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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-22
Girl, IL, Would Wed to
Give Father a Home

wIIKEsBARRE. PA. Feb 21-The
county authorities have prevented the
marriage Of mine worker. IS year old.
and an f1-yesr-old girl. who mad con-
sented to wed the man in order TO give
her injured father home and the ne
cessities Of life
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Millionaire Son
Sued for Divorce

DENVER, Feb. 21,-Summons In d.
vorce has been served on Herbert b.
seep. assistant cashier OF the Mine and
Smelter supply Company and son Of
Joseph Seep, millionaire oil ma giIate.
Mrs. Beulah ~ Seep charges extreme
and repeated acts OF cruelty Mrs. Seep
asks for permanent alimopy Of $50 900
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-22
U. s. Urges Farmers
To War on Chinches

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2L-Co-opera-
tion by farmers in killing off the chinch
bug. 4 pest which. IL is estima ed. has
done $3.50 900. 900 worth of damage 10
crops in this country during the past
sixteen Years Is recommended by the
Department Of Agriculture.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-22
NJ ELLA PARKER

w BLACKSHER, prom :
inent society girl, who has
been elected Queen, and Her
man Maschmeyer, the new
Emperor, to reign at the Mo
bile Mardi Gras.
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until they reach water, whence their
supply is obtained.
In the great arid waste of shifting
sand it has often been wondered at how
these little animals live. apparently
without water But the wise little fell
lows know more than humans do about
the means to oJtain 1t.
Man" men have fallen and died from
thirst when, II they had only known 1t,
water was flowing in limpid streams
only a few feet below them. They might
have dug down to IL with their hands
II they had known that 1t was there.
Where the prairie dogs make their
homes water is not far off, although the
surface of the ground appears so dry.
1t is interesting to watch these little
animals which .semble squirrels MUCH
more than dogs. They receive their
name on account of h'ir little bark,
which is like that of small dog.
In their burrows there are always one
or more rattlesnakes and an OWL
strange companions, truly. When the
snakes become too numerous to suit the
prairie dogs fancy he fills up the hole
with sand, burying the snakes, and he
then digs another home for himself.
When q train of the Texas and Pacific
Railway crosses the plains to or from
FL Paso. Tex, the little creatures sit up
on their launches, like squirrels, and
look at the train as it rushes past, then,
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TribeSmen from the north of
Scutari.

eighteen murders were reported in less
| than a week, and two of the victims
were laid across the doorstep of the
commandments house as convincing
proof of the existence of the terrorizing
guerrilla warfare.
The Mohammedans live west of the
Rue Internationale. and, as is usually
the case in the Balkans, have their
houses in the midst Of beautiful gar
dens, surrounded by high walls that
deny the curious a" glimpse OF every
thing but tree tops and closely latti, ed
second story windows. The Christians
they are almost entirely Roman
Catholics here, whereas further to the
south they are Orthodox-have their
houses east of the thoroughfare in the
quarter Of which the cathedral Is the
centre. Here too are the residences OF
the Europeans, the schools, hospitals.
other institutions maintained by the
Italians and Austrians. and also the
consulates OF the different nations.
Here, as in the Mohammedan quarter,
one walks through the narrow streets
between great high walls, the only re-
lief to the dull gray expanse being an
occasional clump Of wistarla or of roses
that has climbed bravely over from the
garden within, and the only breaks are
the deep recesSes of the canopied gate
ways The heavy wooden doors with
their wrought iron hinges and bolts and
long pendent knockers have closed on
generations that have entered there The
place Is saturated with mystery and
romance. Even in this day OF prosaic
cleanliness and strict policing one feels
that anything could happen behind
those mysterious gates. and when the
mind reverts to the centuries of Turkish
misrule and persecution through which
the city passed one wonders how often
those old Knockers changed out warn
ings OF alarm and terror, how often an
assassin lurked in the shadows of the
ancient walls.
In the throng on Rue Internationale
there Is as great a variety of costumes
as can be seen in any street in the
world. The Christian women have a
peculiarly striking dress, great baggy
Turkish trousers of shiny black silk
that Mt closely at the ankle over red
or blue shoes, a filmy white veil that
covers the head and shoulders, and a
cloak of brilliant red trimmed with gold
embroidery. The girls OF Christian fami-
lies cover their heads and most OF their
bodies with striped shawls, while the
Turkish women swathe themselves In
black, and carry, rain or shine, small
black parasols. The women of the
country wear some distinguishing mark
OF their clan in their costume, which
appears In the elaboration OF the head
dress, the ornaments around the neck,
the width and material OF the belts, or.
the patterns and colors of the aprons.
The men from the mountains, tall,
1.-THE fellows with closely clipped heads,
who tread as noiselessly as cats, wear
tight fitting white trousers with black
stripe down each leg. Their short
jackets are of endless variety, brown
trimmed with red white almost entirely
covered with black braid. or black fur
with dangling black strings do signs Of
mourning for the national hero, Sken-
derbeg. The merchants In the bazaar
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quarter wear mostly the Turkish cos
tune, some the red fez. others the gray
OF the Albanian, while the keenest COM
petition is shown in the richness of the
embroidery OF their waistcoats and the
depth and brilliancy OF their silk belts.
The strange mixture of people In
Scutari is shown when one attempts to
shop. In one quarter the transactions
are all carried on In Albanian. in an
other in Turkish, in another in Servian,
while In the shops on the principal
streets all these tongues are heard, with
the added variety Of French, Italian and
German.
Looking over the coins collected in q
round of these places one finds French
francs, Italian lire, German marks, Aus
tran krones. Greek drachmes. Servian
dinars and Turkish piastres. All of
these coins pass current but every
tradesman bites silver piece before he
accepts 1t, while even the hoy who
serves appalling black coffee at the side
walk cafanas knows the rate of ex-
change and allows for it in making
change by dropping in or extracting q
tiny Turkish copper.
An hour or two spent In the Office Of
the Governor Of Scutari gives an UNDER
standing OF the difficulties of the sit
uation with which, that versatile gem
tleman must deal, of the dangers that
surround the place and the unrest that
seethes beneath the surface. An officer
of the guard comes first to report that
one of the sentries heard rifle shot
and soon afterwsrd saw man iirnping
past with an ugly wound in his leg.
Another officer reports that sentry
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It resembles the acacia, to which fam.
lily II belongs. Its flowers are like tn
sweet pea blossoms in form and color
ing, but they grow in clusters or
punches.
so light and airy Is the foliage o.
the mesquite that 1t casts scarcely =
shadow on the sand, but when it grow
in considerable numbers. forming a
clump, it offers a place Of concealment
and It Is said that Mexicans often Il.
hidden in its shadow. near a trail Owe
which horsemen sometimes cross IN
plains. From their place Of hiding tn
MeXicans throw a dagger on the ground
in the path of any one that may pass
that way. They then lie in the san .
and wait. .
When a horseman approaches thu
spot where the weapon lies, If he dis
mounts to pick it up they kill him
ana take his horse and other belong
ings. II, seeming danger. he puts
spurs to his steed and gallUps on a
volley of shot Kisses around him AMI
the steed would need to be "A swift
one to save the rider from death al
the hands of the robbers.
These creatures pray to the Mother
OF the Saviour to give them success
in their nefarlous work. They are usu-
ally strung over with medals and wea,
scapulars large enough for chest pro.
tectors.
When the sun has set and the shadows
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OF evening fall over the plains the smaN
mud tadobe) houses which occasional
dot the vast expl.lse can . .arccly b.
distinguished from the sand by which
they are surrounded. These houses are
often but little larger than pacn.ns
boxes without windows. or. at best, pnl,
an opening In the wall with a wooden
shutter and no sash or glass. Sonr-
times, instead of a shutter, a coupl, at
bars extend across the opening to keep
out marauders. A small door opens
into the one room which constituJrS
the house. The family may be seen
squatting on the ground in the shadow
or the house when the level beam If
the setting sun render the heat of t.r
inside Of the dwelling intolerable.
Picturesque groups these are, even in
their dirt and squalor. The COSTUME Of
the men includes a high crowned hat
or sombrero and a jacket. called a
bolero, which Is often OF faded velvet
sometimes trimmed with gold lace, tar
nished from long usage. A red sill
sash. or cummerbund, which has ais
seen long service, Is wrapped arount
the body, knotted. and falls in graceful
folds at the side hanging to the knee
shirt, knee brooches, long hose arr
low shoes complete the costume OF thes'
swarthy descendants of the Aztecs, ex .
cept dirk and pistols which are us.
ually stuck in the belt.
The Indians of long ago planted poles
or stakes at various points across the
plains TO guide them when they were
obliged to cross 1t, hence the name
"Llano Estacado."
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and be alone. She reclined upon a
couch and closed her eyes, for the
bright sunlight hurt them and her head
was aching badly.
Soon the sun went down, and imme-
diately a peculiar sound, or combina-
ton Of sounds, caused her to open her
eyes again, when, to her horror, she
beheld scorpions and tarantulas swarm
ing over the ceiling and walls of the
room, crawling out Of every crevlce, a
squirting, vicious army Of venomous
things.
To say that she fled from that room
scarcely expresses the speed that she
made to get out Of 1t and to close the
door. leaving the venomous creatures In
full possession.
Before shutdown the door leading into
the church was always tightly closed,
to keep these creatures from swarming
into the convent which they would do
after shutdown II the door was open.
Before sunrise and after sunset the
sisters could not enter the miserable
little mud church on account of these
creatures.
How lonely and desolate is the great
sandy waste which stretches in SEEM
lngly boundless extent for miles In
every direction! Here the prairie dogs
have their homes. The plains are COW
cred with the hills which they make
when they burrow in digging their hab-
itations Great ingenuity Is shown by
them In doing this. They dig to a GER
tain extent in an obiique direction, then
in horizontal line forming a level
space, then in a slanting direction again
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startled, scamper away and disappear in

startled, scamper away and disappear In
their burrows.
The prairie dogs are very destructive
to vegetation, eating the roots Of
grasses, trees and all growing things
and causing all vegetation to die-that
Is within their reach. On this account
they are indeed pests, and they are de-
stroyed in large numbers by poison, as
any effort to reclaim the arid waste by
irrigatl ton or by the cultivation of plants
that will grow on the sandy soil of the
plains Is useless while the prairie dog
Is there.
The Spanish dagger. q huge semi
tropical plant, which gets its name on
account of Its leaves, which might
easily be used as daggers. so keen and
sharp are they; the giant yucca. mes
quite and cacti are the chief vegeta-
ton Of the plains. The roots of the
yucca are used by the Mexicans and
others for soap. 1t is excellent to wash
woollens with, as well as for general
purposes. 1t il on account of this
valuable quality that It is called by the
Mexicans soap plant. 1t has also been
found to possess valuable properties as
complexion beautifier
III sofHe varieties OF Cactl cup, or
challcelike receptacle, Is found at the
top. In this cup there is a liquid called
by the Mexlcans mescal. 1t Is very
intoxicating, but the Mexicans and the
Indians are very fond of it and drink
1t until they become crazy with II.
The mesquite is a beautiful tree that
grows to height Of about twelve feet.
Its foliage Is very delicate and lacy.
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.NUT on the Llano Estacado, or Great
II Staked Plains. OF Western Texas
there stands a convent of nuns.
1t Is built of mud, or adobe, as it is
called.
The walls are about three feet thick
at their base. The doors and windows
are sunk In deep embrasures, and the
whole edifice presents a massive APP
pearance. 1t Is connected with a church
which is built of the same material.
In this church the altar was also of
mud, until the superior at the convent
managed to procure a better one.
The floor is of mud, with fragments
of stone pressed into 1t, in the sane
tuary. Between these stones scorpions,
tarantulas and other venomous Great
ures hide during the daylight and sell
dom show themselves until shutdown,
when they crawl out in great numbers.
Often the scorpions have pitched battles
with one another, singing their antag-
onlsts with repeated thrusts. The victor
eats the vanquished scorpion, leaving
never a vestige of its adversary. AL
though repeatedly stung, the victor does
not die. Perhaps on the theory that
Like cures like" the venom in the
body Of the vanqushed scorpion may
act as an antidote to the victor which
devours 1t.
on one occasion, feeling i'll, the SUI
perior, Mother -, went to a room
which was little used, intending to rest
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But unfortunately for their purpose
they did not kill the villager, merely
wounded him, so that as they withdrew
he was able to do a little shooting on
his own account. He killed the friend
and wounded the avenger. The ques-
ton that the man wished the Governor
to decide hen was this-each village
had one wounded man > its credit. but
the suitor's village was also two dead
men ahead. Now. how was he, the
speaker. a man of honor. to get even
unless he Governor would permit him
to kill two men Of the rival village?
Like every other Albanian town of
any importance Scutarl has many evil
dences Of tn crafty handiwork of
Essad Pasha. To adva zee his schemes
Of personal ambition this gentleman. a
worthy pupil of his old Turkish mas
ters in diplomacy, has organized a
grouD Of trusty retainers In northern
Albania on whom he can depend for
reliable information and for actual SER
vice IL the emergency should arise.
ut Is very simple" said an official.
"He just puts them on his payroll. 1t
does not cost him more than $500 a
year. He is rich man. He can
afford It,"
The people point with awe to the house
where Essad lived during the siege, and
to the other house directly across the
little square where Has: IN Ria Pasha
lived and - which ne was returning
after dining with Essad, when he was
treacherously shot to death. An indi-
cation of the feeling Of the people in
this matter may be gathered from the
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fact that the Albanians have ..sol l..
popular subscription enough % ,n.v :.
build a monument over Hassai. rr,y-
the first time In history t.f tho,
have ever so honored Turk IN ,r,,
officer.
There are everywhere in ScYiori 20
minders of the long dreary Siege IN ,
city sustained, and of the de .ru,tio,
wrought by the war. Marks Of bombs
and fire are on the Roman Cathon,.
cathedral, which suffered severely from,
the effect of the Montenegriu sh,}
The damage to the adjoining homes Of
the ecclesiastics has been repaired n,
an expense of several thousand dollars
The buildings of the consulatcs wer
all more or less damaged. The hous,
next to the British Consulate was On
tirely destroyed. and the Vice Conspl
narrowly escaped death from She
that crashed through the roof Tn
bazaar which was considered the 'arge,-
and best west Of Constantinup. was
burned to the ground. The people ar
now hard at work rebuilding IT, but IL
will never have the charm Of variety
and the Oriental character that it once
possessed.
The Montenegrins deny that they
wantonly destroyed property; the dam
age that was done, they say WIS en-.
tirely the result of the f1tunes IT war
I'VE could not wish to destroy Scu.
tart" said Montenegro officer. WHY
should we? We would much rather
preserve 1t, for will 1t not be our"
An English officer drew near and q,
did not finish the sentence.
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SCUTARI AGAIN CONFRONTED BY ITS Foe THE SERB
Trouble Between Montenegrins and Albanans Has Grow
Out of Effort to Establish Boundaries Between Two
Countries-Bitter Guerrilla Warfare Along Border

found man -squatting in the UNDER
brush shot through the heart, his rifle
beside him and bloody cross marked
on his forehead
A Montenegro from the border re-
ports that the Albanans are taking pot
shots at his people from b, Ind the
rocks on the frontier. He Is followed
by a chief from the Hoti and Grudi
country who says that his trlbesmen
are so harassed by the Montenegrlns
that he can no longer hold them in
check. Then comes a tall mountalneer,
the advance guard Of thousand
refugees from the border warfare who
are on their way to Scutari to ask for
help. More than that number are al
ready in the town. and there Is no
money to use in caring for them.
A hodja is now admitted to make his
plea for aid for his people, hundreds
Of whom have been driven from their
homes and are starving. AS he leaves n
big Albanian limps in to put before the
Governor a peculiarly delicate ques-
ton.
1t seems that he objected to the suit
of a man of a neighboring village who
came counting his sister-in-law, a
widow. The sutton retaliated for the
opposition by shooting the mans
brother, thus precipitating a feud be-
tween the two villages. The man then
enlisted a friend and the two started
out for revenge. Unable to find the
sutton they shot another man of the
village. thus satisfying their own con-
sciences and the requirements of feud
law.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-03
GOOD PRUNING SUGGESTIONS
Winter Cutting increases vigor Of
Pl1nt-iryoIement illustrated for
CuIiing Out Canes.

Do not cut out large limbs.
Never prune in frosty weather
Frost-bitten wounds are slow to heal
Never leave the stubs in cutting of
limbs.
Prune annually, but never heavily.
Wounds heal most rapidly in spring.
Heavy pruning conduces to wood
growth.
In transplanting cut back top and
root.
Keep the tree free OF suckers.
Summer pruning induces fruitful
ness.
Torn wounds are generally fatal
Paint over the larger wounds.
A heavy pruning is always followed
by heavy growth Of suckers.
Winter pruning increases the vigor
of the plant.
The implement shown in the Illus
tration will be found quite handy in
culling out brier canes. 1t has a sharp
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-03
ATTENTION TO COLTS FEET
Neglect viii Contribute Largely to
Poor Set Of Legs, influencing EN-.
cheney Of Animal.

(By w. H. PALMER. Ohio College of Ag.
riculture.)
Poor feet and legs found upon the
large majority of horses are due d..
rectly to the lack Of proper care OF
the colts feet. 70 neglect to see that
the foot grows out evenly is to con
tribute to a poor set of legs which
influence directly the efficiency of the
horse when used later. AS the colt
grows. 1t may throw more weight on
one side of its feet than the other
causing that side to wear faster and
producing an unbalanced condition
Nature. in her attempt to overcome
this, causes the bones OF the legs to
adjust themselves to this condition, re
sulting in poorly placed and developed
legs. Then the added weight to one
side may cause the uneven develop
ment of the hoof. The ideal foot ia
one that is large and round, with the
wall at the quarter sloping the same
on the inside as the outside and the
heels wide.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-03
DISEASE OF FOOT AND MOUTH
Trouble Caused by Virus or Germ
That Passes Through Finest FIJI.
terOProtect Healthy Animals


Foot-and-mouth disease has broken
out in several middle West states. It
is very contagious and Is caused by a
virus or germ that passes through
tho finest filter. The germ has never
been seen or cultivated. 1t is spread
by persons who have handled infected
animals, by all classes of live stock,
hay and straw from infected farms,
green hides and fleeces, and by any
transportation agency. Every out
break that has occurred in this coun-
try has been traced to imported in
fection.
The chief symptoms of foot-and-
mouth disease are small "water-blis-
ters" or vesicles which develop on the
membrane covering the lips and
tongue, and upon the skin of the feet
or the udder. Cattle are most sus.
ceptible to the disease, then follow
hogs, sheep and goats. Persons rare
ly become infected. Naturally infected
animals may show symptoms after
two days but sometimes not until II
days after having been exposed A
moderate fever develops in the first
or second day Cattle "slobber" when
eating and dribble long, sticky threads
OF saliva from the corners of the
mouth. The animals get lame as a
result of blisters appearing between
the toes. These blisters soon break
discharge straw-colored fluid and
leave raw sores which become in
fected with dirt, so that pus forms.
In the great majority of cases, re-
covery will occur if the disease is al
lowed to run its course. The mortality
amounts to less than l per cent as
rule unless complications set in. How
ever, on account of the serious conse-
quences which would follow an uncon-
trolled outbreak, both federal and
state live stock sanitary authorities
exert every means to stamp out the
disease. All cloven-footed animals on
infected farms are killed and buried
in quicklime. The premises are thor
oughly disinfected and quarantine
rules strictly enforced. Treatment is
out Of the question.
Healthy animals should be pro-
tected in every way possible from
coming In contact with infected OBJ
jects to prevent introduction of the
disease. 1t is advisable to keep stock
out of the highways and away from
pastures bordering on main-traveled
roads.
Among the reasons why every ef-
fort should be made to stamp out the
disease at once are the following: 1t
interferes with the sale of animals
both locally and with other states and
countries; it brings about the closure
Of fairs and stock markets; it re-
stricts the supply OF milk and beef.
1t behooves every farmer to cooperate
in the fullest way to prevent the fur
ther introduction of the disease into
the state.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-03

The annual meeting of the Colo
rado Good Roads association that
will be held in Denver in January,
will be one of the greatest repres-
entative good roads" meetings ever
held In the state. Speakers from
other states will be In attendance and
address the meeting regarding the
building Of good roads in their res
pective states. The adoption of the
half mill levy at the last election
VIII place In the hands of the state
a large road fund to be divided among
the several counties. Colorado should
begin early to make good roads to
accommodate hte vast tourist travel
that will undoubtedly flow to the
state the coming season.