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The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Views On Tariff Bill.

According TO Alexapder r. Smith.
president Of the Merchants and Manu-
fscturers Board of Trade of New York.
the s per cent clause i'm the new tarin
measure does not prevent the United
States from abrogating any existing
commercial treaties with foreign nations,
though the clause itself provides II shall
not abrogate or impair any treaty. Mr..
Smith says q dozen or more foreign ma
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Report On Canal Work.

Excavating and concrete work on the
Panama canal have both slackened UP
during the past month, according to
the monthly report of the Canal Com
mission. Only 1.922,713 cubic yards of
excavation was done in September. as
compared with 2,65s,7s5 the month pre-
vious and but $40 yards of concrete
laid as compared with 16.73s laid in
August
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Sinclair and Wife
Welcomed to Arden

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. l6.-Despite
the attempts to persuade Upton Sim
clair not to return to Arden, Della
wares little single tax colony, the au-
thor and his second wife arrived at
Arden last night
In place of the cool reception ex-
pected. a log fire blazed in .'Uppie's''
study and the house had the appear
ance of home lived in.
The previously arranged Not vel
come" sign was taken down and a
You are welcome hither" took its
place
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
To Pass On Railroad Fine.

The Supreme Court Of the United
States in a suit brought by the Govern
ment against the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas railroad will pass on the question
Of whether a railroad which violates the
hours Of service law is liable to pay as
many penalties as there are employees
in the crew
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Dreadnaught Launched.

PORTSMOUTH,. England, Oct. l6.-
The costliest. speediest. most powerful
super er-dreadnought In the world. the
Queen Elizabeth. was launched at the
royal dockyard here today. the naming
ceremony being performed by Lady
Meux, wife OF Admiral Sir Hodworth
Meux, commander-in-chief of the Ports.
mouth naval station.
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Wilson An Antiquarian.

Despite his progressive ideas and his
prowess on the golf links. President
Wilson is an antiquarian. He has be-
come one in the last twenty-four hours.
the American Antiquarian Society in
annual session at Worcester, Mass. hav
ing elected him to membership In recog-
milton of his historical writings. Ber
nard c. Steiner, of Baltimore. professor
Of history at the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, was also elected to membership.
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Hearing On Pure Cocoa.

Is cocoa pure chocolate? And can it
be so labeled? These questions are to
be determined by the Pure Food Board
after a public hearing to be held at
the Department of Agriculture Novem-
Der T. The board ruled against the
designation Of specially prepared cocoa
as chocolate The manufacturers kick
ed, and they are to have hearing. All
interested persons may appear.
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Brief In Lemon Case.

Contending that the Interstate Com
merce Commissions blanket rate OF 81
hundred pounds on lemons from Cali
fornia was fixed with unanimous con-
sent of the railroads now fighting the
rate. the Department of Justice today
filed its brief in the lemon rate case"
before the Supreme Court
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Senator Lodge Improving.

1t will be month before Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, can be out, ac-
cording to dispatches from Boston. He
is. nevertheless, recovering from his
recent operation. and is able to walk
from one room to another. The prog
ress Of his recovery is considered re-
ma rkable
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
COSMOS.

Twelve real Scotch lads and Iassies in
the songs and dances of the Highlands,
with a spectacular scenic setting and
costume effects will be the headline at
traction at the Cosmos Theater next
week. They are the Kincaids. who have
revived the glories of the youth Of the
also announces Fiske and McDonough
in a farce filled with bright lines and
funny situations, The Ladies Interfer-
ence Society,"" in search of adventure on
q stunning tour. Arthur Dunn, the
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Election PIeases Democrats

Commenting on the Democratic vic
tory In West Virginia. Congressman
Frank f. Doremus of Michigan, chair
man of the Democratic Congressional
committee, today, said: The election
OF Mayor Neeley in the First West Vir-
ginia district is very gratifying to all
friends OF the Administration, and a
splendid Endorsement of the policies of
President Wilson and the party
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Whitlock For Belgium.

President Wilson has decided to send
u" the Senate the name of Brand Whit
lock, mayor of Toledo, as minister to
Belglurn to succeed Theodore Marburg
or baltimore. The Belgian government
has already notified the State Depart
ment that Mr.. Whitlock will be accept
able.
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Fishery Clerks Promoted

Edgar c. Fearnow and Daniel 3. Gil
more clerks in the Bureau of Fisheries,
have been promoted TO $500 and sl,20O.
respectively. The temporary appoint
ne nts of Marvin w. VIII. Eugene II.
stobbe. Frederick Fish and G. F. ROM
mel. OF the Bureau OF Standards. have
been eXteni led
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Leverman Is Wanted.

The Civil Service Commission is to
hold an examination to obtain eligibIes
for appointment as leverman on the
army engineer dredge Dalecariia, work.
ing on the Potomac and the Chesapeake.
The Job pays $40 a month and subsist-
encnf
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Nomination Expected Soon.

President Wilson is expected to an
nounce soon the name of a successor
to Homer n. Boardman as United States
Attorney for the western district of Ok
lahoma, who has been removed by At
torney General McReynolds.
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
Received Many Responses.

Ambassador Gerard has informed the
Department of State that more than
900 favorable responses have been re-
ceived from German commercial estab-
lishments to invitations extended them
to send exhibits to the Panama-Pacific
Exposition in 1915.
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
McAdoo Will Miss Vote.

Secretary McAdoo will not go to his
home in New York to vote at the No
vember election The Secretary's home
Is at Iryington- on Hudson in Westches-
ter county, where no important issue is
nresepted
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
legislative News In Brief

tions have at times terminated such
treaties with this country, and this
country can do the same
The Washington times., 1913-10-16

mimic. is another attraction alreaody
booked: but there are others to be an
nounced later.
The Washington times., 1913-10-16
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES

FISHERS AGENCY. 41s 10Th It. N. ".
HELP SUPPLIED.
Day, week. or month.
Phone Main 3s14
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13
FARMER
RETURNS IN DAZE

Brattlcboro, Nov. 6.-Arthur Kingsley.
the Nottingham farmer. who disappear
ed from his home late Thursday after
noon, returned, or was returned. to his
home at $40 o'clock this morning in IL
condition that has prevented him from
recognizing anyone of his family SINCE
Dr.. l.. T. Gordon of Jacksonville, who
was called to see him. declares him to
be in serious condition from a drug.
Mrs Kingsley was aroused Just after
i:.0 O'Clock this morning by a rap at
the door and she says that it did not
take her more than two minutes to open
the door When she did so her husband
stood there in a dazed condition. She
saw no one else. She put him to bed
and Dr. Gordon found no marks on him
other than a scratch on his neck which,
the physician said, could not have pro-
duced the condition in which he found
his patient.
kingsley's clothes did not indicate that
he had been sleeping out OF doors and
he had some change in his pockets
DR., f. II. O'Connor, who was sent to
examine Kingsley by Attorney General
Rufus Il. Brown, reported that in his
opinion the man will live but that he is
dazed from dope of some kind He said
positively that his condition Is not the
result of drinking whiskey.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13
WINTER DAIRYING PAYS.
More Than Twice the Profit Tint the
summer Dniryman Can Make

Assistant Chief OF Dairy Division, Dc.
partment of Agriculture

Assistant Chief OF Dairy Division. De-
partment of Agriculture.
The dairy cow Of to-day is largely an
artificial product. The application OF
science to breeding, feeding and care has
developed her from an animal producing
few quarts Of milk to sustain her
young to an animal that produces sixty
quarts of milk in a day.
one Of the essential things in sccur-
ing large yearly record is fall fresh
ening," which enables the dairyman to
produce Il large flow of milk in winter.
The claim is sometimes made that feed
stuitS are too expensive in winter to
produce milk at profit. This is all
wrong, and We have only to investigate
the work of the dairymen who follow all
the year round dairying to substantiate
the fact that they are making the most
money.
With the siio and an abundance OF al
falfa hay, milk can be produced on thou %
sands of farms almost as cheaply in win
ter as IN summer and In nearly as large
quantities. The increase In cost for win.
ter milk H. more than offset bv the m
crease IA price,
TO compare the fall and spring fresh.
ening." One farmer with twelve cows
had them all come in fresh in the spring,
when the price of milk was the lowest.
In the winter he was feeding these twelve
cows and they were all dry with tho
exception OF three. and they were strip.
pers. He was driving two miles 70 the
creamery every day IN the middle Of
December with twenty quarts of milk
when the creamery was Offering nigh
prices. Had half of his cows freshencd
in the fan he should have been haullng
100 quarts of milk instead of twenty.
Another dairyman IN the same State
was conducting his dairy in directly
opposite way This man has been ship
ping for several years practically as
much milk IN December as when his
COWS were on grass. lie was shipping
in December $50 quarts Of milk per day
from twenty-five cows, and his milk
check for the month was 1915.
The value of winter dalrying" may
he stated briefly as follows:
first.-Cows produce more mGk and
buttor during the year when they fresh
en- in the fail because they are sure
to produce a good flow OF milk during
the winter In the spring fresh pastures
stimulate the milk flow and keep it up
through the summer
Second.--The hired help is kept EN-.
ployed continuously
Third The winter dairyman has the
biggest check. Copyright, 1913 Morse In
ternational Agency. All rights reserved.
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TNELNE-STORY BUILDING OF
GLASS.

The newest development OF n skyscrap-
er In New York city is a bidding made
of glass. Although !: stories in height,
and planned to house i've technical mag
azines besides dozen other enterprises
connected with engineering, the building
according t. the Engineering News. will
contain 10 windows, bat instead will re-
ceive Is light through sol.6 walls %
glass. get "a ventilation by an artificial
current OF filtered air. circulated through
1ucts from basement to roof and be as
nohr dust-procf ana uo.se-proor as sell
ence ard ingenuity can mako a hsbitation
standing IL that Iity
The trent and sides OF the building will
be Ct glass, fitted In stee. !reGe work
on the interior the g!ass viii be pei
Ished plate, ard Oh tho e:G=rior II viii
have !. roushencd surface especially &C.
signed to tnrow back ito heat waves erd
soften the llEht rays.
This odd building. ground to- wh.ch
was broken reCenuS 1T the CORNER Of
Tenth ayenuo and 36.h strScr .s ths Fill
engineering hullcirg.
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A WAY TO START ORCHARD.
vital Points TINT Mean success. or
Failure.
ny George T. Powell,
Prc.1dert Of the Agricultural Fxperts'
Association
nN lnnrNn L

IVY f''I oWtIl
prcs1dert Of the Agricultural Experts
Association
The first thing to do In starting an an
pie orchard is to select the best mace.
While epSle trees will grow everywhere.
they will thrive and produce fruit only
on such soil and IN such location as are
best suited 10 them.
The best land fot apple trees 10 tho
rolling upland that lies at an elevation
OF from ioo to 700 fee, above sea level.
on land Of this character trees are far
more healthy ana VIII be less subject
to dlteas es. There also Is less danger
from late spring ftosts.
The kind Of sell is the mex. mos: i'm
portant thing II possible this should be
somewhat heavy loan. with enough clay
in 1t TO save washing in times Of feavy
rains. A soil that - made from limo
stone lie best FOR fruit trees
This kind of soil is found on the Pacific
coast In several W the northwestern
States in the great lakes section. in Ken
lucky and Tennessee and in the Lake
Chanplain and Hudson river valleys
While good apples will grow outside of
the trees nor fruit are as COED. Tho
trees are shorter lived. while the nat or
Of tho apples is lacking.
The right preparation Of the sol is
of great Importance. To dig holes I'm sod
and plant trees in them. MS is 80 often
done, IS absolutely wrong. Trees so plant
ed frequently do not produce fruit under
fifteen or twenty years when they should
bear in six. Some varities under good
culture will begin to bear apples i'm four
years. Apple trees under good manage
ment and care Will live and produce fruit
for more than 100 years. and the right
things should be done in the beginning
To obtain the best results the SOIL
should he plowed and corn or potatoes
grown a year before the trees are plant-
ed In sections where the mercury does
not 20 more than % degrees below zero
autumn is the best time in which TO
plant. The rows where the trees are 10
be planted may bc plowed deep and the
trees set banking them UP well with
earth. They will stand the winter and
Will gain three months the following
season over trees planted in the spring
Dynamite is being used with much sue
cess in tree planting. One-half OF a stick
put down about three feet where the
tree is to he planted will loosen the soil
thoroughly and advance the growth OF
the tree materially the first two years
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Agency. All rights reserved.
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MAPLE HOLDING IT'S owN.

Though at onc time in I'll. early hiVtory
OF the country an aves7lgo CT 5000 maple
trees were destrsyao IN clearing; The Or
binary New focI .: Pennsylvania farm,
maple " to-cay, according to the depart
ment of agriculture. one Of the most wide
~ used and valuable native hardwoods
n bulletin on the uses of maple, lust
issued by tho department, states that the
wood finds place I'm an enormous num-
Der OF articles in daily use, from rolling
pins to pianos and organs 1t is one Of
the best woods for flooring, and is al
ways a favoritc material for the floor.
OF roller skating Kinks and bowling al
levs. 1t leads all other woods as a ma
terial for shoe lasts, the demand for
which in Massachusetts alone exceeds
rllio" board feet apnually.
Sugar maple stands mar the too ot
the list of furniture wood, i'm TIN. cour-
try. The so-caled "birdseve" effect, the
department explains is probably due to
buds which for some reason can not
force their way through the bark. hut
which remain Just beneath It year after
wear. The Young wood is disturbed each
succeeding season by the presence OF the
bud and grows around It in fantastic
lOrlnS WnlCn are exposed Wncn tle saw
cuts through tho abnormal growtl.
Maple, the depa rtment goes on to say,
Is one Of the chief woods used for agr-
cultural implements and farm machinery.
being SO employed because of its strength
and hardness. All kinds Of wooden ware
are made of maple which holds important
rank also in the manufacture of shuttles.
spools ana bobbins. 1t completes with
black gum for first place IN the manufac-
ture Of rollers of many kinds, from those
employed i'm house moving to the less
massive ones used on lawn mowers. Ath-
letic goods. school supplies. brush backs,
pulleys, type cases and clutches are a
few Of the other articlcg for which maple
is In demand
Seven species Of maple grow i'm the
United States. of which sugar maple.
sometimes called hard maple, is the most
important. The total cut of maple in the
United States annually amounts to about
1l5o"O feet Nearly one-half is pro-
duced hv Michigan, with Wisconsin, Penn
sylvania, New York and West Virginia
following in the order named. Sugar
maple, says the department, Is in little
danger Of disappearing from the American
forests, for it is strong. vigorous, aG-
sressivc tree, and though not a fast
grower is able to hold it, % n. In Mlchi-
gan it IS not unusual for maple TO take
possession of land from which pine or
hardwoods have been cut clean. and
from New England westward through the
lake States and southwark to the Ohio
and Potomac rivers few other species are
oftcncr seen in woodlots.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13
ADVANCE FREIGHT RATES.
Vermont Transportation COmpa MES
File Tariffs Effective November IL.

Brattleboro, Nov. 9.-The following rail-
road companies have filed with the pub
lie service commission OF Vermont a gtn-
eral advance in the intrastate freight
tariffs to become effective November Ii:
The Delaware x Hudson Hallway com
pany, Montpelier e. Wells River company,
the Rutland Railroad company, Grand
Trunk railway system Champlain Trans
portalon company, the Central Vermont
Railway company.
This general advance of rates on intra-
state traffic is made in accordance with
the general advance over interstate rates
which have been forwarded to the inter
state commerce commission FOR filing by
the above named companies
These rates are on file at the Brattio-
boro office Of the public service commits
sion and will be shown 10 anybody who
is interested
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n detriment rather than a boncft to ane
utility part OF the poultry business.
To Illustrate: Take the Light Brahma.
magnificent specimen, twelve pounds
or more in weight. plumage perfect in
color; hut II he hasn't any feathers on
his middle toe he is no good, disqualified
throw him out on the contrary. if
magnifylng glass can show on the leg
of White Wyandotte q small hole tina,
looks as II there might have been
tuet OF down there some time then he Ia
no good no matter how perfect in every
other respect
Now. if bird is bred 10 look Mt mere
ly. then perfection of feather and these
other things are all right. OF course the
breeders of fancy birds 81! claim that
their birds are good layers. but they
cont enter them in the egg laying CON
tests Where an exception occurs and
fanrior does enter some birds as
rule, their egg record VIII be found at
the bottom W the list. l5Eg LAYING con-
tests arc going to bring the Utility part
into such prominence that ;hc winner ot
these contests can get as much :or his
birds rs the winner az oar Rig shows
has been getting FOR his ON .1iG thai
Mr.. Barron hus sold his pon az tho
Missouri contest Cor 600 SO a bid
Mr.. Barron has bean trap resting his
birds for many ycnIs. For me last eight
wears accurate records nave hean Kept
OF the pedigree and psrfor nance Of ser-
erations of bl-As. SO iis ntgb .eoorts
are not 6uesswork They are the rsea,t
OF yeare Of care and painstaniuy laLor.
not to mention ;he application of err1ns
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13
HOW WALTER SCOTT WROTE.
(From st. Nicho!e. Masusine)

ttrDm St Nicholas Mag sine.)
Sc cordial and ou,1oorish is our host.
so rnafy to guide in orT ramhles, over
walking, ovortBitng. and overfeedina
his suac,s." &c his wife used 10 say, that
wn may easily forget his ous!noSs in We
IN that Re has anything slse TO 10 eut
cnter+e;u, But Waiter Scott 1890, pre-
sv.nariy, this doy, au oil cthers. n. fvd
O'Clock era wa wr't!r9 away RAPIDLY BY
sia, 60 thas hr "hrjse tho neck os the
days wo-k oeiorr b~cakfas.." This vas
his r>guicr program. While ne w~s bath
Ing a:1H iYessipG HE thoughts wore elm
-rertnS' IT, sis tru.r, so that he dAaSod
them of ''prSiey easily" whom his pan
was n his hand. With ro interruption
eI cspt Cor breakfast, nc worked steadily
I'll ii or II. by :his system. vsry rArsly
broken. he could AFFORD a ride afte-
lunch. and. a one o'clcok, rain or shine,
he could mo;:n; his big horse fo- a sAi,cp
over the hills. The pictures be saw on
these I.dse are IN hls books. and so Ia
the joyous outdoor spirit. One OF his drst
poems. 'Marmion." was practically writ
ten on horseba N. the lines coming into
his brain while he traInsd his regiment.
raced ove- me r1oors, or plunged through
foods
And Just as he would not let his work
cheat his outdoor life he would not lie.
II cheat his children or his friends. When
Irving visited him, he had to excuse him
self after breakfast 10 correct proof: but
often he wrote In room alled with pso-
pie. Perhaps he used manuscript sheets
the same size as lettor-paper. 80 that
he might write MS books and yet seem
TO be writing common letter. The
shouts of his children playing marbles or
nnepins around him. or his dogs sloep-
Ing at his feet. or even leaplng In and
out of the open window. could not in
terrupt his thought. though occasionally
the father stopped to tell n story u tho
pleading pets who talked. or Vtvo ~. az
factiorate pat to those -ho Only les<.u
their love. AND then his aot!ve hand
drove on. iaytns s.Aico shssl Aftss sheet =
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following chapters TO be written truth
fully. For example:
In wild stage those types whose seed
endured the dry or winter season con-
tnued to perpetuate their kind. But man
wanting a larger, softer and more nutrl.
tious grain, has selected and propagatod
such types till the kernels suit mans
needs, but are not now suited to tbo
perpetuation of their kind except as tbe
seed is preserved by man.
Placing the ears in a crib affords some
protection. but the better care afforded
by a seed corn house has enabled ono
portion of seed to yield eighteen bushels
more per acre than the portion left in
the crib. A seed corn house which cost
$500 returned 100 profit in one year he
cause OF the greater productivcncss of
seed so kept. Copyright 19l3-Morse In
ternatlonal Agency All rights reserved