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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-05-15
American coII.a. Conference.

Meadville, Pa. May 4.-Educational
leaders from all parts Of the country
will gather at the centennial celebra
ton Of Allegheny college here In June
to discuss college matters, among
which win be a plan for the standard
ization Of courses Of study. The pro-
gram for the conference will be devot-
ed to the ideals and achievements of
the American college. what enters into
Its curriculum. its place in education
and Its future. Sessions will begin
June %.
Among the speakers will be the Rev.
DR.. William III. Crawford. president of
Allegheny college: Abraham w. Harris,
president of Northwestern university;
Dean Charles III. Haskins Of Harvard
university; Provost Edgar +. Smith Of
Pennsylvania university: John II. Fin
ley, commissioner OF education of New
York state and ex-president Of the Col
lege Of the City OF New York: w. II. +.
Faunce. president of Brown university;
p. z. Claxton. United States commits
sioner Of education: Charles +. Thwing,
president OF Western Reserve univer-
sity: Professor Alexander Melklejohn.
president OF Abherst college. and Henry
c. King, president Of Oberlin college.
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CAPONs THAT COUNT.


The best capons are Matched in early
spring and operated upon during early
summer, before extremely hot weather
begins. says the Country Gentleman.
The birds are then ready for market
during and after the holiday season.
Cockerels of any breed can be made
to, increase in weight by being capon-
Ted. The larger breeds will permit of
much greater gains and are therefore
more desirable. Fol the production of
capons on the farm the Plymouth
Rocks are among the best fowls to
keep, since the females may be kept
for eggs and all surplus cockerels ca
ponized.
June and July are the best months
for the work, because spring Matched
chicks reach proper size her and also
because birds ~caponized at this time ar
rive at the proper age and weight for
marketing at the season when there is
the greatest demand and the best prices
prevail.
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LIVE STOCK ON THE FARM.
How q Grain Grower Turned a Loss
Into Substantial Profit.

A number of years ago a North Da-
kota wheat farmer, whose exclusive
grain growing had put him deep In
debt. desired from his bank a loan of
$1,000, writes J.. c. Mcdowell in the
Kansas Farmer. Except the horses
there was no live stock-not a cow. a
pig or even a ~chicken-on the place.
The banker. a very shrewd business
man, was able to analyze the problem
and to discover the cause of the farm
er's financial difficulties. and he agreed
TO make the loan only on condition that
the borrower change his system Of
farming.
The system outlined by the banker
required that n portion Of the loan
should be used to purchase two COWS,
half a dozen pigs and a small flock Of
poultry. 1t also provided for a fair
sized vegetable garden. Grain farming
was to be continued as before. The
banker figured that the live stock and
the garden would. In poor as well as
in good seasons. fully support the
farmers table. He figured that in
poor years the farmer would be able
to play even and that in the good, and
even in the average year, the farm
would produce enough to gradually
wipe out the debt.
The farmer reluctantly agreed to the
bankers terms, received the loan and
met the conditions. In five years he
was out of debt and rated al a sub
stantial and prosperous farmer and
business man. To him farming had
ceased to be a game Of chance and had
become a business.
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Prettiest vassar Girl.

Poughkeepsie. N. Y. May a-,.-
Julia Anita Parker OF Hyde Part -
voted the prettiest girl in the sons1
more class of vassar college when =.
was chosen as the grand marshal :,
the bevy OF twenty-six girls who xm
carry the daisy chain at Commas
ment exercises June s. Miss Parker !.
tall and athletic. has dark hair s,s
brown eyes and an olive complexion
This Is the first time that the bn
nette type Of beauty has been hvorsd
In selecting a grand marshal.
The twenty-four chosen to carry IA.
daisy chain are:
Madeline Hunt. Brooxiine. Mass: Elo..
Cummings. Pittsburgh: Katharine ~.
Afee. Chicago: Margaret Hackney. John.
town: Marion serrie. Lockport: Phnln,
Marshall. Philadelphia: Jane Lyday. n.
trolt; Anna Goodenow. Jamaica Phs
Mas: Anne Gardner. o Vernon; A.
nabelle McEldowney. Pittsburgh: Joserh.
Inc Tailor. Engiewood. N. j.: Dorots,
Danforth, st. Louis: Dorothy Srh
Waikiki: Katharine Tilt. Chicago; Dsz
thy Carter. Huntington, N. T.: Dr.
Drummer, Hamburg: Helen Moore. Pa
ton, ~. j.; Margaret Bunum. East Hr.
ton, Mass: Anne Smith. Memphis. Tes
Laura Stilson. Cortland: Dorothy Cop>
baver. Washington; Rachel Beyner. b
vannah: Alice MacIlray. Tarrytown-
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To Take cen.u. of New York.

Albany, n. Y, May 4.-The census
enumeration of New York state, about
to begin, promises to be N Of the
largest and most extensive single sta
~tistical enterprises In the country. In
no other state or group Of states are
there so many people to be enumerated.
while the fact that the population Is
quite sparsely settled In certain parts
makes the problem all the more diff
cult and expensive.
Because the number and completely
of the interrogatories will be more ex-
tensive this year and a completion
within the short space Of two months
set by the constitution is necessary, Il
large number Of supervisors and emu
merators, clerks and interpreters will
be required.
But the average person In this state
has little knowledge Of the tremendous
amount Of work which must be under
taken under the direction Of the secre-
tary Of state during the coming months.
Already extensive preparations have
been made In anticipation of the great
task, which In its simplest phase in
wolves the counting of upward of the
100000 of inhabitants now estimated
to be in this state.
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should be remembered that individuals
of the improved breeds that have been
well handled and fed on a variety Of
feeds will eat more grass and get more
OIL Of 1t than animals that have been
confined in yards and pens and fed al
most entirely on concentrates. With
the latter class the stomachs have not
been expanded, and they are MOI capa-
BILE Of holding much coarse feed, and
consequently such hogs cannot give as
good returns for grass consumed.
1t is safe to say that pigs weighing
from 125 to $50 pounds will consume
ten to twelve quarts Of grass per day
while being fed Stops and a fairly good
ration of grain feeds. An acre of
clover growing on good rich soil in the
early part of the season will furnish
pasture for at least ten pigs Of the
size mentioned. Four or five brood
sows, with their filters of pigs, can
also be pastured on an acre Of clover.
Good judgment necessarily must be
used in this matter. Overpasturing is
not desirable, but an effort should be
made to keep enough animals on each
acre of pasture to keep the grass eaten
down before 1t attains a rank growth.
Swine eat only the short and tender
grass. Few of the rank and coarse
stems are consumed. In case a suf-
ficient number of animals to keep the
g ass eaten down cannot be kept in a
field, as 500 as the clover blossoms
It should be moved and cured for hay,
after which a new growth will start,
which the pigs will relish. In this
way the maximum results from the
clover will be secured.
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COVER CROPS ESSENTIAL.

A blanket of cover crops is needed In
every orchard at least half the year.
An old orchard on sloping land, which
is inclined to grow heavy wood on
the trees at the expense of fruit bear
ing, needs a thick cover crop, such as
common red or mammoth clover. In
some successful orchards alfalfa has
been used, and, though it Is not gen.
orally regarded as a desirable orchard
cover crop, there are instances where
the alfalfa in ar old orchard has been
pastured by hogs and has proved an
advantage for a year or two. 1t is then
turned under and the orchard Gull
tivated clean for a couple of seasons,
with winter v crops of crimson
clover or vetch.
The barometer of the orchard condi-
ton is the growth Of wood and the
condition in which fruit Is matured.
If the cover crop is too heavy and Is
allowed to sap the ground of moisture
I'm midsummer the fact will immediate
ly be noted in slow maturing fruit and
short growth on the terminal branches
of the trees.
Many old trees need to be checked in
their growth Of wood to make them
produce. The abundance of blossoms
I'm an orchard Is evidence that the
heavy cover crop has had this effect
Country Gentleman.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-05-15

When Rome was in her glory and
the theater most popular distinctions
between spectators long remained I'M
known. When distinctions were made
the best seats were not assigned to the
priests, for the drama had no such re-
ugious significance for the Romans as
it had had for the Greeks, but were
set apart for the more aristocratic por-
ton of the community.
The orchestra was by aw set apart
for the senators. Later, perhaps after
81 B. c., the first fourteen rows back
of the orchestra were, by the law OF
Roscius Ohio, reserved at Rome for
the knights, says Art and Archaeology.
Similar arrangements obtained in Ro-
man theaters outside Of Rome. though
In a provincial town like Pompeii as
many as fourteen rows of seats can
hardly have been necessary for the
knights.
Augustus regulated the whole mat
fer afresh. He confirmed the special
already granted to senators
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TO IMPROVE THE FRUIT.
Thinning Advised For Those Who Want
Product of Hiqh Quality.

Thinning Advised For Those Who Want
Product Of High Quality.
To many it is a waste of time and
labor to thin fruit trees, but with few
exceptions it should be done. When
the tree bears a light crop little thin
ming Is necessary, but since most
trees bear too much it is necessary to
thin them to obtain fruit of proper
quantity and quality. The purpose OF
thinning is to secure large. healthy,
well favored fruit in culling out the
knotty, diseased, i'll favored ones. In
order to prevent waste. feed the culls
to hogs and poultry.
Culling out can be gagged by no fast
rule. 1t is seldom overdone since the
fruit grows fast up to harvest time. 1t
Is best to pull each wormy and blight
ed fruit. Such fruit will either drop
from the tree before picking OF prove
worthless for storage or marketing.
Thinning will also prevent good fruit
from contamination. In addition. the
remaining fruit has a greater chance Of
development because the tree Is not
called upon to nourish those infested.
The fruit produced from trees that
have been thinned Is of far superior
quality.-American Agriculturist.
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FARM WISDOM.

} There is no reason why the
1, farm home should not be Just as
attractive as the city home. In
arranging farmhouse plans those
that are adapted to the city a
easily be changed to suit farm
needs. Make your wife's work
shop as attractive and conven-
lent as any to be found any
where.
The inside of a modern dairy
barn looks very different today
from the inside Of a dairy barn
twenty years ago. We are be-
ginning to realize that sunshine
is a necessary part of dairy SAM
tation. In fact, 1t is the princi-
pal factor.
The time is rapidly approach
ing when dairy products. the
same as all other commodities
used for food, viii be paid for
according to quality.
The septic tank deserves a
place on every farm. 1t Is one
means Of bringing city condi-
tions to the farm home.
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ANCIENT M THEATERs.

and to knights. He relegated the low
est classes to the highest seats and
made the women sit apart, likewise In
the uppermost places. 1t is possible
that he was the sponsor also for the
more exact regulations laid down con-
corning places of honor for magis-
trates, priests, etc.
The seats Of highest honor were
those on the t%ribunalia. Here the
editor and the emperor sat on the right
side. On the other tribunal the vestal
virgins had their places, and with them
the empress.
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Great land Opening.

Washington. May 3.-President VT
son has approved the opening to NJ
tlement of thousands Of acres in ts
Standing Rock Indian reservation h
North and South Dakota, under tie
homestead laws. After the two state
have made selections to which they an
entitled. there will remain $4,000 acre.
In North Dakota and 1900 acres n
South Dakota subject to entry.
Applications will be received at Tin.
Der Lake, s. D., and Bismarck. n. D..
after May 3 and allowed on May u
IN the absence Of conflicts.
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Alliance at urrentT Topics and Events

public safety. issued an order that
pittsburgh policemen hereafter must
recognize badges worn by boy scouts.
The order resulted from a complaint
received by the director that a man
claiming to be a patrolman had inter
fered with Harry Stein, a boy scout,
when the latter was trying to give first
aid to a little girl who had rushed from
her home with her clothing in flames
as the boy was passing. The girl later
died.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-05-15

In The War Time Diary of John
Hay" In Harper's Magazine is this rec
ord of a famous saying:
"The president Qincoln) tonight
(Dec. %. 1863 had a dream. He was
In a party Of plain people. and as 1t
became known who he was they began
to comment on his appearance. One
OF them said. He is a very common
looking man. The president replied:
The Lord prefers common looking
people. That is the reason he makes
so many Of them"
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Sir William Robert Robertson, Whe
Succeeds General Murray.

in the field was highly praised in a
dispatch by Sir John French. who said
that he "met what appeared to be al
most insuperable difficulties with his
characteristic energy, skill and deter
mination."
While Sir John, for the most part,
has to consider the ground In front Of
him. Sir William Robertson has had
to keep in touch not only with the
ground covered by the expeditionary
force. but with the centers OF supply
ut home. He must know the lay Of
Ypres, but he must know a great deal
about Birmingham and Manchester as
well.
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BROOKLYN. Bio Historical PAGEANT.

Brooklyn's BIG Historical Pageant.
New York. May o. Women have
made possible where men. frightened
by the war. failed. and the great
Brooklyn historical pageant is assured.
A spectacular play comprising a dozen
episodes depicting Brooklyn history
since the first settlement 300 years ago
will be staged in the T%wenty-third
Regiment armory for three perform
ances On Friday and Saturday. May 81
and %. Martin II. Weyranch is the
author.
General details were settled at a
meeting of the committee. OF the pro-
ceeds rs per cent will go TO Brooklyn
charities and the remainder toward the
fund which is being raised to build a
new home for the menagerie In Pros
pect park. Two thousand prominent
Brooklynites and a chorus OF 1000
voices from the schools will take part.
Rapid work is being made in the Sc
lection Of those who are to portray the
principal historical characters. There
viii be Henry Hudson. prominent
Dutch settlers and the young lovers in
the Melrose Hall episode. who outwit-
ted the British in their attempt to
seize George Washington. Washington
and Israel Putnam. Lord Stirling and
Others viii be represented in the Bat
tie OF Brooklyn.
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Paris. Nav "a habit dereloped
by French wives OF visiting their SOL
der husbands at the front has led
General Joffre to prohibit such visits
and warn the husbands OF punishment
for their wives disregard OF this or.
der. The perseverance OF the wives
In eluding the military guards Is r
markable In that II Is very difficult III
any noncombatant to get TO the FreneA
lines, even the official wal correspond
ents being allowed TO go there only
for very brief periods. The following
order was issued by the commander OF
n infantry regiment:
required by civil law. to strive for the
obedience OF his wife. Therefore every
married soldier must be In a position 10
prevent his wife from visiting him. The
worse for the married men II they have
not sufficient authority over their wives
10 enforce the obedience demanded by
the civil law. Therefore they are 10 %
made responsible for the obedience Of
their wives. II In former times a mar
ket woman succeeded In getting into the
army. inasmuch as II was not possible 10
throw her into prison. her husband was
imprisoned instead. since he was nnade
responsible for the poor military trainins
OF his wife. That method was not &c
foolish as II appears to be at ffrst glance
and II will be applied again In such cases
as occur.
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CLOVER FOR PICS.
Feed Sows and Their Litters on
Pasture.
PUT ABOUT TEN ON AN ACRE.
An Effort Should Be Made to Have
Enough Animals to Keep the Grass
Eaten Down Before II Attains a
Rank Growth.

The number of hogs that can be kept
on an acre OF clover pasture naturally
depends upon the kind and size of the
hogs and the natural fertility and pro-
d~uctiveness of the land on which the
clover is growing writes w. +. Purdue
In the National Stockman. Much also
depends on the weather, for If there is
an abundance of rainfall more feed
will be produced on a given area than
during a dry season.
In estimating the number of animals
that an acre Of pasture will support it
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-05-15
President May See Arizona Launched

President May See Arizona Launches.
New York, May 5.-The new super
Dreadnought Arizona, Of which more
than 80 per cent has been completed
at the navy yard in Brooklyn, viii %
launched early In June. and as 1901
as she takes the water preparations
will begin for the laying OF the Seel Oh
the still greater superb readnougns
California, which also Is to be built az
the navy yard. Contracts for the ma
terials to be used In the construction
Of the California are now being let.
The launching OF the Arizona Is e1'
pected to prove n Of the greatest ma
val celebrations in the history of New
York. The time selected for the great
ship to take her plunge into the Eas'
river Is one when the entire Atlantc
fleet will be in New York waters. max
ing it possible for $4,000 officers ana
men Of that organization to witness
the ceremony. President Wilson VIII
be urged to go to Brooklyn for JUG
launching. II he does he will he the
first president to witness a battlesnip
launching In New York In the last 'en
years.
The Arizona will be the fourth OF tpe
great ~battleships built In the New ioiN
navy yard to be launched, the otnel'
having been the old flagship Connec.I
cut, the D~readnought Florida ana ~.
super readnought New York, the ias'
named the new flagship OF the Auan
tic feet. When she goes overooa's
she probably will be about 90 per GER.
completed. which indicates hat IL VIZ
be early In the spring Of 1916 pelo'.
she is ready to take her place as
unit of the first super readnought or
vision of the Atlantic fleet. Her sd
ship. the Pennsylvania. was iauncn
at Newport News. Va. last Tuesaa''
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Profitable FEEDING.

AS o as the live stock farmer has
made a good start the silo and paved
feed lot must follow. The silo makes
profits in every direction, and a paved
lot permits the hogs to save IS per
cent of the corn fed to cattle above
what they would save If fed In the
usual mud lot, In addition to cattle
comfort and manur saved.
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sAciLLi STICKS TO FLY.

The bacilli that cause decay
are with the fly, aid they cling
to him when he wanders over
the baby's face and hands or
roosts upon the milk bottle.
Flies are the reason why the
undertaken keeps more than one
white hearse. +,
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Too great stress cannot be laid on
the importance of plenty of fresh air
in the poultry houses If the birds are
to keep in good condition.
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Declined With Thanks.

Beggar-Won't you give me n nickel
for my starving wife. sir? Pedestrian
doing. I'm married already.
philadelphia Ledger.
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Just Turned Il.

He-How old are you? She-Pve Just
turned twenty-three. He-Oh. ! see
thirty-two.- Boston Transcript
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The pouhryman who is looking for a fowl which is noted for its beauty
as well as its utility al do M better than to center his attention OF the Co
lumbar Plymouth Rock. This bird originated from a ross of White wyan-
dotte and Light Brahma- 1t las the fine markings of the Light Brahma and
the size and conformation Of the Rocks. 1t has a yellow, juicy. meaty car
casa and lays a good quantity Of big brown eggs The illustration shows a
Columbian cock.
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Charles c. McChord, Chairman Of the
interstate Commerce Commission.
commission authority and power to
regulate the railroads of hat state.
This was at a time when the I'M
precedented excitement and passion
existed in Kentucky. which resulted In
the assassination OF Governor Goebel
and forced the legislature to remove
its sittings from Frankfort to Louis
vile.
Since he has been a member Of the
Interstate commerce commission he has
reorganized and systematized the safe
ty work OF the commission into what
Is now known as the division of safety,
all OF whose work has been under his
SUPERVISION l19 Al
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Must Recognize Boy Scouts.

Pittsburgh. May 4.--Charles s. Hub
bard. director Of the department of
The Washington times., 1915-04-14
PRISONERS ALMOST
ESCAPED GERMANS
Crew Of Captured English Ship
Tried to Get Away While the
Wilhelm Was Sinking Vessel.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. April IA
When the German converted cruiser
Kronrrinz Wilhelm destroyed the Brit
ish ship Tamar the latter's crew. un-
Hing to go on board the raider as
prisoners, tried to escape, 1t was learn
ed today from the Wilhelm's officers.
Pernambuco was only $50 miles away.
and the British could have reached 1t
safely, t was agreed While the Ger
mans were preparing to sink the Ia
mar. however, they discovered that
their prisoners had swung their boats
outboard and were getting into them,
" vhereupon they were quickly bundled
onto the Wilhelm under guard.
1t came to light also today that the
British ship Bellevue was held along
side the wilhelm for sixteen days while
the former ''picE.-d its bones the loot
including 4O0o tons OF coal. 1,1Oc cases
of whisky, and several yoke of prize
oxen, on their way to South America.
The work Of stripping the Bellevue
was interrupted while the Wilhelm ran
down the French steamship Mount Age'
and sank t by ramming.
Secretary Daniels today sent orders
to Norfolk for the same board OF naval
experts who examined the Prinz Eitel
Erie rich to examine the Wilhelm ana
determine what repairs it needs. how
long they will take, and the quantity
Of fuel and provisions necessary to take
the raider to the nearest German port.