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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
Avoiding prcmnturit,.

Grwhhs-Does Eiffk!ns st.ll hang on to all OF
his bad habits?
Stuhbs-Oh. yes. He has been thinking OF re-
forming some of them. but. he believes firmly
that IL is never too late TO mend. he Is afraid
10 rush things and make amendment early.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
The I.ifcrncr Tcat-

DO you believe in the litcracy tcst?"
mot for immigrants: hut think II ought I
be applied to American authors'--Iife
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
Current Editorial Comment


In these troubled times, when
every day shows more clearly
the dangers that confront even
the most sincere neutrality. the
hearts Of all Americans should
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

Eihcott city. Md, now has woman mail
carrier 'aT be 1t from us to warn folk on
that route against writing pos,cardsI
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

have sought cocrcc rccacitrant members of
Congress by publicly attacking them. Mr.. Will
son has dono nothing like that. Other Presidents
have tried bring hostile Senator's and Repre-
scntatives into line 10y holding over their heads
the power OF the national organization and
threatening them with defeat. No such indct-
mcnt has been brought against Mr. Wilson
More than President has been accused OF
making deals with Congressman by which their
support obtained in consideration of cxccu-
tive approval OF legislation In which they were
Interested. No accusation OF that kind has been
lodged against Mr. Wilson. We arc assured
by n partisan Republican press that tho Presi-
dent Ia q despot who rules the House with an
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

a Pennsylvania importer mixed chicorv
with coffee, and now denies that no vioIatoI
the pure food law, coffee is a beverage
nov 1000. Nhlic the Quarter Sessions Court
Is struggling over the definition how about
selling chcory as coffee and oh,oinIng
money under false prctcnscs?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
First Aid
for Weary
Editors

about the flag and chivarous to women. Once
upon "a time this formula was an almost per-
feet substitute for Intelligence, but Of late il
has lost much of its charm. 1t is being suDcr-
seeded by :, method that is. the whole, best
identified with the New York Times. 1t is not
I, dif!icult method To learn. suppose the editor
is discussing votes for women; all he needs to
do is to pronounce the stupondous Judgment
that the grant OF suffrage to women Is rcpug-
nant To instincts that strike their roots deep
In the order of nature" What is required here
for skilful practice is little than a knowl-
edge Of the order OF nature. and "A competent
secretary to keep count Of tho instincts
Miracles always follow. for experience shows
that whatever the editor dsliiscs will prove
also to have been in dafavor when God Great Ell
the univcrac.--'rhc New Republic.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

Many Presidents have pur-
chased support in the House or
the Senate by the use OF patron
age. Mr.. Wilson'S bittcrcst on
ponent makes no such charge
against him. Certain Presidents
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
TELEPHONE. RANDOLPH 1

South RIchnond. ............ 1920 Hull street
......... 100 North Sycamore Street
j. ynchhurS. Observation-Disclosures us Eighth StEect
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
Some Cure. Anyhoy

Some Cure, Anyhow.
Say what you Will Of doctor men.
This should be understood:
That though they hurry their mistakes.
They always make them good.
THE TATTI4ER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22

But for certain convenient first
aids no editor would survive.
The simplest Is now somewhat
old fashioned. IL consists in be-
ing loyal to the party, worship
full of the business man. fervid
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-13
FEEDS upon Insects
BoboIink a Common Summer
| Resident in Northern States.
FEEDS MAINLY ON INSECTS
Also Devours Many Weed seeds-In
accurate Grading Cause of Much
Loss to Western Wool Crow
ers-Remedy Is Suggested.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
The bobolink, rice bird, or reed bird.
is common summer resident Of the
United States, north Of about latitude
! 40 degrees, and from New England
westward to the Great Plains, winter
ing beyond our southern border. In
New England there are few birds
about which so much romance clus-
ters as this roilicking songster, natur-
ally associated with sunny June
meadows; but in the South there are
none on whose head SO many maledic-
tions have been heaped on account OF
its fondness for rice.
During its sojourn in the northern
states it feed mainly upon insects and
seeds Of useless plants; but while rear
ing Its young, insects constitute its
chief food, and almost the exclusive
diet of its brood. After the young are
able to fly, the whole family gathers
into a small flock and begins to live
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-13

= pOuQQ, DelOre securing. III Lu6
American fleece the kind of wool that
this manufacturer really wanted
amounted to S6.79 per cent. Of the
total; in the foreign fleece to 1886 per
cent. A more accurate system OF
grading had given this manufacturer
IL per cent more Of what he wanted
than the American methods. In con-
sequence the foreign sheep grower
got the larger price for his fleece.
The manufacturer paid for the i'm
ported wool % cents pound and for
the domestic wool 181k cents a
pound-a difference of 9B cents. By
the time shrinkage. 'off sorts" etc.,
had been deducted, however, the
cost per clean pound to the manufac-
turer of the wool he wanted was 41.32
cents for the American fleece and
1859 cents for the imported-a differ
ence of only 3.37 cents. 1t may have
cost the foreign grower little more
to prepare his fleece, but he more
than recovered this in the higher
price he sold 1t for.
The bulletin suggests Is rules for
the wool grower which, 1t is said, no
one can afford to neglect if he is at
all solicitous of the reputation Of his
clip. These rules are:
1. Adhere to a settled policy of
breeding the type of sheep suitable
to the locality.
g. Sack lambs, ewes, wethers' and
all buck, or very oily fieeces sepa-
rately. If the bucks or part of the
ewes or wethers have wool Of widely
different kind from the remainder of
the flock, shear such separately and
put the wool In separate sacks so
marked.
8. Shear all black sheep at one time,
preferably last, and put the wool in
separate sacks.
4. Remove and sack separately all
tags, and then allow no tag discount
upon the clip as whole.
5. Have Slated floors in the hold
ing pens.
3. Use a smooth, light and haru
glazed preferably paper twine.
z. Securely knot the string on each
fleece
8. Turn sacks wrong side out and
shake we'll before filling.
g. Keep wood dry at all times
10. Make the brands on the sheep
as small as possible and use brand
ing material that will scour out.
II. Know the grade and value Of
your wool and price it accordingly.
12 Do not sweat sheep excessively
before shearing.
IS. Keep the corral sweepings out
of the wool.
H. Do not sell the wool before 1t
Is grown.
Is. When all these rules are fol-
lowed place your personal brand or
your name upon the bags or bales.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-13
FEED THE PIGS SEPARATELY
Young Animals May Be Given Same
Ration as That Provided for Moth
ers During Nursing Period.

When the pigs are from four to six
weeks old they will begin to eat with
the sows.
They should be fed separately by
penning off small space on the feed
ing floor or hog lot where the young
pigs have access to the feed.
The feed should be given in a small
trough which can be cleaned easily
before each feeding.
The pigs may be given the same ra-
ton as provided for their mothers dur
ing the nursing period and continued
on the same ration after weaving.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-13
CABBAGE STORING is SIMPLE
cheapIy Constructed Bank or Hillside
Root Cellar Is Only Shelter
Needed-keep Place Cool.
tBy K A. K1RKpATR1cK. Minnesota

By x. A. KIRKPATRIcK. Minnesota
Experiment Station.)
Cabbage storing is rather simple
and easy. The shrlnkage is small. A
cheaply constructed bank or hillside
root cellar, or basement under al
mcst any farm building, is the only
storehouse necessary. This should not
be too dry and should be a place
which could be kept at temperature
of about 40 or so degrees in the early
part OF the season. This is often &C
complished by opening the doors to let
in the cool night air and closing them
to keep out the warmer air during the
remainder of the day. Later, of course,
the doors must be kept closed contin-
uously.
In storing, most growers place the
heads in a cellar with all leaves and
roots attached. Mary market garden
ers have a better plan. They cut on
the stalk as though preparing the
heads for market, but leave two or
three rough leaves to- protect the more
tender parts. They then pack in or
binary cabbage crates and rack these
crates up, leaving a gangway every
third or fourth tier for air circula-
tion.
This work is not particularly diff
cult, and will certainly pay the grow
er we'll if it increases the selling price
Of his production eight or tenfold. For
the last few years, it has been market
ed and harvested at from SIS to $3.50
a ton. The purchaser has stored 1t
and sold it during the late winter for
S5C or $50 a ton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-13


almost entirely upon vegetable food.
This consists for the most part of
weed seeds, since in the North these
birds do not appear to attack grain
to any great extent. They eat few
oats, but their stomachs do not reveal
a great quantity Of this or any other
grain.
AS the season advances they gather
into large flocks and move southwark,
until by the end of August nearly all
have left their breeding grounds. On
their way they frequent the reedy
marshes about the mouths Of rivers
and on the infaza waters Of the coast
region and subsist largely upon wild
rice. In the mfddle states. duyins
their southwark migration, they are
commonly known as reed birds, and
becoming very fat are treated as
game.
Formerly, when the low marshy
shores of the Carolinas and some of
the more southern states were de-
voted to rice culture the bobolinks
made great havoc both upon the
sprouting rice in spring and upon the
ripening grain on their return migra-
ton In the fail With change IN
the rice-raising districts, however,
this damage is no longer done.
;, Cooperative Marketing Of Wool.
! Serious losses are often suffered by
the flock master because Of improper
methods of handling the clip. West
ern wool growers are paid lower
prices than foreign producers because
of inaccurate grading. In recent
years they have made some ad.
vancement in clipping and assort'
ing feeces as shown by cleaner
clips being offered for sale in
some localities. In the West some
of the large sheep breeders associa-
tions have officially recommended
certain changes in the handling of
wool by the growers. 1t is estimated
that improper methods Of preparing
the wool for shipment cost the flock
master froM one to three cents 8
pound, for the manufacturer is fire.
quently put to an extra expense,
against which, of course, he protects
himself byelowering the price to the
grower.
To remedy this condition, some
form of cooperation among wool
growers in any given region is urged
In a new publication Of the depart
ment of agriculture bulletin 206, "The
Wool Grower and the Wool Trade"
The individual alone can do little to
improve matters, for his clip is like
" to be too small to induce the buy
ers to make any alteration in their
accustomed methods Of estimating
wool values. With cooperation, how
ever, it should be possible to prepare
the entire clip of any section so that
the reputation Of its wool would be
enhanced and the growers obtain the
full market value Of their product, A
sufficient number Of wool growers
should be included in each eo-opera-
tive association to enable at least
1000 or 5000 pounds Of each of the
various grades 70 be marketed at one
time.
Co-eperasfsn VII OF course. do lit
tie good. howevsr. unless the tndfvid-
ual growers follow improved methods
of handling the clip. An instance Of
the present lew price Of American
wool as compared with foreign is
given Ia the banstin already naen-
toned TwS lists Of woei of the same
grade, one of them from Idaho and
the other from Australia, were pHr-
chased ~ Philadelphia manufactur-
er-tl1e American at 1Sk cents Q
pound and the foreign one at 2s cents
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-13
Tho Furrow Slice.

Regardless of the time when piow-
ing is done, whether spring or fall, the
rurrow slice should be 6rmed down
in close contact With the subseil.
Whether or not 1t Is so firmed down Is
expressed largely in the yield OF crop
at harvest time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-13
Fattenina Wethers for Market.

ToetcHTE9 WUTTSr0 TOT Witt rSv~
The wethsrs intended for the fall
market should be taken from the
aook, put by themselves. and fed lib
eraily e1til they are so fat that an
other weeks feeding will not add a
pound.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-04
MUSIC PAINFUL TO BISMARCK
"MeIodles Cling to Me-" Said the
Chancellor, land Find It Diff
cult to Release Myself"

Talking of the arts, Bismarck said:
"Of music am very fond, but now l
have to abstain from hearing it, be-
cause tears come only too readily into
my eyes. My heart is stronger than
my head. Indeed, what self-control
l have has been bought by experience"
Many instances occurred during our
conversations which gavs the truth to
this assertion.
The extreme mobility Of his coun.
tenance and the various shades Of ex.
preston which passed over 1t told of a
sensitive, emotional temperament.
But have fire within me still which
burns at times with fury Upon that
l asked: Are you in reality the Iron
CHANCELLOR NO" he said, mot natur.
ally; the iron l have created to use
when necessary" And that believed
to be true
asked him if he knew Wagner per.
sonally. YES" he answered; but 1t
was quite impossible for me to care for
him or to encourage his society. l had
not time to submit to his Unsuitable
vanity. Before breakfast, at breakfast
before and after dinner, Wagner de-
manded sympathy and admiration. His
egotism was wearisome and intoler'
able, and his demand for listener
was so incessant that was obliged to
avoid his company. was too busy
with my affairs to be able to give him
all or even a portion of the demands
he would have claimed upon my time
But admire his music greatly, though
l have been compelled to give up go
ing to the opera, because the beautiful
and touching melodies l cannot get
out of my head; they cling to me, and
l find it difficult to release myself from
them, and now it tires me to be sc
much moved."-From Conversations
With Prince Bismarck" by w. B
Richmond the English Painter, in the
North American Review.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-04
Splendid Memory,

Recently Philip O'Day, a coal deal.
er of Brooklyn, died and 1t was found
that for nearly twenty years he had
kept complete tally of his business in
his head. He had not the slightest
knowledge of arithmetic, as taught,
but according to his own methods was
able to remember who owed him ant
whom he owed, down to a cent
His sons associated with him in the
business kept private account book
but they never dared let their father
know about it. Just before his death
the coal merchant told them the names
Of all debtors and the amounts due
Even in his dying moments he spoke
with scorn of the need his sons found
for using pencil and paper to take
down what he told them. After their
father had passed away the sons
found his memory was even better
than their account book. for they had
neglected putting down certain sums
the old merchant had reported to
them.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-04
coroner's Ancient Nuisances.

Somebody invented coroners three
centuries before Columbus discov-
cred America. It was job Of much
distinction and there were no fees at
tached, says the Philadelphia Ledger.
But even when oliver Cromwell was
a lad, folks in England began to abuse
coroners and call them grafters. or
whatever it was they called folks in
that day who got something for moth
ing. And Blackstone, whose name is
often used as a synonym for common
law, declared that coroners were not
only an unnecessary nuisance but that
they often stood in the way of Justice
Several states are now trying to
abolish coroners. but progress is slow.
II it were as easy to eradicate an old
office as a new one fear no coroner
would survive the slaughter. When
I asked an eminent Judge what cor.
oners are good for. his reply was:
ITO draw salaries"
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-04
MERiToRIoUs WORK

Today ends the session of the six
ty-third congress, that will go down
into history as the most memorable
and humane congress ever assembled
since the founding of this great re-
public. When the north and the south
We're arrayed in deadly combat, con-
gress had many perplexing questiors
to confront, but these pale into in
significance when we compare them
with the grave questions that had to
be met when the present Democrat
ic administration assumed power.
Tie tariff question that las been
foisted upon the people for the past
forty years by the Republican party
and whose workings had been steadily
dividing this great republic into two
classes (the rich and the poor and
under whose protecting wing, many
a fortune has been illegally wrung
from the dampened brow of the Ia
boring classes, required immediate ad
justment, that all might STARE and
benefit from products made with their
own hands. The question of nation
al finance that has been a nightmare
to former administrations for the
past thirty years. was to be faced
and adjusted by a president and con-
gress of our peers, and such laws
framed and passed as would place
the government in power instead OF
private financiers during a monetary
stringency. The freeing of the great
and growing country of Alaska from
the hands of corporation greed. is an
achievement of tie Wilson admins
tration that will ever live in his
tory, and will be cherished by gen.
erations yet unborn. Rut tie crown
ing achievement of them all was the
resembling of former law, passed
by Republican congress and signed
by Republican president, granting
to a private shipping trust the free
use of the Panama Canal. These laws
although strenuously opposed by the
money power. are proving of such ad-
vantage to the business interest, that
encomiums of praise are heard on ev
ery hand, and an era Of prosperity is
in sight, such as the country has not
enjoyed for many years.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-04
Soldiers Of the klna.

The change which education has
made in the British army in the
last quarter Of century comes out
again in the craving Of the Kings Liv.
erpool regiment for magazines to read
always acceptable in the trenches
and defenses." The illiterate private
of Mr.. Kipling's early stories has van.
ished, leaving In his place a man as
physically capable and as high-spirit.
ed and also Of quicker and better-fur.
nished intelligence. who has tri.
umphantly shown himself to be able
to make a success Of the new military
training. with its wisely bold policy
of evoking the soldiers capacity for
making the best use Of himself on
the battlefield. The needs are not
those of the old Mulvaneys and Lea.
royds-if these ever existed-but those
of sensitive, highly.civilized men,
Manchester Guardian.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-04
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES

All morning services as usual next
Sunday. Sabbath school at 10 a. m.
Subject, Saul Amounted King Il
Sam. 9:17 to 10:D Preaching SER
vice at IL a. m.
The Annual meeting of the congre-
CATION will be held on March 2Sth
at II a. m A full report from all the
departments of the church is expec-
ted to be in at that time said re-
ports to be in writing.
Christian Endeavor at 6 p. m. Top
ic. How to make This a Happier
World" prov. 3:13-1S).
The Bible study class will meet
Wednesday evening at 1880 o'clock
with Mrs. Charles Trenoweth.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-04
bates is incalculable.

bates is incalculable.
The House passed a comprehensive
gcod-roads bill providing an initial
expenditure of twenty five milli ms
per year, hut it died in the Senate.
The House also approved the most
drastic CHILD labor law ever consider
ed by congress. 1t bars from inter-
state commerce the products Of all
establishments employing children un-
der a certain age limit. 1t will prob
ably become a law during the next
congress.
Legislation of the utmost impOr-
tance to the west also passed the
House, but failed in the Senate.
Among these measures were cong s.
man Fergusson's $40 acre Homestead
bill, the Ferris bills providing for
the leasing of the governments coal.
oil and asphaltum lands and water
power sites and Fosters radium bill.
Most of these bills will go through
next Congress in some form.
Much Work Remains
The sixty-third congress didn't ush-
er in the millennium. There is plenty
of work left for the siNty-fourth CON-
gress and for the many other congress
ses which will assemble in. the his
toric old Capitol on the hill. But the
sixty-third Eas set pace for hard
work and consistent endeavor which
its successors will find It difficult to
sustain.
1t was a Democratic Congress
Democratic in name and in spirit.
1t gave more thought to the ideals
and the ambitions OF the mass of the
Americaun people than any congress
since the Civil war. May We be able
to write as glorious an epitaph for
the sixty-fcurth.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-04

A company has been incorporated
with a capital of $4,000 to operate
an auto line between Denver. Golden,
Lookout mountain. Estes park, Gen
essee park, Bear Creek and Idaho
Springs. The incorporators include
citizens Of Denver, Golden and Idaho
Springs. A representative of the new
company is now in the east negot-
iating for twelve steamer autos to
handle the tourist traffic between the
points of operation. If Guy hill Sec
tion of the Gilpin county auto road
Is rebuilt this spring, one or two of
the cars will be run to Central City.
Geo. X. Kimball. of Idaho Springs,
Is one Of the prime movers in TIE
proposition.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-04
NOTICE OF STOCK
HOLDERS MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders Of
The Iron City Milling company, will
be held in the office Of the company
in Central City, State of Colorado,
on Friday tie twelfth Q2th) day of
March 1915 at the hour of two O'Clock
p. m.
The meeting will be held for the
purpose OF electing three directors to
serve during the ensuing year and fer
the transaction of such other busi-
ness as may legally come before It..
Central City,. Colorado, Feb. 25th.
1915. L. A. DUFFIELD, Secty.
1st pub. Feb. 25, 1915. last March
4th, 1915.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-04
Effective Water s.eriiIzer..

Two ozone Understanding plants
at Nice supply 40 and 80 gallons OF abb
solutely germ-free water per second.
The ozone generator is Of copper
plates. with glass sheets between, and
the air between the plates is decom.
posed by silent electric discharge Of
10000 volts. The nitrogenous products
being removed by filter, the ozone is
passed into a chamber into which the
water falls as rain through gravel-cov-
cred netting.
Gilpin observer., 1915-03-04
Why He Noticed II.

Here is another story that can be
pinned to Whistler:
He was dining at London home
when titled guest leaned forward to
address him.
Il saw one of your works in Paris.
Mr., James Mcneil Whistler" he said.
Indeed! May l ask what drew your
attention to it?"
Your name, Mr.. Whistler. 1t was
the longest one in the list of artists"