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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FOR sale, 2 handsome heating stoves
cost S45; If you call to-day can get
the for $40. Second floor, Oil East
Main street.
a called communica ton of Rich
w mond- Randolph Lodge, No 10.
~ will be held in Masons Hail on
Franklin street, THIS (Friday) Az
TERNOON, mt 2 o'clock +. NJ TO nav
the last sad tribute of rcspcct to orr
deceased brother and late treasurer.
W. Fletcher Richardson. Members OF
sister lodges are fraternally invited TO
unite with us.
BY order of the worshlpful master.
w. y. CLARKE, .IR,
Secretary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29

Especial TO The Times Dispatch
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. January
2S.-Maurice Evans, formerly OF Rich
mond. later of Caroline County. who
was brought here some time ago for
treatment at the Mary WASHINGTON
Hospital, died this afternoon of paralv-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29
WHITE OPPOSES "AITOCRATIC
COMMISSION. SITTING IN RICHMOND


Hugh \. White. OF Rockbridgc, one OF
the ablcst OF the scgrcgationistS. fol-
lowed Colonel Lcedy. lie began with Il
reminder Of the fact that none of the
advocates of the commission bill 10 this
time had addressed himself to an argu-
ment In support of that measure. but
each had contcnted himself with at
lacking the segregation plan. He said
it was his purp - to address himself
to the bill under consideration and 10
reserve his argument for the seBreEa-
ton measure when the latter comes up
for debate. lie then proceeded to at
tack the bill framed on the Tax Com
missions report. He said the State
would never submit to an autocratic
Tax Commission of three members,
which would sit i'm Richmond and gov
ern taxation in the counties.
From time to time MIR. White was in
corrupted by questions fired ut him by
the commission bills advocates. which
he answered in a manner that disclosed
his thorough Familiarity with the more
difficult and intricate problems involved
i'm the different schemes of taxation.
The Rockbridge delegate was cordially
applauded at the conclusion of his
speech.
George l.. Browning, of Orange, fol-
lowed Mr.. White. Incidental to his
argument against the segregation form
OF taxation he took occasion TO speak
in complimentary terms OF the Gov
ernor. Governor Stuart has his duties
to perform and we know he Will per-
form them fearlcssly," he said 81
also have my obligations to my con-
stituents, and l shall endeavor to dis
charge them. You members of the
House have n duty to the Common
wealth and the State will expect YOU to
perform it."
o. T.. Jordan. OF Pulaski, spoke ear
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NIrS. Jesse t.iiI.

tSpcCial to The Times DispotCh.l
PETERSBURG. VA, January IS
Mrs. l'uso Gin, widow OF Jesse Gill. died
last midnight. at her home in Ettrick.
she was c!ghty-tivc years old, ana much
beloved in her community The burial
viii be In the family cemetery in Chess
tericld County tomorrow.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29
Here and There in the
Legislature

tn" entire session OF the Senate yes
terday was taken up with memorial
services FOR the late Senator Edward
Echols. OF Stauntou. The session was
nearly two hours long.
Tn. Senate Finance Committee yes
t"rday morning reported the Wcnden-
burg bill 10 increase taxes of railroads,
anG Ia subject them TO state. city,
county and district taxes, with the
recommendation that il be rejected.
The measures goes on the calendar. and
VIII be taken up for consideration in
regular order.
After il had been materially amended
the Fletcher i.esner tax bill. embody-
ing i commission plan, was tavorabiy
reported by the Senate Finance Com
mittcc This bin also goes TO the calen-
dar, and viii he considered at the
proper time. The Finance Committe.
was III session yesterday afternoon. and
considered amendments which have
been proposed 10 several hills
Til" legislative special committee ap-
pointed TO probe charges that bonded
publishing houses have Disseminated
against Virginia in the matter Of
sChoolhooil prices Will meet at a:i5
o'clock this morning to begin Its in
vestigation. preliminary meeting
was held yesterday afternoon. when
plans for the inquiry were laid
The investigators are: Senator Can
non, OF Richmond: Senator Rison. 81
iltisylvanin; Delegate Gum. of Hem
rico: Delegate lIObson, Of Richmond,
and Delegate Love, of Lunenburg.
They wer" appointed following the
passage OF the Gum resolution asking
for an Investigations
The committee must make its report
during the present session Of the Cen
erai Assembly, and 1t was stated last
night that no time will b. lost IN be
ginning the inquiry. The State Board
OF Education is said TO have collected
all aata necessary for the invcStga-
ton. and II is thought the commit =
task Will not ne Il difficult one, The
committee will conduct hearings, and
all Of the facts in the case will be
thoroughly considered
With Speaker Henry G. Land WELD
ing the gavcl, the House of Pages met
yesterday afternoon and elected Mon
tciro III. Nelson, OF Richmond journal
clerk. He received seven votes. against
three for Dick Stephenson, OF Rich
mond. and one for Lucien Tally. of
Hanover
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29

T. H. Lowry, II we'll known farmer OF
Hanover County. died suddenly yeSter-
day afternoon between ! and o'clock
In his hQme near Bracket, Va
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29
Mrs. Mnry Jane Hnlinsl,.


l-fNCtiHCRG, VA, January 2S-Mrs
Mary Jane BallaEh widow of w C.
HallaEh, aged seNenty-Ihrcc years. died
last evening at her hcsne here after an
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THE HOUSE

Debate on the bill TO create a Tax
Commission was resumed i'll the House
OF Delegates yesterday. and was not
concluded when the House adjourned II
Is o'clock Early in the day resolu-
tion offered by Major j. y. Stubbs, OF
Gloucester, providing that no final ac-
ton shall he taken OH either Of the tax
bills until the measures shall have been
debated en- the floor OF the House, was
adopted.
Colonel Robert +. Lcedy. OF Page, was
the first speaker advocating the com
mission bill.
This bill which YOU call scgrcga-
ton works for disintcgration." he said.
eff il were carried ont in its fun spirit.
the state would he broken up aud our
central state government would he NJ
the mercy of large corporatioS and the
owners of large ntangibles." In this
vein he detained against the scgre-
CATION measure for ten minutes, con-
Guiding: II now feel that | have de-
livered my message and | will sit
Il
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ARSONS.-Dicd, last night at II
o'clock. January rs, at her residence
10. North Twenty-third Street, MRS.
MARY r.. PARSONS. She is survived
hy her husband and ten children.
Funeral notice later
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11

On an so-Acre Field Three Systems Of
Tile Drainage Were Necessary. This
Shows the Advantage With Which
Two Neighbors Can Cooperate in
Putting in Line Of Tile. An OBJ.
stacle So Trivial as Line Fence
Should Not Be Permitted to Prevent
Economical Drainage. The Owner
Of This Land Says That Tile Pays
for Itself Every Year and That 5000
Expended on Tile Has Raised the
Value Of the 80 Acres $1,000.
cause it's evaporation consumes heat
that the soil could otherwise retain;
(c) because it's presence in the soil
prevents the entrance and downward
movement of rainfall, which in the
spring is usually warmer than the
soil.
4. 1t crowds out the oxygen from
between the soil grains, thus hinder
ing the necessary decomposition of or
ganic matter in the soil.
5. 1t prevents all crop growth where
1t stands on the soil to a sufficient
depth. Where 1t stagnates only few
inches from the surface of the soil, it
prevents healthy root development be-
low that depth. The shallow root sys-
tenn thus developed limits the depth
frem which the plant may get water,
and with it plant food material.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11
PREVENT HOG CHOLERA
Every Precaution Should Be
Taken to Check Disease.
Stray Pigs Should Be Looked Upon
With suspicion-Carcasses OF Dead
Animals Must Be Burned With
out Delay.

Because hog cholera is 80 readily
carried from one farm to another
every precaution should be taken
against its spread when 1t appears IN
community. In Germany and other
countries where animal diseases nave
been we'll held in check, quarantine Is
strict for hog cholera and other pre-
yentive measures are largely used.
These different steps should be
taken when hog cholera appears:
Sick and exposed hogs must be Kept
confined or isolated on the premises
where they belong. Stray pigs should
be looked upon with suspicion. When
pigs are shipped into a herd there
should be certainty that they come
from uninfected premises and that
they have not been exposed in ship
ment in cars or public stockyards.
Carcasses Of cholera hogs must be
burned or buried without delay. Litter
and manure must be disposed OF in
a like way or thoroughly disinfected.
All implements or wagons or carts used
in handling sick or dead animals must
be disinfected. Pens and yards must
be similarly treated whether serum
has been used or not.
Promiscuous travelling back and
forth from infected premises should
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11
AMOUNT OF WATER IN SOIL
sity to Plants an Excess Is as
Bad as a Deficiency.
(By Z. r. JONES.)


or the several conditions which In.
1uence the growth of crops none is
more important than the amount of
water in or on the soil. While water
n a thin film around the soil grains
8 an absolute necessity to plants, an
excess is as bad as a deficiency Too
much water is detrimental because:
l. 1t makes areas so soft that they
cannot be cultivated When these soft
places are long and narrow in form,
they cut the upland into irregular
pieces that cannot be cultivated CON
veniently.
2. 1t delays cultivation, particularly
In the spring.
3. 1t makes soils cold; (a) because
In the spring more than half Of the
heat that the soil receives is used to
warm this unnecessary water; (b) be-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11

gradients with the yolk then add one
or two teaspoonfuls of oil and stir
until thick. Repeat until all the oil
is used, though after half-cupful
the last half-cupful may be added at
once. Add the lemon juice after all
is in. Moisten the Tablespoonful Of
mustard to a paste with a few drops
of cold water before adding the egg.
This is the secret, together with add
ing the lemon juice last.
Oriental Dish.-Cook a half-table-
spoonful of sliced onion In three ia.
blespoonfuls of olive oil, add a cupful
of tomato. a chopped green pepper, a
teaspoonful of salt and can Of green
beans. Cook until the onions are ten
der, about half hour.
Sardne Balls With Cucumbers-
Remove the skins from box of sar-
dimes, rub to paste, add teaspoon
full of Worcestershire sauce, a dash of
salt, q drop of tabasco, and form the
paste into balls the size of walnut.
Peel cucumbers. remove the seeds
after sicing and let stand in cold wa.
ter to crisp them. Arrange ball Of
the sardnes In each slice and serve
on lettuce with French dressing.
Add a pinch of cinnamon to choco
late filing for cake or for chocolate
or cocoa as a beverage.
Take the heads from cloves and
fruit will not have the dark-stained
look which Is usual.
Rice may be pressed into pie
plate and covered with fruit and
meringue and served as one does pie,
making most delicious and digesti
BILE pie for the children.
A delicious salad dressing for a
potato salad is made by putting
cupful of celery, green pepper and
small onion through the meat chop
per, then adding this to the salad
dressing, thoroughly mixed before
putting over the potato
Te<kE .H~><s~xA-.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11
Home lbuIl|
| 7 Helps Y |
SEES ADVANTAGE OF TREES
Alabama City Is Going About tho
Work Of Beautfying In a Sci
entifc Manner.

One of the attractive features or
birmingham is found in its trees.
Many years ago arboriculture received
the attention of the authorities IN GER
tain of the northern cities. Ornamen-
tai trees for parks and streets were
planted and nurtured under men
trained both in arboriculture and land
scape engineering. The results have
been manifold, and the outlay or
money was nothing when compared
with the benefits obtained
But in the South arboriculture mas
been appraised at its true value only
in recent years. Some OF the ola
southern cities were famed for their
wide-sweening oaks and elms, but ma
ture had been bountiful in providing
those things that We're beautiful.
Nevertheless, the man who has made
a study of trees in relation to the city
beautiful idea has work to do i'll the
outrageous avenues even OF stately
old towns like Tuscaloosa and SaVan-
nah. In the larger cities and especial
Nv
growth the arboriculturist has be-
come a necessity.
Before science was so generally In
vogue birmingham was fortunate in
making a good start in tree planting,
but we can now do better. The city
commission has turned over the ar
Horticultural side OF BIRMINGHAM ac-
tivities to the engineering department.
Maury Nicholson, chief assistant to
Engineer Kendrick acts as the super
intendent of parks and Fairgrounds
and that position brings him directly
In charge of tree planting. Mr.. Nichol-
son is not only thoroughly equipped
for this work, but he Is an enthusiast.
Every man and every woman in Biz
mingham who desires to add to the
attractiveness of the city by planting
trees will always have a patient and
a sympathetic hearing from him.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11
An Efficiency Recipe.

Be earnest, but be calm. no matter
what happens. have seen a man
treble his days work by systematic
ally shutting out all feeling during
Office hours. What fatigues and an
noys us is not our work, but the men
tai friction, nervous strain, muscular
tension, emotional wear and tear,
which we allow to accompany our
work. A real man is always a machine
while on the job--and never ma.
chine at any other time Recipe for
efficiency: Be a plodder by day and
a poet by night. DO your planning,
your dreaming your resolving, when
silence and solitude open the mind to
great thoughts and purposes: then
appear to the world just an ordinary
business man, with nothing unique
about you to rouse the neighbors' sus-
picions.-Edward Earle PurintUn, in
the New York Independent.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11
PUSH SCHOOL GARDEN IDEA
Manifold Advantages Are Apparent
Development Of horticultural
Talent Is of Moment.

II must be quite evident to all that
not every child is fitted, either by ma
ture, inclination or education for
clerical or professional work at the
close of his school years. Therefore,
the ordinary course Of words, words.
words" only concerning every phase
of study will out do for the skeleton
upon which to build ones lifework.
School gardens should and probably
do, discover many having undoubted
talents in the line of horticulture who
will follow some phase of it for life,
yet would not have received the neces.
sary introduction to the work except
for the garden work during school
years. Hence the necessity for pro-
ductive and attractive school gardens
should be apparent to all,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11

be discouraged. After men and horses
have been in infected pens or yards.
their shoes and feet should be cleaned
and even disinfected before going upon
the highways or healthful premises.
Straying animals, like dogs and cats,
ought to be looked on as danger
sources. Hogs should be kept away
from streams that may run from in.
fected yards.
These and other precautions that
are suggested by the extreme viru-
lence of the cholera germ should be
taken. They may seem rather far
fetched at times, but they are none
the less essential. Through wholly UNI
expected means the disease Is trans
mitted and makes its appearance In a
community as something OF a mystery.
The presence of cholera always means
that it has been carried there.
One general suggestion may be
made: Good health and strong consti-
mtions help in fighting all animal dis
eases, cholera as we'll as others.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11
Whv Darts Penetrate.

The steel darts which are being
dropped from hostile aeroplanes are
capable, it is said, of penetrating a
piece of teak one zach thick, the Pail
Mall Gazette remarks. In all probable
ity this is undertaking their effective
ness, for the acceeraton due solely
to the action of the earth's gravity
would cause the dart to arrive on the
ground at a high rate of speed, AS
Stunning it to be released 5000 feet
above the earth-lower than which
the aviator runs the risk of being
brought down-it would be travelling
at nearly six hundred feet a second
at the earth's surface, or at more than
a quarter of the speed at which bull
let leaves the British service rifle.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11
Adaptinu the Porch Box.

There is a growing fancy for bring
ing the porch boxes indoors in winter,
and planting gay flowers that make
the window charming both inside
and out. Plant closely enough to
cover the soil and oh! be careful to
have harmony Of color, Keep to one
or two colors rather than an inartis'
tic tumble. How often we see scar
let geraniums and purplered petunias
In the same box, sometimes with still
a third angry color. Use all petu-
Mas, or grow scarlet and white gera-
NUNS. Pink and white geraniums with
trailing ivy (Knickerbocker or Ger
mani make charming bit of gay color.
philadelphia Press.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11
YOUR TIMOTHY YIELD MAY BE
INCREASED.
Application OF Proper Fertilizer Early
In The Spring viii Bring
Results.
NICHOLAS SCHMITZ.
Maryland Agricultural College
Extension Service.

Everything considered. good clean
stable manure is beyond doubt the
best fertilizer for grass. But this is
not always available or 1t may be more
profitable to use it somewhere else. On
the other hand, when the proper COM
mercial fertilizer materials are applied
at the right time, ii is seldom that
profitable results do not follow.
Extensive tests at this Station show
that nitrate of soda and acid rock,
when used in combination, give the
best results. In fact, on the average
Maryland soil phosphoric acid when
applied alone to timothy in the form or
acid rock, basic Stag, or In combina-
ton with muriate of potash will seldom
pay for the cost of materials and their
application. The proper amount de-
ponds, Of course, upon the soil, but
ordinarily nitrate of soda should be
applied at the rate of $50 to 300 pounds
per acre. The acid rock should be
used at about the same rate. The two
may be mixed together and appl. ed with
the grain drill if they are in first class
condition, otherwise it may be neces-
sary to mix in dry sifted coal ashes,
dry sand, or other absorbing material,
The fertilizer should be applied IN
the spring as soon as the grass begins
to green, which is usually the latter
part of March or the first week In
April The early application Of the
fertilizer is absolutely necessary for
the maximum returns. The fertilizer
can not act upon the plant until it has
been dissolved and carried down to the
plant roots Tests show that applying
all the fertilizer early In the spring
gives as good or better results than If
the distribution is made several times
In a season. Land ordinarily pro
ducing ton of hay to the acre may
be expected to yield az tons per acre
in a normal season when 200 to 250
pounds of nitrate Of soda and the same
amount Of acid rock are applied early
in the spring
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11
Only Worse.

A Philadelphia school teacher has
lately been instructing her pupils in
Grecian mythology, 1t is the plan to
have the children read the tales aloud
and the next day recount them in their
own language. One lad, to whom was
given the assignment to render in his
own language the story of the Cor
CONS, did so in these terms:
1.-THE Gorgons were three sisters that
lived in the Islands of Hesperides,
somewhere in the Indian ocean. They
had long snakes for hair, tusks for
teeth and claws for nails, and they
looked like women, only more hor.
rible" Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele'
graph.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11
Simple Home Device For Saving The
Busy Housewives Time.

The Rev. Alan Presley Wilson, o
clergyman of Baltimore. has devised an
arrangement for raising the wicks OF
an oil-stove evenly. Mr.. Wilson's de-
vice consists in putting the ratchet
wheels (for engaging the wicks), on
double spindle; those near the front
being put on an outside, or sleeve
spindle and the rear ratchet wheels
being attached on a spindle running
through the sleeve" and extending
the entire width of the wick tube.
With this arrangement it is possible
to raise one end of the wick indie
pendently of the other, thus adjusting
the wick to give an even flame.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11
SENSIBLE FEEDS FOR THE BROOD
SOW.
Recommended In Experiment Station
Bulletin To Progressive Hog
Rasers.

When SOW is producing two litters
year there is seldom time when she
is not doing double duty. During the
period OF CESSATION she must keep W
her own bodily functions and In addi
ton supply the nourishment for the
development of the foetal litter. After
narrowing the drain upon her system In
providing feed for the young pigs, Is
even greater than during the period OF
CESSATION and we should therefore be
able to appreciate the necessity of sup
plying her with the proper amount OF
suitable rations at all times
Summer feeding during the period OF
CESSATION should consist of good pas
ture and a variety of concentrated
grain rations. For the latter the fol-
lowing mixtures are recommended:
/. Four parts Of milk by weight and
one part of corn
Q. Five parts corn meal, five parts
middlings or ground oats and one part
digestor tankage.
g. Equal parts of shorts and corn.
l. Eight parts OF corn and one part
of digestor tankage.
g. Six parts of corn and one part of
oil meal.
II the sows are to be fed entirely on
grains the following mixture is recon-
mended by the Wisconsin Station:
Corn meal, % pounds; ground oats %
pounds; wheat middlings, % pounds;
wheat bran, % pounds; oil meal, =
pounds; salt, pounds total 100
pounds. This should be fed as slop.
The winter feeds of pregnant sows
should consist largely of bulky foods
such as milk, roots clover or alfalfa
hay, and enough Of the above grain
rations to keep them in good condition.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11

Poached Euus.

Put some water in saucepan to coil,
add pinch of salt and little vinegar;
let it boil very hard. Break eggs on to
a plate one at time and drop them
into the boiling water exactly where it
bubbles. Take eggs out with skim
mer and trim them nicely, although
there should be no trimming necessary
II properly done Place each egg on
a piece of toast and serve while hot.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-03-11
Johnson Grass Exterminators

The Tunis sheep utilized in the
breeding experiments of the Arizona
station farm have developed great eff.
cheney as Johnson grass eXterminators
Director Forbes says that 175 of these
sheep were sufficient to keep down the
Johnson grass on five miles Of weedy
bitches during the entire growing sea
son. They saved the cost of ditch
cleaning and at the same time made
wool and mutton grow where one of
the most stubborn weeds of Arizona
had grown before.