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The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
OLD PAP PMKHAM
He Wants Some More Information.

My Dear Postmaster Genera; I find
that the book OF Instructions, with which
all postmasters are provided, does not
quite cover my case here in Jericho.
! reported to you when I received my
commission that / kept grocery in con-
nectlon with the p0stofflce. This grocery
belongs entirely to Pap Pinkham: and ana
United States. 1t is a double building :
connected by passa gew way. At one END
~ the passage you are in the United
Pinkham's grocery.
1t is a large fine grocery and the stock
Is al fresh and up-to-date: When l am
Pinkham: when 1 am behind the letter
boxes, I am colonel or judge or Mr.. Pink
ham, respected postmaster.
The postal book of instructions says
that postmaster must not wrangle or
argue Is a postmaster. but 1t does not
provide for a grocer and postmaster
combined. Some of the citizens have got
onto this fact, and. though they are re-
spectful to me in the postoffice. no sooner
do they walk into the grocery part than
they are ready to call ME darned old
human hyena.
The hook Of instructions mentioned
leads one to infer that a postmaster Is
hound to stand up for the administration,
under which he holds his position, but 1t
does not give hint as 10 what a grocer
is expected TO do. Therefore. / am at
disadvantage and appeal for instructions
The other day 'Squar Gildersleeve. who
mas a voice IEdI Can DE HtdIu Hall n
mile away. and who seeks to be a po-
litCdl boss around here. entered the post
office and bought 2-cenI stamp. His
attitude and conduct. while buying the
stamp and licking il on his letter was ir
r"proachable. He showed me the great
est respect and Difference. When he had
thrust his letter into the slot he said:
How is the grocery trade2'
Rather slow" | answered. as We
walked back into the grocery depart
D1rnt.
The nigh cost of living" with sudden
mango of attitude.
I can't say that 1 have" replied.
and the res If the ne eroR
are bound to suck the blood of the people
20 the last drop, There will come day
d of for You snS fHrrsf sour crowd
Why, what is the matter all of sud
den. sQuar'?' I asked. astonished at his
words
Look here YOU old hyena," he went
on. S he pounded on the head of a su-
gar barrel Most of the voters here m
Jericho have been doing heap Of think
ing for the last four or i've months.
That thinking is going to result in an
awful political change next year"
Shoe: ,squar. We are all very well
ning along very smoothly. There will he
no awful change as you call IT. Why
should there be-
Why, Why. Why ne roared. as he
old iackass. you don't know what is
going on under that Roman nose OF
yours"
What do YOU mean. squar'2'
Il mean that there has been uD-
heaval-there is an upheaval-there Is GO /
ing to be "A darned sight bigger upheaval |
next year, People are getting their eyes
wide open. The ia that you have taken !
no notice of what is going on. shows that |
Won are blind and deaf"
wanted to outhnller him and out |
t,ound him. hut ! didn't know how far / !
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| to keep your side of the barEain7''
| oh. / must see the money coming in.
first" artlessly replied the widow. you
have told me how. but I don't know
whether YOU are right or not You must
| give me time
| It was only fair that he should. but
Mr.. Burton felt bit hurt and Indignant
He hauss so1sred 3s Up up and when he left the
she had spoken as she did
1t was a week later that men and
boys called at the Swamp Farm with
pals and baskets and paper bags. These
them that she would buy. After consid-
cradle dickering a price was set. and
thereafter no frog for three miles around
buying the first frog the widow had
bought 200. and they were still coming
in Mr.. Burton called about that time
his hurt He congratulated her warmly
and said that she was on the high road
to prosperity. When the time came ae
would Nd, attend tend to securing orders for her
but went away without once referring
to their bargain.
When the widow had bought 500 big
and little frogs and paid out SO much
slip by, she went down by the swamp
one morning to have look at her live
stock" Eve,y night for weeks these
erwise. They had kept the farmers for
three miles around awake, and there had
been many and dire threats or what
so,nsp 9a The nshs to
Of the frogs had seemed more distant
Their croaks had a mellowish sound as
If half mile intervened between frogs
and houses.
Not frog was in sight this morning.
Not a big one or a little ont That
swamp was absolutely without life.
What on earth had become Of the SO.
Th> x.-t1 ha@ N1 tha hntr M
arrived there just minute before MIR.
II was going to send for you: she
What has happenedr'' he asked
.".EEvsry froe has disappeared"
Home Hs ..ksa issf sHs sFons see down eSF
ehuckfins as he walked. Instead OF
sSps ssaa :o. ,hs the s to :s 4 hs
what 40 you ass mean. Mr.: surtonr'
MONEY yes oa. 70 Of tell I'll. SHS SfS asM p make
Yes: you said you could. but II
seems you have only showed me how
~rcns .ai ..d Wong No. surson :s. ss:
there were twenfyseight acres ,ss Which %
sS ssd scs frog, as. sss
swamp. I threw . lot of frog food In
on my side Last night your 500 oame
over the line. They are now my
The widow looked at him with
mingled amusement and Indignation.
"Oh. don't look that way!" he
laughed Il am now going to tell you
how you may make the money"
"How-how-"s she stammered
why marry the man who owns the
900 frogs" he replied
And after about Q month she did
She not only made money out Of the
frox farm, but she got . good hus.
band besides. and that II somsthinS
thAt money cannot bUS
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| 1t can't. have got to look for a town
in some back county. and start all over
again with six bottles for forty-rod
and one old greasy pack OF cards like
II did here in Sandy Bend. The Ques-
ton is being asked on every side what
kin be done? Kin anythin' be done?
1 doubt it very much. but we will hold
raise a hundred men to go out to the
new railroad and shoot off the hun
dred men workin' there. mebbe we can
hold civilization back a year or two
in Sandy Bend be at the meetin' to-
morrer with two guns, and a deter
mination to defend our rights or per-
ish in the attempt
Thar is case here before this
court. II is that of Bill Savage agin
Ace High. the Chinyman who does our
washee. They got into a sQuabble
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the cold. We shall make science take
care Of the rarified air. and there you
are, Mrs. Bowser-there you are
You say it was an air man who sug-
gested this thing to you?"
1t was, my dear-one of the best
in the world-and when he found that
had been thinking of the same
He gives me his word that we can
reach Mars in about four days, and
that no accident whatever Is likely to
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EN- fight it out. NY emotions rs a court
are too deeply stirred to listen to any
testimony but as an individual, I shall
be interested in seeing fight between
la Chink and a white man.
This court now stands ajourn. perhaps
forever Let us all weep
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MR.. BOWSER AND MARS
He Proposes Visit to That Planet.

my consent II he does ask. you will
give the thing up. knowing that he is
a sharper"
by George. but that is fair" was
the reply, r. the doOrbell rang. You
stick to that. old girl. and Samuel Bow
ser will be in Mars in less than a fort
night. and he will be relating to the in
habitants thereof. the wonders of this
world below"
The caller that Mr. Bowser admitted
and took to the library. would have
The Spectator., 1915-03-26
WONDERFUL HOW RESINOL
 STOPS ITCHING AT ONCE

To those who have endured for years the itching torments of eczema or other such skin-eruption, the relief that the first use of resinol ointment and res mol soap gives is perfectly incredible. After all the suffering they have endured and all the useless treatments they spent good money for, they can not believe anything so simple. mild and inexpensive can stop the itching and burning INSTANTLY! And they find it still more wonderful that the improvement is permanent and that resinol really drives away the erup- tion completely in very short time. Perhaps there is pleasant surprise like this in store for you. Resinol oint- ment and,resinol soap are sold by all druggists-Adv.
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Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture)
 The more alfalfa fields there are, the greater will be the plague of grasshop- Jers unless measures are adopted to control the pest. The grasshopper, of ,ourse, was known in America long before alfalfa, but as the country be- comes more settled and the waste ands and uncultivated fields in which he insect breeds grow fewer, the pest crowds in greater and greater num- 1ers into the places that are left it. Since an alfalfa field affords almost deal conditions for breeding, to plant in the vicinity to come and be merry 1t your expense.
 In order to breed freely, grasshop- pers require two conditions; first, an lndisturbed soil to hatch their eggs, and second. food supply for their young. The margins of roads and fences, ditch banks, in fact any waste land, will do to hatch the eggs, but with alfalfa or grain at hand for the eating, the young will not stay long in their birthplace. Grasshoppers, it is rue, have many natural enemies which will be attracted by the abundance of their prey and thus ultimately afford the farmer some relief. By that time, however, the alfalfa crop is likely to have suffered irreparable damage.
 Perhaps the simplest way of fighting the pest, when this is practical, is to destroy the eggs. These are deposited in masses in the late summer and fall, inclosed in kidney-shaped pods, in soil which the grasshopper prefers mod erately compact and rather damp, but not actually wet The young hatch in spring, reach maturity in the summer and die when they in their turn have deposited their eggs. There is only one generation each year. Throughout the late fall and winter, therefore, the farmer has an opportunity to rid him. self of the pest by destroying the eggs. Flowing, narrowing, disking or cultivating to depth of two inches will do this.
 Where the nature of the ground or other circumstances make this i'm practicable, specialists in the depart. ment of agriculture recommend the use of poison bait Resort must be had to the bait early, however, and all waste and uncultivated land gone over thoroughly before the young in. sects have .evoloped sufficiently to move about freely and feast on the growing crops. For, as has already been said, though the grasshoppers
The Spectator., 1915-03-26
Race Against Death.

Six men on freezing night drove and showed handcar 106 miles over the railway in Ohio to bring antite- tanus serum that saved the life of a woman who was dying of blood poi. soning. That may not sound like a feat of remarkable heroism in day when brave men are giving their lives by thousands on the field of battle. Yet, when trained athletes run five miles across the landscape in half an hour crowds applaud and cheer and medals are distributed. Is such feat less admirable when performed in the dead of night, with no bystanders. for the salvation of a dying woman!
 Moralists and commencement speak CTS looking for trouble. and feeling that they must denounce somehing. are fond of inveighing against athlet- les as a social menace graver than militarism, threatening to bring us back to the brutalizing level of the blood'stained arena, and the hero wor- ship of the gladiator by crowds that shouted for bread and games. Base. ball and football are of use if they can give young men sufficient forti-, tude and strength to enter into a race, with death and win it.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Spectator., 1915-03-26
No Hiah Relief in Russia /

Economic and geographic areas of Russia are in no case separated by physical barriers, as is our Pacific slope from the states east of the Rocky mountains, or even the Allan tic seaboard from the territory beyond the Alleghenies.
 Russia is without high relief; the watersheds are almost imperceptible elevations.
 Indeed. European Russia is so flat that the Baltic-Blaek Sea canal is to be made available for large ocean going vessels by the construction of only two locks.
 Naturally, therefore, the rivers and waterways of Russia have been of unusual importance, especially before the days of the railroad, in binding the different economic areas together, affording magnificent arteries for the movement of internal trade both in winter and summer
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very much cubic air space. This is one reason for putting the roof of poultry house low down at the back. Hens require very little head room.
 In this plan the manner of placing the droppings board and roosts close up against the low back roof helps splendidly in ventilation, because the fresh air comes in through the thin cotton cloth ventilators in front and takes the place of the warmer heated air around the poultry roosts. The warmer air naturally finds it's way up along the sloping roof to the front or the house. In this way natural cir culation of air is kept going all night and all day.
 A shed roof poultry house may be built in such way as to add a good deal to the appearance of the place, As the illustration shows, there should be considerable projection of roof and this calls fer a neat finish all around the edge Also the different door frames and window frames should be painted different color from the body of the house.
 This particular plan calls for wood en siding lined on the inside with building paper. The paper is put onto the studding and is covered over with the siding The smooth side of the paper is turned in and all 2X4s used for studding are dressed four sides. Also the rafters and girts are dressed all around and finished smooth before being put into place When finished it has very neat businesslike appear ance and is smooth enough to clean easily.
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and the juice of the fruit squeezed into 1t, then the skin and pulp are chopped up finely and added to the molasses mixture, which is further diluted by the addition of two gallons of water. This is then mixed with the bran and paris green and enough water added to make the whole stiff dough. This amount of poison is sufficient to treat from five to ten acres. It must be re- membered, however, that the fruit is the most important ingredient.
 In applying the poison 1t should be sown broadcast in strips one rod apart before sunrise in the morning. Broad casting does away with the risk of poi soning stock, poultry or birds and if care is exercised in this respect there need be no fear of loss. On a Vermont farm, for example. several hundred acres of pasture, which were very bad ly infested with grasshoppers, were treated in this way, and although more than one hundred valuable pure bred Jersey heifers were grazing on the land throughout the process, no in- stance of poisoning occurred. On the
The Spectator., 1915-03-26
NOT AT ALL PLEASANT TASK
Samplng Candies Sounds Attractive as Profession, but it Gets
 Tiresome.

Do I get tired of sampling every dainty this company makes?" echoed the official sampler of huge confec- tionery company. q can answer that question both Yes and No. When l have a few minutes of spare time ] usually nibble soda cracker. One never gets tired of them, for they only use the more plentiful saliva juices.
 Tn the rush season, that is, just be- fore Christmas, we have thousands of posnds of all sorts of dainty sweets to sample before they leave the bakery. It is then that one gets tired of the always sweet. You have no idea how many sweets people eat un- til you have to sample the stuff. l get so used to the different taste of different sweets that invariably know whether or not certain making is all right before have finished the first bite.
 After eating sweets for long time one loses the acute taste which each dainty individual has. When thss hap pens take a few minutes off to take a drink of plain water, then l eat plain soda cracker, which immediately restores my discriminating taste.
 Medical authorities assert that the losing of this taste is due to the fact that after long period of overwork certain saliva glands temporarily give
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A poultry house 36 feet long natur- ally divides into two compartments. This poultry house is only 12 feet from front to back, which is in ac- ,cordance with the ideas of a great many poutrymen who are anxious to have the sun shine clear back to the far wall during the very early spring and the hens need every possible en- couragement to supply the demand.
 Shed roof poultry houses present the high sides of the buildings to the sum- Poultry houses are always faced in a southerly direction, and they are al ways closed in tight at the north and west, because the prevailing cold winds usually come from those two di- rections. The sun shining against the high side of the building during the day usually keeps the house comfort able during part of the night because of the stored up heat. In addition to the warmth a house is much more cheerful on account of admitting con- siderable bright sunshine.
 Shed roof poultry houses are quite common in the eastern states where thousands of farmers keep poultry for profit Some of them keep poultry only in a small way, but they have studied the needs of laying hens and have provided means to keep them comfortable and to induce them to lay eggs in the winter time.
 These shed roof poultry houses are cheaply built and are easily made con- fortable for the fowls in all kinds of weather. Usually such houses are made quite low at the back Some are as low as three feet, being designed for the comfort of the fowls rather than for the convenience of the atten- dant, because considerable stopping is
The Spectator., 1915-03-26
WOUNDS YIELD TO SURGERY Soldier Must Be Desperately Hurt Be- fore He Is Injured Beyond
 Recovery.

So great has been the advance in dier, no matter how bad he may be, reaches a hospital his chances of re- covery are greatly increased Dur ing the present war wounds have been healed and cures effected in cases which seemed hopeless, says the Dun- dee Advertiser. In one case man was shot in the face, the bullet pass ing through his cheek and out be- hind the ear, and temporarily upset ting the nerve centers and iniiicting very dangerous wound. Another case was that of soldier who was caught by flying bullet while yawn- ing. The Missile entered his mouth and passed through his jaw. Despite the serious character of both cases. the surgeon in the base hospital got to work, and in a very short time both men were again in the firing line.
 There is case on record of sol der who was injured by a bullet which passed through his right eye and lodged in the base of the brain. That the man survived at all was re- markable, but that he should have been kept alive for about two months was almost miraculous. As a matter of fact, the surgeons were beginning to pride themselves on their success full treatment, when the man suddenly dropped dead. In the early days of the war a soldier was wounded by a German bayonet. the point of which snapped off in his brain. The sur geons cut away the shattered bone, extracted the piece of the bayonet, and removed the damaged portion of the brain, and in short time Tommy was as good as ever.
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out, the reaction causing the mouth to use certain other juices from these saliva glands to do the work desig- mated for certain other foods, conse- quently when this occurs the sense of taste is lost, hence the continued eat ing of this certain sweet does not alone become disagreeable to the par taker, but also injurious.
 Undoubtedly one would think this an easy job, but it's not the cinch they think it. I don't get as tired of sam bling as I do of not being able to en- joy my meals when I get home
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required when doing the cleaning in the back part of house.
 When shed roof poultry houses are ventilated by means of cheese-cloth covered openings in front, they are easily provided with fresh air.
 The general ground plan is to leave the whole floor space free to be GOV cred with straw several inches deep for scratching purposes. Laying hens must be kept busy to prevent them from getting too fat. In order to man. ufacture eggs the hens must be we'll fed. The difference between fat hens and laying hens depends upon the kind of food rather than the quantity, but the element of exercise has a good deal to do with the keeping of laying hens In proper condition.
 In these shed roof poultry houses the droppings board usually is placed under the low roof at the back. The rOosts are supported a few inches above the droppings board and the nest boxes are suspended underneath. This work is all done in such a way that the whole outfit may be taken out eazily and the whole inside of the house may be thoroughly cleaned. The easy cleaning proposition is worked out in connection with all parts of the house Cleanliness means a great deal In the poultry house.
 The plan Of this particular design further provides for a closed-in room for brooding cOops. This room may be divided by a partition. or 1t may be made into one room for the use of hoases Some poultrymen use this center room for the nest boxes as well as for brcody hens The laying ls principally done in December. January and February and breeding seldom commences before March.
 Shed roof poultry houses seem to work out better than any other style of roof when it comes to ventilation. it is not easy to manage a poultry house in such way as to ventilate it properly. The ventilation in all farm buildings depends on certain degree Of warmth. Large animals. such as cattle aAad horses, have considerable body warmth. which sets the air in motion. Fowls arc 60 small that their bcdy heat is not sufficient to warm
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SOMETHING BESIDES FEEDING
Proper Management Are lmpor- tant Essentials.

Success with hogs depends upon a great many things besides feeding.
 Good breeding methods, exercise and proper management in every respect are necessary. However. if the hog is supplied with the proper amounts of carbohydrates. proteins, fats. water. etc, and is kept free from parasites of all kinds, much will have been done to make the handling of hogs in winter a profitable operation.
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other hand, where the bait is scattered ous consequences.
 Another method of destroying the in- sects is the use of the hopperdozer. This consists primarily of shallow pan, usually made of sheet iron, with back about one foot high and front about two inches high. It is filled with water covered with kerosene and drawn over the field on runners that can be made of old wagon tires. The grasshoppers disturbed by it's approach will either jump directly into the kero- sene and water or against the back of the hopperdoZer, which throws them into the poisonous mixture.
 Where the conditions are such that the fields can be quickly inundated and the water promptly run off-as is frequently done in rice fields-it is possible to drown all the young grass hoppers if the right moment is select ed. As soon as the young begin to run about flooding does but little good, as they easily climb to the upper part of vegetation beyond the reach of the water On the whole, the use of some such poisoned bait as that already de- scribed. will probably be found the most satisfactory way to control the pest. Fuller information in regard to the matter Is contained in the recent publication of the United States de- partment of agriculture's farmers bulletin No. 637. The Grasshopper Problem and Alfalfa Culture"
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The Old. Old S.arY.

Old Gentleman-How old are you. my dear?
 Little Girl--I was eight years old last week
 Old Gentleman--Indeed! You don't look to be that old.
 Little Girl-Ah, how you naughty men do tiatter us poor, weak women!
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may breed in places where they can do no harm. they will not spend their lives there.
 A cheap and effective bait is made by mixing 25 pounds of wheat bran, one pound of paris green, two quarts of cheap molasses or sirup. and three oranges or lemons. The bran and paris green are first mixed together in an ordinary washtub or any other con- venient receptacle. The molasses or sirup Is placed in separate vessel