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Evening star., 1915-03-10

Two big white eggs in a tumble
down nest and snow and ice every
where, Did ever anybody hear of such
a thing before?
"Uou,dn't believe it if l hadn't seen
if with my own eyes," muttered biacky
the Grow Have to believe tneih- IL
can't believe them, then it's no use TO
try to believe anything in the world
AS sure as I sit here that old nest mas
two eggs in it. Whoever laid them
must be crazy to start Housekeeping
at this time of year. l must find out
whose eggs they are, and then
Rlacky didn't finish. but there was a
hungry look IL his eyes that would
have told any who saw it. had there
been any to see it. that he had a use
for those eggs. But there was none
to see it. and he took the greatest care
that there should be none to see him
when he once again started for GER
tain lonesome corner of the Green For
est
First I'll make sure that the eggs
are still there" thought he. and few
high above the treetops so that as he
passed over the tree in which was the
old nest OF Redtail the Hawk he might
look down into it, To have seen him
you would never have guessed that he
was loohlES loI any tHllS III ptii tiSo-
lar He seemed to be just flying over
on his way to some distant place. If
the eggs were still there he meant to
come back and hide in the top of a
nearby pine tree to watch until he
was sure that he might safely steal
those eggs or find out whose they were.
Blackys heart beat fast with excite
ment as he drew near that old tum-
ble-down nest, Would those two big
white eggs be there? Perhaps there
| would be three, The very thought
made him flap his wings a little faster
A few more wing strokes and he would
be right over the tree. How he did
hope to see those eggs! He could al
most see into the nest now. One
stroke, Two strokes! Three strokes.
Blacky bit his tongue to keep from CIV
ing a sharp cav of disappointment and
surprise. There were no eggs to be
seen. No. sir; there wasn't a sign of
eggs in that old nest. There wasn't be-
cause-Why, do you think? There
wasn't because Blacky looked straight
down on a great mass of feathers
which quite covered them from sight
and he didn't have to look twice to
know that that great mass of feathers
was really a great bird. the bird to
whom those eggs belonged.
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planted they are left alone until they
have grown large enough to harvest.
-
At least 100000 acres of shallow
water within easy reach of various
Florida is
Half Million Acres lands are be-
Suitable to Farming. we1, ne1Iu aaapt7 da IT.
ed for sponge farming. Each of these
acres can produce nearly 5000 sponses
in a growing season. With so large an
acreage to be planted it is good busi-
ness policy to devote the first sponges
raised to seed purposes. After suf11-
cient paintings have been made the
sponges are to be placed upon the mar
ket with an assured high price. With
that many millions of sponges will be
grown on these cultivated sponge
lands.
Few people realize that the sponge
is an animal and not a vegetable prod
uct The sponges on sale in the shops
are really the skeletons of one of the
strangest animals in existence. The
sponge is killed by exposure to the air,
although it does not die Immediately
after it is taken from the water. The
feshy part is macerated by beating
merging the sponges in water. The
sponge cleaning process is one of the
most offensive industries in existence,
and sponge raising is not likely to be
permitted in close proximity to the
Florida winter resorts.
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Two Kinds of Disks
Have Been Designed.

las a short lead spindle in the center, TO
which the wires are attached. The lat
Ter are more desirable. because the men
can attach the sponge pieces to them
more quickly than they can string the
wires through the holes According to
careful estimates, the plain disks cost
two cents and the spindied ones two and
q half cents to produce They are manu-
factured right on the ranch grounds by
pouring the mixed concrete into prepared
wooden mods. The disks can be used
for many subsequent pla antings. so in the
long run the spindled ones are the more
economical. II was demonstrated last
year that 1t takes fifteen days to plant an
acre with plain disks and twelve days
with spindled SKIS. The average daily
page of 81 makes the difference In plant
Ing expense Sc per acre.
The sponge seed for planting is Sc
cured by cutting up a large live sponge
Into sections having volume of from
two to three cubic inches, much seed
potatoes are cut UP for planting. The
sponge fs trimmed free from roots and
coral and rock fragments before cutting.
and 1t is considered desirable TO leave one
side OF each sec.--a covered with the or
!ginal skin of the sponge These cut
tponges are placed In tubs OF water and
conveyed to the planting grounds. They
bre then quickly strung upon the alum
tnum wires. fastened to the concrete
disks, and dropped down into the water.
disk is planted for each square yard
which means 1880 to the acre The
water contains plenty Of nourishment for
them, planted at this space. II might be
POSSIBLE to plant them even more closely.
After sponge farming becomes a reg
Clarly established industry. and eff
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A Clean Mouth
Promotes Health

Oral hygiene is quite properly To-
cusing the attention of the medical
profession as well as the laity. A
noted authority is quoted as say
ing: There is not one single thing
more important in the whole range
of hygiene than hygiene of the
mouth"
In the process of sterilizing the
Notwithstanding disease germs
dependence may be placed on Abb
sorbine, Jr. This germicidal lini-
ment has made good under severe
laboratory tests and it's use as
germ destroyer and preventive is
becoming quite general. 1t is un-
like the usual germicide because it
is non-poisonous and is safe and
harmless to use.
Prof. J. ID. Hird. Biological Chem
list. Washington, d. c., after an ex-
tensive laboratory examination of
Absorbine, Jr., reports: -Four or
five drops of Absorbine, Jr, to an
ounce of water is sufficient to thor
oughly cleanse the mouth and teeth
of injurious bacteria, without in
furious action on the teeth" Com
plete report mailed upon reauest1.
Sold by most druggists at LOO per
bottle or sent postpaid by the man
ufacturer. w. F. Young. p d. F., 276
Temple ST., Springfield. Mass.
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Third Spraying in August.
F. Thomas Evans Arraigned.

Charged with practicing medicine
without a license, F. Thomas Evans Of
1347 L street northwest, was arraigned
in Police Court today. He entered a
plea of mot guilty and demanded a
jury trial. The defendant is charged
by Pharmacy Inspector r. A. Sanders
with practicing medicine October 8,
1914, and January II last without first
having obtained license SO to do. Mr..
Evans Is a chiropractor, and contends
that he is not practicing medicine. He
is represented by Attorney Raymond
Dickey.
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thing I didn't try to get those eggs
yesterday. Probably both Hooty and
Mrs Hooty were sitting close by. only
they were sitting so still that thought
they were parts Of the trees they were
in. Blacky, Blacky. the sooner you
forget those eggs the better"
Evening star., 1915-03-10

Blacky didn't turn to come back as
he had planned. He kept right on just
as if he hadn't seen anything, and as
he flew he shivered a little. He shiv-
cred at the thought of what might
have happened to him if he had tried
to steal those eggs the day before and
had been caught doing 1t.
I'm thankful 1 knew enough to leave
them alone" said he. Funny l never
once guessed whose eggs they are. l
might have known that no one but
Hooty the Owl would think of nesting
at this time of year. And that was
Mrs. Hooty j saw on the nest just now
My. but she's big. She's bigger than
Hooty himself. Yes, sir; it's a lucky
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Little Storle,
10 Bedtime
by THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1918. by J. g, Lloydo
BIacky Finds Out Who Owns
the Eggs.

Some things are best forgotten
As soon a. they are learned.
Who never plays with fire
Will surely no. he burned.
Evening star., 1915-03-10
Compromise Suit in Open Court.

During the progress of the trial of
Catherine c. McGrath against the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company, before Justice Gould and q
jury. in Circuit Division l yesterday.
an offer of compromise was made by
counsel for the Washington Railway
and Electric Company. The amount
offered in settlement was satisfactory
to the plaintiff. and the case was there
upon discontinued. The plaintiff was
represented by M. F. Mangan and John
J. Buckley, and the defendant by John
S. Barbour.
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TWO kinds of disks have been designed
80 far The plain ones have two holes
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After sponge farming becomes reg
ularly established industry. and eff
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c ] e n I
m e I hodS
are in full
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Buckett NJ. Mann. a merchant of Dur
ham, N. c., was held up and killed there
late Monday night by highwaymen. A
pocketbook containing a large sum Of
money was miss ng.
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Harvest and Planting
Possible at Same Time

will be possible to do the harvesting
Ind planting at the same time and by
the same labor. When the disks bear
ing the fully grown sponges age gath
cred a new piece of seed sponge will
be wired in place of each large sponge
taken off. The disk will then be
dropped back into the water.
Fully so per cent of the planted
sponges mature. This means produc
ton of 1872 TO the acre. The average
weight of dry sponge is about an
ounce and half, SO that the acre yield
Is more than 300 pounds. With the in
creasing demand for sponges for many
purposes. So a pound is not too much
70 expect from a crop of fair quality.
This gives an income of S., 500 for each
acre Tor sponge-growing period
ranging from twenty-seven months to
three years. or an average of $500 a
year. The expense of the sponge seed,
the cost of the disks and wire, as well
as the labor. must be deducted from
this. but the sponge farmer can rea-
sonabiy expect much handsomer profits
than the ordinary agriculturist, and
incidentally he will not work SO hard.
Unlike other farming. sponges require
no labor for cultivation. After they are
Evening star., 1915-03-10
DOESN'T PAY TO GROW
CHUMMY WITH TREES
They're Coated With Sulphur and
Lime, Which Is Hard on
Clothing.

If you happen to be walking through
park on nice day like this ana
chance to cast your admiring eye upon
a nice, fresh looking tree or shrub take
care that you do not cast your person
too near the aforementioned fresh
looking shrub or tree.
Because if you do you are liable 10
catch a nice. large stain upon your
perfectly nice clothes. caused by a So
luton of sulphur and lime with which
employees of the office of the superln-
tendent of public buildings and grounds
are spraying trees and shrubs these
days to kill the scale and fungus
growths.
Hard on the Fungi.
The spray plays the mischief with
incipient scale and fungi in general,
but it Is also liable to play the mis-
chief with ones clothes. it is said.
The spraying now going on is the
first of three mixtures administered to
trees and shrubs of the District park
system. The sulphur and lime spray
is known as the winter spray. About
April a second spraying Is done. That
one consists of an arsenate OF lead
solution for grubs, insects, etc. to nip
them in the bud, as 1T were, before they
have a chance to complete their natu-
raj careers.
Third Spraying in August.
The third spraying given public
parks by the Office of buildings and
grounds is like unto the second in all
ways. it being merely a repetition of
the arsenate of lead drink to kill the
second generation of buglets, which. it
seems, comes along about August.
The sulphur and lime solution now
being sprayed onto trees and shrubs
is not particularly poisonous, it is
stated, but men are on hand to watch
the trees and shrubs until they are dry.
and to wave too curious observers
away from the danger of getting
stained.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28

star boxing show which will take place at Hanna's Armory on the above evening.
 Walsh, who is prom oting the affair under the auspices of the Federal Athletic club, has to be complimented on the show he is going to give his ratrons. He has gone to great eX- Dense for his show as he has signed up some of the classiest mitt pushers be- fore the public today.
 The stellar attra ction of the even- ing will bring together Red Ames the Hartford favorite and Silent Martin of New York. Both lads are middle weights who fight from bell to bell, and always keep their audiences sup piled with plenty of action. Ames by virtue of his recent victories over One Round Nolan, K. 0. Palitz and Wild Sill Fleming is the talk of all the box Ing fans in the Nutmeg state, while Martin his opponent needs no recom- r1endation Any middleweight who can twice take into camp Champion Al Mccoy, is good enough to exhibit his wares in the Hardware City. Besides whipping Champion Mccoy twice Mar tin has defeated such men as Soldieir Bartfeld, Johnny Kid Alberts, Wild Bill Fleming, Italian Joe Cans. Bull Anderson, Mike Farrell, Terry Mitchell and many others.
 A big favorite will be seen in the ten round semi-final in the person of Jimmy Rielly, the sixteeen year old phenom who made big hit at Hannas armory last summer in a bout with Sammy Waltz of Hartford. Their last bout was such a good one that Walsh has rematched the boys. A better semi windup could not be ob- tained as Rielly and Waltz have a bitter feeling against one another and as generally is the case grudge
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
Another Chance for Chick.

Chick Evans, one of the greatest amateurs in the land, is facing another title test. AS we recall the circum- stance, Chic has been shooting at the top for at least eight years without success, and after each failure he has started counting the days until his next chance came.
 Few appreciate the abounding yearning Evans has to win an amateur title. Perhaps it is the very intensity of his longing which acts as a barrier to success. He is so terribly anxious to win that each close match brings up the thought of another long years wait, and this undoubtedly cuts into his game.
 He has a course we'll suited to his game at Detroit, a course that re- qCires accurate play and ability to get distance from the tee. It is the best chance Chick has had since he fell in the final round at Chicago, three years ago. If he falls again on this occasion he will be against a heavy handicap, as it will be at least two or three years before another cham pionship is held in the Middle West, and Eastern greens were never to Chicks keen liking.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
SNYDER AND COBB
 BATTING KINGS
Sluggers Continue to Maintain
 Lead in Respective Leagues

Chicago, Aug, 28.-The National league has only eight batters in the 1900" class, according to averages published here today. Snyder, St Louis, who took the lead away from Doyle, of the Giants last week, re- mains at the head of the list with an average of 1925. Doyle is next with 1928.
 Doyle is the leading run getter, with 6s; Cravath tops in circuit drives with 19 homers.
 The stolen base hcnors remain with Carey, Pittsburg.
 Cincinnati with .275 leads in club batting. St. Louis is second with .256.
 The leading pitchers are: Mamaux, Pittsburg, 19 wins six losses, and Alexander, PhilaGe phia "A and 8.
 Tyrus Cobb, Detroit, experienced a batting slump in the last few days but still leads in the American league His average is .3SS. The next batter is Speaker, Boston, with .33O
 Cobb leads in stolen bases with 7S and in total bases with 221. He also , hes scored the greatest number of
 '--' Dctrcit, leads in home runs with five.
 .., leads in club bat 1 tinL. 3ostcn is next with .265. The i leading pitcher is Foster, Boston, IT wins, five defeats. The leading batter of the Interna- tional league is: GLlhooley, Buffalo, l .341.
 1 Buffalo leads in club batting with | .275.
 Whitman leads the league in runs scored with 92, in total bases with l POT and in home runs with 12. He is with Montreal.
 Gilhooley, Buffalo, leads in stolen bases with 43
 The leading pitcher is Dowd, Mon trea1, 12 wins and four losses
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28

New York, Aug. 28.-The eyes of the lawn tennis world are being cen- tered on the national tourney now in progress on the courts of the West Side Tennis club at Forest Hills. All the crack racket wielders of the coun- try are on hand and some spirited games are anticipated. One hundred and twenty-eight players are entered, and the majority of them will struggle for the title. Compared with past rec ords, this is by no means large entry list and, considering the seasons ten his boom, it is surprising and grati- flying to find that the tournament has
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
enforced there will be little interest maintained through any division.
The Matter With Mac.

Those who have been wondering Just where Mclaughlin stands for 1915 will have their answer in a few days.
 The Comet may have beeen working out a new system, or his game may have beeen in a bad slump. But it is safe enough to assume that he will go back ofter his old title at Forest Hills with all he has in stock; that if any of the old pep is still in his sys- te m this next weeks test will show it and that if developing the base line game has hurt his effectiveness there will be a return to the old smashing style for this tourney at least. If Me- Loughlin falls again at Forest Hills it will be because the best he has for 1915 wasn't god enough to win.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
The East at Homo.

When the four Eastern clubs came back home two weeks ago their chances for the pennant depended almost entirely upon the margin they were able to put away against the September campaign through the West.
 The Giants broke completely and dropped from the running. Brooklyn, after a good start, fell we'll below her last home stand in July, and is now up against the proposition of playing her head off on the road to finish first an assignment that has been be- yond her equality all season.
 The Phillies have done their home work well, but it is the Braves who have again become most prominently mentioned as the final winners.
 At Pittsburg, the main hope of the West, slipped badly, the only chancee for any trans-Allegheny entry to win will be in the utter collapse of Phil lies, Dodgers and Braves in the Sep tember stretch. There is very little probability that all three will break, so the odds now are that the West must wait at least another year be- fore she enters a National league club in the world series-her last entry being the Cubs of 1910. The Red in vasion put mighty dent in Brooklyn's pink and white dream, for the Dodgers fell where they were expected to gain ground. So if it isn't Phila- 6elphia and Boston through the stretch you can toss the dope over board again as being excess baggage.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28

Martinsburg, w. Va, Aug. 2S.- Martinsburg, of the Blue Ridge league was informed today that Stewart Hayes, a Washington boy, who has been playing shortstop for the locals, will be drafted by Brooklyn. Hayes will play short for the Harrisburg International club, which is owned by Brooklyn, until his formal transfer :an be made. Hayes has played remarkably fast game for Martins burg. This is his first year in pro- fessional ball and he has been hitting over the 300 mark during the past month.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
A Rule Worth While.

When the cluster of boxing pro- moters at Cleveland passed a regula- ten that hereafter all champions be required to defend their title at least twice a year they put through a rule very we'll worth while.
 Take the case of Freddie Welch. Welch beat Ritchie in London some fourteen months ago, and since that time he has done nothing but stall through easy matches, playing it safe ly to the last tap and thereby wreck ing all interest in the lightweight game.
 A man like Welch should be forced to defend his title--to fight or forfeit Until such rule is esta blished and
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28

been kept within such reasonable limits. Unquestionably the new sys- tenn of making entries only through the secretaries of recognized clubs has been completely successful, for every prominent player within reach of New York is in the list, with the single exception of William J. Clothier Of Philadelphia, a former national champion. Clothier however, an nounced early in the season that he would not take part in any of the big tournaments this year. He is now in camp at Plattsburg. With the de- tailed system laid out by the tourna-
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28

affair turns out to be a pippin of e scrap.
 Matchmaker Walsh will also put on a set of preliminaries between some of the best boys in the vicinity.
 There came near being no fight when Manager Walsh heard that Martin was to fight Soldier Rartfield in New York on next Thurrday even- ing he immediately wired Al Sibberns, Martins manager, to call off the show. Sibberns, however, denied the rumor and stated that his man was resting up for the fight with Ames in this city.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
S WIN TWO l FADING TANKS leaps and Bounds When Boston Loses

Aug. 2S.-Donovan's Van ped both ends of a double Fterday to Bills old team Tygers. The score were E Il to S.
 sad day for Yankee pitch EIygers, in their mad desire p on the Red Sox, showed In the opener they bom- Ing Cole freely before Bob vent to his rescue. In the Pieh lasted just four in- hovan finished. He allowed n one inning, but shut out the rest.
 Workers ran against Gene the first game and Roland Pnd. The scores:
 First Game.
 r. h. @. ...001OO02O0- 8 7 1 .... ..250oO01O"-S If 1 :-Cole, Shawkey and r.; Dubuc and Stanage. Second Game.
 r. h. e. .0O100O2OO 8 1 .2013O5OO*-11 13 2 :-Pieh, Donovan and Roland and Stanage.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
TOURNAMENT OPENS.
|antS Start Play in Amateur
 bampiOnship in Detroit.

Pampionship in Detroit.
 |Mich., Aug. 2S.-Wind-
 week the Detroit country B today became the arena n the twenty-frst annual If championship of the Ees will be decided. Nine 5 forenoon summoned the
 of the 142 contestants to es in the preliminary quail
 The last of the entrants
 off at 3 o'clock this. after |hy's medal play match will inore than half the title m further competition. The |men in the lowest medal be eligible to compete in Ratification round of 36 day. Match play begins knce of Foreign invaders ps, taken some interest ournament, but the rivalry |e east and the west has be-
 The final contest is ex- l e between Travers, Ouimet k" Evans. Travers seems iidered a slightly stronger
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28

ment committee for making constant use of the twenty-four courts, there is reason to believe that the entire event may be finished within a weeks time. But there will be extra attractions in the challenge round of the national doubles, with Mclaughlin and Bundy defending their title against w. M. Johnston and c. J. Griffin, and in a special mixed doubles tournament and a team match between the east and the west Illustration Mo- 1 shows Maurice Mclaughlin, No. Thomas Bundy, No. R. Murray, No. Norris Williams.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
Dodgers Drop Ono.

Brooklyn, Aug. 2s.-Miller Huggins and his Cardinals caught the Dodgers off form in the farewell game at Ebbets field yesterday afternoon and piled up a score of II to [. The teams dragged through more than two hours and half of weird and dreary play. They just went through me motions of playing. 1t wasn't bad game at first, but IS soon degen- erated into one, especially after Hub Perdue and Wheezer Dell passed out of it. They never would have beaten darkness if these slow pokes hadn't retired early. Perdue gave way to pinch hitter Ham Hyatt in the fourth. Smyth ran for Dell in the fifth. The score:
 r h e St. Louis .... .1O1200250-11 12 3 Brooklyn .O2OOO0221- 13 5 Batteries-Perdue, Meadows and Snyder and Gonzales; Dell, Appleton, Smith and MsCarty.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
GJanMdzd Rice
Just a Query.

With most of the stars in the American league being shifted to Boston, Detroit and Chicago, is that organization taking it for granted that there will be no pennant race next season
 Or does it intend to drop the other five clubs and round up tidy little three-club circuit