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The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
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ADD TO VALUE OF PROPERTY
Cleveland Landscape Artist Makes 1t Clear How Trees Give Substantial
 Return to Owner.

'If trees do have an effect on real estate. what is that effect?" says Fred erick Noble Evans, landscape artist Of Cleveland, Ohio.
 Tt would be an assumption of the real estate mans total lack of obser- vation to argue the point, that the ef- feet of a well-grown tree or tree group on lot gives somehow a substantial appearance to the whole of the prop erty. The sense of permanency at taching to the tree seems in our mind to spread to the house also.
 "The household itself our imagina- tion suggests, must be founded on something substantial That house a little farther down the street, built in the same style, and just as large, with no tree on the lot, seems tran sient, of sudden growth and about to take sudden departure. Of the two, If we are prospective buyers, we would choose the property with the tree near by, for we cannot but feel that life would be just a little more worth living here. l once heard a commercial traveller say that in choos- ing the house that he finally pur- chased he had let his imagination do the deciding
 He had merely shut his eyes and considered which one he would rather come home to. The property which he bought had trees on it. If one of us had been the broker, we would probably have felt indebted to the arboreal specimen for the sale"
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
PLEA FOR BETTER GARDENS
Writer in California Journal Points Out Defects That Exist in Most
 Pleasure Grounds.

We should make our gardens livable and then live in them. to an extent equal with the English who pass greater portion of their time in the garden than any other people, says writer in the Los Angeles Times. It is largely a matter of attitude. As a nation we seem to think that whether one has a garden or not is a mere in- cident or matter of taste. We should learn to regard it as neces- sity; necessary to the preservation and enjoyment of perfect health, both collectively and individually. Dr. Wilhelm Miller says: We cannot be pink-eheeked nation until America Is one great garden. as England is.
 We must first make our garden com fortable, and i'll gaining this most i'm pertant point will come the true gar den For it will never do to seek com fort in a garden that every day looks as though it had just come from the barber shop and Turkish bath One of our greatest American park and garden builders, after being shown through Southern California s most spectacular garden, said it might be likened to freshly-trimmed French poodle. No rest and relaxation, spir- itually, may be found in such gardens, not matter how many seats, benches and arbors may be provided for phys ical rest, for heartfelt comfort and re- taxation, both mental and muscular will still be lacking We need more of comfort, less of Journalism and if we make our garden comfortably beauti- full in the fullest sense of the word, we cannot choose but to love it.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Vines for Concrete House.

A correspondent wishes to know what vines she should plant to com. pletely cover a concrete house of rough exterior finish, the enveloping process to be as rapid as possible. Plant alternately, about six feet apart, all around the house vines of Ficus Repens and Bignonia Tweedi- ana. The former will spread laterally and cover the lower parts, while the latter will rapidly ascend to the high. CT parts. It may be as we'll to cut off the lower shoots of Bignonia in order to hasten it's upward growth. for the Ficus will surely cover all below.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Artificial Limbs.

A recent number of the Berlin Medical Weekly notes the excellent quality of work done by United States manufacturers of artificial limbs. One case is cited of subject who eight years ago in America had suffered am putation of both arms and both legs as a result of gangrene following se- were electrical burns The man." says the medical journal, after six months practice in exercising the stumps was supplied with four arti- f1eial limbs by an American manufae- turer. He became able then to earn his living; could walk without a limp and had covered without cane eleven and one-quarter miles in day. He was able to feed himself, to dress and undress and in fact seemed to show no great incapaeity." It was proposed to show him for moral ef. feet to soldiers who had lost limbs in battle
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
 SpIit Pea Soup With Ham Bone

Wash one pint of split peas in cold water and drain. Add an onion quar tered, with three cloves stuck in each quarter and a little sprig each of pars ley. celery and bay leaf. If you have no celery. use celery salt.
 As soon as the contents of the ket tie reach a good boil, push back OF the fire and simmer three or foui hours with a ham bone or bacon rind until the peas are tender. The fire less cooker is d good place for this overnight. When ready to use. press through coarse colander. season with pepper and salt. heat and serve with croutons.-Ladies' World.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02

they are found to be very practical. What they lack in size they gain in egg production, being the most pro- life of all breeds of geese. averaging from 50 to 50 eggs a year. In size, aptitude to fatten, and ease of man. agement they appear in no respect in ferior to other geese, while the quail ity of flesh is decidedly superior.
 They are exceedingly graceful in ap- pearance, quite hardy, and the young mature early. There are two varieties of Chinese geese-the Brown and the White. They have medium sized heads. with large knob at base of a medium-length bill, and long, graceful. ly arched neck. The backs are zne- dium in length, and the breast is round and full, body of medium size, round and plump; wings large and strong; thigh bones short and stout. and shanks of medium length
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
EXERCISE FOR LAYING HENS
Erroneous impression Prevails Among Certain Poultrymen That Fowls
 Should Be Kept Moving.

The matter of exercise for laying hens is one of great importance to the breeder, and one which means much to the man who is producing eggs for the market only. There is common impression prevailing among certain unenlightened poultrymen that fowls should be kept on the move all day long, but this is extremely erroneous, especially in the case of winter egg production. and it has been proved most conclusively that fowl will lay more eggs at a lower cost when not required to take an excessive amount of exercise.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Mock Cherry Pie.

One cupful cranberries, cut open half cupful raisins chopped fine, one cupful sugar, half cupful boiling wa ter one tablespoonful cornstarch dis solved in cold water. one tablespoon ful vanilla: turn cold water on the cranberries to remove seeds This makes one pie baked in custard pic plate-two trusts Boil all together a few minutes until berries are done then add cornstarch. the same as foI cream pie Add vanilla last.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Must Have Sunshine. All animal life must have sunshine. and poultry is no exception.
Chickens to Fatten

Chickens of from tbree and one hall to four and one-half pounds are the most profitable to put in the fattening crates. Two parts oats. one part buck. wheat and one part corn, all finely ground, mixed wth sufficient butter. milk to make batter. makes an ex. cellent ration for crate feeding With suitable birds an increase of one pound may be expected from three to five pounds of meal fed.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
By EDWARD B. CLARK.

N tropical Panama one rain dropping evening two years ago 1 sat on the porch of the house of resident
 SS45S American listening to the H A dolorous cry of the Bohia bird. which is the whip
 poorwill of the far south land. It was time and a place for dreaming, and my host. like myself. was silent Suddenly he brought me to an awakening with the quick words: Come, stop listening to the bird, and tell me about Frank Lane"
 Frank Lane." I queried, "whos S he?"
 You Washington man. half ex- claimed my host. and you ask me who Frank Lane is %
 Then 1 came to with a realizing sense that the Frank Lane of famil- Lane, the secretary of the interior in the cabinet of Woodrow Wilson.
 Former Newspaper Reporter.
 My host, on that tropie night in wet and blessed Panama, was a judge of one of the courts established un- der the American administration. 1 told him all that l could of the re- cent doings of Mir. Lane, of his serv- ice as interstate commerce commits sioner, and how certain known views of his on conservation doubtless had made him the presidents choice for the interior portfolio.
 Then l was told in turn how 1t was that the judge had called the cabinet officer so quickly and so naturally by his shortened Christian name. The judge and the secretary once upon a time had been fellow reporters on a newspaper in the far Northwest of the United States.
 How was it that Franklin K Lane became secretary of the interior? He became conservationist. that is, a saver of things by destroying things. In other words, when there was a big fire in San Francisco quite a number of years ago it was MT. Lane who made the electric connection which sent the spark to a quantity of dyna- AhiSO biV" uP a anu checked the course of the contiagra- tion. thereby saving an immense amount of property
 Speeches Say Something.
 Once on a time Franklin K. Lane made a speech. It was short one. but 1t was full of meat It dealt with conservation. It combined in thought a scheme for using the natural re- sources to their full limit and yet of saving them to posterity. l have al ways liked to believe that it was this speech which in considerable part made Mir. Wilson choose Mir. Lane as his secretary of the interior.
 Politics never had cut much of a figure in securing appointment pre- ferment for Franklin K Lane. In the year 1902 Mir. Lane was can didate for governor of California. He was defeated. but the campaign which he made and the causes which he espoused attracted wide attention
 Roosevelt Knew Him.
 ". R. Wheeler of San Francisco suggested to Theodore Roosevelt. then president of the United States. that
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Civilization and Savaoery,

The one great difference between the savage and civilized man is that the former clings to the past. while the latter is always looking to the flu. ture. Civilizations systems of thought and life are constantly progressing but the sayage's systems are held sta tionary by customs and religions of a long-past age. We are ruled by imag ination, but the savages world is dom mated by nightmare of tradition.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
EVER-WELCOME PUMPKIN PIE
No improvements Have Been Made on Cooking Methods Used by Our
 Grandmothers.

Our grandmothers often baked their pumpkin pies in square biscuit tins. and always with scalloped rim. While their pumpkins came without exception straight from the tield-the heaviest golden sphere they could com pass-we of today are in many cases forced to use the canned pumpkin. and excellently good it is. If fortunate enough. however, to get the genuine pumpkin, it seems more "Thanksgiv- ing" to follow grandmother's example from the start In this case having caught your pumpkin-a small sweet sugar one preferred-wash, cut up without peeling, scrape out all the woody fiber. then put over the fire on the back of the stove. Add just little water to keep it from sticking on the bottom, cover closely and steam gently for six or eight hours. At the end of this time the pumpkin pulp should be thoroughly cooked in it's own juices. Take up. cool a little, then pull off the skin with sharp knife. Press through a sieve and let it stand over night in press so as to remove the superfuous liquid. When ready to bake, measure the pulp and to every five cupfuls allow one teaspoonful of salt, half a grated nutmeg, a table spoonful of mace. two teasponfuls of ginger and a large eupful of sugar. Beat four eggs and stir into the pump kin pulp. together with four eupfuls of sweet milk and half cupful of cream. Beat well and taste to see if it is sweet enough. Turn into plates lined with good pastry and bake three-quar' ters of an hour until firm in the cen ter and rich, golden brown. Serve with onnl 4 n1.icar chanSn
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Helps His Employees.

A German inventors potato plant CT is featured by hollow wheels through which the cut tubers are fed into excavations made by spades at taehed to the sides of the wheels
 One of the new forms of concrete piles is made by driving a re-enforced metal casing into the ground, with drawing the reinforcement and filling the casing with concrete.
 A combination intrenching tool pat. ented by a Cincinnati inventor serves as a spade. ax. adz. pick. saw and bull let shield for a soldiers head or body.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
BEST MEDICINE FOR THE LIVER

BONDS PILLS, intended solely for the Liver and Bowels, stimulate these organs and act as an aid to Nature in the perform anee of her duties
 One BONDS PILL at bed time, prompt ly relieves Headache, Biliousness, Constipa- tion, Dizziness, Sour Stomach and such troubles that arise from Torpid Liver or. Bowels Don't accept substitute. All Druggists, 25c.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
The Climax

We had bad accident the last time we were out motoring What was it?' We were so unfortunate as to knock down man and fracture his skull" That was bad" But that wasn't the unfortunate part Of it. The man was holding a sharp knife in his hand, and the point of it punctured our tire"
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
L. & NAQUIN,
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You

Send ten cents to Dr. kilmer & Go, Bnghamton, N. Y, for a sample size bot tie. It will convince anyone. You will also receive booklet of valuable infor nation, telling about the kidneys and blad- der When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one dollar size bottles for sale at all drug ktores-AdY.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
No Room for Them.

Isn't there a notion that spirits walk the earth on Halloween? ?" Yes" replied Mir Growcher. But they don't. None of them would dare take chance on meeting the small boys who have taken charge of that particular date
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Changing Fashions in Yards

Fashions in yards change nowadays along with fashions in gowns, hats and husbands Large flower beds in con. spicuously central places must be done away with in favor of landscape gardening, preferably in corners of the yard or where the massing will have it's full effect
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Escitino Moments

Uncle. have you had many exciting adventures in your life?" "Oh. yes my boy. Several times l have been caught in motor cars driven by foo friends who wanted to show me thai their cars could make sixty miles ar hour. ."-Detroit Free Press.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Five Years Suffering
 From Kidney Trouble

IL affords me much pleasure to write vou telling of the merits of your medicine i have been under the care of doctors for five years. They said an operation was imperative. 1 had already taken great quantity of medicines. After reading about Dr. Kilmer's wonderful Swamp, Root decided to give it trial. When would walk any distance my stomach would hurt me so I would have to cry out with pain, my limbs would ache. and my hips got numb as if paralyzed; but after using six bottles of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root I cannot praise it too highly. My friends are surprised to see me looking so we'll
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
STOP THAT HACKING COUGH

Mansfield formerly Hungarianp Cough Balsam heals the inflamed and lacerated membranes and quiets the tickling nerves that lie underneath the infected portions. Invaluable for ba- bies. Price 25c and 50c.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Advantage of New Neiobbo,s

There's one advantage new neigh. bors have over old ones"
 What is it?"
 They don't know you we'll enough not to return promptly the garden tools they borrow"
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Consistent.

Higgins is always preaching pre- paredness.
 "Yes," and he practices what he breaches, too. He always manages to be out when bill collectors call" ,"
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Usinu His Name

The agent who sold he this set of books told me he wanted to use my name with other citizens" Hes do- ing that, all right. l heard him last night telling a gang how easy you were."
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02

California should have representation on the interstate commerce commits sion. Another Californian of great prominence spoke to MT. Roosevelt about giving California the place which was suggested, and had some thing to say about Mir. Lane. He found that MT Roosevelt already knew good deal about Mr Lane.
 After the presidential election of 1904 Theodore Roosevelt remembered about MT. Lane, and he gave him the next vacancy on the commission.
 He's Jolly and Beamine.
 Franklin Knight Lane is jolly man with beaming face. He can keep his own counsel if it is necessary. and he is likely to turn away inquiries con corning certain matters connected with the interior department with story or two which have points so sharp as to compensate the inquirer for the disappointment of not getting answers to his questions. Mir. Lane. however, tells newspaper correspond ents everything that it Is proper for him to tell them concerning matters with which his department has to deal
 Some time ago a newspaper editor wrote to a large number of bankers in the United States and asked each one to tell who his choice would be for the Democratic nomination for the presidency in case MT Wilson should decline to run for a second term :. great majority of the bankers, in writ ing back named Franklin K. Lane The bankers, apparently, had not read the newspapers, nor had they studied the biographies of our prominent men as they should have done to keep in formed
 Couldn't Be President.
 Perhaps the financial pages of the press and the big treatises on money matters formed the bulk of their read ing. Apparently not more than half a dozen of the bankers who answered the editors question knew that Frank lin Knight Lane was ineligible to the presidency of the United States Mir. Lane was born in Prince Edwards island. British possession, fact which. of course. under the Constitu- tion of the United States forbids his election to the presidency.
 Secretary of the Interior Franklin K Lane and Mrs. Lane go a good deal into society, but in considerable part it is the society of the interior de- partment employees. their wives and their children. The secretary has or ganized a social club and 600 clerks of the great department have enrolled themselves as members
 Helps His Employees.
 The interior departments social or ganization is called the Home club. 1t has leased the big house in Lafay- ette square which Cnce was occupied by Gen. Daniel E. Sickles in years long gone by. and later by Secretary Schuyler Golfax. who was vice-presi- dent of the United States during Gen eral Grants first term in the White House
 In this old-time Washington mansion a housekeeping plant has been in stalled. and business manager there has his office. Every night in the week
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
The Uncertain Sten

When l put my foot down mean It, exclaimed the positive man.
 used to feel that way" answered uncle Flopsole. But since I took dancing lessons I'm compelled to re. consider"
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
MOST PROLIFIC EGG LAYERS
Size They Make Up in Egg Pro- duetion-Are Quite Hardy.

Apparently what the Chinese geese lack in size has prevented them from becoming favorites with those who raise large numbers annually, but with those who keep limited number
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02

l the rooms are thronged with club members, and no one is more faithful in his attendance than the secretary of the interior. The organization has the regulation committees and on four or five nights each week entertain. ments are provided for the members
 There are picture shows, card par ties, lectures, dances and concerts. and other forms of amusement. It Is likely that the swift success of this plan to form a home circle of the in- terior department employees will lead to the forming of other clubs of like kind in all great departments of gov. ernment. Secretary Lane is presi- dent of the organization, but he makes no attempt to dictate it's management. being content simply to take his place among the other members and to help make the organization a success.
 He's Really Progressive.
 Washington recognizes in Franklin K. Lane progressive member of the presidents cabinet. His progressive ism is not confined to the field of poli- liIo. ANOW dIlGI udNlilS SldI ltu lH6 Home club on successful career he is lending his aid to the development of wider public recreation field ln the city of Washington To this end he has submitted a list of questions to the 1000 clerks in the department of the interior requesting that each question be answered.
 Mir. Lane wants to know, for in- stance. the distance of each clerk S residence from the scene of his work, how long it takes him to reach the of flee, and whether he walks or rides He is interested to know, also. how long each clerk has lived in this city. and in general way gets information concerning the ages of his employees without compelling the women to an- swer directly, by asking if they are between such and such ages. making the margin wide enough to enable a woman clerk of forty to answer the question without putting herself in the old maid class.
 Guarding the Resources.
 The chief purpose O. the questions, for there are many of them. is to find out how much exercise the clerks take. and what their fayorite form of amuse- ment is. The secretary apparently wants to provide a system of recrea- tion broad enough to meet the predi- lections of all the men and women in his department
 Franklin K Lane is busy trying to put into law the views which he has concerning the general question of conservation. There are differences of opinion on conservation, on meth ods of securing it and on just what it is necessary to secure. The records in the case of the present administra- tion are available to everybody MT. Lane is known as a progressive con servationist, and yet in a way as conservative one. The two things are not antagonistic He Is the secretary of the interior. Uncle Sam has big interior Guarding his holdings and yet allowing them to be put to legiti. mate use is no sinecure. The man who accepts the post of secretary of the interior knows that from the hour of his induction into office he must become a workingman
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Had Enouah.

"Muh wife mar'd me to refawm me, sah.' stated Brother Hilsondigger and I'm so plum bodaciously re. fawmed dat I wouldn't marry agin if l done lived to be as ole as MethooEe lum!"-Judge.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
akable.

The feelings of man who lends a s3,000 auto to a friend who lets it get smashed to smithereens in a col, lision are of the things unspeak- able. Especially when the borrower is financially unable to make good. :"
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
No Great Loss.

Diggs-'I once knew a young man whe smoked fifty cigarettes daily with no particular harm resulting there from Biggs-"ls it possble!" Diggs Yes: and the only noticeable effect was the demise of the smoker"
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Sweet Revenge.

Why. didn't think Mrs. Dodds could afford to have her little girls take piano lessons" She cant but she wants to get even with the family in the flat next to hers"
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
After Graduation.

What has he been doing since he graduated from eollege?" He has been trying to find out what he learned. Life
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Keen Onions Dry

Onions should not be allowed to get wet when being harvested, as this rough"ns the skin and makes them unsightly
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Weiaht of Broilers.

The broiler weight in March is one and three-quarter pounds each; April one and half pounds: May, one and 2 quarter to two pounds.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
Make.up of Hioh Producer

The bird that is high producer must have vigorous appetite and large capacity for converting food materials into eggs.