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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-12-12

National Bank of Mid
dlebury.
ELECTION NOTICE.
ID cember 12, 1918.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the National Bank of Middlebury
for the election of board of directors
for the year ensuing will be held at the
office of said bank, on Tuesday. the 18th
day of January, A. d. 1914, at 2 o'clock
p. m.
50t5 CHARLES E. PINNEY, Cashier.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-12-12
A TRANSFORMED FARM.

Ten years ago Professor Cyril G..
Hopkins, the soil chemist and expert OF
the Illinois Agricultural college, set
about to find the poorest and most run
down farm in twenty counties in the
southern part of his state, where ma
jority of the farmers had been skin
ming their land for years. He paid $50
per acre for a 300 acre farm dubbed
"Poorland Farm" which was known
for counties around as the poorest and
most run down agricultural proposition
in the state. Those who knew the farm
laughed in their sleeves when Profess
sor Hopkins bought it. while the owner
thought he had slipped good one over
on the lead pencil farmer. The first
thing the new proprietor did was to
make a chemical analysis of the soil
from the different fields. He found it
sadly deficient in phosphorus and more
or less sour. He divided the farm into
six fields of forty acres each and
adopted a six year rotation of corn,
oats and cowpeas, wheat and three
years Of meadow and pasture in tim
othy and clover The soil was plowed
deeply and carefully and all available
straw and manure returned to the land.
The past season the poorest tract of
the entire farm yielded 1920 bushels
Of wheat, or an average Of nearly thir-
ty-five bushels per acre. The treat
ment which was given this and the
other forties was one ton Of ground
rock phosphate per acre applied the
two years when the tract was In corn,
while during the years of 1904 and
1905 two tons of limestone were applied
to each acre. while on the tract in
question two tons more Of limestone
per acre were applied in 1912 just be-
fore the land was plowed for wheat.
The cost of two tons of limestone
was 1925 delivered at the railroad sta
ton, the raw rock phosphate cost on
the average $6.75 per ton, while the
cost of hauling each ton of material to
the farm was so cents. This made the
average annual cost of phosphate and
limestone S1.75 per acre. To determine
even more definitely the effect of the
application of the minerals to the land
a three acre strip along one side OF
this forty was given the same manure
| and rotation as the forty, but to one
| half of it no phosphate was applied
and no limestone until the fall of 1912
| One and one-half acres with farm ma
nure alone produced eleven and one
half bushels of wheat per acre. A
similar tract that had received farm
manure and one application of GROUND
limestone yielded fifteen bushels pei
acre, while thirty-siX acres of lane
that had been given the same manure
as the smaller tracts and two applica
lions of ground limestone and two ap
plications of finely ground rock phos
phate produced thirty-five and one-hal
bushels per acre. 1t is Professor
Hopkins judgment in view of his owl
experiments that all that is required
to restore Il run down farm is lime t
sweeten it. rock phosphate to restor
the supply of phosphorus exhausted
the growing of clover and alfalfa ant
the conservation of all straw and ma
nure produced on the place Owner
of run down farms might with prof
make careful note of the methods use,
in the transformation of this farm.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-12-12

II you have dandruff it is BECAUSE the
scalp is too dry and flakes off. Freshen
up the scalp-lubrlcate it-and dandruff
disappears.
Surely try SOC bottle of Partisan Sage.
1t cleanses the hair, nourishes it, stops
falling hair and itching scalp. 1t is just
what you need to make the scalp healthy
and Immediately remove dandruff. w.
III. Sheldon. adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-12-12
Optical Lecture
By A. D. BARTER,
Prof. of Applied optics in
the School of Experience
DEAR STUDENTS -

R-E-Z-Y-L-O spells the latest
material used for eyeglass and
spectacle frames. 1t must be
seen to be appreciated. Other
Optometrists will have them
later, but in the meantime you
will find style frames at No. 10
Main street, Middlebury.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
Bachelors and Babies.

At last a tax on bachelors is a
serious legislative proposal. We have
heard of it from the tall grass Leg
islatures, but now it energies from the
Senate Finance Committee as a pro-
posal of the most dignifed character.
The income tax gave the opportunity.
AS passed by the House, the income
tax exempted all incomes of $4,000 or
less. The Senate Finance Committee
proposes that the exemption shall be
only $1,000 in the case of unmarried
men or women. That makes it a tax
against both old maids and bachelors.
Married persons are entitled to an
exemption of $4,000, and if they have
children an additional exemption of
$500 for each child, provided this ad-
ditional exemption does not exceed
$1,000. Thus the proud father of two
children will enjoy an exemption of
5000 while the selfish or unfortunate
bachelor will have to render revenue to
the State on all that he earns above
$1,000.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
Pistol Toting Must Cease.

The District COMMISSIONER recon.
mendation of legislation to increase
the penalties now imposed for the Of
Tense of carrying a concealed pistol
and to restrict the traffic in small fire.
arms should be followed by promp,
passage by Congress of the bill intro
duced by Representative Sims of Ten
nessee
The need of legislation to check the
gun toting evil is, as The Washington
Herald has often asserted, urgent. To
the several cases recently cited, in
which the possession and use Of fire.
arms by irresponsible persons were
shown to have brought death to in
nocent persons, there was added yes
terday an example in which a youth
in his teens drew a revolver from his
pocket and enacted in one of our
courts gun-play, which, except for
the inaecuracy of the youths aim, was
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
Iron and Steel Industry.

One of the most important changes
made in the Underwood bill by the
Finance Committee of the Senate was
to transfer from the dutiable to the
free list pig iron, scrap iron, fero-
manganese, slabs, blooms and ingots.
Steel rails were allowed 10 remain on
the free list. There can be little doubt
about the fact that these products can
be manufactured in the United States
more cheaply than in Great Britain and
Germany-the two great competing
countries. The recent excellent report
of the Bureau of Corporations in the
cost of production in the steel industry
shows the cost at which heavy iron
and steel products can be produced.
The cost figures for the whole industry
are for Ioo2-Ioo6. In the large COM
panies the cost of Bessemer pig iron
per ton was SII.6I; of basic pig iron,
SII.6I; OF large Bessemer billets,
SI7.46, and of standard Bessemer rails,
$ISSI. The costs in the small COM
panies was 8 or s. higher.
The bureau gave particular attention
to the costs of the United States Steel
Corporation. All intercompany and
transportation profits were eliminated
in order to arrive at the bedrock
costs. This had the effect of making
the Steel Corporation costs very low,
since the linking together of all the
departments of the business removed
profits which might otherwise have
gone to an outside concern. The Steel
Corporations cost per ton of Bessemer
pig iron in 1910 was SIo2I; of basic
pig iron, SIo.5o; of large Bessemer bill
lets, SI445, and of standard Bessemer
rails, SI667.
1t is matter of common knowledge
that steel rails have sold for many
years in the United States for $3S per
ton. In studying the margin between
cost and price, however, regard must
be had for the investment. While the
margin is great, for example, between
the Steel Corporations cost of steel
rails and the price, the amount of
money invested in the ore deposits and
all the subsequent plants must be con-
sidered. AS to the profits of the Steel
Corporation, the bureau says:
That the margins of profit between
total net costs and average proceeds
per ton for the Steel Corporation in
1910 were sos for large Bessemer
billets, SIo.78 for Bessemer rails, SS.7I
for plates, and So45 for structural
shapes, giving a return on the esti-
mated investment of IS per cent for
large Bessemer billets, 10 1-2 per cent
for Bessemer rails, 10 I-2 per cent for
open-hearth plates and IL per cent for
structural shapes.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
Suggestion.

Several years ago one of New York's
most famous surgeons, trapped by the
ubiquitous newspaper reporter, was
forced to talk on suicide by throat
cutting. He commented upon the fac,
that the lives of nearly all the victims
were saved for the reason that the
throat was cut across in an effort to
sever the windpipe, whereas there was
another way of throat cutting, which
he described with some detail, and
which was sure to result fatally and
almost instantly.
To the surgeons horror he furnished
suggestion which was adopted with
fatal result by several unfortunates
within the next twenty-four hours.
Last month bichloride of mercury ac-
cidentally was taken with fatal result.
The prominence of the victim, the
certainty of his death, the retention of
the mental vigor which enabled him
to arrange finally his business affairs
presented a situation which could not
fail to furnish great general interest
and the publicity which the public de-
manded.
Since that time the newspapers prob
ably have chronicled not less than 100
cases of attempted suicide by BIZ
chloride of mercury, the poison seem
ingly having displaced carbolic acid
and gas.
While the poison is deadly, medical
skill is fighting it on more than an
equal footing when the cases are
promptly reached. They frequently are
reached almost Immediately, because
those who attempt suicide always are
towards and usually are the first to
seek medical aid.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
Personal Influence and Justice.

If your father is a politician and an
appointee of the administration and II
he has influence with one or two Cab
met officers, you can stop the wheels
of justice from revolving too rapidly.
This is the situation, in a nutshell,
concerning the young man in San
Francisco who is charged with a most
serious offense under the white slave
law. AS the case now stands, the dis
trict attorney who resigned because he
would not be party to further de-
lay has the best position. There was
much said during the Roosevelt and
Taft administration concerning dis
elimination and favoritism. The pres
ent instance simply proves that human
nature is very much alike and that
neither Republicans nor Democrats
are free from reprehensible conduct
The present administration has such
high ideals and it has laid so much
emphasis upon the equality of all be-
fore the law that its action in this
case is inexplicable. We cannot be-
lieve that the President was consulted.
Surely he would never swerve from
the path of duty and allow personal
or political influences to interfere with
the execution of the law.
There must be no favoritism when
decency and morality are involved,
even though the accused be the son
of man who has been honored at
the Presidents hands.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24

dangerously similar to the famous
Hillsville incident. 1t ought to have
been impossible for him to possess the
weapon lawfully.
The possession of pistols and other
weapons of the kind intended, pri-
marily, almost exclusively for the
killing of man, either in offense or de-
tense, ought to be restricted as much
as possible. Certainly person not
yet come to the age when he is re-
garded as competent to administer a
property should not have the legal
right to WELD so dangerously instant a
power over his own or another,s life.
Minors should be forbidden to possess
such dangerous instruments, and the
penalties for such possession should be
laid upon the minors who buy and
upon the merchants who sell to them.
The increase of the penalties like
wise will be effective in deterring per-
sons from carrying concealed weapons.
The anticipation that for arming him
self as if he lived in wild frontier,
where his violent removal by enemies
was momentarily imminent, he must
be locked up in Jail on a charge of
felony will make pistol toting far more
unpopular.
The excuse for carrying a lethal
weapon in Washington does not exist
1t is safe to say that the man who
carries concealed pistol on the streets
of the Capital carries with him an evil
design. The law should sanction
neither, even negatively, through the
lenient punishment of its violators.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
Ponderous Personages
HENRY WARD BEECHER
ny GEORGE FITCH,
Author of ..At Good Old sfwash.o

This 10 the birthday of Henry Ward
Beecher, who was famous in his youth
because he was the son Of Lyman
Beecher, and who. later on, made Ly-
man Beecher famous because he was
the afther of Henry Ward Beecher.
The Beechers lived in Connecticut.
where Lyman Beecher raised thirteen
children, of whom a larger percentage
got into the encyclopedias than any
other family Of like size has been able
to boast Henry Ward Beecher was
born 100 years ago this morning, and
In his youth, while his brothers were
becoming Congregational ministers in
great numbers, he was headstrong and
wanted to go to sea. But later on he
studied theology and became the
eighth minister in his family. In those
days Congregational churches were d.
vided into two classes-those which
had a Beecher for a pastor and those
which were on the waiting list
Beecher preached in Indianapolis
when IL had only 5000 people and no
poets, and then went to Brooklyn.
where he took charge of a congrega-
ton Of nine members. He stayed
there forty years. and when he died
he left 5000 members and a maguifi-
cent church. with the debt paid. new
carpets in the Sunday school rooms.
and the Ladies' Aid Society in a -four
ishing condition. That was the kind
of a preacher Henry Ward Beecher
was Beecher was so eloquent that
every one who came to New York went
over to Brooklyn to hear him. and the
regular members didn't get a chance to
sit in their own seats for years at a
made 1t very well-known city for
many years. 1t also made a visit to
New York a much safer performance
that 1t il now. when the cabarets draw
all the crowds and the casual pilgrim
comes home full of lobster and turkey
trot music instead of theology.
Beecher had q homemade creed, and
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
AWAKEs AFTER YEARS SLEEP.
Persian, Long in State of Coma, to
he Taken Home.

Cleveland. Ohio, June 2s-After being in
a state of coma for a year at the New
burg State Hospital for the Insane here.
Shackery Nasham FL Aswad. Syrian no.
bleman and graduate engineer. has
awakened and will be taken home at once
by his brother, Capt. Kaail FL Aswad,
wealthy cotton producer and the Gov
ernor's chief OF staff, who came all the
way from Bramana, Mount Lebanon,
Syria, a year ago and has been patiently
waiting ever since for his brothers re-
covery.
When Shackery regained consciousness
his brother, who had been in America for
twelve months, had gone to New York
for a few days. He was hastily sum-
moned and arrived today.
The meeting between the brothers was
pathetic. They addressed each other by
all the pet names they had used in child
hood. Shackery had no recollection of
his months in the hospital, where he was
sent May "a, 1912, when he appeared In q
daze at the Y. NJ. c. A. here. Only a
pocketbook identified him. and through
this Stanley Hillett, United States consul
at Beirut, located the stricken mans
father, Nasham Assad Bake FL Aswad,
a Syrian, who sent his other son here at
once.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
MAY BE NAMED CADET.
Wilson's Aid Asked for Youth Who
Took Trip to West Point.

President Wilson was urged yesterday
by Senator James OF Kentucky to find
some means for getting d. C. Adams, a
boy of Newcastle, KY, a cadetship at
West Point Adams and J. n. Kehoe, OF
Mayersyille, KY. a son Of former Rep
resentative Kehoe. had taken the exami-
nation and Kehoe had been named prin-
cipal and Adams alternate.
Later IT was found that Kehoe was IN
Ger weight and Adams was ordered to
the Academy. He sold his horses and
other personal effects to raise the money
for railroad fare. In the meantime II
was found that Kehoe had regained
weight lost during sickness and he was
ordered to report The War Department
had tried to cancel the order to Adams,
but could not locate him until he reached
the Academy. No way presents itself at
present of getting the young man
place at the Academy. but It Is hoped one
may be found.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
STATESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED C. KELLY

I clerks desk and let 1t go at that. with.
out needless gestures or peroration.
Now, Colorado has two Senators. and
they are altogether unlike Guggenhein.
Senator Thomas. who Is an able lawyer
and former Governor, saw no reason
why he should follow the old Senatorial
rule OF sitting around and saying Moth
ing for the first year or so, and has
talked about one thing and another on
the Senate floor almost from the day
that he arrived. Senator Shafroth, also
former Governor, talks less often than
his colleague. but he makes up for is
by talking louder. He has one Of those
Methodist church organ voices that,
while not so reverberating as the voice
OF Representative Frank Willis of Ohio,
Is at least sufficient to excite comment
Between the frequent voice and the loud
voice Of the two Colorado statesmen
that State has a vocal representation
that. considered in conjunction with the
tinid Guggenheim. comprises the con-
TRASHY effect referred to.
Representative Victor Murdoch and ex-
Representative Frank NJ. Nye were schei-
uled to speak one evening recently on the
same programme with a minister. As 1t
happened both Murdoch and Nye con-
ceived the idea OF treating their subjects
along Biblical lines, just to show the min
lister that they. were not heather Just
because they have served in Congress
And, by chance. they hit on the very
things that the minister had intended to
talk about when It came his turn. Says
he:
Il am reminded OF the case Of the man
who gave the dinner for his three COL
ored servants, and told each one to choose
what he wanted most to eat. One took
watermelon and another one 'possum
When the third was asked to choose, he
said: 'Shucks. The amt nothin' elser"
Copyright, rs13. b. Fred O Kelly Al rights TO
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
FAIRBANKS MAKES PLEA
FOR G. O. P. REUNION
Former Vice President Urges Both
Wings of Party to Get Together
and Eight lemocrafs.

Omaha. Nebr., June GAS the chief
speaker at a get-to-gether banquet in
Omaha tonight. former Vice President
Fairbanks made a plea to both wings
OF the Republican party to forget and
forgive past differences and to reunite
for the good OF the party and country.
In support of his plea, he cited the
case OF the Democrats. saying that as
long as the leaders were divided the
party was defeated, but when all were
united. the Democrats held power.
Fairbanks attacked the recall of
judges. found fault with the details of
the income tax plank of the tariff bill,
and made plea for a progressive
tariff
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
MYSTERY In DEATH OF
EASTERN SHORE GIRL
Tablets, Labeled "Quinine," Found by
Body, Are Being Analysed.
Arrest Is Expected.

Salisbury, Nd, June 3. - Mystery
shrouds the case Of Miss Florence VAIN
wright, twenty-five, who was found dead
in the office of the Home Gas Company
here Saturday evening. She was a book
keeper for the company.
A box of pills labeled "Quinine" found
at her side are being analysed. II is
learned that Miss Wainwright had stated
to a dressmaker several weeks ago that
she wished she were dead. 1t was also
learned that an operation had been re-
Gently performed.
An arrest is expected within a day or
two.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
FLIER DROWNED WHEN
MACHINE TURNS TURTLE
Fred F. Gardner Pinned Beneath
Water-Men in Flying Boat
Attempt Rescue.

Bath. N. Y, June 23.-Fred F. Gardi-
kner, an aviator, was drowned when his
aeroplane turned turtle and fell 100 feet
into Keuka Lake this afternoon. He tip
ped the machine a trifie too sharply as
he was turning its course and IL quickly
Topped over, plunging into the water
with him underneath II.
After the fall a flying boat put out
from shore and its occupants, Francis
Wildman and c. c. Wilmer, dived re-
peatedly for Gardeners body. but II was
not recovered. Gardiner was twenty
four years old. His home was in Port
land. Me. while his relatives live in
Hannastown. Pa.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24

was so eloquent that he converted en-
emies. curiosity seekers. and even
church trustees. In those days min
listers were not afraid to mingle In
politics. and while Beecher's sister Har-
riet was writing Uncle Toms Cabin
Beecher was preaching against slavery
with great zeal and success. During
the civil war. when Great Britain was
aching for chance to avenge York
town, Beecher went over to England
and stumped the country for aboli-
ton. He was a big man with a NAM
moth voice and after the Britons had
failed to howl him down they listened
to him with great respect and even
with intelligence at times.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
DOCTORS HELD FOR CRUELTY.
U. of Pm. Professors Waive Hear
ings In viyisection Case.

Philadelphia, Pa, June 3.-Five profess
sors of the University of Pennsylvania
Medical School. charged with unneces-
sary and inhuman cruelty in the practice
of vivisection. waived hearings before
Magistrate Hagerty in his Office. lO16
Pine Street, today and were held in $500
bail each for court.
Only three of the defendants appeared
in person. They were DR.. Allen ]. Smith,
former dean of the Medical School and
brother Of the provost of the university:
DR.. Aldred Richards and DIR. Edward T.
Reichert OF the other two, DR.. Richard
Mills Pierce is in Vermont and DR.. Alonzo
Engleburt Taylor in California.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
MILITANTS ATTEMPT
TO WRECK FAST TRAIN

London, June 2s.-Two heavy ties
were discovered tonight in tunnel
near Deon Port, fixed in such a posi-
ton as would have resulted in the
wreck of London Plymouth express.
The distractions were barely removed
In time to prevent catastrophe. 1t
is supposed that the suffragists were
responsible for the attempt.
Mrs. Beatrice II. Saunders, financial
secretary of the woman's Social and
Political Union. was released from
prison today because Of i'll health re-
sulting from her refusal to take food.
She was sentenced on June II. with
five other militant leaders, to fifteen
months imprisonment.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
JOHNSON MAY MAKE APPEAL.
Federal Judge Grants PugilIst
Right to Go to Higher Court.

Chicago. H., June e3.-Permission to
carry his case to a higher court was
granted Jack johnson. negro pugilist, to-
day by Federal Judge Carpenter. before
whom johnson was convicted OF violating
the Mann white slave law. Johnson was
sentenced to one year In the Illinois State
penitentiary and assessed fine Of 81 900
by Judge Carpenter on June 8. The
court today fixed his bond at sl5,ooo pend
ing appeal of the case.
Attorney Bachrach. appearing for John
son. asked the court to change the SEN
'tence of Johnson to read Fort Leaven-
worth penitentiary' instead of illinois
State Institution"
Assistant District Attorney Partain OBJ
jected. Judge Carpenter said he would
hear arguments in the case later,
The Washington herald., 1913-06-24
ALTTTLE NONSENSE.
A DESPERATE CASE.

Quoth she: i've gone to lake or beach
For summer nine or ten,
To flourish as a summer peach
And firt with summer men"
TN summer things were Just sublime;
The men would fiirt and Joke,
But autumn always came In time
And ended things in smoke"
There's nothing In a beach career:
Nine bum campaigns I've waged.
I think I'll stay in town this year
And try to get engaged"