.
Very often trees that have passed
through hard winter show no indi-
cations Of freezing In the bark, but
an examination may show that the
wood is injured.
An orchard on high ground should
always be protected by wind break
of other trees planted on the north
side.
Norway spruce, Scotch and Aus
trian pine, planted about Is feet apart,
make excellent wind breaks.
Now is the time to remove all dead
branches and those that are weak,
and which interfere with other
healthy branches.
Do not allow sheep to run in the
young orchard. They are very apt to
nibble the tender sprouts and even
bark the trees.
A few years ago eastern peach grow
ers extensively tried out the use of
crude petroleum as an insecticide. But
while it kills the bugs it often causes
great injury to the trees.
If used at all, it should be applied
in the late fall or very early spring
and never during hot weather.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Mad All Through.

An irate old lady. the wife of a
prosperous farmer on the outskirts OF
Philadelphia, stepped off train In
Broad street station the other day
with a face like thunder cloud. Any,
one could see in that scowling coun,
tenance the smoldering fire that might
break forth at any minute, Stamping
excitedly on the platform, she gnashed
her teeth in a struggle TO keep back
her tears.
Finally she buttonholed the first
person that would listen to her tale
of woe.
Whats all this here talk of edu.
eating young men to be civil engi.
neers?" she screeched Indignantly.
What we need in this country is
more civil conductors and less sassy
brakemen!"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
DIDN'T KNOW
That Coffee Was Causing Her Trouble.

So common is the use of coffee as a
beverage, many do not know that 1t Is
the cause of many obscure ails which
are often attributed to other things.
The easiest way to find out for one
self is to quit the coffee for while,
at least, and note results. A Virginia
lady found out in this way, and also
learned of a new beverage that is
wholesome as well as pleasant to
drink She writes:
Il am 40 years old and all my life,
up to a year and half ago, / had
been a coffee drinker.
Dyspepsia, severe headaches and
heart weakness made me feel some
times as though / was about to die.
After drinking cup or two Of hot
coffee, my heart would go like clock
without a pendulum. At other times it
would almost stop and l was so nerv-
Gus l did not like to be alone.
If took a walk for exercise, as
soon as was out of sight of the house
I'd feel as if was sinking, and this
would frighten me terribly. My limbs
would utterly refuse to support me,
and the pity of it all was, l did not
know that coffee was causing the trou-
BILE.
Reading in the papers that many
persons we're relieved of such ailments
by leaving off coffee and drinking Post
UNI, got my husband to bring home
a package. We made it according to
directions and liked the first cup. Its
rich, snappy favor was delicious.
u have been using Postum about
. eighteen months and to my great joys
digestion is good, my nerves and heart
are all right, in fact, am well woman
once more, thanks to Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for copy Of the
little book, "The Road to Wellvflle." !"
Postum come0 in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled.
Instant Postum is soluble powder.
A teaspoonful dissolves quickly In q
cup of hot water and, with cream and
sugar, makes delicious beverage In
stantIy. Grocers sell both kinds.
There's Q reason" TOR Postum =
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
How He Felt.

Sergeant Barker was in bad tenn.
per, consequently the recruits under
instruction were having hard time
of it.
The squad had to bout turn" SO
many times in few seconds that it
was no wonder the recruits got dizzy,
and Smudger Sniff finished up by
turning about the wrong way.
Sergeant Barker got in towering
rage, and, striding up to the Smudger,
roared:
Where the dickens do you reckon
yourself to be. eh? On parade. or
What?"
We'll, sergeant" replied Smudger,
meekly, Il began to think l was at a
fancy-dress ball dressed up as a
bloomin' leg O mutton, and twisting
round and round on a meat-jack."-
Cleveland Leader.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02

One Of the best authorities on horti-
culture says that where a tree started
in to develop 1000 apples, 1000 OF
them should be pulled off in order that
the remaining 1000 may reach per-
fection.
The advantages of thinning are so
many that they are hard to enumer-
ate Thinning of fruit is advantage
Gus to any variety of fruit tree, as
the tendency of nature is to crowd
a numerous number of fruit buds
on trees in favorable years.
When you pull half or third Of the
young fruit from a tree you save the
energies of the tree, writes Missouri
Man in the Farm Porgress. On good
many occasions experiments In the
amount of potash required on thinned
and unthinned trees have been made.
Trees that have been thinned correct
ly require just about half as much of
this form of plant food as the tree that
is permitted to go ahead with the en-
tire complement Of fruit buds.
Color sells apples. There is no doubt
of that in the mind of anyone who
has watched the apple-buying public.
An enormous percentage of the
worlds apple crop is sold from fruit
stands and from peddlers' push carts.
The color is the most desirable fac
tor for such sales. Unfortunately
the great mass of the apple-buying
public has not yet learned that
color Is not always an indication Of
quality.
If you want color, deep, gorgeous
color, thin your fruit. Let the sun
shine hit the cheeks of the apple. The
more nearly the sunlight can play up
on all sides of the apple the better
the color Is going to be. The same
thing is true of other varieties of
fruit. When you thin apples the ripen-
ing is going to be very uniform and
complete, and the colors and hues will
run from stem to tip of the apple.
The apples will not be green on one
side and ripe on the other.
Examine fruit spur, and you will
find that it usually has three, four,
five and maybe six small fruit buds.
The accepted rule for thinning is to
remove all small fruits until no apple,
pear or peach is closer than six inches
to it's nearest neighbor.
After the small fruits are taken off
the remaining buds start vigorously
on their development. They are get
ting the energy that would otherwise
have been distributed through three
times as many growing fruit. They
cannot help but develop more quickly
and more vigorously.
When l thin fruits l wait until the
baby apples, pears and peaches have
had time to show defects in the in
ferior ones. Take off the wormy, the
one-sided, the small and the twisted
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02

ones. They are hopeless, anyway. By
doing this the tree is rid of a great
number of infested spots, fungous and
otherwise.
When a young orchard is starting
in to bear, thinning is an absolute
requirement, if there is any great
amount of fruit on them. In the first
place, they set far more fruit than
they can possibly develop without &C
tually hurting and stunting the
future growth Of the tree. Then,
too, If the fruit is permitted to
stay on the tree, the overladen limbs
will begin to bend, snap off and twist
down as soon as the fruit is three
quarters grown.
Peaches, plums, pears, ounces and
other fruits cannot be matured as
they should be without proper thin
ming. Pears require less thinning than
the other varieties mentioned. So far
as cherries are concerned, l rarely
bother with them.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Chinese Prayers.

Mccarthy got into an argument with
Casey about the efficacy of prayer,
"Oi can't see that there's anything
in it," asserted Casey. "Oi never got
anything out of it."
WELL" said Mccarthy, don't you
know when there's a war it's always
the people that pray that wins the
foights"
How about the Chinese" asked
Casey. They're great people to pray,
and yet they get licked, and licked
bad"
"Oh, WE'LL" explained Mccarthy, mo
wan could understand thin whin they
prayed"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
DRY SCALE COVERED HEAD

2760 Tamm Ave-, st. Louis, Mo-
my little daughters head began with
a dry harsh scale covering it. First 1t
got a white scale over the top and
then it got a dirty brown scab with
pus under it. Her hair came out In
less than a week and her head itched
and bled. She had no rest. had her
wear a scarf all the time, it looked 80
badly. She was so sore and had such
big brown scabs on her head that the
teacher would not let her attend
school.
I'VE took and had her treated for
three months with no relief. She kept
getting worse until I tried Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. l used the Cuti-
cura Soap every third day and the
Cuticura Ointment at night. In three
weeks her head was well of sores. Two
cakes of Cuticura Soap and one box
of Cuticura Ointment completely cured
her." (Signed) Mrs. Walter Rogers.
Nov. 2S, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
ree,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Defining a Patriot.

What is a patriot?" was the ques.
ton set to the candidates for junior
scholarships given by the Northum-
berland education committee. Here
are some of the replies:
"A bird with red feathers coming
out of its head"
"The patriot will sometimes talk"
Familiarity with the pierrot is prob
ably the cause Of the definitions of a
patriot as Clown" and booster" ."
st. Patrick was a patriot, 'the father
of saints" and "a man who lives up
the highlands of Scotland" IAN old
sailor" (pirate?) and "a man who
herds cattle (peasant), were among
other answers.
Patriots are better at home. "
wrote one.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Relief for Alaskan Miners.

As an encouragement to further
prospecting and mining in the new
gold field near the boundary line be-
tween Alaska and Yukon territory the
American customs officials have de-
cided not to establish customs house
there for one year, believing that the
miners have already undergone hard
ships enough in getting their outfits
there without having to pay duties.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02

on dry land do. The Holsters also
live shellfish lives in lobster palaces.
The whales lie around and wait for
the happy time when they can perform
useful work supplying bones for cor.
sets or to oilthe wheels of child labor
factories.
Some oceans employ professional
sea serpents, which they use during
the summer for advertising purposes
Oceans also have zones. seaweed and
sponges. When an ocean has been
out all night it likes to take sponge
bath, hence it always keeps on hand
a constant supply of these useful toilet
articles.-Life.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Cheese In 22e Varieties.

There are 229 known varieties of
cheese and no two of these are alike,
except that they have milk in some
form as basis.
Milk is the foundation of all cheese,
but the superstructure may be made
Of anything from sage to soapstone.
depending upon the whim Of the cheese
maker and the taste of the consumer.
Cheese making is one Of the oldest
arts or trades. 1t was an article Of
diet back in the hazy times of history
and has never lost prestige.-E v. B.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02

drink" replied Melinda calmly. Il
had only cookin' water from the rain
barrel, and he went up to the spring
clean forgot to ask him to bring me
some drinkin. Said he, III leave my
gun here, Mel. It's hot toting 1t. and
Ill get it when | come back!' Say,
Dave, If you hurry, you'll catch him,
Then you can help carry the water.
It's warm lug for one. Set your re-
volver by his, if you want to. / don't
mind em. Here's the pail. You're
comm to our weddin' next month. OF
course?"
II hope So" answered the man,
absently. Yes. | might as well leave
it, so long as" he paused and put
down his weapon. Your pa amt heard
heard of any row lately?"
Row? No! If he had, I'D know it..
I'm praying for his sake that rows
will be scarce" She smiled meaning
ly, and her visitor grinned. Mr.. Ian
wood had recently returned from a
period of incarceration due to one OF
those episodes of violence for which
he had prediction.
Clews, drumming lightly on tie up
turned pail, strolled up the narrow,
bushy path.
Mel hain't been told, that's sartin,'
he ruminated. i don't feel quite so
anxious tor gore, specially Gus Shar-
leys. Ii he'll come half way, I'll meet
him; if not-hum! Durn Z girl! She
upset mo. Well, with no guns, we cant
do nothin' serious, and Ill speak him
fair"
Ten minutes later, two men were
walking towards the dingy cottage
carrying between them a pail OF wa
ter. Their faces ~Were serious, but not
angry. They were not speaking like
the reconciled. The solemn calmness
was an ominous presage of merely de-
ferred trouble.
Melvina, watching eagerly for hope
full signs, felt her heart sink.
The pail was set down.
Thank you very much, boys" sob
was behind the cheerful words. She
was trying hard-very hard.
"Mer'-Sharleys face was averted
i aint sure but what I'll need
He halted. Clews' hat was over his
eyes.
oh! your revolver" said the girl
brightly Yes, you left it. Dawes
too. Wait a moment" She ran in
side.
The men loitered apart, their rup'
ture only half healed, their blood still
longing for deadly settlement. the
old bond of affection urging for rec
onciliation, thorough and complete.
Suddenly, before either could give
a OBTAINING spring, flying figure
darted between them and across the
yards to the old well curb.
They heard two dull, heavy splashes
and gazed at each other aghast.
"Boys!" rang Melvina's triumphant
shout. If you're not sure, | am. Gel
your old guns If you can. They're al
the bottom of the well"
After that, Dave Clews spoke first
as the pair carried the fainting form
to the house.
Gus" he said, softly, I'm comm
to the weddin', yer know"
"As best man, or nothin',". returned
Mr.. Sharley, firmly.
They both gazed at the pale, girlisf
face; then at each other for long
steady gaze; then away, quickly.
Copyright. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Not Much Of a Job.

Two guests missed several courses
of a dinner which was being given in
their honor at country house. Why?
Because, search as they might, they
could not find the key of the trunk
that held their dress suits. Various
keys were tried in vain, and finally
they had to wait impatiently until a
locksmith could be fetched from the
nearest town, three miles away. The
man arrived. In less than a minute
the trunk was open.
oh" they gasped, that was quick
work.
Yes" said the man, as he rose
from his knees; st wasn't locked"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Shakespearian Baseball.

81 don't know whether his press
agent told him to do it or whether 1t
was simply force of habit"
What are you talking about?"
"An actor who has been appearing
in Hamlet for number of years
went to baseball game yesterday
and when a member Of the home team
made long drive to right field he rose
in his seat and shouted, "A hit, a very
palpable hit!"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Knew All About It.

Spell dough- Dick" directed
teacher of little black pupil.
DO" said Dick. promptly.
mo, that is not right" smiled the
teacher. Who can tell Dick how
and why he is wrong?"
He's wrong cause there's two
kinds OBJ do" shrilled another dark
skinned youngster, de do what yo'
shets, an de do what you eats-an'
de do what yo' eats is writ widout de
'postrophe at de end"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Manure Fumes Bad for All Cattle.

Great heaps of manure near or
against the stable are a source of
bad odors that ruin the air which the
cattle are obliged to breathe. If
1t is true that the oxygen in the air
Is taken into the body and builds up
the system, it is just as true that
the foul odors which arise from the
manure are breathed by the cattle
and break down their systems The
air and the cows get so saturated
with the odor of manure that it gets
into the milk.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
A Sad Slump.
Whats the trouble ?"

w udI . luC llOubAO'
THE doctor has changed my medi.
cine. l wouldn't take it unless the
nurse give me kiss each time"
"Well?"
"The old medicine took every fiji,
teen minutes. Now the doctor has
given me some to take every four
hours"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
What He Heard.

"Tll have some fried chicken" said
the diner.
81 don't think we's got fried chick
en- t'day SIR" replied the waiter.
"Oh, yes, you have. It's here on the
bill of fare"
"Oh, is it, sir? heard 'em say de
cook was singin' de chicken, sir. ]
think they've got singed chicken t'day
sir"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Cruel.

What are you thinking of. Bea-
trice?" inquired Mr.. Hainer of his
wife, one morning while they were
at breakfast
Il am dreaming OF my youth" re-
piled the woman.
Well" replied the brute, Il
thought you had a far-away look in
your eyes. s."-Lippincott's.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Keeping up tho peeeptlo,

Il presume your wife thinks you are
very smart man?'
"She does"
well, my advice to you is, don't
stay around home any more than you
can help"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02

mer and fall l pick them about every
six weeks or whenever the feathers
are ripe. If they are not picked at
the right time the geese will pick
themselves and you lose the feathers.
The goslings are fed bread and milk
for a week or more with lettuce or
tender grass chopped fine, then they
are given cracked corn, free range and
plenty Of water and skimmilk to drink.
They need very little grain when
they can have free range, although it
is necessary for them to have at least
one feed a day.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02

This is a picture of some Of the
geese l raised last year with very lit
tie care. The eggs were set under
chicken hens and the goslins raised
by hand.
The goose is easily broke of want
ing to set by destroying her nest. She
will soon make another nest and start
to lay again and continue to do SO for
three different settings if not allowed
to set.
l never pick my geese in the spring
or when they are laying. In the sum-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Practical Educator.

A Scotchman who died recently in
Australia left a bequest Of $150,000 to
Aberdeen university. The man went
to California in the days Of the gold
fever and started his fortune there.
Later he went to Australia and sub
stantially increased it by the sheep
industry. AS he grew older he be-
came strong believer in education.
and urged all his Scottish relatives
who had sons to send them to the
universities, promising to bear the
expense. Although uneducated him
self as a young man, he learned to
write letters with distinction.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Man of Experience.

so you claim the world is round"
sneered the skeptic. How do you
know that 1t is not square?"
Because have had too many deal
ings with it," grimly replied Colum.
bus.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
unklnd.

MRS. Jobbs raises wallfowers in
her garden,
Maybe that's how she comes u
have so many at her parties"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
Same Old WAY.

Manufacturers Wife -Dinah, If
you cast your ballot the way de-
sire, perhaps your wages will be
raised. Life.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-21

The soul of ethereal essence cannot
perish with the body. 1t comforts
our hearts to carry our gifts of flowers
and leave them on the mounds under
which our dead repose.
A friend tells touching story Of
a visit she paid to the grave of de
parted friend last Easter Sunday
She had with her a superb bunch OF
roses. tribute to the memory of the
dead. On the car was a plain day la.
borer. He also carried flowers. He
had large tin pail overlooking with
beautiful lilies. Touching his hat, he
addressed the lady. II think we are
bound for the same place he said
land we have a similar errand. Rich
people like you may carry such roses
as yours to adorn the graves Of their
dead. A friend in the far south sent
me these lilies, and l am taking them
to the grave (of my wife. l am very
lonely without her. but 1t is a com.
fort to me to give her these lilies
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-21
PerIIs Of the Aviator.

During one of the aviation meets
a young woman went through the ham
gars under the guidance of a me-
chanic. After asking all the usual
foolish questions that aviators and
their assistants have to answer during
a tour Of inspection, she wanted to
know: But what If your engine stops
in the air-what happens?" Can't you
come DOWN." That's exactly the
trouble" responded the willing guide.
There are now three men up in the
air in France with their engines stop
ped. They can't get down and are
starving to death"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-21

She loved them so dearly" The two
mourners In their different stations
were drawn together in sympathy by
a common grief and a common rev.
erence as they went on their way,
each bearing burden of fragrance
and bloom.
While we carry flowers on Easter
to the church and the cemetery, we
should not omit to carry them or send
them to the hospital, the sickroom.
the chamber of the shut-in sufferer.
the Old Ladies' Home and the homes
Of the very poor. No one can walk
through a crowded quarter in the
poorest part of any town bearing
flowers without being besieged by the
children of the streets. They hunger
and thirst for flowers, as sometimes
they hunger for bread. knew an In
stance in which for many weeks a
woman who might have been called
the angel of the tenements tried in
vain to secure an entrance into a
home where poverty and crime had
been linked together. The door was
always shut in her face. The sad.
faced mother did not want compassion
and scorned its offer. One day,-it
must have been in the spring and
near the blessed Eastertide, the kind
visitor bethought her of a method that
might be winning. She went into the
house as usual, and as she tapped at
the door, which was opened as usual
by only the merest crack, she held
In front of her superb rose. a rose
in bloom. The dover did what moth.
ing else could have done-it trans
formed an enemy into a friend.
Easter day reminding us of the
resurrection, of the ceaseless friend
ship OF heaven for earth, and of the
life everlasting, is the most glorious
day of the whole round year. AS we
sing the songs of Easter, let us for.
get sadness and cowardice and un.
kindness; let US walk onward bravely
and with good cheer on our appointed
ways.