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The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-25
The Part That Nitrogen Plays in Lille

Youths Companion.
All living things, plants as we'll as
animals. contain substances that are
made up in part of nitrogen. and in
order that their life may be sustained,
it is necessary that nitrogen should
find it's way into them, writes DR.. Ira
RemSen. We must have nitrogen sup
piled to us then, or we die. But where
does this nitrogen come from? That is
a question Of great Importance to the
human race. It is fundamental.
You will perhaps ask: Do we not
in breathing constantly take into our
bodies large quantities of nitrogen?
Undoubtedly; but that nitrogen does
not remain in our bodies Only the
oxygen in the air is essential to our
| breathing; the nitrogen, accompanied
| by other gases, we throw out from
our lungs. 1t is in the form Of food,
| animal or vegetable, that we take into
! our bodies the compounds of nitrogen
| that make our existence possible. But
where do the plants and animals that
we use as food get their nitrogen?
| Animals get it in the same way that
we do. Some of them live wholly on
plants. and some live on a mixed diet
as most of us do.
Thus all animals get their nitrogen
either directly or indirectly from
plants. The COW eats grass, and the
grass is converted into flesh. We eat
that flesh as beef, and we get our
nitrogen indirectly from the grass.
There is therefore good reason for
the statement, "All flesh is grass" If
you go back one or two, or at most
three, steps in the case of any animal,
you get to grass, or at least to some
plant.
Plants live on what they get from
the air and from the soil. A few OF
them have some slight power to make
direct use Of the nitrogen Of the air
Most of them, however, have not that
power, adm they get their nitrogen
from the soil. So it will be seen that
we are led finally to look to the sol
for the nitrogen that enters into oul
: bodies in the form of food. All fertile
, soils contain the compounds of nitro.
, gen that are essential to the life anG
! growth of plants. AS the plants live
and grow, they extract part of the
, nitrogen that the soil contains. Sup
pose the plant is grass. If the gras:
O is removed, either by animals 70,
q food, or by man to be stored away a!
9 hay, some of the nitrogen plainly i
! taken from the soil; and consequent!
the soil may in time become so i'm
9 poverished that it cannot sustain plan
life. All soils upon which crops ar
grown tend to become exhausted. Un
less we return nitrogen to the soil
i agriculture will gradually become i'm
Il possible.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-25
A USE FOR NAPKIN RINGS.
Dinner and Dances No Longer In
Evidence.
New York TlmeS.)

It is understood that the National
American Woman Suffrage AssOcia-
ton takes just pride in the oppor-
tunity it has afforded to it's members
to dispose of their superfluous nap
kin rings, which is to say all the
napkin rings they possess: The whole
melting-pOt plan fires the imagina-
ton. In Germany the women and
children are bestowing upon the gov
ernment all the copper and iron heir
looms Of the land to be transformed
into ammunition. But the suffragists
here, like the matrOns of the stored
past, are fairly tearing from their
fair arms and fingers and bodies the
gold and silver ornaments whichshave
adorned them in order to raise money
to carry on their bloodless war. The
sacrifice is splendid, and as the rngs,
brooches, chains, gold mesh bags and
ornamental combs are tumbled into
the melting pot these contributors to
the cause cannot fail to feel the thrill
Of joy that is oftn the only recon-
pense of true herism.
But for the napkin rings. They
are relics of departed age, reminders
| Of the era of the Saturday night
| bath, the old folks concerts and the
painted panoramas of the Nile They
| abide now in Out-Of-the-way corners
tarnished and forgotten, bands of old
silver, often affectionate1y inscribed
at the command of givers long since
turned to dust. They are the sort OF
reminders of gentler but less fastidi-
Gus generation that we do not like
to part with except for some goo6
reason and have no desire to keep
The serial napkin went long ago. Te
the melting pot. by all means, with
the rings, and that they may melt III
into millions Of dollars worth @,
silver is our sincere wish
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-25
DESTRUCTION OF ARBUTUS.
Probability That We May Need
Closed Season for Wild Flowers.

Waterbury American.
Every year the recklessness Of those
who gather certain varieties or Wild
flowers is depored, and the public is
warned that the trailing arbutus. the
mountain laurel and other varieties
may become extinct. as the dodo and
the passenger pigeon have become
bird life unless more care is taken to
preserve them. Already it is noted
that persons who know Of places
where arbutus may be found are
keeping this knowledge to them
selves.
Why should there not be a closed
season for flowers, as there is for
game? 1t would not materially injure
any one if the gathering of certain va
rieties of flowers should be restricted
or even prohibited, temporarily, until
there had been time for them to be-
come once more abundant, as in form
er days. 1t might not be possible to
enforce the law altogether but pen
atty for the gathering. sale or posses
sion of the flowers protected would
make the majority of people much
more careful and would preserve in
many instances our most beautiful
native blossoms. The arbutus, the
mountain laurel, the cardinal flower,
the fringed gention and others that
might be named are we'll worth the
gathering, and which grow and flour
ish in spite Of reckless handling, to
satisfy flower growers Of reasonab BILE
type. Peoplpe are beginning to ap-
preciate more and more the decora-
| tive possibilities of flowers once pass
| ed by with indifference and are using
them on their grounds, as we'll as in
their houses. The spread Of nature
study among children has done much
| to cultivate a love for the wayside
blossoms and they could easily be
taught the need of care for the rare1
| varieties
| Here is a good opportunity for the
Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls to do 9
real service to the country in which
| they live, and the flowers would neeG
people, backed up by legislative au-
| thority.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-25
IN BLOSSOM TIME.

pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
In field and forest, on the hilltop
and down in the valley, nature is un
folding the glorious miracle of spring
time. Fair as the garden Of the
Lord" as far as the eye can see,
spreads the splendor Of the annual
resurrection. Where yesterday there
trees that long had been gaunt and
bare there is today a profusion Of
white and pink. and exhilarating is
the fragrance that is waited to the
nOstrils. For in a night the trees
burst into blossom and wrought the
beautifying transformation of the
landscape.
Over the meadows, long dismal
with their tufts Of dead grass and
their barren stretches of earth, there
has spread a mantle Of living green,
in which . the morning dewdrops,
touched by the rays Of the risen sun,
| sparkle Ike diamonds. And on all
sides the eye is feasted and the heart
quickened by the sight Of clusters Of
early visititants from the floral king
dom, each adding variety to the col
ors which nature proves so lavishly
| And from the trees and from the
fields come trills and calls and pip
ing notes. for the birds have returned
to their former abiding places.
| In due time the blossoms will de-
velop into fruits Of the orchard, and
fields will lift up their abundance OF
waving wheat and oats and hay grass
es, rich IN the promise Of harvests
but neither Of these seasons arouses
the exalted feelings that come in the
time OF blossoms. It Is then, after
the long and dreary days OF winter
chill and gloom, that mankind realize.
more fully than at any other time tha
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-25
EFFECT ON LONDON SOCIETY
Manchester Guardian.)

Society in the old sense Of the word
has ceased to exist-it has simply dis
society, at any rate as to the women,
no doubt still exist in London, but
as a corporate whole, with meeting
places and common conventions. it
has melted into the ordinary world
It survived the outbreak of the war
Tor time. and there were attempts
at keeping 1t together by occasional
dinners and small informal dances
but but even this is now all changed
Ihere are very few luncheons, no
dinners and private dances are NOT
even mentioned" a fashionable lead
er declared day or two ago. "As
Tor a season-Well, there won't be a
trance Of one" A few women oothor
occasionally for dinner and a game of OF
bridge, lgs but that is about all. One
OF the most marked Of the signs OF
the times is the decline of evenine
dress: Nearly all young women wear
khaki, and women are more and -, ~
tire. az
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-25

and w. L. Bryan and H. V. Cunning
ham, Durham.
Aberdeen-J. L. McNair and r. A.
Mccormick, Laurinburg.
Grand-Rev. NJ. j. Woods, Ne"
Bern.
Wallick-P. T. Taylor, Danbury,
and T. Fulton, Walnut Cove.
McAlpin-J. Hill Tucker, Charlotte;
J. B. Rice, Wilmington; L. A. Hunter
Greensboro, and George *. Buck,
Winston Salem.
Herald Square-T. J. Horton, Zeb-
ulon.
Hermitage-R. G.. Hayes, Charlotte.
Cumberland-F. A. Garden, Ports
mouth.
Broadway Central-R. L. Hubbard,
Elkins.
St. Denis-A. A. Johnson, Thomas
Vile.
Latham. c. Miller, Southmount.
Park Avenue-W. w. Wilson,
North Wilkesboro.
Breslin-Stanhope Bryan Winston
Salem.
Strand-A. NJ. Rea, New Bern.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-25
BANKERS OF STATE TO
MEET AT WRIGHTSNILLE
Especial to The News and Observer

Wilmington, May 22.-Mr ". 4.
Hunt, Of Henderson, spent yesterday
in the city in conference with MI
Thomas E. Cooper, president Of the
North Carolina Bankers Association,
with reference to the program for the
annual convention to be held at the
Seashore Hotel, Wrightsville Beach
June 18th, 18th and 10th. Mr.. Hunt
is secretary Of the association. Tho
program will be ready to be an
nounced within a week or ten days, It
is thought. Mr.. Hunt says he is eA-
pecting a large attendance.
The graduating exercises Of the
Training School for Nurses of the
James Walker Memorial Hospital VIII
be held at the Boys Brigade armory
on the evening of June 1st. The aC-
dress will be made by W. ?. STAG
Esq, Of the local bar. The class IS
composed Of six young ladies, these
being Misses Marie A. Farley, Ellen
c. Mullicanx. Cora Laird Isley, Ethei
Buckner, Addie Meares Perry and LII
Han Macdonald George. Hospital
pins will be presented by Mr.. W. H.
Sprunt and the diplomas will be pre-
sented DR.. H. A. Codington. Ph. NJ. y
superintendent Of the hospital.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-25
Going Several Better.
{ From .I,1doo ,

She (proudly)-My ancestors cama
20 TINS country on the Mayflower.
Her rival hantly)-Poob, T
as"ays thought you came from a lot
VI cneap skates! My ancestors came
oFe1 1lrst cabin in a Cunard inerl
Evening star., 1915-03-14

FOR RENT. FURN1SHED-Argye homestead,
on one Of the highest elevations about city;
adjoining Rock Creek Park, three miles
north OF the White House and two blocks
west Of 18th street. Six rooms on hrst floor;
seven rooms on second door: two bathrooms;
city water and gas; stable for ten horses and
as many carriages; grounds cared for by
owner.
HERBERT A. GILL 4 SON.
Phone Main 4038. 6l2 14th St NV.
ICE
Evening star., 1915-03-14
ATLANTIC CITY REAL ESTATE.
FOR ALE

GARAGE SITE FOR SALE ON MAIN STREET,
in heart OF Atlantic City, n. J. New bonle-
ward to enter on street adjoining property.
Good investment Can be bought on easy
terms For further information apply WALTER
T REED REALTY CO., 1915 Atlantic ave,
Atlantic City.
Evening star., 1915-03-14
WANTED.

WANTED-TO RENT BY APRIL l. SUBUR-
ban home OF 4 or more rooms with conven-
iences: good size lot for garden or chickens:
rent reasonable Box 400. Star ONCE.
WANTED-SUBURBAN PLACE OR SMALL
farm near city: will exchange well rented city
house or pay part cash state price, with full
description. Box AGO. Star Office. 15'
HOUSE IN SUBURBS FOR SUMMER: 8 OR 8
rooms: furnished or unfurnished: grounds.
kitchen. gas. bath. near car line. within Eve
cent fare j. MONESS. III 9 st. NV. 16s
wANTED-To RENT SMALL HOUSE OR
bungalow must have for garden and
chickens: give full particulars. Address F.
&; s Star office.
Evening star., 1915-03-14
FOR SALE OR RENT.

STORE AND DWELLING 1853 WISCONSIN
ave-. Tenleytown: rooms and store hot. water
heat. Ras and electricity: good business; will
lynt store separately II desired. LOUIS P.
SHoExAkEK 20 Southern bldg.
Evening star., 1915-03-14
FOR RENT.

HOTELS AND CoTTAGES-wE HAVE A COM
Chelsea and ventnor at prices ranging from
5000 to 5000 for the Rent your cot
tage hotel through this office. as we have
the conveyance to take you from house to
house. Apply to
WALTER T. REED CO.,
1915 Atlantic ave-. Atlantic City. n J.
Evening star., 1915-03-14
Prematurely Picked.

From the Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Young bride-What small eggs.
Grocer-Yes-s, they are: but I'm sure
I don't know the reason.
Mrs Youngbride-They took them
out of the nest too soonsI suppose.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

WANTED - TO RENT FARM OF so TO 100
acres or more. with . or 30 acres good potato
soil Address BOX 25s. Star Office
WANTEp-ONE THOUSAND FARMS
In MARYLAND and VIRGINIA
have a steady demand. EXCHANGES MADA
ARTHUR NJ. CONNOR,
224 Oxford building 126 IAN ct NV
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-04-22
STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS.

Clear Grit Mining Co.-Annual meet
ing at SIG Cedar street, Wallace, Tues
day, May 4, at 10 a. mo-. w. Lewis.
secretary.
Puritan Mining co.-Annual meeting
at office of j. Fl. Wourms. Eagle block,
Wallace, at p. m May &C. A. Sol
berg, Secretary.
Ray jefferson Mining co.-Annual
meeting at Samuels Hotel, Wallace,
Monday, May II, at s p. me-. 9.
Ellis, secretary.
! Guelph Mining g. Milling co.-An-
lnual meeting at office of company,
Kellogg, May 6.--John b. Steffes, Sec
rotary.
Phedora SIver-Lead Mining co..
Annual meeting in Eagle block, Wal
lace, April 30. at 7 a. Motto A. Ols-
son. secretary.
Lewis and Clark Mining co.--An-
rual meeting at office of company.
Mullan, on May at 10 a. MI. II.
Bean, secretary.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-04-22
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of the East Hercules Extension
Mining Company, Spokane Wash
ingtnn, August ~. 1914.
Notice Is hereby given that at a
meeting of the directors, held on the
22nd day of August. 1914. an assess
ment of one CD mill per share was
levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable on or before the
LIST day of October 1914, to w. ii. Mac
farlan, secretary treasurer, at the Of
flee Of the company, Rooms ! and 2
Sherwood building, Spokane. Wash.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the LIST day
If October. 1914. will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auc-
lion, at the office OF the company. and
unless payment is made before will be
sold on the LIST day of November, 1914
to pay the delinquent assessment
thereon, together with the cost OF ad-
Vertislng and expenses of sale,
w. II. NACFARLAN,
All S2A-5t Secretary Treasurer
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-04-22

fountain Rose Mining Co.-Levied
March 10, / mill, payable April 10 to
A. O. Larson, secretary, Kellogg De-
linquent sale, May 49,
New Hope Mining Co.-Levied April
5, mills, payable May 5, to Otto A.
Delinquent sale June 2.
/ Oreano Mining Co.-Levied February
6, ~ mills, payable March rs to f.
P. Candee, secretary treasurer, Wall
lace. Delinquent sale April rs. Post
poned to May 10.
/ Pandora Copper Mining co.-Levied
March 8, mills, payable April 10 to
j. C. Weatherhead, secretary, Wal
lace Delinquent sale, May 7.
! Raven Mining Co.-Levied March II,
6-10 Of a mill, payable May Is to
Franklin Pfrman, secretary, Wallace
Delinquent sale, June IA.
Silver Cliff Mining Co.-Levled on
February 20, ~ mills, payable Apra
to Jas. d. Young, treasurer, Larson.
daho. Delinquent sale April "a at the
residence of Ed c. Young, Wallace.
Postponed to May 30.
Silver Moon Mining Co. $500 Levied
March 30, mills, payable May Is, to
Gus Gutenberg, secretary-treasurer,
Palmerston Hotel Spokane, Wash.
Delinquent sale June 1S.
Silver Mountain Mining Co.-Levied
April 5, 2 mills, payable May Is, to w.
F. Horstkotte, secretary, Potlatch,
Idaho. Delinquent sale June Is.
Samson Mining Co.-Levied March
4, 2 mills, payable April to X l..
Brainard, secretary, Wardner Delin-
quent sale, May 3. Postponed to
June 4.
Tarbox Mining Co.--Levied March
26. ~ mills, payable April ~ to Rich
ard Daxon, treasurer, Wallace. De-
linquent sale. May 2s.
Virginia Mining Co.-Levied April T.
2 cents, payable May 10 to Patrick
Burke, Sweets Hotel Wallace, or to
J. f. Morton, Room 307, Lindell block
Spokane. Delinquent sale May %.
Wisconsin Mining Co.-Levied April
IL, 3 mills payable May IS to Louis
Bolduc, treasurer, Kellogg. Delinquent
sale June Is.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-04-22
NOTICE OF THE ISSUANCE OF AN
ATTACHMENT.
In the District Court of the First Jul

In the District Court of the First Jul
dicia District of the State of Idaho,
in and for the County of Sho3Eone.
f. Edmisten, plaintiff, VS.. ]. w john
ston and Grace A. Johnston, some
times known as Mrs. j. w. Johnston,
his wife, defendants.
State of Idaho, County of Shoshone. SIS,
Notice is hereby given that on the
10th day of April, A. d. 1915, attach
ment issued in the above entitled ac-
ton against the property of the afore.
said defendants, ]. w. Johnston and
Grace A. Johnston, sometimes known
as Mrs. J. w. Johnston, his wife. fol
the sum of $125 with intereat at 10
per cent per annum from February II
1914, on his first cause of action;
$l6.05 with interest at I per cent pei
annum from March 81 1915, on his
second cause Of action, together witt
the costs of this action.
Witness my hand and the seal Of
said District Court, affixed this 10tf
day of April, A. d. 1915.
JOHN p. SHEEI{Y,
(Seal) Clerk of District Court
BY c. ]. CALLAHAN, Deputy
Apr 15-May Cat
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-04-22
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Branch Office of the Silver Mountain
Mining Company, Limited, Potlatch
Idaho, April 5, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that at 4
meeting of the directors, held ON the
5th day of April, 1915, an assessment
of two CD mills per share was levied
upon the capital stock Of the corpora
iton, payable to W. e. Horstkotte, see
rotary, at his office $50 Pine street
Potlatch, Idaho. on or before May ID
1915.
ANY stock upon which this assess.
ment remains unpaid on the 18th da,
of May, 1915, will be delinquent ant
advertised for sale at public auctio.
and unless payment is made before
will be sold on the 18th day Of June
1915, ut O'Clock p. m. at the com.
panys branch office. Potlatch, Idaho
to pay the delinquent assessment to
gether with the costs Of advertising
and expenses of sale.
! w. e. HORSTKOTTE,
Secretary Silver Mountain Minint
! Company, Limited, $50 Pine street
\ POilatCh Idaho. ADr l6-M0N W"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-04-22
HANDLING A BIG CHECK.
Showing the Working of the Credit
System Through Banks.
Chicago News.)

Recently the Pennsylvania Railroad
offered for safe $49,O00,0OO (face value)
of AZ per cent bonds. One big nrm
of nrivate bankers took the whole is
sue at face value and Immediately
offarad the bonds for sale to the pub
lie at a premium of Az per cent; the
nublic bought them promptly before
the time came for the banking house
to pay over the money to the railroae
On the day payment to the road was
made the original buyers made out
check on a national bank for $49,09S,-
00O-the $98 900 representing the ac-
er,{ed interest on the bonds between
their dates and the day they were pau
for, Previously the second purchasers
had paid over the sums called Tor p9
their purchases and this money was
deposited in the bank against which
the huge check was drawn.
When the railroad received the
check 1t was credited with $49OSS'ooO
on the accounts of the national pank
Then the railroad drew number OF
checks on this bank and deposited
them in number of other banks
These other banks were in nearly
every case the banks on which the sec
ond purchasers of the bonds drew te
raw for their share.
All of these transactions-the orig
inal payment by the first purchasers
the payments by the second purcnas'
ers. the deposit Of the single DIE
check and the redeposit by the rail-
road-took place in one banking DAY
Ar the end of the day, therefore every
banks balance stood just about as
was before, there had been no trans
fer of any great sum of money.
It was a very interesting iliustra
ton of the working of credit machln
cry properly organized. 1t showed II
spectacular way, the functions 0
our banks.
with properly co-ordinated bank
ing system, money ceases to be OF NOR
than minor importance. Not upo'
cash-bills and con-are the fnancia
transactions of the country based, bu
upon credit We ought to realize thi
truth more and more clearly and over
look no opportunity to perfect a credl
banking system.
II $40 Of business is done on 81
actual money the banks must wor
together without friction.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-04-22
Four Paper Railroads.

Ito war times.
Four Paper Railroads.
The four roads that have been talk
ed about for years, and which now
more than ever before are occupying
to San Francisco.
news and editorial space in western
newspapers, are as follows:
/. The famous water route of The
Northern Pacific from Twin Bridges
on the main line through Dillon. Arm
stead Salmon and Lewiston Idaho to
Pasco, Wash, rejoining the main line
to the coast at this point.
2. The Boise Winnemucca line
which would depart southwark from
this line at Salmon, on to Challis
through a tunnel in the mountains into
Boise and thence through Winnie
mucca, Nev., over the Western Pacific
3. An alternate line running from a
point west of Salmon westward
through Oregon and California to San
Francisco.
4. An alternate main line Of the
Northern Pacific from Lolo, IN the
Bitterroot branch, swinging south OF
1.-THE main line to Sites, Idaho. and
thence over the Spokane line to the
main line again at Pasco.
Those are the four lines that have
been so much talked about and Of
,,,L;ob +bo poet fror, iofprp,a iop ~ re
fully CLEANED from railroad men Of
many lines, publishes the first map.
Montana and Idaho.
The state of Idaho forms a converg
ing point for the four railroad con-
struction projects that during the past
years have occupied acres of news
paper space. While nothing definite
has been announced as TO the star OF
work on either of these four proiectet
lines. all of which have their inception
in southwestern Montana, it is felt by
Butte railroad men that the construc-
ton of the four roads is an absolute
certainty and the only question that
remains to be solved Is as to whe:'
work will start on them. Surveys for
IAN of these routes have been complet-
ed years ago
Railroad men who are asked TINS
question reply: when the trade In
the territories embraced in the pre-
posed construction work justifies the
expenditure of the vast sums of money
and when the money is available" The
business and the money are the two
stumbling blocks, it is claimed, bu'
when the time arrives, billions Will be
snent and Idaho will be the center OF
all the work, beyond the shadow OF q
doubt, according to railroad men Whf
are well posted on the situation.
Idaho Needs Rails.
One fact stares out boldly from this
man, Central Idaho has no railroads
Another fact is palpable-the Gilmore
! q Pittsburg addition to the Northern
Pacific lines provides connecting
link OF this point raiload men are
agreed-the country through which th'
two lines to San Francisco would rur
is very rich in grazing agriculture an'
,in,ber. and much of it is full OF min
eral wealth.