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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-31
A NEAT PIECE OF WORK

Mr.. ]. w. Hodges, bookkeeper at
the Ocala Iron Works, is proud of a
presently he received from Mr.. w. w.
Faust, engineer at the plant. 1t is
an ice pick in the shape Of toma-
hawk 1t is made OF forged s-eel,
highly polished and embellished with
engravings. including his name. 1t
is a real work of art and shows the
ability of the donor. This pretty
gift was made by Mr.. Faust at odd
moments.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-31
AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Tomorrow being the solemnity and
feast of obligation all saints day
there will &c three services at st.
Philips Catholic church: At a. m.
10 a. m. and D. M
Every Sunday, services at 10 a. m.
and p. m.
Monday feast of all souls. Requiem
mass will be a a. n. Good Chris
tians are cordially invited.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-31
TO THE LADIES
Who Intend Sending Exhibits to the
Marion County Fair

We have been requested by Mrs.
A. Y. Strunk, superintendent of the
domestic exhibits at the coming fair.
to say that any parcels Or packages
sent TO her will have careful and i'm
mediate attention Everyone is
urged to send exhibits in early as
they will not only be more advant-
ageously placed. but more care be
taken in their arrangement and
proper grouping No entries will be
received after a. n. Tuesday, Nov.
%. Mrs. Strunk and her assistants
will be at the fair grounds on Satur-
day, the 22nd 10 receive the ex-
hibits 10-30-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-31
JUDGE BULLOCK WILL PRESIDE
OVER WEST PALM BEACH COURT

West Palm Peach. Oct. 31.-At
in West Palm Beach beginning Nov.
4th, Judge W. S. Bullock. of the fifth
judicial circuit; will preside.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-31
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mr.. Ashley Purvis is steadily i'm
proving.
Mrs. Lansford is able to sit up q
while each day.
The other patients are all con
valescing.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-31

In short time ''Twenty-One'
will be the most talked of PROPOSE
ton in Ocala. Watch for il. 1O-3Otf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-10-31

Rexall Liver Salts viii relieve any
Yer ailment and me loss O.
strength and the other ailments
caused by it-or money back. Csc.
and SOC at Gerig's Drug Stores 1925
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
Coed Roads and Farm Notes.

Its the stray coclleSurr that seed,
the held next yeat
Never hoe or cultivate beans when
the vines are wet with dew or rain
\ heavy crop OF weeds will check
the growth OF the clover great deal.
Blood meal Is rich - protein, peas
are much richer IN protein than corn
Corn planted I" >ecGre large yield
OF ear, makes the most valuable silage
The seeding of rape and turnips III
corn has become an established prac-
tice.
Sow some clover: if nowhere else
sow in corr after the cultivation Is
over.
Alfalfa will grow on nearly all good,
wcll-draincd soils. but best on a rich.
sandy loan
The only good way to shock grain
is in round shocks with one or two
cap sheats ON top
Pick CucumberS often and clean Il
permitted to mature and make seed
the productiveness OF the vine stops
Hoe. cultivate or rake the soil about
once a week Thus weeds will be kill
ed before they have a chance to grow
The sand vetch is smaller and more
recumbcnt than the common yetch,
and has been tested but little in this
country
Cypress is said to be the best ma
tcrial for wooden silo, a. it possesses
unusual weather and water resisting
qualities,
Bear in mind that corn fodder, or
fodder corn. must not be cut early for
il means a loss Of a large part OF itS
feeding value
One lesson that the short hay crops
IT the past seasons have taught us is
that a crop of hay can be raised alon'
the road>idc> where weeds had their
home before.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
LIME-SULPHUR GOOD SPRAY
1t is the Best ALL Round Insect Killer
the Orchardist Can Use.

Alter 1--we years of experimenting
with different spray materials in apple
orchards the New Hampshire station
issued some suggestive conclusions.
lie work was conducted on different
farms III different parts of the State.
and the sprays were used primarily as
fungcides While lime sulphur is adj
vocated as the best all round spray.
Professor Charles Brooks. author OF
the bulletin says:
No fungicide has been found that
holds disease IN check as we'll as Dor
deauX. When showers follow soon
after an application OF bordeaux the
leav 5 are likely to be spotted and the
fruit somewhat rusted, However. the
injury TO fruit IS seldom great enough
to be OF importance when apples are
sold in barrels.
at is largely to avoid spray injury
that lime sulphur has replaced Dor
deax. No one ever questioned the
high value Of bordeaux "a a fungicide
The trouble is ii does too well. reach
ing the fruit as well as the fungus.
In New Hampshire experience no
commercial bordeaux has been found
as satisfactory as home made The
best formula Of bordeaux for the apple
orchard is 3-350-that is. three pounds
each OF copper sulphatc and lime to
Fifty gallons OF water"
Regarding lime sulphur, Professor
Brooks says: 1T proved a satisfactory
substitute for bordeaux in most eases.
1t caused little or no injury and in
some seasons controlled the diseases
rs well as bordeaux As a poison for
insects arSenate Of lead is the only
thing that has proved satisfactory for
use with lime sulphur. The iron sui
phide mixture gave good results and
is annarentlv worth further trial
THE application Of a strong fungi
eide before the leaves are ont and one
of regular strength lust before the
flower buds open will decrease the
number Of sprayings needed later"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05

The Worlds Work III a recent issue
tells of the cause of a New Jersey con
sumner who last February paid 81 cents
for a dozen "stictly fresh eggs. One
of these bore the name and address OF
the owner of the hens which laid them
with the request that the person who
finally bought them write and let him
know how much he paid for them
The corr, spondence which followed
showed that the eggs were laid IN De-
cember, two months before, and thai
the owner OF the hens received II
cents per dozen for them. TINS meant
that the transportation company ana
the middleman through whose hands
the eggs passed before they got to the
man who ate them added nearly zOo
per cent to the price which the pro
Queer received. In view of such a
hold-up conspiracy as this II Is no
wonder that the cost of living is high
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
Water Required for Corn

In 1910 $50 parts OF water produced
345 parts OF water for one OF dry mat
ter al the Nebraska experiment sta
one part OF dry matter: in 1911 II took
tion These results were caused by
the differences i'm humidity. mainly by
evaporation, the roots OF .thc plants
being watered artihcially and pro
iected from rainfall 1t will be seen
what an influence different seasons
may have on srop with similar
amounts oi rainfall. when one i
cloudy with little wind and the other
the reverse. When deep-rooted corn
j. so much affected ii is not to be Won
dercd at that the line OF pasture
grasses is arrested before we get far
west. and we should continue diligent-
" to search for decp-rootcd plants II
we pillow up the buffalo grass. which
protects itself by going to sleep during
hot spells
The sizes OF the leaves OF corn seems
to he important. for very large lcavcd
varieties evaporate more water for
dry matter produced than smaller
bladcd kinds
Poor and medium soils need less
water for corn crop when manfred
On rich soils with plant food already
present this effect i not so marked.
The lowest water requirement per
unit OF dry weight was found TO be IS
per cent To 90 per cent, and the latter
figure was found best for large yield
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
Highway OF the Future.

All road builders are now engaged
in trying to devise a road winch viii
stand motor trathc. Many new mS'r-
obs have been tired with varying dc
grecs OF success, but none OF tuem
seems To be perfectly satisfactory.
1T broken stone Il TO form the wear
ing surface, then some means mast
be found to hold the binding particles
so nrmly that they cannot DC sucked
out, and sufficient strength mast nc
given to the mass to enable II TO win
stand the sliding action OF the wheels
AT bends and turns. SVcral kinds OF
tar macadam answer fairly well, but
they are expensive.
1t would seem that the most prom
ising kind of road for heavy automo-
bile traffic is what is called duraN III
England. 1t is a pavement OF three
inch irregular cubes OF hard stone laid
in small scgmcnts or circles.
These stones can be cut by machrn-
cry and are comparatively neNpen-
sive. They are laid without grout'
but there seems to be no reason Tor
its omission except the cost Great
quantities OF this kind of pavement
have been laid in Germany
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
HOW TO KILL QUACK.
If It Once Gets a Foothold 1t Hangs
On Like Mortgage.

The farmer who tries to cXtcrmlnate
ouack by ordinary methods OF cult
yation while growing farm crop Will
find bigger job on his hand than hu
man nature is equal to. There is moth
ing on this earth that seems to have
the vitality OF quack and wants to live
as badly.
Cut off the grass i'll its growing sea
son and in a day or two up come
more green blades When one tries to
prevent its growing with cultivator
and hoe in a few acres OF cultivated
crops on the farm he will have little
time for doing other work. Unlike
other weeds, if quack is given chance
if will take full possession of the land
and il likes rich soil best. 1t will com
plctcy fill the soil with roots.
Now. there is always way OF over
coming an evil and it may work out
some good for us. Here Is what a
farmer in Delaware county. \. y, did
with field OF quack that had got the
start OF him. He reasoned that there
was large quantity of huElus IN the
soil that could be utilized il the quack
could be destroyed He decided not
10 fight it by cultivation all summer
but to cause other crops to work Tor
him. He plowed early i'll the spring,
plowed and narrowed repeatedly un-
Ill June. when he sowed two bushels
OF buckwheat to the acre. The plants
appeared as quickly As the quack and
outgrew it completely. covering the
ground with thick mass that smoth-
cred the quack When the buckwheat
was ripe in August little quack was to
be seen. II its growth Is prevented
or one year it cannot survive until
the next. This experiment. although
fairly successful. would have been
comepletely so ii the ground had been
sown 10 rye or wheat when the buck
wheat was removed-American Ag
riCuttiTiSt
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
Mrs. George +. West,
Mrs. ]. c. Snyder,
Mrs. Will PawerS.
Look to Your Plumbing.

You know what happens in house
in which the plumbing is in poor con
dition-everybody in the house is liza
BILE to contract typhoid or some Other
fever tt digestive organs perform
the same functions in the human body
as the plumbing does for the house
and they should be kept in 6rst-clas,
condition all the time. If YOU have
any trouble with your digestion take
Chamberlain Tablets and YOU are Ger
tain to get quick relief. For sale by
al druggists
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05

increasingly apparent, and also the re
sponsibility of club women as mold
ers of public taste and sentiment. AS
Mrs Pennypacker well says: w c
must never forget that into our hands
are given the ideals of the nation,
and il is the earnest cndeayor of the
General Federation women to live up
to their high calling. Miss Mary Gray
Peck. of Chicago, is chairman of the
Drama Committee. under the Litera
ture Department. and her syllabus of
study OF the modern drama is most
helpful to the increasing number of
clubs that are specializing along this
line
The other committee under the De
partment of Literature is that of Ii
brary Extension. the chairman OF
which is Miss l.. +. Stearns. of Mad
ison. Wisconsin. Believing that it i.
mot the few great libraries, but the
thousand small ones that are most
useful to the people this committee is
largely devoted to helping in the es-
adjustment of these small libraries
and also i'll the multiplication of Ii
brary Commissions. just at present
it is assisting Kansas in its enlarge
ment OF the scope OF travelling Ii
brary Commission to include an or
ganizer to work among the public Ii
braries of the State Through one of
its members. Miss S. s. Page, of West
Virginia. it will endeavor to aid that
State in securing a Library Commits
sion and more and better public Ii
braries. This committee has helped
the State of Arkansas to establish a
Library Association, and will lend cor
dial aid in promoting the library move
ment in any State
The establishment of libraries and
library commissions. the education OF
the people to an appreciation of really
noble dramatic art and the cultiva-
ton of more intimate acquaintance
with the best English literature-are
not these ideals worthy of an organi-
cation composed of one million of the
most enlightened women of the United
States?
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05

membership costs one dollar year
for dues and is open to all individuals
interested in the support OF the best
in the dramatic world.
The headquarters of the league are
at present in Chicago, 73o Marquette
building
The league furnishes to members
bulletins of the plays being put on in
Chicago, with synopsis of play, short
history of the works of the respect
i've authors They also furnish list
OF plays for amateurs, plays for junior,
and directions for staging these.
The latest field for this league is the
sending out of noted actors and act
resses TO small places, where they will
show for one night only. Small town
in Nevada are the victims of travel
ing companies of PLAYERS Of very low
type. and the very scarcity of enter
tainment causes the people to flock t.
these highly melodramatic shows The
league will attcmpt to correct this evi
by sending out only the best sort OF
plays and players.
The active members of the league
are the leading actors and actresses
of the American stage. The league
also publishes The Drama. dramatic
magazine, to raise the standard OF the
present day drama criticisms and
drama demand
Mrs. George NJ. Wills. General Fed
Grafton Secretary of Nevada, has sen
letter to the various clubs concern
ing the General Federation Magazine
published by the General Federation
OF Women's Clubs This has become
the organ of the Nevada Federation
by giving us space each month for
Nevada Notes. 1t also gives all the
work Of the club movement in thi,
country with little glimpses into the
clubdom of China. Japan and Europe
1t is very DESTROYS that club Wome1
take this magazine. and Mrs Wills j
asking all who feel able to subscribe
through her The subscription price
is one dollar. to be sent to Mrs. Wills
Goldheld. Nevada
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
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CLUB NOTES ::
Press Bulletin No. a.

notwithstanding the growing popu-
larity OF the study of Household
Economics among club women, and
their increasing disposition to under
take work along lines of civic improve
ment, the cultural side of club activ-
ity IS by no means neglected by them
At the shrine of literature, where wo.
men clubs were first conceived, they
still continue their dcvotiOns, Commun-
ing with the great minds of all ages.
encouraging originality of thought and
expression. and steadily cultivating
the delightful art of conversation This
is as II should be From familiarity
with the best literature comes inspira-
ton to noble endeavor, and unless our
study leads to some form OF benefcent
activity it is useless
The General Federation is fortunate
in having as chairman OF its Literature
and Library Extension Department
Mrs. Frances Squire Potter, of Chi
cago, woman of broad culture. who
is also one Of the most gifted speakers
in our country Mrs Potter is truly
the embodiment or expression of Bo-
sanquct's definition OF culture as the
habit OF mind instinct with purpose
cognizant Of tendency and connec-
ton in human achievement, diigent
in discerning the great from the
trivial
The president of the General FEEDER
alton OF Women's Clubs in her last
message makes strong plea for
greater attention to correctness and
elegance Of speech-a timely plea that
we should all ponder In listening to
Frances Squire Potter's perfectly mod
ulated voice and her mastery use Of
our native tongue. one signs to reflect
how seldom we hear the language of
Shakespeare and Milton spoken in its
purity and with nice discrimination
Mrs Pottcr's outlines for the study
of English literature from the begin
ming down to the Romantic Revival
have been found most helpful TO clubs
as have her Old Testament literature
outlines She LAYS special emphasis
ON the importance OF familiarity with
the King lanes Bible as literary pro
duction. and her lectures based on Bi-
bic topicS are certainly most INSPIRING
The importance of dramatic art is
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
A Good Ration.

Probably no experiment station III
the country has made more careful m
.vestigation along the line OF seiennlc
poultry raising than that OF the State
of Maine; hence the ration Tor. laying
hens recommended by the station eX-
perts is of especial interest. Dry mash
is kept before the hens all the time,
and this consists of a mixture OF wv
parts of cornmeal, shorts, linseed meal
beef scraps and gluten meal. BESIDES
this mash there is fed to the hens
twice a day in the litter scant amount
of whole corn. wheat and oats, whiie
clover. mangels. oyster shells and gr''
are also provided.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
Sll.OOO,0Oo Worth of Beans.

CALIFORNIA; yearly output of beam
brings the growers OF the State in ST. |,
100000 yearly. The total output il
2.SoS,0O0 eighty pound sacks, the va
ricty and output OF the several kind'
of beans being as follows Lima beans
10000 sacks, pink beans, 770,0OC
sacks small white beans, $4,000
sacks; all other varieties, 56l,00C
sacks. The States production OF lin;
beans comprises 81 per cent OF tho
worlds, the island of Madagascar pro
ducing practically all the rest. The
lima bean industry OF California start
ed in 1880 in Santa Barbara county
and today practically all OF the huge
output is raised in five southern coun
ties of the State and within sixteer
miles OF the sea
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
Potato Scab Quarantine.

Acting under the authority OF the
law recently passed by congress giving
the Department OF Agriculture power
to establish quarantine against foreign
countries or individual States of the
Union for the purpose of preventing
introduction OF plant and insect pests,
Secretary OF Wilson has issued order,
prohibiting the importation OF fruit
from the Hawaiian Islands to head off
the Mediterranean fruit fly, against
several European countries to check
the further introduction of the white
pine blister and against New Found
land, England. Germany aud Austro-
Hungary to prevent the introduction
OF the potato wart disease or black
scab
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
Fuchias.

1t is a good time now TO start the OLD
stock plants of fuchias for there i,
plenty OF room in the propogatine
bench. and it is the early struck cut
tinps that make the fine plants foI
vases and boxes. and if cuttings are
taken in spring they Immediately pro
ducc a flower, and il is dithcult to get
a good growth, the plant often remain
ing short, with a stunted appearance
VET bearing howerS-Gardenrng.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
The Drama League of America.

This society has for its purpose the
elevation OF the standard of the Ameri-
clean drama Membership in the
league is of two kinds club and indi-
vidual membership The former is
open to all clubs desiring to advance
the work of the drama. or actually
doing dramatic work The individual
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
Diarrhoea Preventive.

A little powdered chalk prevents
d;arrhoca among the chicks, as also
does chopped up raw onions, or cam
phor in water
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-04-05
Franchise Society Elect Officers.

The Lyon County Branch OF the Ne
vada Equal Franchise Society met for
the annual meeting on Thursday
| March y. at the home of Mrs Geo
w. Webster. The meeting was called
to order by the Vice President, Mrs
Webster. and proceeded to the eec
ton of officers. which resulted in the
selection OF the following ladies': Pres
dent Mrs George Webster; Vice
President. Mrs c. A. Steele; Secre
| tary. Mrs VIII Powers; Treasurer
Mrs ] G. Snyder
The former President was unable t.
be present to give report
The following resolution was sen
to Miss Anne Martin, President OF til,
Nevada Equal Suffrage Society:
Whereas. There seems to be sup
position that the Lyon County Branch
has wavered in its loyalty to the State
organization under which it wa.
formed; and,
Whereas. We appreciate the effort.
of Miss Anne Martin i'll her capacity
as President of the Nevada Equa
Franchise Society; therefore be il
Resolved, That the Lyon County
Branch offers its loyalty to Miss Mar
tin and the Nevada Equal Franchise
Society, and pledge to them the sup
port of its officers
Signed:
Mrs. George +. West.
Mrs ] c. Snyder,
Mrs Will Pawers
Committee on Resolutions
The club has planned to ask an at
torncv to give parliamentary drill to
/ the members twice a month. in order
that they NAV feel better prepared for
citizenship when it comes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-01-17
| NEWS OF THE Old DOMINION,
.ff.is
MUCH-MARRIED MAN.
Valves Examination in Police Court
= And Strclls Back to Jail.

Richmond, Va, Jan. Hills 'lud-
Shin" Phillip Cowardin, alias Z. W.
alias Patrick Blake, appeared IN po-
lice court Wednesday morning to an
swer to the charge Of bigamy. His at
tornev c. N. Wait, formerly common
wealth's attorney OF Culpeper, who
had been engaged to defend him, wal
we'd examination, and the case was
certified to the Hastings Court Oh
February 3rd. There was no hearing
q I'd Milford, Blake went back to the
cell, twilling his moustache and smll-
ing at the court officials.
Blake, who has wife and SIX Chill
dren living at Brandy, Culpepef
county is alleged to have married
Miss Grave Marie Brown, OF 6oo Eas'
Clay street, Hyattsville, Nd, OF
March so, 1912. Another ceremony
was performed here by a CatnoIie
DflE,St on oaHuaiS "iH VI '-''
lie is said also to have a third WIZ
hire whom he married in Hanover
county in 1910. The third wife IS salc
20 be the mother CT child OF Whlcf
Eiakc is the father. She has not Je'
preferred any charge against nm
though the police may subpoena mel
as a witness against him.
Blake said he was forced INTO th'
marriage with Miss Brown, though ne
id not offer any explanation OF th'
ceremony ALLEGED to have been per
+ ,rn1ed in Hyattsvile. He waa un
,rturbed during the short proceed
irps. and bestowed Il genial smile OF
CAPTAIN McMahon, the man who MAJ
c.:uscd his arrest. He was commit
ted to jail, but stated that nc fopei
/, be able to put up bond for his ap
nearance in the Hastings Court "hc'
his case is called.