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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
AMERICAN POTASH.

Potash is n very interesting subject
Just now to farmers. gardeners and to
fertilizer manufacturers and dealers.
With the German supply Of potash
practically cut off America begins to
look about 10 SEQ what her natural
potash are. II is certain we
can produce practically all the potash
necessary to meet the present demand.
hut the question seems to be how we
will do il and whore we will begin.
America is independent OF foreign
countries for its supply OF potash. is
the declaration of the technical direct
ors of the First National Chemical
Show. to Do held at Grand Central
Palace, September 20-27, according 10
Thomas H.. Norton. an agent of the
United States Department of Com
merce. When the manufacturing chem
lists are gathered together for n gem
eral exchange of ideas Mr.. Norton will
deliver "a lecture on foreign markets,
and one part Of his address will refer
to the great possibilities Of this coun-
try as n potash producer
The latest United States survey
shows that potash can he made from
kelp, which grows in great abundance
in California, a Diego, Point Con-
ception, Cape F%lattery, Puget Sound
and western Alaska, There are three
kinds of kelp found on the Pacific
Coast, namely, California, bull and
stringy kelp. These are rich i'm potash
and contain little or no fibre, and are
therefore easily crushed To a pulpy
mass and do not clog the most intr!,
cate filterinE material.
At Searles Lake, California. a mill.
ion dollar plant has been constructed
to make potash out of the saline de-
posits which are found in great abund.
ance, and are not only rich in potash
but contain also horaN. sodium car.
Donate, common salt and sodium sui.
phate, The manager of the new de.
velopment plant there has informed
the managers Of the coming Chcmica
Exposition that within n few weeks
he hopes to put potash salts on the
market, There are rich deposits in the
Imperial Valley, east of san Diego, ant
smaller plants are now making potusi
from alunitc in M~arysvillc, Utah. Pros,
pectiVe manufacturers of potash claim
that there IL one drawback to theil
entering into competition with foreign
potash manufacturers, and that Is tn,
high cost of railroad transportation
from Utah and the far West to tn,
Atlantic seahoard. But they are conf
dent that If the industry in Amer,c;
reaches the MAGNITUDE that IL woui,
seem il must reach To supply an IN,
needs Of home consumption tn,
Government will aid in bringing abou
nUn -prohibitive transportation rates.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
APPLE GRADING IN NEW YORK
STATE.

Five per cent. for defects in fancy
grade apples. 10 per cent. in standard
A grade and Is per cent. in standard
y grade is sufficient allowance to
make 1t impossible 10 get top notch
prices for New York apples. Con-
sumers are always to be found willing
to pay highest prices for perfect
fruit. but they are sensible enough
to be sure OF uniform quality. One
experience with New York fruit and
thereafter Western fruit, running uni
form IN size and quality, Is the choice.
and New York State apples go begging
for buyers every year simply because
New York growers try to sell inferior
fruit at the price OF superior. Year
after year growers have the same ex-
perience and never seem TO learn.
There are a few exceptions. men who
ship only fruit that is exactly what
1, Is represented to be. every apple in
the box or barrel. and they are grow
ing rich: their neighbors call them
lucky. but fail to learn by observing
the methods OF successful growers.
When New York State apples
can be relied upon to grade uniformly
they will bring as good prices az any
and always be in demand. but not be-
fore.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Boston. Aug. 2S,-profes " Ir,
Carl Win OF Bryn Nav e.. .'." ma
been elected associate profess" phil
osophy At Boston University. ' ''rr'
on the work In that Institutes 'rf
associated with the namc 81 I. $50
BORDEN i, Bovine Dr Vim N. 'e'
his classes at Boston l''.v"'. .' ''i
the opening of tho fan term Il' .'ne'
to Boston after servi.g for o. ' '
acting head of the department . '"
osophy at Bryn NpWr. 20 IS" W
stltution he went from IN"
philosophy AZ Wells college. d., ~
y. Y. Previous To- that he was .lai
student and decent ~ IIo'r .'. "''
while occupying his pos .'o r.
in Radcliffe and Wellesley,
He began his career n a t"'.'' '
philosophy AZ WnsNhnrn CI'l"r. . N.'
sas I'm 1908. Professor WI,w h
degree of \. Il from ~Sou'NN,~n'. '"'
vcrsity. Of NJ A from \'''"
and Ph, u. from Corr,l. n
fellow in philosophy A. 81
scholar and fellow ut Cu.rc'L ~.
Messenger Memorial pr.2o a' \
and the BOwduiu Prize at ll1r'.r. ~
T. ~~~<~~~tve'v KNOWN 'or We "nN"-N~
works, having i've vulunu,s 'n crN''
and some twenty or moro ART '
technical publications. ~ 'hr ,.I''.}
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

on the ground. as Is customary with
yellow and red onions. the white va
rieties turn green.
Destroy the webs Of the fall web
worms wherever they are found.
Right now Is the time to arrange
for cold frames for flowers or vege-
tables and for the small greenhouse
tor winter gardens. Small green
louses are to be had at a very mod
ate cost, either of wood or metal
frames, complete with heating APP
paratus. benches. &C. Various sizes
and shapes are offered and these can
be enlarged any time by simply ex-
tending the frames, heating pipes and
benches.
Rank growing pear trees are
troubled more with blight THAI trees
of slow growth: therefore, pear trees
should not be too heavily fortified
and the trees should be cultivated
only enough to keep them in condition.
but not enough to encourage too much
growth. Blighted twigs should be
burned as 500 as they appear and
the pruning implements should be
sterilized after cutting each limb.
BE careful not to inture tho bark
Of the trees or break the limbs: spray
with fungicides and insecticides at the
proper time. DO not allow the trees
to bear too heavily.
For sterilizing implements, dropping
them in boiling water Is the simplest
way. Covering tools with alcohol OF
formic acid will also accomplish the
same result.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

Raspberry beds should be renewed
every three or foul years.
A story hat appears periodically,
with wonderful regularity and per-
sistency Is causing numerous In
auiries regarding the matter. EVIL
IDENTITY the country correspondent
keeps this in his barrel OF stock yarns,
along with the hoop snake story.
The corn, wheat OF oat story Is
always n good n for the country
correspondent. Here Is the latest tale:
THE most valuable corn crop in
Kansas this year is in the back yard OF
William L. Kelley, a Hutchinson city
official.
There are only eight stalks OF the
corn. but Kelley expects TO realize a
net profit OF $1,000 cash from his crop.
Last spring a Baptist preacher. DR.. Il.
Il. Pratt, while on a visit IN New Mex
leo recovered in an ancient Aztec ruin
a mummy. within which was found
sealed an Indian Jar containing a few
grains OF ancient Indian corn.
The psychologists figure the corn
was at least 1000 years old. The Rev.
Mr.. Pratt gave ten grains to Kelley on
his return to Hutchinson. Kelley care
fully planted them.
Eight OF the ten grains grew, the
corn growing more rapidly than ordi-
nary field corn. There are twenty ears
now on the eight stalks, and average
fifty kernels to the ear.
THE corn looks like ordinary field
corn as II grows. hut the stalks are
much taller and the Ears smaller. while
the kernels are yellow with a b.otch
like blood at the tip of each.
81 have been offered as high az 81
for a kernel, ard believe | can sell
every kerrel for 81 each said Kelley
He figures he will have 1000 kernels
No matter how tightly sealed, a
few grains of corn in a thousand years
would probably he so dry they would
not terminate in another thousand
years. For years We have investi-
gated these stories. usually regarding
wheat or corn found on Egyptian
mummies. and always with the same
result. IL Mr.. Kelley a get anybody
tn pay "A dollar a kernel for the corr
he has raised certainly he will bs
losing good money by not accepting
as the corn is very likely exactly
what it looks like.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

In THE Sun of August II the prin-
ter made C~entranthus ruber ,red va
lerian) read Ccutranthus rubber. A
good plant for rockeries or poor soil.
There Is also "A white lowered variety
Of this species.
q. II. Howe Il the New York EN-
pertinent Station was made To say
that In thirty-hve years close o~nserva-
ton and experience in tree %pruntnt,
where trees have been properly cared
for and the pruning properly done
with sharp tools. the limbs severed
close to the trunk or remaining limb,
painting Of the wound has not been
found necessary and wounds have
fully covered in proper time. This
was not the statement Of Mr., Howe,
but that Of the editor Of the Gardening
Department 81 THE Sun.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

The indications are that the wheat
crop OF the United States will exceed
1000, 900, 900 bushels.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

Reports continue to reach US stat
ing that English sparrows drive away
other birds. Crows. red squirrels and
blue Jays are accused Of killing song
birds. Whether the gray squirrel is
harmful to song birds seems to I've a
question. Careful observation the past
spring and summer shows that both
robins and English sparcows sco,d
frantically at the gray squirrels ana
unite in their feeble efforts Of at
tack. Cats are the worst enemies
of the birds. Many families go away
for the summer and leave their cats
behind t. feed on birds or starve.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

Save the largest and best potatoes
for next years seed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

Stop cultivating all the bush fruits
~raspberries. blackberries. %currants
&C., so the new wood will ripen thor
oughly before freezing weather sets
in.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

for s57,375 or an average Of $765 each
at a recent auction sale in Indiana.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

A reader suggests that fruit grow
ers plant choke cherries for the birds
to feed on. Birds will not touch other
fruits when they a get choke cher
ries.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

Cultivate Strawberries until the
ground freezes.
-
Se~venty-nve Hereford cattle sold
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

Iris. peonies and lilies can he planted
now.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

When the onion tops break and
begin to fan over the onions should
be pulled and laid in rows on the
Ground where they grew. The rows
can he o u or five onions wide. They
should be stirred about every day
with "A wooden rake to expose all sides
to the air, 50 they viii dry evenly.
When dry they should be put under
White onions should be pulled
as soon as the tops fall over and dried
In racks or on the floor of n barn
or outbuilding, Exposed Ia the sun
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

Raspberry beds should be renewed
every three or -four years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

Spinach may he sown now for early
crops next spring. Also onions, Onion
seed sown in the autumn should be
dropped thicker than for spring SOW
ing, as some will winter kill, Dam
vers H. II good variety, for autumn
sowing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

Holland nurserymen use a machine
for packing trees. rolling them up
into bundles. covering them with straw
and tieing up the bundles. This work
IS all done by hand In America.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07

tioi made and finally secured a man. date from the United States supreme court assessing certain corporations a million dollars in unpaid back taxes. Mrs. Funk explains that May or Harrison congratulated the police men and firemep' to- whom he at once sent vouchers for their pay, but de- iberately left out the women by whose efforts the money due the city had been secured. He even went to the length of ordering that the bal ance of the money be paid into "the building department of his person. ally appointed board of education" :" Then it was that Margaret Haley again started legal proceedings 70 right the abominable wrong done the teachers, and finally succeeded in en- joining MT. Harrison from using this money for any purpose until the teachers had been paid. ''From that hour, Carter Harrison was marked by the women of Chicago for defeat" de- clares Mrs. Funk. ''The mills of tEe gods grined slowly, but they grind exceedingly small" The women of Illinois have exemplified two things by their recent vote. The first is, that they do vote if they can; and the second is, that they can not be cajoled into forgetting the unjust acts of those who by notorious poli- tical combination conspired to de- prive worthy women of the fruits of their labOrS.
 ALICE LEE MOQUE.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07
SPRING FASHION NOTES

tans that will unquestionably be the most fashionable of all things for street wear. There is no feature of present fashions more interesting than the development 0! cotton. Just now we are being offered cotton gloves in suede finish that really are exceedingly handsome and smart while at tine same time, they are ideally comfortable and satisfactory to wear. They are hand- somely stitched ard well shaped and altogether are remarkable products to be obtained for small price
 The new hats are perhaps I little more remarkable than they are at- tractive as whole, but if one studies them carefully, good effects and good lines are to be discovered. With the quaint old-fashioned costumes, the narrow little turbans and the like are of course most appropriate, but we cannot all copy that idea with success ana tncTc are SOllC SdllOTS ana HdCS that the average woman will be sure to welcome with enthusiasm. Narrow brimmed sailors in chip and in Leg horn are found among the showing of the summer and many of them are most attractively treated. For be- tween seasons wear, silk and satin hats are most desirable and most attractive and many of them are rather quaintly trimmed with flat silk flowers.
 kimonos are among the needfuls of life that are in demand at all seasons. Some of the new kimono silks are especially alluring and most fasci- hating design shows plain soft satin with border of peacock feathers in their own splendid coloring and this border can be used to either finish the lower edge or as finish for the fronts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07

be suggested, but thls Is a season oi wonderful materials and wonderfully colors and this dress could be copiedl in linen, or rcotton crepe or in voile as well as in silk or wool crepe or could be made with the skirt of striped material and the bolero of plain one. The blouse is pretty for lingerie ma' terials and for silk crepes and the like. If the frlls are not liked, the bolerol can be left plain or the edges can be bound, or if linen is used, they would be pretty scalloped and the skirt trimmed with just one up-turned' band forming a cuff, or trimmed as it
 is here, or in any one of the many ways that are being exploited just now. Girls who are clever enough tot study good old fashions will get sug-' gestions that are in every way avail able and will also get original and dis
 tinctive effects.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07

or of lingerie material as best suits tha frock. In the illustration, one of the pretty striped taffetas is shown, the colors being rose and white. The skirt is trimmed with bias folds and the little plaited frills that are so pretty for materials of this sort, are much in vogue. The blouse beneath is of crepe de chine. Besides being smart and absolutely new, the costume must make an appeal to the home dress maker because of its simplicity. The skirt can be made in two or three pieces as the width of the material will determine The blouse is just sim pie plain one with the new sleeves that are full at the shoulders and with deep cuffs, and the sleeveless bolcro means scarcely computable labor. A pretty feature is found in the shaped belt. For the drcssy afternoon dress, nothing prettier than the striped taffeta can
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07

>HE new and haring skirts are
 bringing about great many
 conditions of extreme interest. Net and other soft, thin materials are being much exploited, yet of necessity they must be stiffencd if they are to flare and edges bound with heavy material, edges finished with cords and all similar devices are to be noted. Among the newest ard most interesting is gown of white net, the entire skirt covered with nounccs and these founces bound with white cor duroy cut on the bias.
 Every kind of quaint "old-fashioned" trimming is to be seen upon the new costumes; tiny little gathered ruf1cs, pinked-out ruchcs, bands of velvet ribbon and many others that might be copied from the family portrait gallery. A most attractive little after noon frock designed for young girl is of taffeta in soft shade of yell Jewish tan and is trimmed with rufflcs onc-half an inch in width, of the same, three in row, put on the skirt to form very deep and wide scallops. These ecallops are arranged above the deep hem; the skirt is extended to the Empire line and there is quaint little bodice of silk and white net with nar- row ruffles serving as finish.
 Never have we had more inter- esting or more varied display of fab rics and colors than is offered this season. The new silks and the poplins and the crepes that have been woven and dyed on our own shores, are rich and splendid in their tones and ex- quisite in texture, for they include some of the most wonderful blues, the daintiest and loveliest pinks, and rich greens as we'll as the soft grays and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07
KAshlngton's Pot-Boui1le
ng you the from Smart Set Gossip to
 Lawmakers Views.

secured the enthusiastic cooperation of one Of the large film companies, which has plans completed for taking series of moving pictures in both parks. This will enable the Amer ican people to appreciate their won derful beauty. A natural beauty and grandeur in which the parks are not excelled anywhere in the world.
 washington Press For Suffrage.
 Nothing shows the trend or the times and the change in the status of the woman movement more clear ly than the amount of space given by the press of the capital to the question of the enfranchisement Of women. Every paper in Washington devotes space almost daily to the ever increasing activities of the suf- fragists. "Since women have been forced by the blunders of our clvlll- zation into the open warfare ot the world, is it right to refuse them the protection of the ballot?" asks a leading Washington editor pertinent ly. "The time for mid-victorian whining that Woman's place is the home is past, although there is still remarkable type of man and even more remarkable type Of woman who is willing to abandon the home and go around the country making speeches to prove it," he adds, with biting satire. Later on the tact IS emphasized that the thousands and thousands of girls and women work ing eight and ten hours a day in every one of our great cities have not of choice left their homes to rush with cheers of triumph into sweat shops to make $450 a week. Do you think that your stenographer or the girl who sells you your necktles IS lying awake nights to thwart the et- fort of persons who are trying to make her the head of homer" No words were ever truer or more to the point, and the fact that these women would gladly stay at nome IT they were ablt to do so can not De controverted, and it is also evident that these women need the ballot, even ii the well-dressed, well-fed ladies of leisure say otherwise. Thelf contention is on a par with the as- sertion recently published that shop girls can live on six dollars week. No. doubt they can live. if such an existence can called living, but the advocates of the joyous exist ence on six dollars a week are fortunately for themselves not obllg- Cd to restrict their own expenses to any such meager stipend.
 Chicago Women Even Score. Early in the career of Mayor Har- rison, at a time when there was not Sufficient money to pay the bills Of the city of Chicago. says Ms. An toinette Funk, one of the four wom- en who conducted the successful lobby in the Illinois legislature for woman vb1y q suffrage, fhe pay of police men firemen and school teachers was withheld. The teachers, headed by Margaret Haley, had an inyestlsa'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07
"HOBO" Makes Friends With Farmer.

Pitkin, La., Oct. 2S, 1914. Hobo Medicine Mfg. Co.,,
 Singer, La.
 Gentlemen: I got sick about the first day of August, 1913, and was treated by two of the best physicians in the country, neither Of whom did me any good.
 I then went to the hospital at Shreveport, and never got any relief I then commenced taking Hobo Kid ney and Bladder Remedy, and eleven bottles cured me sound and we'll, and I feel like a new man.
 One of my doctors told me that l had kidney trouble. I was up and down all night, and could not rest It all. My back hurt me so that I could not rest day or night. l could not walk fifty yards, was not able to do anything, HOW l can work all day, and feel as well as ever did in my life.
 I cannot say too much for Hobo"
 Respectfully,
 GILBERT WELDON. All Druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07
Parrot Buys the Paper.

A parrot that purchases the news paper every mornins is owned by Pa, trolman Jerry O'Bsien of Allston street, Charlestown. | retired patrol' man. Each night MT. O'Brian leaves a penny outside the window sill, and when a newsboy passes In the morn ing Polly shrieks. Say. boy, bring in 2 paper!" The boy bringA in the pa- per and takes the penny-Boston Traveller. \
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-07
ceuIdn% seane Her.

A dinner was given to which one guest failed to come. leaving thirteen persons. Some objected to sitting with Thirteen, but Mrs. w. said: You can't scare me, am not going to miss . good dinner for any thirteen no tsons." \ few months lster che and her only daughter want east with MT. W. The hotel at which they stopped In a small town took ire and the on uye family was burned to death