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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-02-21

On Saturday evening St. Nalen
tine was the patron saint OF a very
enjoyable party given by the Misse:
Edwards and Jameson at the Ed
wards home. Many of the costume:
were of the 'comic valentine var
iety and added much to the laugh
ter and jests which filled the even
ing. Games were played by ths
guests until the FIRST CALI to re
freshmentS was given, when all ad
journed to the dining-room which
had been decorated in keeping witt
the occasion, Among the guest
present were: The Misses Bryan
Culcord, Glass. Gurney, kenney
Martin, Milligan. Mitchell. Sadler
Schulz. Sperry. Ada Torreyson
Jane Torrey>on. Tower and Nande-
lrith
The regular "Wednesday evening
meeting of the Leisure Hour Chl1
proved to be an unexpected treat.
The doors were thrown open and
vited to share the pleasures of 4
"MeNican" evening. Mr. Charles
\prcro>> was the "speiler' and
opened the program with a witty
and entertaining account OF his in
>asion Of Mexico--a> far a. Tia
Juana. The following program was
then given: Song. by Miss Mabel
Stewart; "Hieroglyphics oi Me>i-
CO." Sam p. Davis; Spanish >one,
la Paloma." Mrs Louis Cohn;
paper on "AIeNico," Emmett Boyle:
Song. "Toreador.' Rev. l.. +.
Thomas: song. The Spaniard That
Rli9hted My Life" Will I. Mackey.
The singers and accompanist We're
attirrd IN Spanish costumes and
were heartily applauded by the
audience and graciou>ly responded
to the encorc>.
Mr.. Royle'> article was especially
interesting as it contained the view :
Of one who had lived there and
knew the people and the country OF
which he WAS speaking. Mr.. Davis
selections from Judge {. {. Cool
wins book on the 'tIieroglyphcs oi
Mexico" were instructive and made
one wish for time TO 20 into the
subject more thoroughly. After the
mind had been led the necessity II
nourishing the body was made ap-
parent, SO the guests gathered III
Congenial groups about the table
and were served Nexican rena, i
The Leisure Hour club and their
guests have to thank Nesdames
Frank and Charles Norcro,> and
EVENING"
Thursday afternoon Nesdame>
\Iackev CASTOR and Bartlett ioincd
Mrs, Will Woodburv in a table OF
prize,
In spite of the incleneut weather
/ Friday evening the member, OF the
/ Carson Social club pavc = dance a,
/ Armorv hall which was 1aroelv at.
tended nv the vonnoer set The al.
io;r was ;nv;tat;ona1 and wa, th,
| second of . series n he g;yen h>
! this clnb \ de,ioh,fu, simmer wa.
served nv the ladies Of the rlub
Er;1,, Mr.. Jenat, Adams enter
-,
p,l1 u,.her 81 Mrs Creoorv
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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-02-21

Attorney George Sanford depart
ed for the valley this morning to at
tend to legal business for some val
lev clients.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-02-21

Will Start In March

F. II. Luhrs has returned from
the valley where he secured orders
for tile and brick from a number OF
ranchers who intend to perfect
their water supply with the use Of
tile and brick in their bitches to
prevent useless seepage Mr.. Lulr>
stated the local brick plant wOu1l
be started up at full speed late in
March in order to meet the de-
mands Of the ranchers.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-02-21
POSSIBLE BREAK BETWEEN THIS
COUNTRY AND MEXICAN REBELS
General Villa Executes British SUBJ
ject and England Demands Inves-
tigati0n-General Villa Is Said to
Be In Hiding

WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.-Sec-
retary Bryan after d cabinet confer
ence ordered an immediate investi-
CATION of the killing OF w. S. Ben
ton, the English ranch owner, at
Juarez.
Ell PASO, CTe<D. Feb 21-Wil-
liam S Benton. the British subject
who disappeared in Juarez Tuesday
night is dead, according to news
brought Mrs. Benton by Thomas d.
Edwards, American consul at Juarez.
Benton was tried by court-mar-
tial and found guilty Of completely
in a plot to take Villas life He
was executed by firing squad We'd
neSday night
Bearded Villa in His Den
Benton was interested in mining
and had a 100000 acre ranch in Chi
huahua
Benton's friends deny that he at
tempted Villas life. But they ad-
nit that he was foolhardy in beard
ing Carranzas general in his own
den.
Benton was angered at depreda
his wife and friends several days
ago he announced that he was going
to Villa and tell him Just what he
thought of him because of the dep
relations
He i said to have called Villa d
bandit to his face. greatly angering
the rebel commander.
Instructions had been sent by the
state department yesterday to Con-
sui Edwards. it is reported. to see
that no harm should come TO Ben
ton. the Instructions being sent up
on the request of the British am
ba>sador at Washington. They came
too late
1t is supposed that Villas defense
will be that the man was shot be-
cause he entered Villas office and
started to draw gun. although his
cousin says Benton did not 90 TO
JJuarez armed. He was Of a fiery
temper and for that reason never
carried a gun.
Benton had ben in Mexico about
twenty-five years. He was As years
of age.
He and Villa had been acquaint-
I'd for years. Benton knew him
when the then bandit crossed the
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Taken Under Amusement
This morning the Supreme court
listened to the argument Of Judge
Downer. counsel for the Western
Pacific railroad. relative to the COM
panv'S petition asking that the date
OF the trial of VIM. II. Earl ct al.
versus the railroad company be va
Gated and the hearing be postponed
until matters affecting the title and
possession OF the lands in dispute
near the town of Gerlach. WashOe
county. that is now before the Uni
ted States land office. were settled.
Judge Dixon. counsel for the plain
tiff. opposed any further contin-
uance, claiming the trial Of the
case in the district court in which
the plaintiff secuerd judugment was
postponed for six months for the
same cause and had no bearing on
this case The court took the mat
ter under advisement
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-02-21

Benton ranch west Of the city rf
Chihuahua
The ranch is known as Los Rem
edios, and is considered one of the
best in Mexico
The owner was particularly proud
of his orchard. which succeeding
bands of revolutiOnists cut into fire
wood
Benton paid S1250O for the ranch.
but Improvements are said to have
brought the value close to $1,000
900.
Villa. whose act is stignatized by
Benton's numerous friends as wall
ton murder. left suddenly for Chi
huahua today.
No single act Of any Of the recent
revolutions, not excepting the Cum
bre tunnel disaster, in which sever
al Americans were killed, has so
stirred Indignation.
When extra editions were placed
on the streets they were frantically
seized upon and read.
BentOn's ways were blunt but his
friends admired him for them, and
there were moist eyes and muttered
imprecatiOns among them when they
heard the news.
\ suggestion that 4 mass meet
ing Of protest be held here met with
favor.
Bryan Gives News
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.-Sec-
retary Bryan has been advised of
the death Of w. S. Benton. an Eng
lish rancher in Mexico, recently re-
ported in the hands of the rebels
No details were given.
Secretary Bryan announced the
news as he went into a cabinet
meeting
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. the British
ambassador. who called on Secreta-
~ Bryan to ask for information Of
Benton. also was told OF the news
Benton was arrested in Juarez
Tue ~day. Villa denied knowledge #
Rentons whereabouts. but vestcr-
day. in conversation with inquirers.
intimated that he knew something
about the Englishman. and added
that Benton had threatened him with
revolver. Villa was quoted as en-
pressing profane indifference to-
ward an appeal to the British am
bassador at Washington
4 A A 4 4 A 4 4 4
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-14
GOOD WORK IN CALIFORNIA
Recently Published Booklet viii Help
Citizens to Beauty Their Homes
and Their Town.

Under this title the state forester OF
California has issued a booklet that
fairly teens with useful and disable In
formation says the Los Angeles Times.
The best trees for the various sec
tons of the state are described, all IL.
Illustrated and their relative usefulness
discussed for city and rural conditions,
in relations to soils, climates. general
conditions and environments. The
various injurious insects and tree dis
eases are given attention. also treat
ment of wounds, burns and all classes
OF injuries, making a wonderfully com
plete treatise of a very live and impor.
tant subject, "A booklet by the way.
that should be in the hands OF every
tree-lover in the state. The author Is
Ben Y Morrison, who for years has
made a special study of California
trees as found along our streets and
highways, and is, further and beyond
all this trained and educated for.
ester.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-14
Busy Days.

Where's the president of this rail-
road?" asked the man who called at
the general offices.
He's down In Washington. attend
in tn session O. some kind Nv an in
vestigatin' committee" replied the Of
tice boy.
Where is the general manager"
He's appearn' before tn interstate
commerce commission"
We'll, where's the general superin-
tendent?"
He's at tn meetin of tn legisla-
ture, fightin' some bum new law"
Where is the head of the legal de-
partment?"
He's in court, tryin suit"
Then where is the general passen-
ger agent?"
He's explainin' to tn commercial
travellers why he can't reduce tn
fare"
Where is the general freight
agent?"
He's gone out In tn country t at
tend meeting O. tn grange an tell
tn farmers why we amt got no
freight cars"
Who's running the blame railroad,
anyway
THE newspapers and tn legisla-
lures"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-14
NO GREAT NEED FOR WORRY
London Magazine Of High Repute
Points Out Weakness In Talk OF
Human Decadence.

Most of the talk at conferences OF
doctors, sanitary experts" eugenic
enthusiasts, lunacy specialists and
others Is wildly and obviously fabu-
lous, though rich in apparently I'M
impeachable figures. All these ap-
palling percentages as to the "physl-
cally Detective" the morally ire
sponsible," the "feeble-minded'-
what do they mean?
One must first have some definition
Of physical defect, moral aightiness'
weakness Of intellect, asserts the Lon
don Saturday Review. Almost every
great man one can think OF would be
condemned by some congress or other.
Johnson, Byron, Pope. Napoleon
Caesar, Luxembourg, Give, Pitt, Peter
the Great-the list could be prolonged
acknowledgements all detective IN
some way. Few men or women go
through life without a sharp con-
seriousness of bodily imperfection.
They are either very happy or very
STUPID who are perfectly satisfied with
the quality Of their wits, and the
human being who has never felt him.
self a sorry catiff must assuredly be
one. Of course, figures come to the
aid of the optimist just as efficiently
as they subserve the purpose OF
settled gloom. Every one Is familiar
with the formula: THE statistics
might seem at first sight to provide
food for reflections Of disquieting
character, but when 1t is remembered
that before 1902 it was not incum-
bent on practitioners to notify" etc.
In short, 1t Is just as easy to prove
a steady advance in physique, intel
lect and character as 1t Is to satisfy
the nation that it is chiefly made up
of puny and vicious imbeciles.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-14
Boosts Garden CITY Idea.

The garden city movement in this
country is growing rapidly. and let us
hope substantially says the Construc'
ton News About New York city this
idea has been carried out admirably,
and the suggestion now comes from
New England that an attempt will be
made to obtain 1000 acres Of land for
a garden city near Boston. One OF the
speakers at the convention OF the Ma.
tional Forward to the Land League In
Boston stated the other day that there
were 100000 acres Of waste land In
Massachusetts, much OF which was
we'll adapted to development OF this
character. Aside from the semi-phil
anthropic idea involved. 1t means a
great deal of money to some enterpris'
Ing man who is big and strong enough
to carry through this idea In the right
way.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-14
SUFFERING
FROM CAFES
ROY H. WAITE,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station

The cape worm disease is quite
common In many sections, especially
where chicks are grown on limited
areas This disease is caused by
worms which attacA themselves to the
walls Of the trachea or wind pipe OF
young birds. Gapes is spread by the
chicks getting hold of the worms that
have been coughed up or passed
through the digestive tract OF dis
eased birds. Each of these worms
contains thousands Of eggs, every one
Of which Is ready to start up bust
ness in a new location. On infected
land earthworms are thought to act
as carriers of cape worm diseases.
The symptoms of gapeworm disease
are so characteristic and SO easily rec
ognized that they hardly need descrip
ton. The main symptom Is tho
stretching of the neck and gaping for
breath. Preventative measures are
the most satisfactory. Where the dis
ease is prevalent, change the runs fire.
Quently. If possible grow chicks oh
new patch each year and cultivate
the old runs when not In use. Where
this cannot be readily done, heavy
lining of the soil, say bushel to u
square feet, might be tried to adj
vantage.
Keep chicks off of the ground wher
It is wet and earthwOrms are at the
surface. Isolate all affected chicks tc
keep them from spreading the disease
and treat them with the help OF .
horse hair, feather, or blue grass
blade. A feather is quite satisfactory
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-14
GIVE YOUR TOMATOES A GOOD
START.
Aim To Have Strong Stocky Plants
That Will Not Wilt When Moved.
]. F. MONROE,
Maryland Agricultural College.

Too many growers fail to realize the
value of having stocky. healthy, vigor
Gus plants to transplant in the field
The seed should be sowed thinly in
rows four inches wide. The distance
apart OF the rows will depend upon
the method Of cultivating them. When
the plants are about two inches high
thin them to about two inches apart
being careful to leave only the strong,
vigorous plants. This gives the plants
plenty OF room to grow stocky, and
develop a more extensive root system
which enables them to withstand
transplanting.
The seed bed should be fertile
Avoid excessive applications of nitro
gen, especially, Nitrate Of Soda or Sui
phate Of Ammonia, because these ma
terials tend to force soft growth.
Plants that are growing too rapidly
can be pinched back. This will start
the growth of lateral branches. 1t Is
recommended in cases of extreme
growth, rather than as corrective
for neglected bed of plants or an
undesirable condition in growth.
Many have experienced trouble
from the flea beetle. Do not dust the
plants with lime or other material, be-
cause it frequently injuries the young
seedlings. Spray the plants with
4-4-50 Bordeaux Mixture, to which has
been added Arsenate Of Lead at tho
rate Of 2 pounds to so gallons OF
water. Keep the young seedlings Gov
cred with this spray. 1t will keep of
the flea beetle without injuring the
plants, and help to keep them clean
and healthy.
Have the seed bed thoroughly wet
when removing the plants, water by
hand few hours before II necessary,
Never pull" the plants. Loosen the
soil with spade and remove the
plants carefully. In order not to break
the small, tender roots. Put the
plants In a box or bucket and keep
covered from sun and wind as much
as possible.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-14
NO REAL EFFORT EVER VAIN
Better to Strive for Success. and Meet
Defeat, Than Mutely Accept Lilo
Of Littleness.

Better the sorriest citizen thinking
he can take hold Of life, and his faint
spark of free-will can burn holes
through the thicket than worldful
of orderly persons Of regular habit
and contented mien. Rather wilder
ness than that men should find this
a locked world, where all the returns
are in.
Better absurd mites, strutting over
large landscapes, than such fairness
of CHEEKY slaves. taking orders from
their betters. Better petty race
should strive vainly, than accept Its
own littleness. If 1t is doomed to
futility, let it at least live as II all
the roads to victory were open.
So when we face the push and
thrust Of life in each generation, let us
be glad that youth is claiming Its
right to live. Let the youth flourish
and prosper, advises Harper's Weekly.
1t Is wiser to tear down the temples
than to accept defeat. Effort Is finer
than resignation, and peril is safer
than despair in routine. And by that
high courage and fresh experiment.
they defeat confusion, and lift their
heads above despair, So the world Is
full of homes Obscure men deal man
fully with their stint of work. Count
less unknown women suffer and love.
Order gains on chaos. A will Is at
work upon the weller
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-14
poisonlnu by Flowers.

1t seems incredible that the han
ding OF that pretty and apparently
innocent flower, the primrose, should
poison anybody, but it is a fact that
certain persons are susceptible to this
extent. A charming lady In west
ern city has just been i'll for weeks
with a painful and disfiguring rash
upon her hands, arms and face, ana
after trying several physicians VINO
could not diagnose her case, discov-
cred at last that her favorite prim-
roses, fresh punches of which were
placed about her house every day dur
ing the season, were to blame for IL.
A girl in her florist shop suffers every
year from the same trouble. 1t Is
like the strawberry and sea-food pol
sons, which fortunately, as In this
case, affect comparatively few per-
sons. Occasionally nasturtiums pro-
duce similar effect.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-14
THE PEA LOUISE SHOULD BE
CHECKED.
II often Stands In the Way or Making
Successful Pea Crop.
T. B. SYMONS,
Maryland Agricultural College.

This insect often stands between sue.
cess and failure In pea crop. Last
season, particularly, 1t was the cause
of failure in many crops of peas.
The insect can be controlled if the
grower watches his crop and com.
mences spraying Immediately upon the
first appearance of the pest. The pea
lice increase enormously in a short
period therefore, growers should be
ready to spray the vines with Black.
leaf q tobacco decoction, diluted at
the rate Of one part Of the solution to
500 parts OF water, when the first lice
appear
An eight per cent. Kerosene Emul.
sion will also control the insect il
Blackleaf Is not at hand. Also strong
SOAP solution would be effective, but
every pea grower should have Black
leaf on hand.
Peas on the neld can best be sprayed
with q three or four row traction
sprayer, as the first lice will appear
probably before the vines fall down
barrel sprayer can also be used for
the work II necessary.
BY all means watch the patch and
catch the first generation of lice.
Gamers who have peas grown under
contract should have their representa-
tives assist the growers in combating
this pest, 1t will pay.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-14
Appearance Of Streets.

The cleanliness, the neatness. the
beauty of streets and sidewalks are
influences in behalf of good order and
exalted citizenship that are more pow
erful than prisons or parks What II
city really is, is told by the character
OF her streets-not her high or broad
streets, SO much as the streets out
where the population lives, What
city government amounts to In estab
fishing the character Of a city is more
reflected in the cutters and crossings
than the proud parade on the public
occasions A foul or dirty street,
bad and dar gerous sidewalk, gut
ter Of standing, muddy water destroy
civic pride and undermine true citi'
zenship.-Columbus (O.) State Jour
nal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-14
home bwIl||
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ADMITS RIGHTS OF CITIES
English Parliamentary Committee Re-
fuses to Allow Disagreement
by Railways.

It Ia matter for more than con-
graduation, says the Town Planning
Review, published in Liverpool, Eng
land, that the Northern Junction rail-
way came to grief before the parlia-
mentary committee. The project failed
because of the strenuous opposition
that was aroused The particular In
terest which attaches itself to the
defeat of the railway was not merely
the triumph Of the Hampstead Garden
suburb and the Fnchley town plan
ming scheme.
1t is the first time that the new
age of transit has demonstrated that
there are considerations OF pressing
Importance other than railways. The
vast importance of the road to the
modern city confronted the railway
promoters with unexpected difficulties.
The consideration due to town plan
ming schemes, embodying traffic ar
teries suitable for the requirements
of the immediate future, also influ-
enced the decision of the parliament
airy committee.
The railway promoters had to real
lie that the presidents Of the nine
teenth century, insisting on every 9TH
err public utility or amenity being made
subservient to the interest of railways
proved to be no longer tenable. The
defeat Of the bill has, in fact, borne 1t
home to all the companies that SINH
lar failure is likely to overtake all
those other enterprises which, with
out regard to modern conditions. seek
to perpetuate and repeat on the con-
fines of the modern city the disastrous
blunders, the inconvenience and bla-
tant ugliness which characterized the
efforts of railway engineers IN the
past century.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-14
Resettlnq a Shoulder.

A dislocated shoulder may be re-
placed with scarcely any pain by the
following procedure. according to Dr.
julius Caesar of Leicester, England:
Divest the patient of his coat and
wastcoat Place him on the ground In
a sitting posture. Grasp the wrist or
the dislocated arm and have a third
person grasp the wrist of the other
arm. Raise both arms simultaneously
over the head, taking care to keep
them parallel and extending them up
ward till the patient Is just raised
from the ground. At this point a CLICK
is heard and felt. This Is the sound OF
the arm bone going back into It's
socket.
There are some dslocated shoulders
that cannot be reduced this way, bu5
they are the rare exceptions.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-05-14

In birds the normal eXcretionS from
the kidneys, which are white in color,
are discharged with excretions from
the bowels If from any cause this IN
testinal excretion is stopped the kid
ney eXcretions will be voided alone
and be white in color. This explains
why the white diarrhoea is present as
symptom Of several diseases.
There is no sure method for dlagnos'
Ing these diseases outside the labora'
tory. but careful observer can come
close to the diagnosis by considering
the history of TIE case. TO determine
whether or not the trouble Is bacillary
diarrhoea is most important. This form
of disease Is transmitted through the
egg from the infected ovarles In the
mother hen. Therefore, If the disease
occurs quite uniformly in all chicks
from certain fiocks. no matter how they
are raised, bacillary white diarrhoea
may be suspected. If on post-morteM
examination. the lungs are found spot
ted, we have case of aspergillosls
caused by mold organism.
Give close attention to correct lncu
baton, brooding, and feeding. In the
mold form (aspergillosis) prevent fur
Their outbreaks by sterilizing all feed
for the first few weeks. This can be
done by feeding only cooked feeds OF
by heating the dry feed in an oven.
Keep your breeders clean and disin
fected. Keep Matching eggs in a clean
place.
For bacillary white diarrhoea, there
is no known cure. Sour milk or but
tor milk ic recommended The best
policy is to renew the breeding stock
by getting eggs or stock from some
breeder whose flock Is free from dis
ease Never breed from bird that has
white diarrhoea.