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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30

Indeed, too much Importance cannot
be attached to the sprayinga for fruit
protection against insects and disease.
often the whole crop 10 lost through
injury by Curculio. followed BY Brown
Rot The Curculio winters In the
adult stage. appearing just as the Toll.
age develops ON peaches and plums
Il feeds upon the foliage for a little
while, then, the female beetle. laying
her eggs, does the principal injury ~
the fruit BY making aemieircular
cut IN which its eggs are laid, The
egg matches in short time and the
small lafva makes its way into tha
center Of the fruit and there deyeIopA.
The fruit rDtH and drops. the iAryn.
escaping into the ground and later DE-
velopinR into the adult beetle.
The beetle III controlled by spraying
with Areenate Of Lead at the rate Of
pounds to 80 gallons Of water. This
poison Is usually combined With the
self.boiled lime sulphur wash, q fungi
eide which win control Brown Rot
THE aelf-boiled lime sulphur Il made
by shaking 8 pounds OF lime In a sum
Client amount of water, and adding s
pounds OF sulphur when the lime be
gins 10 slack The mixture must be
kept stirred and the water added az
needed. to keep pasty condition until
the lime Is all slaked The heat zen.
Grated by the shaking lime causes the
sulphur 10 mix physically with the lime
IN very fine state, but should not be-
continued long enough 70 form much
OF sulphIde compound AZ shown BY
the mixture taking on q yellow or brown
color. The mixture il then strained
into the spray barrel and the arsenate
Of lead added
CAUTION The Concentrated Lime
Sulphur Solution, such az Ia used 10
dormant or early spring spraying
should not be used on peach or plum
foliage under any circumstances.
Where Brown Rot has previously ap.
peared. the FIRST application OF the
above mixture should be made just
after the fruit sets and before the
shucks are off the peaches a second
application two weeks later Ia very
necessary and third treatment .
month before the fruit IL ripe Is very
desirable. Not only win this treat
ment prevent injury from Curcnlio and
Brown Rot. but also from Peach Seal
and other diseases.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30
WHAT TO PAY FOR YOUR FERTI
LiZER.
How To Figure the Cash Value OF !
Fertilizer From the Analysis Given.
w. E. HANGER,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

When we buy commercial fertilizer
we are buying food for our crops Just
as we buy feeds for our livestock III
value per ton to as depends largely OF
the kind of materials used In its make
up. Fertilizers are generally Spoken
Of as 2-S.4 or 1-2-5 fertilizers accordinp
TO their analysts. which means IN the
case Of the 2.s4 fertilizer that II con
tains 2 per cent. Nitrogen. per cent
Phosphoric Acid and per cent Pot
ash. SO when we have the analysis
given, we ought 10 have asRood idea 81
what ton Of fertilizer Is worth
A simple and certain rule TO follow
Is to multiply the per cent Of nitrogen
by three, which IN this case would be
2 times or 6. Then add to this fig.
ure the per cent available OF Phos
phoric Acid and that Of Potash, which
would mean with a 2-S.f FERTILIZER. {
plus pllA 4 or is. BY placing the
dollar sign before this last figure
giving us SIS, you viii have the ap
proximate cash value OF q 2-S-4 ferti.
lizer II the amount OF ammonia r.
given instead of the nitrogen multiply
the per cent of ammonia BY TX in
stead OF 8
To the value of the fertilizer we
must add the cost Of mixing the ma
terials which Is commonly clgoned A.
Sb ton and this added to SIS VIII
rive s2a OF close to what the BelIing
price Of q Pa fertilizer ought To be
We. Of course, take Ii for granted that
the fertilizer offered ih up to its guar
antee II you have any doubts. YOU
should write to tho State Chemist al
College Park for the standing nf fiF
fertilizer You think Of buying.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30

Under and By virtue OF power .con-
tanned n q Mortgage, bearing date
The 10Th day Of September, in the year
ivll and duly recorded among the
land records 81 said ST.. Mary's Coun-
tys u Libef T.. 3. A. No. 9, folio 467,
etc, from Frederick White and Elsa
Witto, his wife, to James B. Me-
Phelson, (which said mortgage has
been duly assigned 10 the undersignedl
The said undersigned viii soil BY pub
lsc auction at the doors Of the Court
House, ln the Village Of Lcouardtown,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30
AN INDISPENSABLE FARM
COMMODITY.
BY KARL LANcENpEcK.

If you could have seen this
country thirty years ago when |
took hold of the paper here, you
would have moro TO say than fine
country for this section A pair
Of snappy blue eyes looked out
from ths .hddy eountenanee of the
editor, ax,h he stretched his legs and
ooSahother pull at the porcelain
pipe You would add, fine men
to have made such garden q this
waste. for that's what il was then, Z
.saseenaea,
] was greetings denatured alcohol
plant in the old German town 70
utalize the waste starchy staff Of the
rich surrounding farms and used to
loaf Of an evening in the cosy print
shop Of the genial editor. You
see Napolean's armies over ran our
country three times. They ate il
bare as flocks Of locusts would and
carried off all the likely boys as re-
crnits. The land had never been
very fertile and there was neither
spirit or capital TO reclaim t..
Twenty years Of Liebig's teaching
had scarcely made on impression
and as the farms were small, there
were no educated land holders TO set
the pace for better methods. saw
my chance TO do some good, even
if there were none TO make money.
So, ! preached soil reclamation in
season and out Of season, and in the
fullness Of time, got my profit
with that of the new race Of farmers
made. And, ! can say itmyself,
the editor added with a twinkle, for
you have found ] am popular; they
made me Deputy in the Reich
stag.
In season and out OF season, be
mused. That means more than you
think. Most farmers know how to
reclaim land, but few do it without
a boost. When they are ia the
thick Of work, they forget, and in
the slack times, they waste them
selves with regrets instead Of look
ing forward and preparing. A
little thing prepared and at hand
when its needed makes all the differ
ence in the world in crop. The
agricultural papers mostly print too
much and according to the space
they have to fill. They talk Of
pruning in the summer and harvest
ing in the winter. How is a man
to remember? Isay, week by week.
what should be done now, and
nothing more. ! have made my
my paper our peoples remem-
branser."
Recalling this old talk Of wise
man. II am reminded that do not
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30
IS DEADLY ENEMY
OF PEACH CROP
Timely Spraying For Brown Rot Saves
$4,000 Crop For One Grower.
T.B. sYMoNs.
Maryland Agricultural College.

During the season Of 1912, J, G.. Har-
rison & sons. Berlin, Md. practically
lost their whole crop Of peaches on
10000 trees through the attacks OF
Curculio and Brown Rot In the year
following, the horticultural Depart
ment of the Agricultural College con
Quoted a demonstration in the same
orchard Az result, the crop was
saved with a net profit to the owners
Of SIS, s38, due without question to
the thorough methods Of spraying cm
ployed.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30
RatIflsatIen 80

James Han, ne2t, In the cirenis
friend Elizabeth Court tn III
+. Powell, q. al Mnry's County.
". Maryland.
Elizabeth n mo. liHl N
Powell.
II Il hnreby ordered llis 2lss day ii
April, 1914, that the ST val Auditor
Report and Account Ia tbs zllose entitl.
cd cause BE- ratiiied and cons sgnetl. ~.
less cause ~ the contrary III shoan 81
on before the 3rd Monday "a Max. 1914.
provided q copy % this order ae ~
serted IN the Saint Mary BRaeeN
once q week for three successive Weeks
prior 70 the said 3rd Monday 81 A.ay
1914.
Y EN0cIi b. ABEa.fs Clerk.
True COpy.--iest,
ENocH y. ABEIIs, ~
4-23 81.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30

The instruction in the summer schoo
is free 10 all teachers and others Of
the State This means that those
who enroll for the work win have liy
ing expenses only. The summer schoo
Is within the financial limits OF ever
rural teacher Of the State Of Mary
land.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30

There is more catarrh il this sec
ton Of the country than all other dis
eases put together. and until the last lew
years was supposed to be incnfablo.
For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced i q local disease and pre-
scfibed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing 10 curu with local tsssat-
ment, pronounced Il IncurAble Science
has proven Eaftarrh 10 Re eonstilu-
fionaI disease, and therefore requires
constitutional Treatment Halls ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by Il j
Cheney II CO., Toledo, ohio. II the
only Constitutional cure ~ die mark
et II Is taken internally II aets
directly on the blood and innealls s0r-
faces Of the system They offer one
hundred dollars Tor any case Il fails
TO cure Send for cirenlius and iesli-
monals
AddessF. " CaEAiEs Il Co. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 70e
Take liall's Family Pills for eonsfi-
patton. ADV. 2-a.i3
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30
iee Acres Of Land, More or
Less.

located in said Fourth Election Dis.
trlct Of said St Mary's County, -four
and one bali miles from tho village OF
Ihaptic0, rs more particularly dcs-
cribed and mentioned "a certain
deed, nearing date the 18th day OF
January, Ia the year 1879. and duly
recorded among the land records 81
said 81 Mays County. ia Isiber J n.
4. No. 3. folio go, ETC., from Robcrt
Gray and Sarah Ann Gray. his wife.
81 James j Cough.
2. All that Lot Tract. Piece, Par
Gel or Subdivision Of land. contiguous
% Tho land next described. commonly
called and known a.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30

II Is hrfchs ORDERED this IAN siaq IN
March, 1914 that the Auditor II nsss
and Account TT lied Ii fhH alanrc
entitled cause b. ratified and essssifga.
"a, unless cause " tlr eonsgafy 81
shown on orbeiore fhs Second Non.
day ~ April, 1914; provided aopf
~ this order BE- published II lIsa Sc
Mays BEACON once a wsak fols shassa
successive weeks. prior 10 said SECOND
Monday Ia April. 1914.
ENoCH u. ABRI.I4. s3leek.
True Copy Test
ENocH 3 ABELI,, Clerk
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30
"PartnesahIp..

or b. what other maine or names The
same may ie called or known, which
i morn partlralariy described ia 3
certain decd bcaring date she 30ih day
sef,lad s,,,o N ssr s, W. Nv, .,,, wv
aforesaid, III Lsl,er q. r. ". No. 4,
folio ~, from John W. Wcich, ~ al.
% Jamrs J Doagh, containing
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30
EHedge Barn'

or by what other name or names the
same may be called on known, con-
fafnfng
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30

sor By what other name or names the
The same may be called and known,
containing
4 Acres Of Land. More or Less.
which i also mentioned and described
IN tbe aforesaid deed
3 Also all lhat Lot, Tract, on Par
eel 81 land, contagious 10 The lot OF
parcel " lapd above mentioned. being
tract Of land commonly called and
Known as
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30

WALTER >. NUTSHELL.
Asslgnee
For lnrtiler particulars apply -
MiTcuEt1. 8 DnCrs Is Plata. Nd
f-ss.id
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-30
2 4s-ioo Acres Of Land. More
or less.

The above Lots. Tracts. or ravris
ol land, containing II iba aeRrcgate
iiss 9e@lstl acres ~ land, more ar less.
and bcinR Improved hy dwelling
hHaae, barn. ttablr and TENANT housst
TERMS or SALE Cash on day ~
sale ~ On final ratification thereof.
a deposit ~ s2t000 b.nN rpquiNd
81 The purchaser or purchasers on
day - sale,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

fna war between Athens and sparta tn.-.
was !;tas balance between the se,,; -
body or Heilaa. The fundamental r.ia,tn.t.
upon which her spirit had advanced -.
perhaps thousand years she had ion
cleavage between thS thinker and IN.
pie had come; thought was now beom,r.
the possession Of the solitary. HOLDING u,.,.
active relation to social and political M.
The constructive vdror Of Heliss ...rosS
near lite end.
seems rather. IN easy retrospr~S
Whom the gods would destroy tb,,
first make" blind. What vas ~.
trouble3 Mere reaotionf FNi,ur. -
live up to national ideal Of too rareass
alt'tudes7 Weakening Of moral ebrs,
or was II more physical. tho drain a,
the Peloponnesian war. killing OF N.
pestY Malaria has been suggested. ais
abnormal economic conditions. Perhan.
immigration was a facilitating fore.
'Prohigate luxury" and windy educa-
ton" are symptoms only. Patrtot,,r,
gives place to cosmopolitanism. svco.
plants, demagogues thrive. ReIg,o,
turns into superstition. Emotion s,,yl
plants reason. Oh. for a breath ~ tha,
Dorian puritanism to cleanse IN. o,s
OF reeking romanticism. to blow OH, ~.
s'OV poNh tlS Olul But 'lfh-
erty Ned in the last muttcrlnp, n, n
mosthenes's thunder against tho h,s
ter with Philip of Macedon"; s8s a r
brings Macedonian supremacy ana ~.
end OF the onward march Of the Gre.L
spirit" eeN
Miss Stephens compares tina, ,r,r,,
with the American; TO no very grs,,
profit yet entertainingly and withou,
the usual preachment by deadly narai,
lei' There IL amusing suggestion in her
picture OF "a puritan blooded Amer,ca.
from Kansas City or Minneapolis walh.
ing through the Pirfeus of the ,our,h
century b. c." and into Athens ana 10,
ing his high pitched idealisrn" sneo,
from his tailored body" 10 b. "ha,,.d
as possible HELENE from the shadow.
or Etna or from some northern ,ovn"e
barbarian. Kansas City IA Greek NJ.
cause to 1t all is new. plastic; IL know,
no world WEAKNESS. no sen,,,or..i
melancholia, no hazy inanities and fadoa
mstheticlsm"
1t is rather bold thing 10 writ. ao,,,
ABOUT the Greek spirit" But even tboe.
VINO would not have advised doing !, a,
all may be willing to saw n wora =,
praise for the way In which Me.
stephens has done It.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
SON WRITES OF TOLSToYs
LACK OF TENDERNESS

Ihers was one distinguishing and n,
nrst sight, peculiar trait in NV fe,Lor.
| character, due perhaps TO the fact no,
ne grew up without mother, and tina,
m"S tlat an exhibitions OF tenderness,
were entirely foreign TO him.
say tenderness" In contrad,,-,ro,,o,
10 IN artiness, Hoartlness he had and IN
very high degree. III
MS description Of tho death OF m,
| Uncle Niholia IS characteristic I,
letter to his other brother, Sergel Milo.
IaEeVitcn, In which he described the ,a,.
aay or his brothers life. my father tell,
now he helped him to undress.
He submitted. and became q d,rcr.,,
man. He had n word a,
praise for everybody. and said 10 m.
| Thanks. my friend You understand ths
significance OF the words as between II,
two" w
II Is evident that In the language O,
the Tnlstoy brothers tho phrase INV
friend" was an expression OF Tenderness,
heNond which Imagination could not 70
Tho words astonished my father even on
! the lips OF his dying brother.
During all his lifetime I never received
any mark OF tenderness from him what
ever
lie was not fond OF kissing children.
ana VII he did so in saying good morn
ing or good uight he did 1t merely rs
duty.
1t is therefore easy to understand that
he did not provoke any display of tender
ness toward himself and that nearness
and dcarness with him were never accom-
panied by any outward manifestations
II would never have come into my
head, for instance, to walk up 10 my
father and kiss him or to stroke his hard
l was partly prevented also from that
by the fact that | always looked Up 10
him with awe, and his spiritual power. his
greatness, prevented ME from seeing In
him the mere man. the man who was 50
plantive and weary at times the feeble
old man who so much needed warmth
and rest.
The years will pass. The accumulated
demonstrations which hide the truth will
pass away. Much will be wiped out and
forgotten, Among other things my
fathers Will will be forgotten. that will
which he himself looked upon rs an "un-
necessary outward msans." And men Will
see more clearly that legacy of love and
truth In which he believed deeply and
which. according to his own words. Cam
not perish without a trace"
In conclusion I cannot refrain from
quoting the opinion of one Of my kins-
men. who after my fathers death read
the diaries kept by both my father and my
mother during the autumn before Lyon
NikolayeVitCh left Yasnaya Polyana.
What "A terrible MISUNDERSTANDING
ne said. Each loved the other with such
poignant affection. each was suffering AL
the time on the others behalf, and then
this terrible ending, | see Tho
hand of fate in this"-From Count IVA
Tolstoys "Reminiscences of Tolstoy" In
the August Century.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
YOUNG KlPLING MIMICKED
THE DIVING EXPERT

The old postman at Westward Ho near
Bideford In Devon and tho scene *
"Stalky and Company" ia reported n
T. RS Weekly as telling an interesting
anecdote OF Rudyard Kipling dating from
the time when Kipling himself was boy
at school at Westward Ho,
1T appears that Beckwith, the aquatic
expert, came to Westward Iio to eve an
exhibition from the pier which WIS
crowded with the usual summer sIsh'-
seers and a fair sprlnlling OF hoys from
the school. After some evolutions In me
water tho swimmer commenced a a'll''
of diving performances, ana 1t was ''t,
"A sensational dive from the top or no
pier that the spectators were amazed 70
see chubby. stocky boy run 10 t.e
edge of tho pier and repeat the dive WIN
all the mannerisms of the expert I".
auiry elected the fact that the boy N''
named Kipllng, and it is by this incident
more than any other that the HIanloi,.,
people remember the now famous au'hor'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
NEW MUSICAL BOOK
BY ROMAN ROLAND

Tho many who have enjoyed the feast
of interesting comment on music In lin-
main Hollands novel jean Chris,oD"e'
will be glad of the opportunity 10 read
the authors Musicians Of To-dai'
which Messrs IIenry Holt y go.
who published his novel. expect to issue n
October Besides some minor rcvsIons
for the English translation the author lbs
brought up to date his chapter on tins
Musical Movement in Paris" He has also
added to his vivid paper on the concert
Music OF Richard Strauss" The balance
of the book treats of Berlioz's stormy
career and music. Wagner's "Sicr'ri7i'
Chat rare vision Of happiness In great
tragic art'D and Christian" (writtHn win
IA conviction quasi-relgious, more religious
perhaps Though its sincerity than tlAt
OF Parsfal), Saint-Saeus, Vincent plnlY'
Hugo Wolf Perosi, the priest composer
Dobussy's "Pelleas and Melisandc' ana
very significant article contrasting 10
French and German music given A IN
Alsace- Lorraine muskfest, In tho mean
time Henry Holt a. Co. are having TO PRINT
Jean Chrlstophe" for It's fourth time
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
] I.

If the Dutch, instead OF taking Hol-
land had taken Cambodia, their BRAY
cry against diluvial nature would I'M
doubleday have given to lndo-China a
similar scene of polder and canal, OF
rivers banked as is the Yssel, of estu-
aries stolen from the sea as is the Guy
der Zee. Camboda is the child OF It's
great river the Me-Kong. or mother of
waters. Politically II lies tucked in
between Siam on the west, AMMAN on
the east and CoChin-China on the south
cast these arc the boundaries which
remain after the state of Mon hmer
lost several OF It's richest provinces in
the later period OF its weakness, when
It's royal umbrella shaded hut the pup
pets Of Siam and AMMAN, the greatest
loss when the puppct was for the first
time In Khmcr history n shadowy
queen, a disgrace which stung the ma
ton back 10 a new manhood Just at the
time when the French were ready to
intervene.
The Mc-kong has made Cambodia in
the same literal sense that the Brah-
maputra has made Bengal, the Irawadl
ana the Salwin have made Burma. Rls-
ing IN the SHOWS Of Tibet. these mighty
rivers, and the Me Kong is one Of the
word greatest rivers, have dissolved
we rocks and carried them for thou
H'nds or miles in food, only to lay
thom down in the sea, and in the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

Generalizations from the statistical
tables may be easily made by those pro-
REASONABLY concerned; the few facts
noted above may be OF some usefulness
TO those who would like to know the
facts as to the size OF teachers pay. In
a table Of salaries for different occu-
pations the average" public school
teacher would rank perhaps somewhere
between a street car conductor and n
police sergeant. Whether that is fair
compensation for the work he does, the
time and money he spends in prepare
ton and his usefulness to society; and
whether Its inadequacy. IL such there
be, Is balanced by the comparatively
easy hours of labor and long vacations;
these are questions no set OF numeral
tables can answer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
SOME NEW BOOKS.
Teak. EIephsnts anA Mon.

From Asia depend three great land
masses into the southern sea, Arabia.
India, Indo-China. From India arose
the culture which conquered Europe In
tho barbarism OF its stone age. From
Arabia has come one culture which has
already conquered the European race;
a later culture from the same source Is
now sweeping It's conquest over the bar
bario peoples OF the world and looms
upon the sight as the future conqueror
OF tho European societies in the days OF
their age. or two OF these penlnsulas
the history II a commonplace; Of the
third we are stepped In ignorance and
unconoern. II is OF tho race of the
Mon Khmer, the least mixed of the
peoples OF Indo-China that We have the
carefully detailed history IN the work of
ApHEsfARD LEcLERE, for twenty-five years
French Resident in Cambodia- Historic
de Cam BODICE dcptds le Premier Steele
&c Notre Ere paris, Librairie Paul
Geuthner). The documents upon which
he bases this work OF great research are
listed as the inscriptions on monuments,
Chinese and Annamite annals and the
documents OF European source which
have accumulated during the last six
centuries. At the several periods OF the
career OF the Mon-Khmer state through
these two millenniums each Of these
document sources occupies the position
Of leading authority; in the more i'm
portant crises Leclere has had the ad-
vantage Of overlapping records from at
least two OF the sources, in fact We are
surprised to discover how we'll supported
u this record OF an obscure and remote
kingdom. But the record would have
bcou vplueless II II wnre not for the
slxill with which II has been interpreted
Q s1cfll which follows upon . quarter OF
. century occupied with tho Affairs OF
stnke and tho AFFAIRS of the
people VINO constitute the state.
THIS n no nero trial essay on tho part
Of tho author. Tho titles of his works
on Cambodia number more than thirty
ana include respectable commentaries on
the law of the land and two most valu-
able collections OF the folk lore OF tho
racA Tho man who has made known
tho law Of q land and It's ballads must
be far advanced toward the qualification
% wr1te Its history.
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".

The author has given very close at
'entlon to the constitution of the Cam
hodian state in its best epoch His doc
uments are succession OF court rec.
ords, everything is set down to the
glory Of the King. He cites for each
King In the long line the official phrases
wherewith his graces are set forth. 4
single sample will exhibit the richness
of the language OF such aduation; It
is the ascription to King Kaundinya-
Jayavarman as preserved In the in
scriptlon Of Preah- Eyntkoskey:
"Tho nails Of his feet were polished
by rubbing so much on the sparkling
and jewelled crests Of the princes Of the