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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
MANURE FOR CABBAGE
Deep, Rich, Mellow Soil Is Of
Importance.
Winter Variety is Mostly Grown on
Early Potato Ground--t.osbeds Are
Prepared In February and Seed
sown In Framee-

Cabbage likes deep, rich, mellow
soil. For summer cabbage. a mellow,
sand loan will bring the earliest
crop. The early June cabbage that
is shipped to the Baltimore markets
is mostly grown on the deep river
bottom lands of the lower portion OF
Baltimore county, says the Baltimore
American. A large portion of this
cabbage is grown from night soil
which. after fermentation. is sprinkled
along the rows, just before the plants
are set in the fall. If this fertilizer
is thoroughly mixed through the soil.
1t is said not to injure the quality OF
the cabbage. For the fall and winter
cabbage crop, plant on deep, mellow
red clay soil. AS the value of the
cabbage is in large solid heads, thu
best fertilizer to use is that of rot
ted manure from granted horses and
cattle, with the addition of 1000
pounds of high grade vegetable
guano sown to the acre and well har
rowed in before planting. Winter cab
bage is mostly grown on early potato
ground. This land. being heavily
dressed with fertilizer for the potato
crop-not more than 600 to sOC
pounds of fertilizer will be needed fol-
each acre planted. The fertilizer is
nearly always sown in the drill. The
drill rows are then covered in and the
ridges rolled. Large growers now
use the planter; the machine sets
and waters each plant, very few
plants fail to grow. Plants set by
machine are better firmed in the
ground than plants set by hand. The
old method of starting early plants
in the fall and wintering them in o
cold frame has now been abandoned
in favor of sowing the seed in hot
bed. The hotbeds are prepared in
February and the seed sown -in the
frames by the middle of the month
When the plants are two inches in
height they are transpIanted into cold
frames. The plants are given abun
dance of air in the middle OF the day
but we'll protected by glass and thick
straw mats when the weather is cold
and stormy In the New England
states early plants are raised in hot
houses heated by hot water. Expert
gardeners grow large quantities OF
early and late cabbage for their retail
trade. Truckers grow for the whole.
sale markets. Their principal crops
are kale, spinach, tomatoes, corn and
eggplants.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
LIVES HERMITs LIFE
Degas, Greatest Living French
Artist, Becomes a Recluse.
Well Known Painter Calls Pictures
"Murmured Prayers" and Rarely
Opens His Doors for Vista
Of Strangers.

Paris.--Degas, who has suddenly be-
come famous to the larger public al
the age OF sixty-nine. through the sale
OF one OF his paintings for $4,000. As
very much OF a hermit
Failing eyesight has prevented MIN
from painting tor some years now, ana
his door is rarely open TO strangers
Art discussions do not interest HIM
mo. SIR" he once said, Il cannot
talk painting; no one does who is a
real painter. II is discussed in omnl-
buses. in cafes, in drawing rooms. But
not here Painting is like muir
INJURED prayer"
After the sale in which his picture
Les Danseuses a la Barre" for which
he originally received only 500. solo
for $4,000. he went to Neuilly on the
outskirts of Paris. From the window
of friends house he looked in aston
ishment at the peopled avenues In
my time he said, there was nothing
here"
AS rule he stays in Montmartre.
and knows nothing of the newer parts
of the city Though he is the creates.
living French painter. he never has
been decorated. His hobby is collect
ing the pictures of lngres Every
scrap of drawing of the great academic
artist he treasures, which pracsice is
an example of his contradict ms. for
he is one OF the founders of the oppo
site school
Nor is he kind to contemporaries
labelling one THE Little Steam Wat
teau' and another THE Rag-Pickers
Raphael"
Some residents OF the aristc cratir
Faubourg quarter and other Royalisl
partisans who do not like the republic
are showing their opposition TO the
government by Issuing stamps-lik
the French feminists and the anti al
coholic league--inscribed with more
or less scurrilous sentiments
The government, however, does no.
give them much chance to have po
litical effect on the citizen; letters sc
decorated will in future not be deli
cred II had become a common Gus
tom for Royalists 10 adorn their let
tiers, esp cially to soldiers in the army
with seditious labels.
SOMETIMES the Due d'Orleans figured
vi lIt FAAtnp, an
ing caricature of President Falieres
or an ugly-looking female 10 represen'
the republic The propaganda had be
come so active that the government
decided TO tTke action
The biology OF the bathypelagic ami
mails or creatures who live in the low
est d pths OF the ocean is little known
and mostly hypothetic. In recen
communication to the Academy o.
Sciences, NJ Bouree. who accompanies
all the oceanagraphic expeditions Of
the Prince of Monaco, has given the
results of mis- observations on the. mi
grations OF these animals
He has observed that many species
notably the fish whose normal lair Is
during the day at a depth varying
from 1000 to 6.000 yards. rise durnl
the night to short distance from the
surface.
Similar migrations had already beer
observed among the smaller species
known as plankton. but had never
been noticed in the case OF creatures
of larger order
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
EoreIna LlIy.of-the-vaIIey.


II your lily-of-the-valley bed Is get
ting beyond bounds-as it is liable to
do--take up a good-sized clump and
wash OFF all the soil. then pack the
pips tightly in boxes or pots six
inches deep with sphagnum mosa,
which the florist can sell you. Wood
moss washed clean would do, as tho
purpose is to hold moisture. The
pips must be frozen either before or
after they are ported, for unless this
is attended to they will not do we'll.
When the pips are ready to be forced
place them where they will get strong
heat; on the top shelf Of the kitchen
range or on top. Ola hot water tank.
The secret of success is to keep the
moss soaked all the time. In about
three weeks of forcing the flowers viii
bloom.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
For Growing oat Sprouts

makes regular practice OF growing
oat sprouts as regular winter feec
and the principal part of their ration
of green food.
The sprouts are fed when about
four inches long. and the sowing is
regulated so that one tray can be
harvested and replanted when the
other is about half grown. The mum
Der of trays which can be grown is
limited only by the amount Of avail
able space that is light and warm
enough to cause good growth OF
green oats.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
Old Meadows.

Old meadows generally are lacking
in nitrogen, which Is most easily sup
piled by the application OF nitrate Of
soda at the rate of 800 to 900 pounds
per acre, The only way to be sure
of the kind of fertilizer to apply is to
make trials of different mixtures and
find out which gives the best results.
In most places the application of
barnyard manure and cutting up the
meadow with disc will be more
likely to give profitable returns than
will the application of commercial
fertilizers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08

The White River railroad has
completed spur track to new
tale mine in Stockhridge. This mine
is already shipping tale at the rate of
car a day, and it is expected that
its output will be materially
increased in the near future. On
account of the open winter il hss
been possible to rush the construc
ton OF the new mills for Eastern
ralc. In all probability these mills
will be in active operation nv June
4, when tbei, output will become
available as freight of the White
River railroad.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
HAD FIRST WIRELESS
African Tribes Used Drums, Etc.,,
to Convey Messages.
News Of important Events In Heart
Of Sudan Sent to Trading Posta
on the Coast--tlad Their Own
Telegraph Code.

PariB.--The principle OF teiegrapny
would appear to have been anticipated
by the savage tribes In the heart OF
Africa This barbaric system OF com
munication. at once practical and OF
fective. survives 10 this day. and its
value has been tested many times
French explorers seem TO have been
the first to bring this system 70 the
knowledge OF civilized people ny
means OF II news OF important events
in the interior OF the Sudan reaches
all the trading ports on the coast IN
a short time.
The communication Is made py
means of various instruments, the
most common ones being horn. TOM
toms and whistles. The horns are
made OF solid ivory. followed out OF
elephants tusks. The mouthpiece Is
at the side These trumpets are OF
various sizes. but the favorite ones
are very long and give seven distinct
notes. produced by plugging the
mouthpiece with corks of different
sizes. The ordinary tomtom ID
hollow bit Of wood. with goatskin
over one end.
The following instance illustrates
the manner In which the native tele-
graph is employed The post COM
mander at Stanley Falls was once IN
formed by native OF neighborins
village that provision train had 81 IN
attacked two days before at point
1870 miles further down the Kongo
week later the party arrived and con-
frmed the story in part.
They had reached the scene OF the
alleged attack at the time reported
but the shots that the natives had
taken as Indications of G conflict with
roNbers had been fired at a herd OF
antelope
At later period. when an officer OF
tho French Kongo came to grief in the
rapids. the accident was reported the
next morning at village 1873 miles
distant
Among the Bengali tribe sort OF
xylophone is used with four notes. by
means of which the natives communi-
cate over great distances In kind
of telegraphic language.
An American missionary working
| among the Basutos discovered that
the villages had means of conveying
messages from one chief to another
or OF transmitting the intelligence OF
defeat or victory.
The Basutos hollow out a large
gourd and thoroughly dry it. Then
kidskin as hard and as thin as parch-
ment is stretched across the hollow OF
the gourd When beaten with pad
ded drumstick this gives forth sound
that may be distinctly heard at dis
lance of from FIVE to eight miles.
In every village here is class OF
men who are utilized as scouts. among
these there are always some trained
to the use of the gourd drum. The
code is what might he called on Az
rican Morse alphabet and is beaten on
the drum in the open air.
The sound is carried across he val
leys and glens to the next village.
where It is interpreted by another
scout. If the message 10 for distant
village he repeats 1t on his drum
and shis way it Is carried from vii
Iage to village. with very little loss
Of time until 1t reaches the person
+ for whom 1t Is intended.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
HANGER FOR ALL BARN TOOLS.
Notches Cut In Board Afford Convent
ent and Safe Place for All Kinds
Of Implements.

Means should be provided.sto- have
a place for all tools used in and
about barn. The forks and shov
els are usually stood up in a corner
but they can be more conveniently
taken care of by making hanger fol
them. The illustration, from Popular
Mechanics, shows how hanger car
be easily made and screwed to the
wall of barn.
The hanger is cut from piece o,
board and has a hole bored into II
the size of the handle on the fork OF
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
Huckwheat Crops.

No other crop will bring in better
return in the northern states for the
time it occupies the ground than
bnckwheat. 1t is put in after the
other crops have been planted and
are growing. 1t Is the best grain to
raise to subdue a patch of trouble
some weeds and to starve out worms
In the soil. 1t comes handy to SOW
on vacant pieces of ground which
have been left because too late to
be sown to some other crop. 1t is a
valuable crop to pillow under to enrich
the soil and give humus.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
Mhe,a,t EertIIlzer.

Phosphoric acid and potash gave a
greater profit per 81 invested in ferti-
lizer than complete fertilizer on both
corn and wheat in some Indiana ex-
periments on clay and loan soils.
Fertilizer gave greater average pro-
at per acre on wheat than on corn,
and was profitable In much larger
percentage of the experiments.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
Feed for Eaas.

With the present good prices for
fresh eggs it viii pay well to do the
best possible for their production.
Feed literally with a variety of food,
especially such as stimulate egg pro
duction and supplying clean drinking
water and not snow. Save all the
scraps from the house. meat or vege.
tables. as 1t will all be we'll liked and
duly turned into eggs. Keep the
quarters tidy and clean and the fowls
free from vermin or disease.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
MAN 81 WANTS BRIDE OF ia
Writes to English Homo Saying That
He Needs Young Wife to Share
His Evening Of Life.

London. --Stating that up to the
present he had been at sea. and &c
had not required wife," letter
from sixty-two-yearold seaman
Richard McAdoy. was read the other
day at q meeting Of the Woolwich
board OF guardians. But now do"
the letter continued. land am writ.
ing to you to let me have one from
the school" McAdoy was formerly
an inmate of the Sutton poor-law
schools.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
FeedInoa Pics.

There should be system in feeding
pigs that are to be used for breeding.
and that system should contemplate
and have for its purpose rapid growth
and early maturity OF the animals;
but. at the same time, they should
be fed for a growth Of frame and bone
mot fattened on corn, but expanded
by feed rich In protein.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
DEAD HORSE KICKS MAN
Circus Animal Dead Ten Minutes In.
jures Lion Trainer With Blow
on the Head.

Leavenworth Kan-John Francis.
animal trainer for circus. was rem.
dered unconscious by the kick OF a
dead horse here The horse had been
killed TO provide food for lions The
animal had been dead ten minutes
when the muscles of It's leg relaxed.
causing the hoof to strike Francis
with great force in the head
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
LONG SHIRTS FoR TRAMPs
winchester (EngIand) Woman Fears
sWeary Willlesr May Take Cold

London.--Night shirts provided for
casuals ut the Winchester workhouss
are. by order of the guardians. to be
made six inches longer. The change
was advocated by lady member OF
the board on the ground that the wear
crs were likely to take cold Through
her efforts also straw-stuffed pillows
are to be substituted for wooden
blocks In the tramps' sleeping ward
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
silaqe and Bran.

Dairymen sometimes debate wheth.
er to feed their cows silage or bran.
A little of both Is better than either
alone, and Is most circumstances
more economical. Bran supplies pro-
tein, an element in which corn silage
is rather deficient The two make
a balanced ration.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
A sled Brake.

end, over which is placed the lever
C, by which the brake Is operated. A
lug d is made fast to the bar A and
drops down four or Ave inches with
a hole in its lower end, to which 10
bolted the bar e. which in turn is
bolted to the dog F. BY pushing for
ward the lever G the dog f Is lowered
below the runner and catches in the
snow or ground. thus acting as q
brake.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
State Events.

April 80 70 May s. Annual YER
mont automobile show at Burlington.
May IA -Anuual convention
Vermont State Dental Society at
Burlington.
Jul. 20 to Aug. National con-.
vention of insurance commissioners
at Burlington.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
seed Potatoes.

In 13 comparisons on the Minnesota
station farm new seed, from outside
sources. gave an average increased
yield of 1875 bushels of potatoes to
the acre more than 1sed from varieties
continuously grown on the farm for
three to twelve years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
put Prolific into the Farm.

1t is better to put $4,000 in i'm.
provements on the farm than in the
bank for your son. He will develop
himself in obtaining the financial pro
fits from such farm. He can be an.
honest man, alert mentally. developed
socially. and of class which is
morally the bulwark Of the nation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
Vegetable Gardens.

Every country home should be well
supplied with vegetables and every
effort should be made to have good
garden. 1t requires rich soil and
plenty of work and nothing should be
neglected that will make things grow
II there is good supply of vegetables
at reasonable cost.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
Hangers for Earn Tools.

shovel, then notch is sawed. into the
hole to pass the handle through. The
board may contain one or as many
notches as there are forks and shoy
els to be hung on 1t. The implements
are hung with the fork or shovel enc
upward.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
SLED BRAKE RELIEVES TEAM
Considerable Weight Is Taken From
Horses In Descending Hllis---
Runner Catches In Snow.

A sled brake can be made as shown
in the accompanying illustration that
will take the load from the team when
descending hills. To make this brake
a round bar A is fastened to the front
bob with heavy eyes as shown at B,
says the Iowa Homestead. A square
head should be formed on the outer
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08

Granville M. Slack Of Norwich,
who is 76 years old, put on to the
saving machine table I IS cords dry
rock maple wood in IA minutes one
day recently.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
The 3o7 pupils in the new school
building at Swanton marched out
~ one minute, eight seconds, at
their FIRST FIRE drill last week.

A valuable shepherd dog that
escaped from car near Montpelier,
while being brought to Williams
town ny F. F. Northrnp, has been
found in the vic,nitv OF his old home
at Ogdenshurg, N. Y, where h
arrived lame, foot sore and nearly
exhausted.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
LOVES GRAMMAR.

"There is nothing In superlativea
to a BRIDE"
"What do you mean by thatr''
mo matter who may be the best
man, she thinks the bridegroom >
better ONE"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08
TJIIaoe Of crops.

The fertility OF many farms has
been reduced by improper systems Of
tillage and crops and commercial
fertilizers are useful and even neces-
sary In the economically improve
ment of such lands.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08

Hog sheds need not be expensive.
but they should be dry. tight enough
to exclude rains and SHOWS. and also
capable Of being well ventilated in
summer when the weather Is hot and
shade is needed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08

The population Of the United
States aver' ges only 81 per square
mile In England the average is
1873; in Germany il is 3II.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08

The Rev. Alfred E. b. Ward o.
G uilford has accepted a call -
became pastor OF the Congrega-
tionsl clutch at Westminster.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08

kin Tree Press
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-08

Elm Tree Presa Fine Printing
The daily sentinel., 1913-07-29
Willy DON BEATEN
IN Love AND WAR
American Wins Girl Over Unfair
Rival.
THE GRAND OLD FLAG"
101 Bison Two-Reel Drama at the
Majestic Theater Tonight.

The cruelty OF Weyler had driven
Don Lopez to side with the down
trodden Cuban insurrectos. His mon
ey and influence furnished them with
arms.
Ametza, his dark-eyed, beautiful
daughter, is courted by Ell Donza, a
secret Spanish agent
A terrific storm on the sea throws
two American soldiers of fortune on
the beach of Cuba near the home of
Don Lopez. Ametza, getting aid, res
cues them. Her attentions to the
Americans incense El Donza. His an
ger is added to by good American
thrashing from Harold Logan.
T Going back to the Spanish camp,
he gets his henchmen to attack the
Lopez home. A skirmish occurs and
the timely action of Ametza saves
Harold from death, but her father
and sister fall victims. Ametza and
the two soldiers OF fortune escape
from the Spanish, and, reaching the
rocky shore, see the grand old flag
fluttering from an American gun
boat. The officers see their signal
of distress and send a small detach
ment ashore.
Meanwhile Ell Donna pursues the
Americans. The marines land, but
are insufficient to cope with the
Spanish. The battle results in the
capture of Harold. Sherman and
Ametza, who are taken to prison.
In prison the Americans are of
fered the choice of being branded
with hot iron or allegiance to the
Spanish flag. Sherman is branded,
but, ere the iron reaches Harold,
AmetZa sets the prison on fire and
the Americans escape.
Reaching the American scouts,
they are conveyed to the American
camp. A battle is imminent. and
Spanish scout learns the American
line OF march. The Spanish dig pit
falls; but the Americans. by chance,
change their route and attacks the
Spanish, routing them, and Ell Donza
falls a victim.
Harold raises Old Glory to the ac-
compartment of American cheers over
the Spanish blockhouse, and Ametza
and victory are his.
The daily sentinel., 1913-07-29
"Shorty" Bowman
Home From. 9, 435
Mile Motor Trip

T. D. Bowman and family returned
last evening in their Hupmobile from
their extensive tour OF the western
slope. They left the valley June 2,
and have travelled 2,435 miles since,
and have never had such fine OUT
ing in their lives, making number
OF side trips that were gems as out
ings themselves.
Mr.. Bowman, better known as
Shorty" drove to within miles
of Marble and 4 miles beyond the
spot any other auto has ever been
driven. He describes the trip from
Carbondale to Redstone as simply
heavenly" with roads like asphaltic
boulevards. He also drove through
the Meeker-Rifle section and all
through the White River country and
everywhere around Glenwood that a
car would go. including the jaunt to
Aspen. The car suffered no mishaps
and nothing and the return trip was
made over the peninsula road from
New Castle.
Mr.. Bowman says this road is fine
but for 2 miles-the section described
by Westgard as "dangerous''-the
road Is so narrow that it would be
utterly impossible for two vehicles to
pass on account of the road being
just wide enough for one car and
along steep and precipitous hill
side with no turnouts provided. He
hopes to see the road perfected and
says it is a beautiful trip that way.
The daily sentinel., 1913-07-29
Pretiy Gnrden Parry.

Mrs. Edwin Price will be hostess this
evening at pretty garden party at her
home on North Eighth street. The
pretty stretch of lawn back of the resi-
dence VIII be lighted with Japanese
lanterns and many comfortable chairs
viii accommodate the guests who W.T.
enjoy "a musical concert of famous sing
Prettily decorated tables will be laid
upon the lawn later in the evening and
Il delicious picnic repast will be enjoy
ed. Mrs, Price will be assisted by her
sister, Mrs. Il. f. Meserve. Invited
guests are: Mesdames b. w. Robbins
of Denver. A, r. Wells of Idaho, A.
Newton. II. NJ LanEland. r. II. Bald
win. II. i Vorbeck. J f. Cox. Ellery Of
Denver, NJ. II. Loeffler J. w. HOPKINS.
Rich. Feldmeier. j. II Rankin, A. r.
cullen. NJ o. Delaplain. Emma Wads-
worth