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The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

may be an island Of moss-the moss
can be bought In the florists shop OF
in a Japanese shop. or you can get 1t
In the woods. Seeds can be bought
for little plants that grow in week
or So and tiny dwarfed trees can be
bought There are little lamp posts
and garden lanterns and there are
bird houses set on wicket gates, and
there are tiny Japanese figures made
of clay or porcelain, fishes, birds,
deer, fitted with wires to thrust into
the ground to hold them upright and
all have q remarkable lifelike look.
For a dollar you can buy enough fit-
tings to make a simple garden but
having spent one you will become
fascinated with the miniature thing
and spend more.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

at the edges. II badly affected. strip
the leaves from the plants and burn
them.
Rose plants will take no hurt from
this method. but some plants cannot
stand being disleaved, and must be
sponged with soap-suds. leaf by leaf.
hand hot.
Frequent Swinging OF the whole plant
with clear water will keep down many
pests.
Asters suffer from root-lice, which
invariably kill them in q short time,
II undisturted. These lice also affect
chrysanthemums, clematis and like
plants. Where these pests are at
work there will be ants also.
To destroy the lice draw the soil
away from the roots and soak the
earth with . solution of good soap
and quite warm-almost hot-water
or tobacco tea. The ants will leave.
then the aphis are killed.
Hand-picking seems the only rem.
edy for the blister bug and 1t must be
attended to several times day.
Sometimes . sprinkling with Persian
Dalmatian powder will rout them, but
only temporarily. % It soon loses its
strength, and they will return.
The insect powder must be show.
cred on the plant with the powder gun
which comes with the powder, and
fresh powder used every time: this
win kill every bug 1t touches, but 1t
must touch the bug.
Earring the plant or vine will cause
the beetles to drop instantly to the
ground, and they must be stamped
or beaten to death ut once, or they
win make OF rapidly, only to return
In an hour or so.
Their season is July. August and the
drst half of September. and they are
voracious eaters, soon stripping the
plant. In appearance they are long,
slim, grayish black. the grown ones be-
ing about an inch in length.
They soon ruin clematis, golden.
glow and many other plants.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

man advised me to try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and got
bottle. felt better the next month %
I took three more bottles Of It and got
well 20 I could work all the time. I
hope every woman who suffers like did
will try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. P.W.I4ANsENG, Box
8, Allyn, Wash.
Why will women continue to suffer day
In and day out or drag out q sickly, half
hearted existence, missing three fourths
Of the joy Of living, when they can find
health in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound?
For thirty years 1t has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health Of Thousands Of women
who have been troubled with such oil.
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, tumors, irregularities, etc.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine Co. (conA.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter win
be opened, read and answered BIZ O
woman and held In strict confds1oa,
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

they enjoy there According to who not stuck on
White
and tackled He too and the
automobile drivers stopped their
proportions
which
them nuhed his
In . menacng
Oldest White where birds of all
feath
credited with coward
= kind.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30
FIGHT THE INSECT PESTS

For the little white hy. use sulpho.
tobacco soap according to directions
on the package. For rose bugs. in the
evening place two or three ounces Of
quassia chips Ito be had OF the drug
gist) in . pail. and NIL with boiling
water-two or three gallons accord
ing to size Of pail.
Let stand until next morning. then
apply the liquid to the plant with .
garden syringe. getting the tea on
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30
MIDSUMMER HELPS

Keep the seed-pods picked OF, If you
want flowers.
Mysosis will succeed in hottest sun.
shine II seeds are picked on.
Look over the grounds and gather
mp the mistakes for reference.
Treat the lilac shoots q weeds Cut
on all seed-pods II you want flowsru
ne1t wear.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

The English however
that
but recall them British soil
opening q
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30


which
moonlight
n
is of in
connection with the planting it do with
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

do for an American in the service.
even II his own blood be American
beyond question, to have . wife who
is Of foreign extraction or once or
twice removed. The European war
will not tolerate such.
The state department was recent
ly taught the lesson through the Sc
lection OF an American who had
passed q splendid examination and
who was assigned to an English post
in the consular service. The selec-
ton seemed impeccable, but no ono
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30
THE JAPANESE GARDEN

II you object to anything diminu-
tive and that needs attention. then
you will not care for . Japanese gar.
den. But IL you like things Japanese.
II you delight in tiny things that have
all the charm of their huge proto-
types, II you Hike to have something
growing under your eyes then you
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

cupds
passed the
They began another:
fishing will be
disagreed with them
piful them saying: found
highen
contrary would
point
Bible, their feaZA
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

placed sayvhsrs, A.
tracts A0A kills all
Aiss. Neat, elsaa, or
nAnS1tAl, oonvsntant
cheap Lasts oil
oO0oon. 4sdsse
metal, oA'tsptncP ttp
over, viii not soil q
TAI are anything.
Guaranteed elective.
AL d00lOro oesssai
empress paid fer u.m
Avs.. 1reoklyA, q. Z.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

WInu, OF any Otner 6IeMeHt OF WeHtH-
er. This will be a severe blow to
those who have believed that pota.
toes in order to be successful crop.
should be planted during certain
phases of the moon. or that garden
truck flourishes more readily under
moon influence when planted right.
The department points out that
growth of plants depends upon the
amount of food In the soil and in the
air that Is available for them, and
upon Temperature. light and moisture.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

had the other by the neck and was
trying to pull his head OF when
Schroeder stood over the two and
fiourished his arms and club in such
q threatening way that the grip was
released and the two few OF to trees
close by. making q terrible chatter
about the affair.
Several families Of crows have
for years fiourished in the White
House grounds. but they seem to
have formed . combination to keep
other birds out Of the good things
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30
Why the Wives Of consuIs Are important Now

before sending anybody in the diplomatic
consular service
the anecedens appointee
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30
IN SUCH PAIN
WOMAN CRIED
Suffered Everything UntiRe-
stored to Health BY Lydia
E Pinlkham's Veseta-
BE Compound.

Florence, So. Dakota.-"I used 10 b
vexy sick every month with bearing
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30
Moon Myths Shattered by Houston's Department

smashed another tradition
with
than the the of
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30
Music in Canoes Charms Potomac River Fishes

according the
fisheries installed
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30
Crows Fight Fiercey in White House Grounds

VICIOUS White House
"a
birds could induce
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

One small hint may be worth more
than a ton Of advice.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

or player pianos at points along the
shore for the benefit of Washington's
anglers.
II the fish bite better during the
summer the fishermen should thank
the sentimental young folk. who have
discovered a summer substitute for
the tango dance hall. They have placed
graphophones in their canoes, and
one strolling along the banks Of the
river above the Aqueduct bridge these
evenings hears soft strains rising
here and there on the black surface.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

important to Moth0rs
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA. . safe and sure remedy foa
infants and children, and see that Il
Signature 1saan ss Of zx2zzE[x
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
A tombstone always has a good
word for a man when he's down.
II you wish beautiful, clear white
clothes, use Red Cross Bag Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
All things are good to good men.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

All things are good to good men.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30
INTERNATIONAL.
SUlDNISCIlOOL
LESSON
(By e. o. SELLERS, Acting Director Of
Sunday School Course, The Moody Bible
Institute Of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR AUGUST I
QUEEN or sHEsA VISITS SOLO
MON.

LESSON TEXT-I Kings l0:1-I0, Is
GOLDEN TExT-Wisdom Is better THAI
rubies. Prov Sill
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-22

CepClOn came out strong against fen
ders. And the ordinance is not yet
enforced.
Today M. J. Roberts, an aUtomO-
bile man appearing asa citizen, will
demand that Chief HeaIey enforce
the fender law. If nothing is done
he threatens mandamaus action
against the police head to force him
to carry out the ordinance which the
council has twice passed on.
None of the trust papers had re-
porters at the hearing which Chief
Healey gave the corporation inter
ests. Yet, day late, the News ran
a long story under the caption, mo
tor Truck Fender Assailed by Own
ers." The American followed with
Tenders Denounced by Auto Clubs
and Owners Of Trucks. The Journal
story was headed Halt Action on
Truck Tenders" and the Post read,
Tenders Are Failures, Say Auto Elk
pert"
The reason for the strong fight put
up by the corporation is plain, &C.
cOrding to Roberts, who will demand
enforcement of the law.
Tenders for the 10000 auto
trucks in Chicago will cost the big
corporations a large amount of
money They claim 100000,
which is exaggerated, % declared Rob
erts. But those fighting the fender
ordinance have a larger deal in view.
They are almost without execution
agents for auto concerns and big cor
poTatiOns which have plants all over
the country. Chicago is the first city
to test auto tenders and a hundred
others are waiting to see the results
obtained here before they pass laws.
Eighteen cities, including New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Mime
apOlis and Milwaukee, wrote to Chief
Of Police Gleason last year to find
out what we accomplished. If Chi
cago goes ahead with the fender law
"A
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-22

police department by the city en-
gineers, who spent seven months in
testing them. Tests show that SO
per cent of the fatalities of motor
trucks could be avoided by the use
of tenders.
But tenders cost money. So the
Association of Commerce and the
trust papers will fight. Safety first is
alright for them as long as safety
first does not cost a cent"
U. s. NOTE SENT TO BERLIN LAST
NGHT-PUBLlc 'FRIDAY7
Washington, July 22.-The Ger
man note was sent forward from
Washington to Berlin at o'clock last
night, state department officials an
nounced today. It is believed prac-
tically all of the note had reached
Berlin by 10 o'clock this morning.
News of the communications dis
patch came like thUnderclap. The
administration had kept its plans so
secret that not the slightest inkling
had gained currency of it's action
until, as it was believed, most of the
message had actually reached its
destination.
The note was sent vial Copenhagen
and will be decided and translated in
Berlin by Ambassador Gerard today
for presentation to the German for
eign office probably Friday morning.
Secretary of State Lansing is ex-
pected to make public the contents
Of the document as soon as it has
been delivered to the Berlin govern
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-22
WoRKERs, PICNIC

ELECTRICAL WORKERS PICNIC
States Atty Maclay HOyne, NUM-
cipaI Judge Edward T. Wade, Morton
L. Johnson of the Penny Phone
league and others will address the
piCnickers at the 21st annual picnic
to be given by the international
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, L
U. No. 8, at Brands park, next Sum
day, July 25.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-22


Hunting with a camera having be-
come popular, why not fight all wars
that way?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12

playground movement II firmly in
trenched In all OF our big cities. and in
Philadelphia has given rise to a sep
arate municipal department with con.
stantly expanding usefulness.
"Bu. the scout movement goes fur
ther than this. Play is not its end.
but rather q means to large and vital
ends that touch on every phase OF
uplift Of the growing boy. and espec-
tally OF the boy surrounded by all the
norrowing---yes. Observation-Disclosures
of the city streets.
ut utilities the attractive machinery
thai scoutcraft affords. and in scout
craft is included woodcraft and camp
craft and chivalrous adventure. and
in fact, almost everything that has
appealed to the best In boyhood since
the world was young.
-'Thereby 1t enndbles those primitive
instincts in the average boy, which the
influences of the city streets would
otherwise demora1ize. Thereby It leads
the boy TO-. do deeds OF action out I'm
the field and woods. beside quiet
streams. rather than to see deeds OF
action in the moving picture palaces.
Thereby 1t turns his efforts toward
becoming tenderfoot or a second
class scout or first class scout, or
gaining awards of merit These same
instincts for action are otherwise an
nounced az larceny or rorcfble en-
try or malicious mischief in the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
teen-year-old daughter and her
grandmother. For several months the

teen-year-old daughter and her
grandmother. For several months the
blind man has been announcing him
self MS witch. and has claimed re-
,sponsibility for practically all the
deaths that have occurred In the vii
lage of Killisnoo for the past five
years.
According 10 the story of the little
native girl, Mary Moses. or Khan
tosh. as her indian namis Is. the first
time she knew that her father was a
witch was one night "a long time
ago" when she was awakened in her
sleep and felt cold. She called her
father and asked him for more COW
ers, which he brought and while COW
ering her over, she says, he told her
for the first time that he WAS witch
and that he wanted her to learn to
be one, too. in order that she might
carry on his work when he died.
In order that she might learn the
secret of the practice she said her
father told her she must visit with
him an old graveyard across the bay.
Mary stated her father told her to
take hold Of his foot and In a mo-
ment they flew" across the channel
to the cemetery. While there she said
they were able to look through the
earth down into the graves and could
see the bodies in them. After wan
dering about the graves for time
her father transformed himself into a
white duck and on his back she says
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12

she rode back across t1ae chann6k m
Mary told the district attorney that
that night she learned many tirinu
about witchcraff. sz
The girls story was told Mj1l14z
neutrality-suspicious. and without CONT
rradiction and the reason She A{d%
she wanted something done with her
father was because sho feared he
would kill her grandmother with
witchery. The child's mother is dead
and she is apparently very fond u
her grandmother. and is evidently
sincere In her fear of her fathaE4xs
power. Ell
The only charges against her sA-
Their are based rpon the firm belief
that he ia a witch. and in that con-
nection he is accused of being re-
sponsibIe for everything in the way or
misfortune which has happened III II
the kiilisnoo Indian village.
In his remarks before the district 81
attorney, Superintendent Beattie sait.@
The question of witchcraft Is one
OF the most difficult problems we have
TO handle among the natives. The ex-
istence OF witches is a certainty wififsx
them, and there IL absolutely no pos.
sibility of convincing them that there
are no such things ~ witches. II isn't
stubbornness on their part, II n 4
simply and sincerely their belief that &
there are among their tribesmeu PERI y
sons who have power TO cast n spell
over others OF their number szss<
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12

as a great preventive agency OF IN
yenile delinquency. That is nardiJ
correct. The Children's Court treats
symptoms merely symptoms OF dis
ease, whose causes lie back In the So
cial environment, where only, sucn
ORGANIZATIONS as the Poy Scouts can
reach. 1t IS noticeable in Brooklyn
tina. the interpreter Is the most i'm
portant person in the Cl.ildren's Court.
The great majority OF delinauents are
foreigners who frequently err through
ignorance. Lack of proper amuse-
meyits, lack OF interest for idle hours,
physical defects. and i'll health--these
are all causes Of delinquency which
the Boy Scout program attacks much
further back than the juvenile courts
can reach"
Another mar who has had much eX-
pefience with delinquent children and
who strongly Endorses the movement,
is Charles Edwin Fox. of Philadelphia.
who, as assistant district attorney in
hiladelphia. is in charge OF the Juvs-
nile Court work Of the office.
"Close observation OF hundreds Of
lads who have been hailed before tine
bar of the Juvenile Court in the last
four years" says he. had brought me
to the conclusion that there was ore
underlying cause FOR about so per cent
of their offenses. gray or gay. as they
might be. 1t was this: They did not
have adequate opportunity for play.
and so they fell into one form or an
other of mischief that brought them
afoul the law.
"Others assign much more formid-
able sounding reasons, such as hereI-
itv> or environment or adenoids. or
high grade feeble mindedness. But
really | cannot use words that sound
more serious than these--'lack OF
MAY To nv mind these words are
quite serious enough, for they are an
Indictment not of the boy before the
court but OF the community which
sent him there Given an average
young American citizen OF the Juvenile
Court age Cup to sixteen), and he il
bound to have an outlet for all that
splendid energy and enthusiasm ard
sheer love OF living that IS the very
fibre of his being. All of us grow
more or less sentimental over the alb
stract thought Of youth. because OF
its iight-heartedners. tts lack of res
possibility its pleasure IN simple Joys.
and all that sort of thing.
Play AH-Important.
but do we al make this idea con-
crete one hS giving youth, born and
imprisoned In the city, an opportunitT
to breathe purer air than the city
contains In short, do we give youth
chance 10 play : II 1t stopped there
and went no further. IL would have Its
great value. The real need of at
fordinz city youth the opportunity for
play. for plays cwn sake needs no
more than mere mention. now that the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
Not a Bite Of
Breakfast Until
You Drink Water
says glass Of hot water and
phosphate prevents Illness
and keeps Us fl.

just az coal. when I: burns. leaves
behind certain amount of incom-
hastible material In the form Of
ashes, SO the food and drink taken
day after day leaves In the alimen-
tary canal a certain amount OF indi
gastihte material, when II not com
pieteiy eliminated from the system
each day, becomes food for the mil
lions of bacteria which infest tho
bowels From this nass OF left over
waste, toxins and ptcrnata lie poi
sons are formed and sucked into the
blood,
Men and women who can't get feel
ing risht must begin To take inside
baths, Before eating breakfaSt each
nuraing drink glass of real hot
water with a teaspoauful of lime
stone phosphate in 1t to wash out Of
the thirty feet of bowels the pre-
vious DAYS accumulation ~ poisons
and toxins md 10 keep the entire ALI
mentary canal clean. pure and fresh.
Those who are subject TO sfck head
ache, colds, bilieusness. constipation,
others who wake up with bad taste.
foul breath. hackache, rheumatic
stiffness. or have sour, gassy stom-
ach after meals. are urged 10 get n
quarter pound of limestone phosphate
from the drug store, and begin prac-
ucinE internal sanitation. This will
cost very little. but ii Is sufficient to
make any one an enthusiast on the
81 bject
Remember inside bathing Is more
important than outside bathing, be-
cause the skin pores do not absorb
impurities into the blood causing
poor health. while the bowel pores
do. Just as soap and hot water
cleanses. sweetens and freshens the
skin. SO hot water and limestone
phosphate act on the stomach. liver.
kidneys and bowels---Adv.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
STORIES Of
W|IcHcRAFT PRACTICE
Her Father, Duck. Took Girl
Riding, Told In Court of
juneau, Alaska.

Juneau Alaska, Dec. 1i.--That
witchcraft still exists among the ma
tives Of Alaska was brought out in
the United States District Court be-
fore District Attorney J. A. Smiser
here.
A complaint OF the practice of
witchcraft among the natives of Kill
lisnoo was made some time ago to W.
G.. Beattie. superintendent of native
schools for Alaska. An investigation
in the killisnoo village led Superin-
tendent Deattie 10 bring a number of
the tribe to Juneau Tor examination
by District Attorney Smiser. with the
result that the witch was found, but
no law could he found on which TO
base n complaint against him.
From the testimony of the wit
nesses examined before the District
Attorney the story OF the witchery
centers around a blind man. his fif-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12

Juvenile Court
Wise Men o. Greece Gave Play.
"The wise men of Greece thought
1t well to give their best thought over
many centuries to the perpetuation OF
the greatest system of play for their
young people that the world has ever
seen. Our wise and good men, wne
have uplifted . phase of modern ad-
min!stration OF law by creating the
Juvenile Court. have now to 60 a step
further and consider the establish.
ment OF those preventive forces that
can anticipate the efforts OF this same
court. earnestly urge the extension
OF every facility for play as one OF the
most potent Of these preventive forces.
And let 1t be the play of the Boy
Scouts wherever possible"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12

JeNIOns.
A certain little girl was discovered
by her mother engaged In a spirited
encounter with q small friend who
had got considerably worstcd in the
engagement.
Don't you know, dear" said the
mother. that It Is very wicked to
behave so7 1t was Satan that put It
Into your head to pull Elsie's hair"
We'll. perhaps It was the child
admitted. but kicking her shins was
entirely my own idea Tit Bits.