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The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09
HIGH CORN YIELDS SECURED
Best Results Obtained From Slightly
Tapering Ears, Says Expert Of
Texas sub-statIon.

The superintendent Of the Texas
sub-station at Temple, after careful
study Of corn, concludes that slightly
taperfng parent ears give the highest
yield. This Is more in accord with
the results than cylindrical ears. High
yields were associated with compare
lively smooth kernels OF slightly more
than average depth and Of medium
horniness. The yield increased with
an increase in the total weight OF the
ear as determined by slight increase
IN length, amount OF grain, and rather
marked increase IN weight of cob.
In experiments at the Ohio and Ne
braska experimental stations it was
found that the highest yields were
obtained with medium to medium long
ears. Poorly filed butts and TIPS
were more frequently associated with
high yields than weIl-flled. but high
yields were more frequently associat-
cd with well-flled butts than with
well-hlled tips. "The ole score card
placed much emphasis on good fTing
Of butts and tips, but for several
years past investigators have been
getting away from this idea. It has
been found that these characters.
when highly developed, are usually
so developed at the expense OF more
valuable characters, such as yield.
constitution. etc There appeared to
be no relation between yield and
Smelling percentage and circumference
and width or thickness Of kernel
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

Poison Duster.

Of the poison is shaken and which
settles on all parts of the cotton plants.
While such treatment cannot destroy
all boll-worms on the cotton, yet if
given at the right time it will kill SO
many Of the young worms as to great
" reduce their injuries. This appa-
ratus is entirely practicable for the
farmer who grows up to about SO acres
Of cotton. An application Of the pois-
oned dust about the first Of August
may serve other purposes. for it may
check the first ravages Of the cot
ton worm, or the new cotton beetle
or other leaf-feeding insects which
might be gaining a start. The poison
may be applied pure or mixed with an
equal quantity Of -four or air-slaked
lime. but should be applied at the rate
Of from two orr three pounds Of the
paris green to the acre. It is easier
to apply the poison when mixed than
to apply paris green alone.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09
WILL UTILIZE COAL WASTE
Gigantic Central Power Plant Is Now
Under Construction at
Hauto, Pa.

What is believed to be the largest
central power plant in any coal field
In the United States Is now being con-
Btructed by the Lehigh Navigation
Electric company, at Hauto. Pa
AS is well known, the fine sizes Of
anthracite, such as buckwheat No. 3
and smaller. although containing a
high heat content. possess but little
present value at the mines. The fun
damental idea il building this power
plant at Hauto. says Coal Age. is to
convert this low priced and, from the
monetary standpoint, comparatively
worthless fuel into commercially valu-
able electric current
4 considerable proportion Of the
fuel mined In the country today is
naed n the generation Of electricity.
Particularly during the past few years
the idea has been gaining force that It
Il cheaper 10 manufacture power at
&he mine and kransnlt It 10 the point
- ann.sssksnn than Il = 81 ship the
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09
RELIGIOUS CHANGE IN INDIA
influence Of the West Is Being Strong
ly Felt Throughout the
Country.

India's religious and social progress
Is undergoing important reshapement.
Caste is loosening. Adherents Of Hin-
duism are divided at present into three
camps; the ceremonalists, or those
who in orthodox faith adhere to the
traditional rites OF worship and sacri-
flce to the ancient gods; the reform
lists, who, holding to the main ten
cts Of Hinduism. are breaking away
from caste and idoIatry and the edu-
Gated Hindus. whose views are being
highly colored BY Influences from the
West and whose religion as far as any
one can perceive, ID often little more
than a name.
Christianity Is adding not less than
/. .o00. 600 converts during the past
year. but almost entirely from the low
est Hindu society. which has little in
auence upon the educated communt
Eiea. The indian tendency seems to be
s. retain the main principles and
gorsna OF Hinduism. but 80 reVivify
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

John valiant a rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
lporation, which his fother founded and
which was the principal source Of his
wealth. has failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
s6or the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist OF an old motor car,
white bull dog and Damory court, neg
1ected estate In Virginia On the way 70
Damory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge, an authenticated beauty, and de-
scides that he is going to like Virginia Inn
mensely Shirleys mother, Mrs. Dand-
ridge, and Major Bristow exchange rem
fniscences during which 1t is revealed
that the major. Valiant's father, and a
man named Sassoon were rivals for the
hand of Mrs. cambridge in her youth.
Sassoon and Valiant fought a duel on her
account in which the former was killed.
valiant finds Damory court overgroWn
with weeds and creepers and decides 70
rehabilitate the place. Valiant saves
bites him. Knowing the deadliness or the
bite, Shirley sucks the poison from the
wound and saves his life. Valiant learns
for the first time that his father left Vir-
igfnfa on account Of duel in which Doc
tor Southall and Major Bristow acted as
1lis fathers seconds. Valiant and Shirley
become good friends. Mrs. Dandrldge
faints when she meets Valiant for the
first time Valiant discovers that he has
IA fortune In old walnut trees. The yearly
tournament, a survival of the jousting Of
feudal times. is held at Damory court. AT
the last moment Valiant takes the place
OF one OF the knights, who Is sick, and
enters the lists.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09
FOR RAISING cAMPHoR TREES
Many Idle Acres in South Adapted 70
Purpose According to the De-
partment Of Agriculture.

Investigations made by the depart
ment Of agriculture show that the
southern part Of the United States is
the best locality In the world for grow
ing camphor trees. Practically all
the present supply comes from For
mosa. The camphor tree viii stand a
temperature Of over one hundred ana
five degrees without injury. Even
If hedge is killed down to the
ground, camphor may be extracted
from the wood and leaves and new
growth will spring up in a year to a
height Of eight or ten feet. The trim
mings from hedges yield large per-
centage of camphor. An acre Of cam
phor hedge viii yield about eight tons
Of trimmings year, from which about
two hundred pounds of marketable
camphor gum can be extracted. In
most cases the production from an
acre Of hedges exceeds this quantity.
Camphor is used in the manufacture
Of celluloid and nitrocellulose prod
ucts, especially smokeless powder. AS
a drug, antiseptic and insecticide, IL
is also valuable. According to the de-
partment, there are thousands Of
acres Of light soil in the South, not
well adapted to general agriculture,
on which camphor trees could be
grown profitably. The government
has over one hundred thousand young
trees in Florida There is a constant
ly increasing demand for camphor,
and the fact that the gum and oil
can be extracted by simple process
of distilIation makes camphor grow
ing an industry that. promises large
financial returns.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09
KILL COTTON INSECTS
APPARATUS FOR BUSTING
PLANTS WITH PARIS GREEN.
BY Use Of Homemade Device Good
Operator Can Work RapldIy-GIven
at Right Time Many Worms
Are Destroyed.
az PRoF. R. !. sMITH0

A homemade apparatus for busting
cotton plants with paris green is
made from a one-inch board, four and
a half feet long and three inches
wide. Bore an inch and half auger-
hole five inches from each end and at
tach under each hole a sack five
inches wide by about fifteen inches
long. These sacks can be made from
unstarched sheeting II It is found
that the poison Is being applied too
fast or too slow the proportion of lime
Tor four) and paris green must be
changed so that the required amount
of actual posion will be applied per
acre. Gloves should always be worn
by the person making the application
Of poison.
By the use of this apparatus good
operator can treat cotton very rapidly.
The laborer walks along, swinging end
shaking the duster from which a cloud
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

Now said the magician. smiling,
Il am not about to extract from this
hat q rabbit That trick is too easy.
| Will remove from this hat a choice
porterhouse steak. the sort you pay
2s cents pound for. After which
will show you how the trick Is done
SO that each Of you may easily"
But the magician got no further.
IN its eagerness. to learn the audience
fairly mobbed him. Pucks Quarterly
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

struck up You Great Big Beautiful
Doll" with extraordinary rapture, to
the tune of which the noise finally sub
sided to battery of hilarious con-
gratulations which left her flushed and
little breathless. Nancy Chalmers
and Betty Page had burst upon her
like petticoated whirlwinds and pres
emily, when the crowd had lessened,
the judge came to introduce his visi-
tor.
Mr.. Fargo and his daughter are our
guests at GLADDEN. Hail." he told her.
They are old friends Of Valiant's, by
the way; they knew him in New
York"
.'Katharine's lighting her incense
now, 1 guess, observed Silas Fargo.
See there!" He pointed across the
stand, where stood willowy tan fig
ure, one hand beckoning to the con
course below, where Valiant stood, the
center of a shifting group, round which
the white bulldog. mad with recovered
liberty, tore in eccentric circles.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

gloWed with the merry light within,
poured a stream of Ioveliness: in car.
riage-wraps Of light tints. collared and
edged with fur or elder. or wide
sleeved mandarin coats falling back
from dazzling throats and arms, hair
swathed with chiffon against the night
dews, and -gallantly cavalIered by mas
culine black and white.
These from their tiring-rooms over
flowed presently, garbed like dreams,
to make obeisance to the dowagers
and then to drift through fower-Iined
corridors, the foam on recurrent waves
Of discovery. Behind the rose-bower
in the hall. which shielded a dozen
colored musicians violins, cello, gui-
tars and mandolins-came premonitory
chirps and shivers. which presently
wove into the low and dreamy melody
of Carry Me Back to Old Virginia.
Promptly as the clock in the hall
chimed ten, the music merged into a
march. Doors on opposite sides Of the
upper hall swung wide and down the
broad staircase came, with slow step,
a stately procession: two heralds in
fawn-colored doubIets with scroll and
trumpets wound with flowers, behind
them the Queen of Beauty, her finger
tips resting lightly in the hand OF the
knight of the Crimson Rose, and these
followed by as brave a concourse OF
lords and ladies as ever graceG castle
hall in the gallant days when knight
hood was in flower
Shirley's gown was of pure white:
her arms were swathed in tulle,
crossed with straps of seed-pearl, over
which hung long semi-fowing sleeves
of satin, and from her shoulders rose
a stiff pointed medieval collar Of Vene-
tian lace, against whose pale traceries
her bronze hair glowed with rosy
lights. The elge Of the square-cut cor
sage was powdered with the pearls
and against their sheen her breast and
neck had the soft creamy ivory Of
magnolia buds. Her straight plain
train Of satin, knotted with fresh white
rose-buds Nancy Chalmers had Ia
bored for a frantic halfhour in the
dressing-room for this effect) was
held by the seven-year-old Byloe
twins, beribboned knickerbockers, duly
impressed with the grandeur Of their
privilege and grimIy intent on acquit-
ting themselves with glory.
Shirley's face was still touched with
the surprise that had swept 1t as
Valiant had stepped to her side. She
had looked to see him in the conven-
tional panoply sober-sided masculine
mode DEGREES. What she had beheld
was a figure that might have stepped
out of an Elizabethan picture-frame.
He wcs in deep purple slashed with
gold. A cloak of thin crimson velvet
narrowly edged with ermine hung
from his shoulders. lined with tissue.
like cloth-of-gold. From the rolling
brim Of his hat swept curling purple
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09
Jackson's Victory over indians.

One hundred years ago the desul-
tory warfare which Gen. Andrew Jack
son had waged against the Creek IN
dams for some months eliminated IN
the battle OF Oakfuskas. The battle
continued for three days, and was
conducted with much ferocity on both
sides. Two hundred Of the Indians
were slain, while Of General Jack
sons force 1S were killed and 70
wounded. The victory was particular
II gratifying to General Jackson. Dur
ing the winter his troops had been
poorly provisioned and as result
much dissatisfaction began to mani.
fest itself Msny Of the soldiers had
dsssrted and returned T. their homes
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09
BIG LOSS OF FARM ANIMALS
DURING Past Year Approximately 523,,
600 Head, or = Total Of $59,1oo,-
600 kost to Farmers.

The losses Of farm horses and mules
from disease during the past year are
estimated to be about 2O.6 per thou
sand. which compares with 22.6 sim
ilarly estimated a year ago. II the ea-
timated loss of 20.6 per thousand be
applied to the numbers and values OF
horses and mules on farms, January
i It would indicate total loss Of ap-
proximately 52s. 900 head, at $11S per
head. or total Of $5s,1o0s00O.
The condition as to healthfulness of
horses and mules on April I, 1914, was
estimated at 96.4 per cent Of normal
which compares with s67 similarly
estimated a year and about 96, the
10-year average.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

I flexible thrust, but at the fencing club? :?
Where that subconscious management
Of the rein, that nice gage of speed
and distance, but on the polo field?
The old sports stood him now in good
stead. Why. he has a seat like q
centaurl" exclaimed the judge praise
indeed in a community where riding
was passion and horseflesh a fetishl
"Oh, dearl" mourned Nancy Chal-
mers. I've bet six pairs of gloves on
Quint Carter. Never mind; If it has to
be anybody else, I'd rather 1t were
Mr.. 0Valiant. It's about time DamOry
Court got something after Rip-Van-
Winkling it for thirty years. Besides,
he's giving US the dance, and l love
him for that! Quint still has chance.
though. If he takes the next two, and
Mr.. Valiant misses
Katharine looked at her with a lit
tie SMILE He won't miss" she said.
She had seen that look on his face
before and read it Alright. John Va
liant had striven in many contests, not
only OF skill but of strength and dar-
ing, before crowded grand stands But
never in ALI his life had he so desired
to pluck the prize. His grip was tense
on the lance as the yellow doublet
and olive plume Of Castlewood shot
away for a last time-and failed An
instant later the Knight of the Grim
son Rose flashed down the lists with
the last ring on his pike.
And the tourney was won.
In the shouting and hand-clapping
Valiant took the rose from his hat
band and bound it with a shred of his
sash to his iance-point. AS he rode
slowly toward the massed stand, the
whole field was so still that he could
hear the hoofs of the file of knights
behind him. The people we're on their
feet.
The mounted herald blew his blast.
"'By the Majesties of st. Michael and
st. George" he proclaimed, Il declare
the Knight of the Crimson Rose the
victor of this our tourney, and do
charge him now to. choose his Queen
of Beauty, that all may do her hom-
age!"
Shirley saw the horse coming down
the line, its rider bareheaded now.
and her heart began to. race wildly.
Beyond wanting him to take part, she
had not thought She looked about
her, suddenly dismayed. People were
smiling at her and clapping their
hands. From the other end of the
stand she saw Nancy Chalmers throw
ing her a kiss, and beside her tall
pale girl in champagne-color staring
through a jeweled lorgnette.
/. She was conscious all at once that
the flanneled rider was very close
that his pike-point, with its
big red blossom, was stretching up to
her
With the rose in her hand she curt
sled to him, while the blurred throng
cheered itself hoarse, and the band
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

AS they looked, she called softly,
"Johnl John!q
Shirley saw him start and face
about, then come quickly toward her,
amazement and welcome in his eyes.
AS Shirley turned away little later
with the major. that whispering voice
seemed to sound in her ears John!
joint" There smote her suddenly the
thought that when he had chosen her
his Queen of Beauty, he had not seen
the other-had not known she was
there.
A few moments before the day had
been golden; she went home through
a landscape that somehow seemed to
have lost its brightest glow.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

plume. He wore a slender crossword,
and an order set with brilliants spar
kled on his breast
The costume had been one he had
worn at fancy ball of the winter be-
fore. It had been made from a paint
ing at Windsor of one of the dukes Of
buckingham, and it made perfect foil
for Shirley's white.
The eleven knights of the tourney.
each with his chosen lady, If less
splendid, were tricked out in sufficient
ly gorgeous attire. Many an ancient
brocade had been awakened for the
ncnce from it's lavender bed, and ruffs
and goId-b braid we're at no premium.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

coal over an equal distance and there
convert it into electric energy in a
small and isolated plant.
One Of the unique features of the
plant is the fact that the ashes from
the furnaces can be discharged direct
into air-dump ash cars of standard
gauge and run into the building be-
low the boiler room floor. The ex-
pense Of ash disposal is thus greatly
reduced.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

them with the more generous and al
truistic spirit of Western religion. As
one missionary teacher expressed it.
the future religion Of Indina viii ba
Christian IN spirit, but with Hinduism
and the Indian sacred books as tbs
Old Testament. Christian Herald.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09
Fixed Furniture.

It is now considered desirable to
have much of the furniture built In I'd
save buying. This also preserves a
consistent decorative scheme. In the
construction of houses brick is given
renewed consideration because Of its
excellent decorative possibilities.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

in Tennessee. Those who were left
haIf-starved, began to threaten mu-
tiny, and it required General Jackson's s
greatest efforts to keep the ihsubordi-
mates down The battle of Oakfuslxas
revived the spirits of the army and
contributed in no small degree to the
winning OF the decisive battle that
was soon to be fought at Horseshoe
Bend.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

Artichokes contain twice the amount
of protein that turnips do, more than
twice as much carbohydrates and an
equal amount of fat and require very
little cultivation.
They are valuable as feed for horses
and cattle, but the labor involved in
digging makes them undesirable for
this purpose
Where hogs are allowed to do their
own digging, artichokes make an ex-
cellent feed and can be raised with
profit
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

Young weeds are easily killed.
Their root growth is small and a
days work in the early spring viii
save many days OF work later en-
This is especially true ia the corn
field. Blind cultivation can be sac
cessfully psactised. The first cnlti-
walton can be deeper than the fol-
lowing ones. The main thing, how.
ever. is to keep averlaatlngly at It.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09
care - ehe Mare.

The care OF the mare prior to foal-
ing in the matter Of work and feed and
then making no radical change in the
iced Tor q week after foaling except
perhaps 20 cut of about half the grain
are the determining factors In secur.
tne strong. healthy colts.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

The fertility which live stock makes
on the farm is one Of the advantages
to be derived from this class OF farm.
ing and in al I've stock farming dairy.
Ing Is supreme.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

They will feed on the artichokes
long after the tubers are sprouted In
the spring, and will eat tops and all
if allowed to run upon them freely.
They are best fit to feed as soon as
the blooms fall, and they may be eaten
by hogs at all times when the ground
is not frozen until pasture is ready
the following spring
While not best for fattening, they
give a pig a good appetite and If fed
with corn and other grain, possess un-
doubted value.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-09

Every instant that milk slaEds In
the stable it gathers contamination
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

Henry Wetherell, who is visiting at
the home of his son, f. Il. Wetherell,
in Des Moines, is seriously i'll. His
many friends here will hope to hear
more encouraging news.
Miss Jean Morrison. missionary to
India, who has been visiting in Oska.
loosa of and on for several months,
left Friday for Kansas. She will re,
turn in few days to be here until
July IS. she sails from New York
on her return trip about the first Of
September.
Rev. J. NJ. McClelland, w. J. How.
ell and H. w. Henness have been APP
pointed delegates from Central NJ. f..
church and will attend the Interna.
tionaI Sunday school convention in
Chicago this week. representatives
from other local Sunday schools will
also attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Thomas, OF Bur.
lington. have moved to Oskaloosa
are residing at 2l2 North G street. Mr..
Thomas Is a conductor on the G. u.
f& Q Mrs. Thomas Is sister Of Mrs.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

this morning to their home in Des
Moines.
j. w. Shreve, who was injured last
week when a colt kicked him and
several cracked ribs resulted, is still
laid up at bis home. but is slowly
recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. II. Murphy, of Green
town, Indiana, are visiting Oskaloosa
friends until Wednesday, when they
go to Mason City to spend week
with relatives.
President H. w. Hurt. who is visit.
ing at the B. j. Snyder home, made
a trip to Galesburg. ILL.,, yesterday to
look after some affairs connected with
Lombard college
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur NJ. Mason and
children, who have been enjoying a
weeks visit with relatives in GrlnnelI
and 0skaIoosa. left this morning for
their home In Keokuk.
Guy Row. OF Dallas City. III. who
has been visiting here with his moth,
er, AIRS G. B Row, g5i North 3 street
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

and attending commencement at Penn
college, returned home Friday.
Mrs. A. NJ. Jones, who has been Wis
iting relatives here for few days,
leaves today to make a visit with the
Carl Vernon home in Corning, before
returning to her home in Anamosa.
Corporal Alex. B. johnson. of OF.
tumwa Army Recruiting Office, is in
this city for a week examining and
accepting men for the infantry, cav
airy and artillery in the U. s. Army.
w. r. Davis, of Omaha, Nebraska,
who has been making weeks visit
with relatives in Oskaloosa and yicin-
ity. left this morning for Chicago to
spend month with his brother, AL.
fred Il. Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. George r. Morrow, Of
the Iowa Hotel. we're passengers this
morning to 0ttumwa, where Mrs.
Morrow will sDend tae day with her
sister. while G. r. Is attending 20
some business matters.
News comes from Des Meines that