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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20

ping of her shoulders, but she did not
notice. A crowd gathered around One
little hand rested on her knee as she
steadied herself.
Little September Morn!" observed
a laughing girl, who paused with sew
eral others to look al her.
Morning." replied Margaret, catch
ing the last word.
Just then daddy came In sight. His
eyes popped wide oIen as he caught
fash Of ten pink toes diving to the
depths Of great green blanket.
There was hasty explanation In
excited baby talk. Mrs. Newman was
standing at the teIesnone on the verge
of collapse from anxiety when II rang
AND her husband called.
Vet her into some clothes the first
thing you do and then bring her right
home" were the mothers orders. All
the way Margaret was dubious. but
there we're no spankings and only hugs
and kisses when she was on her moth
er's knee again.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20

NEW YORK.-"Bin the Beak," the
~ giant macaw in the Central park
bird zoo, expelled a terrific shrek.
A woman had hold Of Bills tail The
woman tugged and pulled at the long
feather which makes Bill the envy
OF all the other male birds in the zoo.
And the more the woman pulled on
Bfll's tail the more the big bird
shrieked his mingled rage and pain.
Finally Bill got the woman's offend
ing fingers between his beak and nip
ped her savagely.
The head birdkeeper and proven
der provider fortunately ran up at that
moment. He found a woman who
said that she was Matilda Garrison,
formerly of Salem, Mass. tenderly
nursing a nippeed finger, with tears in
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20
LIME IMPROVES
SOIL CONDITIONS
On Some Land 1t Is Necessary as
Actual Plant Food for Al
faIfa and Clover.
By r. @. wEATHERsToNEJ

When we apply lime to our soil we
took 10 its effect upon the soil rather
than to its direct influence upon the
plants. While many farms contain
sufficient deposits of lime, II is also
true that many soils are deficient in
this element.
Lime has various functions. 1t cor
reefs soil acidity; thus stimulating the
action Of the bacteria that assist In
making plant food available and
gather nitrogen from the atmosphere.
1t changes dormant plant food into
active plant food, by carbonating the
soil water and makes 1t more pow
srful solvent.
1t improves the physical condition
Of the soil by making heavy soil
more friable and loose soil more
compact. On some soils 1t is needed
as an actual plant food, for such crops
as alfalfa and clover.
There are various kinds OF lime
used for agricultural purposes and
each kind has certain advantages but
my experience has led ME to believe
that It Is much safer to use the car
Donate, or ground limestone, because
It does not have a tendency to destroy
the humus In the soil, especially II
large quantities are used at one time.
On heavy soils that are inclined to
be wet the caustic lime will have more
beneficial effects and liberate more
plant food Such land requires a
more powerful agent to tear apart and
decompose the soil particles and i'm
prove its physical conditions. For
sweetening the soil the carbonate, or
ground limestone, is equally valuable.
Lime should be applied early in the
spring, when it has not been applied
the previous fall, and should be ap-
piled a number of days before ferti-
nzer and be thoroughly Incorporated
with the soil.
II fertilizer containing nitrogen is
applied where 1t will come in contact
with the eaustic lime there will be a
waste Of ammonia and a consequent
loss of fertility.
The great question is how much
shall NE use. believe that one ton
OF caustic lime is an adequate amount
TO supply at one time. II the ground
Limestone is applied, we may safely
double the amount. A moderate ap-
plicaiion every four or six years is
more desirable than q heavier appli.
cation less freq1sntiy.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20
The Poultry Mite.

The red mite works at night; Il
crawls forth from its hiding place and
attacks the fowls while they are at
roost. Hundreds of these may prey
upon single hen, fill themselves with
blood, and then crawl back to their
hiding-p places contented until the mex.
night During the day these para.
sites lie dormant In the cracks and
crevices about the henhouse. hence
they are not SO easily dstssoa BY III.
novice.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20

y
The very high price Of both hay and
grain Is forcing farmers TO sell all sur.
plus stock Some prices can be picked
up By farmers who are supplied with
feed.
Some buyers want the advice Of
veterinary before they purchase, IL
90. then By all means pick your man.
When a horse or mule has done his
steady work in city for 20 years, is
sour stin and generally incapscitated,
he lie poor investment for anyone
most certainly the farmer who is look
ing for bargain.
Some men wash their teams all over,
each evening when work is done, (dur-
Ing the summer season.. a good plan
rs It removes sweat most etfectually.
Cribbing lie q bad habit at the best,
the only way to stop IT is to use tight
strap around the cribber's neck The
writer has cured several Of these un-
satisfactory animals.
Interfering behind is a bad habit In
q horse, as q remedy use only one or
two nails On inside OF shoe and curve
shoe properly inside.
A balky horse had best be gotten
rid OF as a balky horse Let the other
fellow cure him.
Shying can sometimes be cured by
letting the horse pass slowly by the
terrifying object Severe punishment
rarely makes cure.
Mugty hay carries many ills.
Keep good-sized lump Of rock salt
IN each horse trough.
Save money by having the old
horses teeth fattened SO they can
grind their feed.
Water for the horses should be fresh
from the pump during the winter
months-no ice water.
Work or exercise the stallion daily,
and your next seasons colt crop win
be much more satisfactory.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20

sraphophone and a basket OF rec
Crds.
When the theater manager opened
his place of entertainment he gasp
ed in Amusement and then rub.
bad his eyes. Ordinary atmosphere
flled the space formerly occupied by
the picture machine. Rolls of film
that had been specially advertised
were not to be found. The phono-
graph that diverted audiences in the
intervals between shows was gone
A hearty pinch, delivered where 1t
did the most service, convinced the
astonished manager that he was not
asleep
Then he went for the police Pro
baton officers fixed the gnilt On the
two boys
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20
Fathers Neat Rehuke.

This is story told OF an old Evan
gelical clergyman who had son in
orders. The young man became a
full-blown Ritualist. On one occasion
the father paid visit to his son.
who asked him to preach in his
church. For some time the old man
refused, but pressed to do so, he at
length consented, and chose the text
Lord, have mercy upon my son, 70,
he is a lunatic."
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20
Hard to Break the Habit.

She was turning over the pages OF
a new song
Would you mind running over this
accompaniment for me?" she asked
him, presently.
Certainly not" he returned absent.
mindedly, throw it in the middle OF
the street and get out of the way!"
Showing how difficult 1t is for the
reckless auto2st to break a iong-estab
lished habit
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20
Gentle Hint.

Pardon me-" said the waiter, but
| believe that newspaper you are read
ing is yesterdays"
The patient guest sighed.
"Mayhap mayhap!" he replied
but 1t was today's | am sure-wheu
I gave you my order"
But the serving-person, being der
matologically prepared for such re-
marks, refused to hurry.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20
ACHY FEELINGS. PAIN IN LIMBS

ACHY FEELINGS. PAIN IN LIMns
and all Malarious Indications removed
by Elixir Babek, that we'll known REM
edy for all such diseases.
81 have taken up the three bottles OF
your Elixir Babek,' and have not felt
SO well and entirely free from pain In
limbs for Ave years."-Mrs Il HiRgina
Jacksonville. Fla.
Elixir Babek so cents, all druggists or
by Parcels Post prepaid from Kloczew.
ski & Co.. Washington. d. c.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20
Would Jar Him, Too,

do you think that the new motor
delivery business will ever displace
the postman?" asked the converse.
tional young man, when crossing the
street, of his companion.
Certain to If it hits him"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20
Getting Some Business.

rs your son, the young doctor, get.
ting any business
Yes; he did very nicely during the
green apple season, and he says the
football season promises WE'LL"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20
steal Tickets 70 World Series.

Orange, N. Henry c. Davis OF
Orange was held UP and robbed of six
tickets to the world series. His money
and jewelry were not molested.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20
Wife Called Him "Pia;v Seeks pivorc

wire Called Him "Plgs" Seeks Divorce
Jersey City, N. because his wife
called him pig and slapped his face
while in a restaurant, James Freeman
of Arlington, N. j., asserted that he
went to Reno and secured divorce
Freeman, who is about seventy years
of age, declared that his marital diff
culties developed during their honey.
moon in Europe.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teethlng, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
tion,allays pain,cures wind collie ,25c n bottleAes
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20
Naturally.

"On what lines is this piscatoria
magazine rum
"on fishing lines What else?"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20
Some People Call II This.

What do you think OF my ree-par
tee?"
ITS fierce. You don't even know
how to pronounce the word"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20

Break up that cough. A single dose a.
Deans Mentholated Cough Drops bring,
prompt relef-5c at all Drug Stores.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-11-20

Australia raises nearly 100000
acres Of wheat a y
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-28

Waivers have been asked on Clyde
Engle, utility player of the Boston Red
Sox. He slammed out the fly which
Snodgrass dropped, thus opening the
way to victory for Boston in the
tenth inning of that last game with
the Giants.
When Joe Rivers knocked out
knockout" Brown, the New York lad,
in ten rounds in Vernon. Cal. he ac-
complished a feat which many be-
lieyed to be next to impossible.
George NJ. Cohan, the playwright, in
discussing the coming pennant races,
said: Nearly everybody l meet in
my profession here believes that the
P%ittsburghs will win the National
League pennant this year. Fred
Clarke has a powerful team and a
great pitching staff"
Johnny Kilbane, featherweight
champion of the world, redeemed him
self at the Empire A. c., New York,
when he practically knocked out
George Kirkwood of ST. Louis in the
sixth round.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-28

truthful the Governments explana-
ton. Many insist, however, that the
killing was ordered by the authorities.
Both RiddIed With Bullets.
The ex-President and ex-Vice-Presi-
dent were riddled with bullets while
they we're being driven in an auto
mobile through the Gale Lecumberri
in the Colonia de la Bolsa not far from
the penitentiary, their destination.
The Colonia de la Bolsa is the White
chapel district of the capital. Late at
night it is poorly lighted and lonely,
sove for the presence of policemen
and unfortunates.
According to the official statement
made by the Government, Major Car
denas and a force of two officers, an
orderly and eve rurales were at
tackled in the Gale Lecumberri at two
thirds of the distance from the Ma
tional Palace to the penitentiary by
five armed men, who shouted "Viva
Madero!" and instantly discharged
their rifles and pistols at the auto
hAOOllC. oIllulCdIISOuoly dDOQl Thirty
men ran from side streets and fired
volleys, killing Madero and Suarez in
stantly. One Of the attacking party
was killed, several were wounded, and
a few were arrested by Major Car
denas and his rurales. The bodies of
Madero, Suarez and the would-be res
cuer were taken to the p~enitentiary,
and Major Cardenas Immediately COM
municated with President Huerta.
Government Plot Suspected.
The other version Of the a-ssassina-
tions-one that is fearfully whispered
about the capitals that the execu-
ton of Madero and of Suarez had been
determined upon by the Huerta Gov
eminent because of the belief that the
country could be pacified with
Madero alive. Many people expect
that the Government will punish Ma
jor Cardenas and his men in order to
express official disapproval and to ap'
pease public dissatisfaction.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-28
Personal

Mrs. Robert F. Scott, widow of the
Antarctic explorer, will hereafter be
known as Lady Scott, King George
having granted her the same rank as
if her husband had been nominated
Knight Commander of the Bath.
Professor Landolt of Strasburg has
performed at Bucharest a preliminary
operation for cataract on the Queen of
Roumania, known to literature as
Carmen Sylvia"
John D. Rockefeller paid $1,25e, 900
for the residence of Mrs. w. Seward
Webb at No. $50 Fifth avenue, New
York, to enlarge his private family
home park on Fifty-third and Fifty
fourth streets.
Miss Louise Smith, twenty, a mani
cure in the Hotel Taft, New Haven,
Conn, announced that she is to be
married to Frank A. Hall, seventy
years old, who is reputed to be a mil
lionaire.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-28
Our Daily Life.

Our daily companionship with
Christ should be the saving power OF
all u living. If we begin the day n
prayer with him it will strengthen Us
for the days tasks and temptations
and hard places. If we every day con-
suit his words of life they will go
with us, ~sweetening all the day and
making tender and compassionate our
hearts beside setting the tone OF all
our transactions. Above all, true com
p~anionship with him is to look at all
men and all problems through his
ewes. to take his attitude toward life
This is to have the mind OF Christ
Christ is manifested to the world not
through sermons, but by the daily wit
ness in u lives. When Christians
are all Christlike the world may not
accept him. but it will know him as
he is. When he is thus shown forth
he may draw all men to himself.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-28

Forceful Intervention by the United
States is 0 generally expected by
the newspapers and in some instances
it is even demanded.
The Standard says that if Great
Britain were in a similar position she
would take sharp measures and would
therefore wholly sympathize with the
United States if the latter country
should adopt what seems to be the
only possible solution of the question.
"a certain obligation rests on the
United States to restore good gov
eminent in Mexico" says the Daily
| Mail.
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An unexpected Happsnina.

One of the interested and unexpect-
ed happenings was the putting through
the Senate of a resolution providing
for Investigation of the Soldiers
Home in kearny. 1t was later passed
by the House, and some OF the mem
bers of the investigating committee
have been appointed. This action was
an outcome of a bill recently intro
duced by Assemblyman Brannagan, of
Hudson County, with the approVai of
Governor Wilson, providing fer a
change in the method of conducting
the home by having the Board of Man
ayers appointed by the Governor in
stead of by the Supreme Court, as
has been the custom and the law since
the formation of the home more than
forty years ago. That bill was said
to have been instigated by the pres
ent superintendent of the home, Gen.
E. Burd Grub, because of differences
with the present Board of Managers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-28
Foreign

President Poincare, in his first mes
sag to the French Senate, urged that
the army be increased.
"Wasps" are Englishwomen, clad in
black relieved by orange capes, who
sit in church in silent protest at the
injustice" of not having the ballot.
Toxic was ireswept again. The
center of the city was devasted and
$500 homes destroyed, making 49,
900 persons s~helterless.
G~ustavo Madero was put to death in
Mexico City and his brother, the de-
posed President, his wife and perhaps
others of his family will be exiled.
The public prosecutor concluded his
case against the auto bandits in Paris
by demanding the death penalty for
six Of them.
The United States Senate granted
permission to Colonel Gorgas and 9th.
Ell sanitary experts to enter the ser
vice of Ecuador for a short time. The
whole country is to be overhauled.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies
cheered the. announcement that the
House sustained the veto of President
Taft in the Burnett-D Dillingham; immi-
grafton bill.
A movement has started in the
French Chamber of Deputies to abol-
ish the Presidents right to pardon
convicted murderers and transfer the
power to a special commission.
London suffragettes burned down a
tea house in the Kew Botanical Gar
dens.
John Clemens, nephew of Mark
blow received in a fight in a hotel al
Selkirk, Man.
Charles l.. Boorum of New York
was killed while tobogganning on the
Crest Arun at st. Moritz. He was
thrown forty feet in the air.
Doctor friedman, discoverer OF
the tuberculosis serum, declared be
fore sailing for America that he was
coming here to make his cure more
widely known.
Francisco L. Madero and Jose Pine
Suarez were murdered in Mexico City
while ostensibly being removed to tie
p~enitentiary.
Francisco Madero, father of the
murdered Mexican President, and Err
nesto, an uncle, left Mexico for Hava
ma, whittier a nephew had preceded
them. Military preparations are going
on actively in the United States.
Hundreds of inhabitants of the
Province of Fu-kien, China. have been
killed during the last week or so while
offering armed resistance to the gov
eminent troops engaged in destroying
the poppy plants.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-28
A Year of Our Lord.

In the manager at Bethlehem all n
~converging lines of the preceding cen
turtles were localized, and from that
center an ever widening stream or
influence has gone out to bless h
world. 1t is not without adequate
cause that from the birth OF Christ
we date our time, for then human
history writes the letters ca%relessly as
it turns the page to record for the
first time in the new year; but IN
these letters in the open secret OF the
ages. for this, too, is a year of our
Lord" an acceptable year, a year OF
erace-Jesse B. Thomas, DID.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-28
JURY BILL
Commissioners to Be Appointed by
Governor, and They Select Grand
and Petit Jurors,

The jury reform bill has been re-
shaped to meet objections made by
legislators to the plan proposed by
Governor Wilson, and the measure
will probably become a law within a
few days. Commissioners are to be
appointed by the Governor for each
county, and they are to select both
grand and petit jurors. The presiding
judge is to name the foreman of the
Grand Jury from among those drawn.
Governor Wilson preferred that the
judges should name the jury commits
sions, to which there was objection in
the Legislature, probably political in
its origin. There are, however, many
who oppose any greater control over
juries than the judges already possess,
and the subject is at least open to de-
bate. The necessity of a reform in the
monstrated by the experience of At
lantic and Hudson counties, and, less
glaringly but convincingly, of Essex.
The people have elected many kinds
of men as sheriff. and the majority
have entered upon their duties with
the intention of drawing juries which
would be publicly approved.
Strong Political Influences.
In a very short time the tremendous
influences of their political ~associa-
tons and their natural desire to use
their power for private benefit has
made them worse than careless in
jury selection. In Hudson and Allan
tic counties there has been no justice
obtainable in a certain class of cases,
and the desperate effort to get relief
by the elisor plan has been only TEN.
porary in it's good effects. The reform
will chiefly affect a class of cases
which are more or less political. I'm.
der the new law it would be possible
to get a hearing where a party boss
was concerned, and to gain fair treat
ment in other like cases from both
grand and petit juries. In other cases
the Improvement will be slow. The
jury system itself is far from perfect
and it can never be much better than
the general level of morals and intel
ligence of the community. 1t will be
possible to make much progress in
time, and certain great evils should be
overcome almost at nee.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-28
General

Inc Illinois Commission on Mar
riage reported that the divorce rate
in the United States is seven times
greater than Europe's.
The West Virginia Legislature
passed a bill providing that a system
of roads be built throughout the State
by convict labor.
Samuel G. Maus, aged 81, died in
Lewisburg, Pa. Long ago he dug his
own grave, concerted it, and made his
own coffin.
President-elect Wilson gave out a
statement defending the antitrust
statutes for New Jersey that he has
just signed.
The sleet and rain which struck
Chicago, holding the city stormbound
for thirty hours, did damage estimated
at at least 1000, 900. Nearly all the
telegraph wires are down.
DR.. John R. Russell, Superintendent
of the Matteawan IN. " State Hospi-
tai for the Criminal Insane, charged
that William +. Clark, Secretary of
the Sulzer inquiry committee, used
the Governors name in an effort to
bring about the release of Harry K.
Thaw.
Edouard F. Myths, who was con-
victed and sent to prison in England
for libelling King George, was admit
ted to the country by Federal Judge
Noyes after the immigration authori-
ties had sought to bar him out.
The Senate passed a bill so strin-
ent that saloon keepers say it will re
duce saloons in the District of Column
bia, exclusive of hotels and clubs,
from 300 to about seven, if it becomes
a law.
Professor Sloane of Columbia Uni
versity gave a luncheon to several
German sportsmen to further the
cause of American athletics in the
Berlin Olympic games in 1916.
Miss Josephine Cochran, aged 16
months, a relative of P~resident-elect
Wilson, will probably be the next
white House baby" as she is a great
~favorite with the Wilson girls.
The substitution of steel for whale
bone in c~orsets, has forced the price
of bone from SIS to 50 per pound in
San Francisco. The demand is so
small that nc whalers are going out
this year.
Mayor RothwelT of Akron, Ohio, has
prohibited striking rubber workers to
hold street meetings.
Jimmy G. Washington Cornwall en-
ulated his namesake by chopping a
nine tree which fell into a mass of
electric wires, shutting off the light,
power, telephone and telegraph com.
munication of Plymouth, Conn. and
nearby towns.
The wireless outfit on the S. S
George Washington caught" a tune
played near the wireless telephone at
Sayville, l.. l. The steamer was many
miles off the Long Island coast at the
time.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-28

was also told to prepare to join in the
movement.
The dispatch of a brigade to Calves
ton was part of the original precau-
tionary plan and will be followed by
another order sending between 5000
and 1000 more regulars from the East
or Far West.
This will make a total of 10000
troops to be concentrated before
March 4 at Galveston, which is three
days sail from Vera Cruz: There
are about $500 troops now in Texas.
and the brigade ordered there will
bring the number above 5000.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-02-28
WEEKS NEWS BY
TICK AND FLASH
What Interests the World Chron-
icIed by Telegraph and Gable.
GLANCE AT FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Washington Looms Large as a Center
of Observation-Disclosures Busy in
Many States-The Lights and
Shadows of the News.
WASHINGTON

The United States Supreme Court
upheld the validity of the White-Slave
Traffic act.
Secretary Nagel recommended TO
President Taft that the resignation of
D. ]. Keefe, Commissioner-G@ner>t of
immigration, be demanded because he
accepted favors from railroads.
DR.. F. F. Friedman, ~discoverer of
tuberculosis serum, applied to the
United States patent Office for protec-
ton for his cure.
The House voted, PA to ia, to
override the Presidents veto of the
immigration bill, but the necessary
two-thirds vote was lacking.