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The Washington times., 1914-07-05

the bugle of the officer of the day. and
all of the young campers retired for the
night.
Hard at Work.
Early next morning the boys arose
and made preparations for the morn
ing inspection by the officials. From
then on, the. regular camp program
had been carried out as follows: $50,
reveille; 200. recall and dip; 7:15, break
fast: after breakfast the boys reported
to their tents to put all bedding IN
the sun and straighten up arounS the
inspection, adjutant call and drill;
$40 morning instructions; 1915, boat
ing call: 11:45, boating recall; II m,
dinner; l p. m, recreation; p. m,
scout games; p. m, swimming call;
40 o. m, swimming recall; 5:45, sup
per, campers games, evening boating
period; TBS, assembly, camp fire; S:5,
tattoo; 800. taps; 9:25 p. m, meeting
of camp officials.
A rainstorm the preceding night had
rendered a bolt on the top of the flag
pole an object for repair. Kunut
Nilsson, Troop No. %, of Washington.
scaled the pole with all fours, and did
the work. This feat was made most
difficult. because of the pole being sew
enty feet in height and only seven inches
in diameter.
During the day a six foot black
snake was trapped by one of the scouts
and taken into camp. AS proof-proper
that his statements OF the preceding
night we're based on pure facts, Or.
Eastman showed that the snake was
as harmless as fishing worm by
picking it Up and rapping 1t several
times around his neck and shoulders.
This not only astonished the boys, but
1t gave them courage enough to do
Ix sIrrh fa1 he rar n
tile Pet and proundly call it the mas
cot of the camp.
Wednesday a crew of about twenty
boys went to Annapolis on the Sea
Scout to view the interesting points
of that city. They returned the same
evening and reported a good time. The
boat was in charge of Capt. Karl Gray.
who takes this cruise three or four
times each week.
Ninety-three To Return.
Ninety-three boys will leave the camp
but Il has already been announced that
many more scouts will arrive. A large
crowd from Baltimore arrived in camp
yesterday. and Frederick and Washing
ton scouts will arrive tomorrow. Those
who will visit the camp from this city
will he: Richard z. Saunders. Raymond
Brookmire, Paul Robin. George Windle
Read, jr.. Silas Hays, Hartley Fellows.
Dan Steers. John G. Scharf. Donald z.
Gates, Roger H. Gates. Leroy Harris,
Bradley B. Smith, John Edward
O'Rrien. tr.. Kenneth W. Boyd. a. J.
McCurdy. Gilbert Slentz, Carl A Ross
bach, Roy M Belnap, Nelson P. Mar
shall, Edgar S. May. Clarence Parker.
Edward 5. WiuGate, Alfred Burdine,
ThCmass Somerville, Jackson Somer-
vile. Kennith Netcalf, Paul Grove, Au-
Eustus Hines. Hart Bien. Walter J.
Webb, Horrall r. Williams, Douglas
Miner, and Walter Young.
Yesterday was visitors day and a
large number of parents and Boy Scouts
visited the camp. IN the evening there
was held a minstrel show md campfire
council in which many Of the scouts
participated.
The Washington times., 1914-07-05
TOILET ARTICLES REDUCED

Rexall Tooth Paste, makes
nearly white teeth; in ribbon
tube; comes out flat on the
brush; Csc tube .1ec
Jergen's Violet Glycerin Soap,
box cakes .1sc
Csc Woodbury's Facial Soap lie
loo Physicians and Surgeons
Soap ............... Sc
Csc Packers Tar Soap .......14c
loo Jap Rose Soap. Q cakes. 49,. 1Sc
zoe Pears Scented Soap lie
15c Pears Unscented Soap -. .1ec
Zoc Odd. Soap -.......---....11c
Csc ResinoI Soap .......11c
15c Williams Jersey Cream
Soap. for .3zc
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
c,ood EatIno.

sMetchnikoff. the Metchnikoff OF
sour milk fame, is soon to celebratein
Paris" said Paris correspondent on
furlough in New York, "his SEVENTEEN
birthday.
Since his sixtieth birthday, when he
began his sour-milk regime, Metchni-
koff has not aged. On the contrary, he
has become rejuvenated.
ITO the committee that has in
charge the splendid honors Of his
birthday celebration, Metchnikoff gave
some advice on the benefits of frugal
eating the benefits of taking no alco-
hol, very little meat, and an abundance
of we'll cooked green vegetables. And
he ended his lecture with this crystal
of wisdom:
Good eating makes more pessi-
@nists than bad luck.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
INEXPENSIVE SUI LPHUR BATHS
AT HOME

People travel long distances and
spend large sums of money to secure
the benefits Of sulphur springs and
baths because for generations sulphur
has been known to be one of natures
most valuable curatives unequalled as
a blood purifier By dissolving 2 to 4
tablespoonfuls of Hancock's Sulphur
Compound in a hot bath you get the
same effect and your system absorbs
the sulphur through the pores of the
skin. For prickly heat and summer
skin troubles of infants and children
use a teaspoonful of the Sulphur Com
pound in bowl Of warm water. This
makes refreshing bath and quickly
alleviates the pain. Sold by all deal
ers 50c a bottle Hancock Liquid Sui.
phur Co., Baltimore. Md.-Adv.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
BABY HAD SCALP TROUBLE

n -
Carthage, Texas My little girl had
some kind of breaking out on her head
that came in white blisters and when
the blisters burst they formed some
thing like scales. If / washed her
head and combed the scales off they
would come again in just few days.
The trouble looked something like
dandruff but, was hard and scaly and
when the scales would come of all OF
the. hair came also and would leave
the head raw.
Il had tried salves which only soft
ened the scales so / decided to use
Cutjcura Soap and Ointment.
washed her head with warm water and
Cuticura Soap and then applied the
Cuticura Ointment and let it remain
over night / used only one box of
Cuticura Ointment and one bar Of
Cuticura Soap and her head was well"
(Signed) Mrs. Luella Biggs. Jan. 28.
1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card .'Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston ADV.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21

variably be short. There should be
no fiabbiness about the hams and a
well-carried tail puts finish to a pig,
which helps it greatly at the time of
sale to the butcher.
The quantity of bone should also be
accompanied by strength of bone, be-
cause it is not possible to carry a
heavy weight Of meat of very fine
quality without substance. Round
bone should be avoided, as it indicates
lack of breeding and is invariably as
sociated with fat carcass.
The pasterns should not be weak
and the pig should be straight on its
legs This is likewise OF great i'm
portance. for exercise is necessary
in the production of the best class of
carcass.
These may seem small points, yet
they all indicate particular functions
which the bacon pig is supposed to
fulfill.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
BETTER PRICE FOR PRODUCE
Great Many Farmers Make Mistake OF
Allowing Fruit and Vegetables to
Become TOO Ripe.

Many farmers allow dollars of pos.
sible profits to slip through their
hands by neglecting to properly pre-
pare their produce for market. Fruit
and vegetables for nearby market
need not be picked until almost ripe.
but for long distance shipment they
must be harvested earlier A great
many growers make the mistake of all
lowing their fruit and vegetables to
become too ripe before gathering and
as result the products that look SO
attractive when starting reach their
destination in an overripe condition
For this reason we must carefully con.
slider the distance to market before
harvesting our products.
All tender fruit and vegetables in.
tended for sale in fresh condition
should be carefully handled. Bruised
fruits and vegetables soon decay and
affect other specimens next to them
in the package. This destroys the ap-
pearance Of the products and ruins
its value accordingly.
The most important operation in
preparing fruits and vegetables for
market is the grading. Careful cul
tivation saves great amount of grad,
ing. Uniformity is the chief require.
ment to be considered in grading prod
uce for the market. Products should
be packed SO that they will be uni.
form in appearance, quality and con.
dition.
There is seldom time when nicely
packed and honestly graded fruits and
vegetables will not bring a coed price;
it is the poorly packed, poorly devel
oped. unevenly ripened products that
are drug on the market. The ex.
Derienced packer has in mind the ger
eral appearance of the whole package
rather than few choice specimens
on top. The better the grading the
better the price.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
CLIPPING THE CLOVER BACK
Good Farming Not to Allow Plant %
Produce Seed Year II Is Sown
--cutting OF Bloom Helps,

When good stand of clover has
been secured by sowing nurse crop,
when it has passed safely through the
critical period and this crop has been,
removed, If the conditions are favor
able, red clover, alsike and mammoth
are all likely to attempt to produce
seed crop the year they are sown, says
Wallace's Farmer. We have seen
times, when conditions were very fa-
vorable, when crop of hay would
be secured from the spring sowing,
and in one case we know of, some
years ago, both crop Of hay and a
crop of seed were produced
This would naturally convert this
biennial into an annual, and it would
be interesting to know just what hap
pened to that field the next year Our
belief is that it would act exactly as
two-yearold clover after crop Of hay
and a crop of seed has been secured
the year after it is sown. We do not
think it advisable to permit clover to
produce seed the year it is sown. 1t
would undoubtedly weaken the stand,
as stalk that has produced seed has
served its purpose, and will be very
likely to disappear the next year
We found out by experience that by
clipping our clover back, that is cdt-
ting it off high enough simply to take
of the seed heads, we secure a much
better stand the next year. There.
fore, we think it is good farming not
{ to allow clover to produce seed the
year it is sown. Care should be taken
to do this clipping just at the right
time, and to set the cutter bar high
enough so as not to injure the plant
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
No Monaco IN sanatorlurn.

DR.. Edward L. Trudeau, who built
the first tuberculosis sanatorium in
the United States in 1885, says:
When bought the first land on
which the Adirondack Cottage sanato-
rum is built, paid $25 an acre for 1t,
but the price was then thought abb
surdly high. My last purchase of five
acres cost me $4,000. To my knowl-
edge, there has never been an employe
who came to the sanatorium in sound
health who developed tuberculosis
while there; and sanatorium can no
more endanger the health of the neigh
borhood in which it is built. even If
the residences are at its very gates,
than it could If it were placed on top
Of high mountain miles away from
habitation."
The midland journal., 1914-08-21

good bacon pig, we might start first
from the head
Here, length of snout, which partly
includes length of jow1 and the abb
sence of loose fiabbiRess SO frequent
ly seen there, indicates as rule a
lengthy animal. The idea has been.
to reduce the cheap parts of the ami
NAL and to increase those which are
dearer. On that account light fore
head is necessary, but it must not be,
at the expense of width of back or
depth in the pig.
AS a rule pig narrow at the poll
(between the ears) is not the widest
feeders. There may be exceptions to
this rule, but it can be applied gener-
ally. The advantages of prominent
eye and smooth unwrinkled jaw or
cheek, as well as width between the
eyes, are that they invariably indicate
a smooth, lean-feshed animal
A short heavy head is invariably as
sociated with very round body and
wide ard very fat back, altogether
wasteful carcass. The neck should
not be too long, otherwise it indicates
Weakness, and short neck generally
goes with short side, which from
the bacon point Of view of course is
not desirable. 1t is important to note
the character of the middle piece.
The ribs should spring from the
back, but they should not be entirely
round They should rather spring well
and allow the animal to be turned
out slightly fiat from the sides. There
will then be less wasteful fat on the
top without decreasing the depth of
the pig.
What is wanted is pig that con-
tains maximum of lean meat and an
undercut with as much streaky as pos
sible. The loin should, Of course, be
covered and muscular because SO
much depends on good development
there. The rump should not be too
straight, otherwise the hams will in
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
Possible Chance.

A young man who last mouth re-
ceived his diploma has been looking
around successfully for q position,
employment and job. Entering an
ONCE the other day he asked to- see
the manager, and while waiting for
that gentleman to become disengaged
he said to the Office boy:
do you suppose, there Is any open
ing here for college graduate?"
well, dere will be- was the reply,
IF de boss don't raise me salary to
tree dollars week by termorrer
night" Boston Evening Transcript
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
DISAPPEARED.
Coffee AiIs Vanish Before Postum.

It seems almost too good to be
true, the way headache. nervousness,
insomnia, and many other obscure
troubles vanish when coffee is dis
missed and Postum used as the regu-
Lar table beverage.
The reason is clear. Coffee con-
tains a poisonous drug caffeine
which causes the trouble, but Postum
contains only the food elements in
choice hard wheat with q little mo-
lasses.
A Phila. man grew enthusiastic and
wrote as follows:
until IS months ago used coffee
regularly every day and suffered from
headache, bitter taste in my mouth,
and Indigestion; was gloomy and irri-
table, had variable or absent appetite,
loss of flesh, depressed in spirits, etc.
Il attribute these things to coffee,
because since quit 1t and have drank
Postum / feel better than had for
20 years, am less susceptible to cold,
have gained 20 lbs. and the symptoms
have disappeared vanished before
Postum"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In cup Of hot water and, with cream
and sugar. makes a delicious bever-
age Instantly. soc and SOC tins
The cost per cup Of both kinds u
about the same.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grccera-
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
Invitation and Answer.

Mr.. F. c. Phillips in his book. my
Varied Life tells how the late Sir
George Honeyman, an infamous
writer, sent down from the bench to
a friend Of his, a leading @. c., a
little note. Not able to make head
nor tail of it, the barrister scribbled
something equally undecipherable
upon a half-sheet of note paper, and
passed it up to the judge. Sir George
looked annoyed, and when the court
rose, said to his friend: What do
you mean by this? asked you to
come and dine with me tonight"
Yes, said the barrister, "and ! re-
piled that ! should be extremely glad
to do So.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
Commission Man Knows.

Your commission man knows that a
good fresh bird shows well rounded
form, with neat, compact legs and no
sharp. bony angles on the breast, in
dicating lack Of tender white meat.
That the skin should be clear color,
yellow preferred. and free from
blotches and pin feathers; for if it
looks tight and drawn he will believe
it was scalded before plucking.
That the flesh should give evenly
and gently when pressed by the fin
gers and should be neither flabby nor
stiM.
That the marks of freshness are in
dicated by moist. soft and timber feet,
with eyes bright and full.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
on the Cape.

Breathless Would-Be Passenger
Station Master You can go by any
past five train leave?
Station-M Master Five-thirty.
Passenger Well, the new church is
27 minutes past, the post Office clock is
25 minutes past, and your clock is 80
minutes past. Now, in the name of
goodness, what clock am to go by?
Station Master-aYou can go by any
clock you like. but you can't go
by the train it's gone. - Pearson's
Weekly.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
unreasonable.

George Bernard Shaw is one of the
few vegetarians who have remained
true to the faith, and in a recent letter
to woman, reproaching her for her
fight against the aigrette when she
still ate meat, Mr.. Shaw said:
THE lack of logic prevails every
wherel We call the tiger ferocious
and ravaging beast, but what would
you ladies be called if, for example,
the lamb chop had yoice?"
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
Maklnn II comnIete.

Mr.. Fred Kerr, the actor, was play
ing at Ranelagh, and at the Lake
hole drove eight successive balls
straight into the water. He had no
more left in his bag, and there was
nothing more to be done except
one thing. Selling his bag of clubs,
he walked dramatically to the lakes
edge. Then in a broken voice he,
said:
"Old pond, have these as well, and
turning, with sigh, walked home.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
Unnecessary Loss.

Coops and egg cases are expensive
Unless sold with the contents. keep a
check on them and see to it that they
are returned to you promptly The
value of lost coops each season win
aggregate fortune.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
WOULD MAKE AZ POLITICIAN
Little WilIie's Capacity for Sticking to
One Idea SinguIarly Like Way
Of Rabid Partisan.


"The late Adlai E. Stevenson said
a Republican leader of Bloomington,
hadn't, after all much use for poll
tics. He once explained to me why
this was.
He said that party politicians be-
lieved their side to be always right,
and the other side to be always wrong.
Whatever the other side advocated, it
was hossible and internal; whatever
their own side advocated was holy.
HE said the partisan couldn't un-
derstand that You might arrive at the
the, right thing by more ways than
one and thus the partisan was like
the urchin whose teacher said:
Willie, what does six plus four
make?''
Eleven
"'No. Try again.
Twelve
mo
Thirteen.
No, no, no. You're just guessing.
But why couldn't you have guessed
that six plus four makes ten?"
because it don't make ten,' said
Willie Five and five makes ten-I
remember that
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
BEST TYPE FOR BACON.
DESIRED STANDARD OF ANIMAL
NOT ALWAYS REACHED.
Many Small Points Indicate Particular
Functions Hog Is Supposed to
FuIfiII-ExercIse Is cf Great
Importance.

The style of animal which best
meets the bacon curer's ideal has
often been spoken about, but the de-
sired standard is not always reached.
and this IN many cases is due to
faulty breeding.
To consider briefly ere or two OF
the indications as to what is really a
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
The Drawback.

81 see where the women abroad are
offering to fight at the front, but
women will never make soldiers"
And why not?"
For one thing, each one would stop
in hot engagement to powder her
nose"
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
Medium In FEEDING.

There is a medium in feeding
which. as far as is possible, every one
should follow. It gives to each animal
Just what its system can readily as
similate and make use Of; no more.
40 less
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
The pInerence.

A man whose income is $500 year
or over is entitled to be called a gen.
tleman in England. A man who earns
that much is entitled to be called a
gentleman In America.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21

The young man who has been Tilted
thinks that all the trouble in the
world wears petticoats.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21

Cutting off the bloom will not injure
but will help it. Where this clipping
is too long delayed, the clippings are
likely to make too much of swath
and unless removed will seriously in
terfere with the stand of clover by
shading it. We had this happen once
in our own experience.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for BED Weak. M,9,teIy
fust Eve Comfort Write for Book OF the Eye
81 mali Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
Fathers Wise.

PA, what is the short and ugly
word?"
Pay my SON. Birmingham Age
Herald
The midland journal., 1914-08-21

A dashing widow says that old maids
are embers from which the sparks
have fed.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21

Sore Eyes, Granuiated Eyelids aud Stiles
promptly healed with Roman Eye Bal
sam. Adv.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21

The gentleman with the clovcn hoof
may trot with the gentleman who has
a cloven breath.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21

Never refuse to marry girl be-
cause her father is rich. 1t is false
modesty.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
Miuht Re : New Drink.

3 "Say, Bill. what's mixed meta
phor?"
n ''Dat's a new one on me. Let's go
over an ask de bartender"
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
OUGHT to Feel Tired.

Bobbie-Don't you feel tired, Mr.
Bibble?
GuestN No, Bobbfe Why do you
ask?
Bobbie Cause pa said he met you
last night and you were carrying an
awful load
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
prohsabIe FarmIno.

Dairy farming is one of the most
approved and profitable methods Of
live stock farming.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
The Remedy.

What cultural notes that singer
hasl"
Then let's curb them"
The midland journal., 1914-08-21
.IE You,RE eRoucHY

It is likely that your liver needs stir
ring up. Wright's Indian Vegetable
Pills win set you right quickly. Adv.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21

Men without enemies have but few
friends.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21

DR.. Peery,s vermifuge "Dead Shot kills
and expels Worms in very few hours.
Adv.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21

Many a man fails to get there be-
cause he never starts.
The midland journal., 1914-08-21

Tunis is reviving cultivation of the
date palm.
The Washington times., 1914-01-22
TRADE BOARD VOTES
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Will Ask Congress to Give
Money For Bridges and
Parks.

The Washington Board OF Trade dis
cussed civic improvements at the New
willard last night. Nearly every au-
thorized member attended.
A proposal to change the method of
electing the president. and the first and
second vice presidents by direct vote,
instead of through the board Of di-
rectors, was defeated.
c. C. Lancaster urged an Investigation
Of the fight between Congressman Ben
johnson and John r. Shields last Tues
day. The chair ruled the motion out Of
order. Mr.. Lancaster characterized the
incident of last Tuesday as "a public
outrage, a menace to the entire COM
munity, and deserving Of punishment. "
The meeting agreed to try to obtain
appropriations from Congress for the
proposed memorial bridge connecting
the District with Arlington, Rock
Creek Park, and for the purchase of
lands on both sides Of Rock Creek Park,
The Washington times., 1914-01-22
CYCLONE-L|KE WAKE
ISLEFT BY TANCAB
Car Injuries Laborer, Knocks
Down Lamp Posts, Wrecks
Wagon, and Speeds On.

Barrieades for streets under repair,
lampposts, pedestrians, and vehicles
of all descriptions held no terrors for
the driver of a taxicab who hurtled his
machine, containing three men, through
a part of the northwest residential
section this morning, leaving a wake
that would make the path of a cy-
clone ashamed Of itself. Efforts on
the part of the police TO arprohend the
driver have failed
Seventeenth street, between P and Q
streets northwest, is under repairs.
Planks were placed across the street
and a sign gave notice TO vehicle driv-
ers that there was 40 thoroughfare.
But the taxi chauffeur paid no atten-
ton to signs or boards. He drove the
machine through the harricade, ran
into Boge Pritchard, 4 colored laboreT,
knocking him down and badly bTuising
him about the arms and legs. He was
taken to Emergency Hospital.
At Seventeenth and Church streets
the chauffeur attempted 10 climb q
Iamppost, but was not equal to the oc-
casion. 1t came down with a crash.
The taxi rode right IN over II and
turned east into church street.
A horse and carriage owned by Jo-
seph Campbell of T24 Eighth street
northeast, was at the curb half block
down Church street, The taxi hit the
rig, demolished the buggy and badly
injured the horse. The taxi was last
seen going east in Church street.