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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
CROPS AND THE WEATHER,
Importance Of Agricultural Meteoro'osy
to the Farmer.

to the Farmer.
The practical aim of agricultural
meteorology is to secure the most COM
plete adjustment possible between the
crops and the weather, and the first
step in this process is to obtain an
exact knowledge of the natural rela-
lions between plant life and atmos-
pheric phenomena. Such knowledge Is
now being gathered in Russia on
more extensive scale than anywhere
else in the world. The meteorological
bureau of the imperial ministry OF agrl-
culture was created in 1897, thanks
mainly to the efforts of Professor L. l.
Brounov. who has been its director
from the beginning. The bureau has
established about 100 stations OF OBJ
servation, most of which study the
effects of weather on the Leading cereal
crops, certain number the correspond
ing aspects of horticulture, while
few are devoted to the animal in
dustries.
Each of the agricultural stations con-
sists of Il small plat of land on which
a certain sequence of crops Is grown
year after year. according to some es-
tablished system of rotation, under con-
ditions of cultivation as nearly uni
form as possible. The only varying
factor is the weather. In immediate
proximity to the plants under observa-
ton is installed a group of instruments
for measuring the principal meteorolog-
zeal elements PROFESSOR Brounov lays
great stress upon getting these meas
urements from the very spot where the
plant is growing.
The guiding principle of Brounov's
work is that the welfare of plant
does not depend upon its receiving a
! certain aggregate or average amount
| of heat. moisture and the like through
the whole season. but upon receiving
| certain amounts ut certain times. In
the life history of each species of plant
he distinguishes definite epochs-sO
called critical periods"-when either
an excess or deficiency of Il certain
weather element will be harmful.
Thus it is found that the yield OF all
winter cereals throughout the south
and east of European Russia depends
in a marked degree upon the rainfall
of the previous late summer and early
autumn: hence it is possible, from the
rainfall record alone, to predict yields
months in advance.
The principal practical application,
Of such knowledge are: First, to en-
able the farmer to select crops adapted
to the local climate; second, to furnish
an intelligent basis for irrigation; third
to enhance the accuracy of crop predic
lions. thus giving greater stability t.
the markets.-Country Gentleman.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
OUR CALENDAR IMPERFECT.
Under the Present System a Day is
Lost Every $500 Years.

Many people are dissatisfied with the
calendar. They propose 70 take 1t back
and change it. They would have to go
back TO an act of the British parlia-
ment i'm 1T51-that is. English speak
ing folk would-and then still farther
into the recesScS of time. IL was that
statute which later led American
schoolboys into doubt as to whether
George Washington was born on Feb.
22 or Feb. H. Eleven days were lost
between Julius Caesar and George
Washington. but that hardly seems APP
palling enough after all to justify so
many prcachmCntS on the subject or
lost time. does it? The way things are
arranged now it will be 100 years or
more before we lose another day.
The scientist. however, is never salts
fled with anything less than accuracy,
ana he wants II perfect calendar. lie
has taken his ideas of reform into the
legislatures of several nations, but
nothing has happened yet. Reform Is
sure 20 get into trouble. anyway. when
II gets into politics. But truth, crushed
TO earth. shall rise again. ana maybe
the dream of the scientist VIII come
true. The first day of every month
will fall on the first day of the week,
and so forth. The printed calendar
which comes from the insurance com
pany or the grocery store will be just
as good one year as another. ana the
months will be all alike. Probably Il
more durable form will he invented so
that It will last II lifetime. be moved
from house to house with the rest or
the furniture and be handed down to
future generations as an heirloom.
Time. with such a calendar. wouldnt
seem so NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ledger.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
WOULDN'T CHARGE FOR BED
Place to Sleep Must Be Furnished
Free, Was the Code of tie
Lumberjack.

Difficult as the life of lumberjack
in the backwoods may be, it is par
TALLY free from certain onerous and
irksome customs peculiar TO civiliza'
ton proper.
IL boarded at the house of a fellow
lumberiack during my brief experience
of three weeks in the backwoods,
said an ex-lumberiack. ut was an
Informal arrangement, to say the least.
did not even know the price | was
to pay for the living accommodations
in this isolated household, and some
thing in the very atmosphere forbade
me to ask. | took it for granted that
| would get a square deal.
when the time came for my de-
parture | asked the host for my bill.
How many meals have you ct
here? he asked.
81 should say that ate about three
meals per day for three weeks | re-
piled.
Miss any? he demanded.
Possibly two or three ventured
our charge is 10 CehtS per nieui,
he said My wife keeps tab on all the
meals ct, so / will ask her.
ION consulting his wife's accounts
which were kept by means of a very
good memory, it developed that had
consumed a few meals less in the ag
gregate than the total daily quota for
three weeks. | paid for them.
Nov, what do | owe for sleeping
accommodations? | asked. Il have
occupied a bed and room for three
weeks, you know
MY host stared in amazement and
demanded:
"'Do you mean itT
"'Of course | mean it, replied. In
the eastern country where | come
from a mans lodgings usually cos
about the same as his meals. pre-
sumo II Is the same here
az should say not!' he retortet
sharply. Nobody in this part of the
country is mean enough to charge any
body for place to sleep!'"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
PERIL OF RUST.
il A Constant Menace to Structures OF
L Iron and Steel.

!. iron ana steel.
Among the many questions which
the architect and builder are called
upon to consider, none perhaps is more
important than that relating to the
corrosion of iron and steel. This tend
ency to decay is peculiar to these
materials, since none of the ordinary
metals exhibits it to any comparable
degree. and it is so strong that an I'M
protected piece is soon reduced to a
shapeless mass of rust. 1t is one thing
to design and erect a mighty sky
scraper, but an entirely different mat
ter to protect it from those influences
which, if allowed to do their work.
would ruin the greatest structure in a
short time.
1t seems strange. in a way, that I'M
less iron is well protected 1t is far less
resistant to natural agencies than
wood or other building materials. 1t
!, is being used more and more in the
Fabrication of large buildings and
other structures of permanent type.
and the length of their life. to say
nothing of the safety of the people
employed in and around them, depends
on the success with which cOrrosion
can be prevented.
Painters are constantly employed on
such structures as the Brooklyn or
Forth bridges scraping away rust spots
and repainting. When serious rustine
is once started it is very hard to check,
and as it would inevitably lead to the
destruction of the framework a col
lapse would be certain to occur sooner
or later, probably with an appalling
loss of fe.-Engineering Magazine.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
Valley of Death.

The Valley of Death is In the island
of Java. 1t is crater of an extinct
volcano. half a mile wide, filed with
carbonic acid gas. which continually
emanates from assures in the bottom
of the valley. The gas being invisible
and entirely irrespirable, every living
thing that descends is instantly suffo-
Gated. The ground about the crater
Is covered with bones.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28

Nneisnt supsrstitions That Tenaciousiy
Cinq to Life.

On the subject OF Some Popular
Legal Superstitions" Case and Com
ment says that there are many miscon.
ccptions OF legal doctrines. usually
tenaciously held and sometimes rashly
acted upon to the clients undoing,
some Of which are so grotesquely dis
torted that II Is difficult to trace them
to their origin. One Of the most widely
spread but fortunately harmless Of
these Is that in order that will disin-
heriting an heir may be valid he must
be cut of with a shilling" This no.
ton Is erroneous. but Blackstone finds
a foundation for 1t In the civil law and
says:
The Romans were also wont to set
aside testaments as being inofficiosa.
deficient In natural duty. II they disin-
herited or totally passed by without
assigning true. sufficient reason any
Of the children of the testator. But IL
the child had any legacy, though ever
20 small, it was proof that the testator
had not lost his memory or reason.
which otherwise the law presumed.
but was then presumed to have acted
thus from substantial cause. Hence
probably has arisen that groundless
vulgar error of the necessity of leav-
ing an heir shilling, or some other ex.
press legacy. in order to disinherit him
effectually."
Another erroneous idea, quite gener-
ally entertained, is that signature Is
not binding unless written in ink.
Still another curious notion enter
tanned in some localities is that an eye
witness may not testify to any occur
renee seen by him through glass"
This is probably attributable to the
fact that the imperfections Of ancient
window glass might deceive the on
locker as to what actually took place.
The writer recalls an instance adduced
by his instructor in physics while lee.
turing on the refraction of light of
a windowpane in his house through
which passersby on the opposite side
Of the square appeared, on coming OPP
posite to church, to leap over the
steeple. A condition of this sort
brought out on cross examination
might affect the weight, though not the
admissibility, Of the evidence.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
PISGAH NEWS.

James McGovern is spending few
days in Louisville.
DR.. VIM. Howard is expected every
day from Tennessee, where he will
make Ball Town his home.
Mary and William Ryan spent sun
day with Louise and Thomas Rice at
Free.
Miss Marie McGovcrn is visiting
friends and relatives in Cloverport.
Pisgah Sunday school 10 o'clock.
Fathers and mothers come and help.
We need more workers.
Messrs. Syru Boiling and Marion
Burns left for St. Louis Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herrl Walker and
son; Mr.. and Mrs. John Pate and
daughters and Miss Marie Snyder
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Tau at Free.
Misses Bessie Bates and Marie Nc
Govern have returned, after pleasant
visit to friends and relatives near
Cloyerport
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
Told That There Was No Cure
for Him.

years with indigestion and having
some of The bes' doctors here tell me
there was no cure for me, ! think it
only right to tell you for the sake Of
other sufferers as well as your own
satisfaction that a - cent bottle of
Chamberlain's Tablets not only re.
lieved me but cured me within two
months although l am a man Of rs
years." writes Jul. Qrobien, Houston.
Texas. Obtainable everywhere.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28

The bread that was served out dur
ing the siege of Genoa was a curious
mixture Marriott. who had to eat it or
90 without 1t. says it was ~ horrible
compound of damaged -four, sawdust,
starch. hair powder, oatmeal. linseed.
rancid nuts and other nasty sub
stances, to which little soldity was
given by the admixture of small
portion of cocoa. Each loaf, more
over. was held together by little bits
Of wood. without which it would have
fallen to powder. General Thiebault
in his journal of the siege compares
this bread to peat mingled with oil."-
ArgOnaut
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28

Do you know what is the proper
abbreviation of the United States? II
Is L. :. 1t Is not L. :. \. There is
widespread and apparently utter ig-
norance of this fact. The initials L. 5.
A. are the officially accepted abbrevin-
ton for United States army and do not
under any possible conditions ever
mean United States of America. At
this time. when so many manutactur-
ers in this country are branding their
goods as made in the United States
this is important. The brand of L. =
A. upon anything means that 1t was
manufactured for the United State'
army. Made In L. s. is the brand
which should be put upon all goods
manufactured in this country.-Albany
Knickerbocker Press.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
tits "Sea SERPENT"

A member of the Big Stove club OF
Bath Me, told the following expert
ence with a sea serpent. He was at
the wheel of his little fishing schooner
in Long Island sound when he heard
swishing sound behind his vessel.
Peering Behind he could just make
out the long, sinuous body of a sea SER
pent with an enormous head and a
pair of flashing eyes. The serpent,
however, kept his distance. The next
morning the sailor found that rope
from the schooner had become entan.
gled in a lobster trap and had towed
II up the sound.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
Scalds, Calls, Scratches, Sores
Hurts, Screw Worms.

To make the best cure for such
troubles, buy pint of linseed oil, ii
you prefer healing oil, or pound of
hog ard or vaseline il you want salve
and add a SOC bottla of Farris Healing
Remedy. 1t simply can't be beat by
any salve or liniment made. And see
what you get-a full pint for not over
90 cents. Farris Healing Remedy is
sold by us on the Money Back Plan.
For sale at Weddings Drug Store,
Coyerport, Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
Should Not Feel Discouraged

So many people troubled with indl-
gestion and constipation have been
benefited by taking Chamberlain's
Tablets that no one should feel dis
couraged who has not given them a
trial. They contain no pepsin or
other digestive ferments but strength
en- the stomach and enable it to per-
form its functions naturally. Obtain
able everywhere.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
Wisdom Teeth.

The so called wisdom teeth are the
two last moars to grow and they nave
no real connection with the possession
Of wisdom. They take their name from
the time of their arrival. from twenty
to twenty-five years. at which age the
average person is supposed to have
reached years OF discretion. Cutting
ones wisdom teeth means simply ar
irving at the point of completeness In
physical equipment and has no direct
relation to mental equipment. The pos
session of these teeth is no guarantee
of wisdom. They grow at about the
same age in people whether they are
wise or not.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
ChamberIain's Cough Remedy

For small beginning the sale and
use of this remedy has extended to all
parts of the United States and to
many foreign countries. When you
have reed of such a medicine give
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a trial
and you will understand why it has he
come so popular for coughs, colds and
Group. Obtainable everywhere.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
Earth's Diameter.

The earth's greatest diameter is not
necessarily at the equator. According
~ the eminent Professor llcnkey. the
rctual greatest diameter is that taken
from the summit of Mount Chimbo-
.azo. The line drawn from this point
20 the opposite side on point in SUI
matra gives Il diameter Of 1929 miles.
New York American.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
Rubbing It In.

Miss Elderly-Thc insulting wretch
He asked me If | remembered the
lreadfully cold winter Of 1879 Think
of IT, Miss Kccn-Oh. I'm sure he
didn't mean to offend you. dear. He
probably didn't know what bad mem
DRY you have.-Boston Transcript.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic Is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because 1t contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts ON the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. SO cents.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
A Prudent Provision.

"Jones is nothing II not thorough.
No matter how he starts out he al
ways gets to the very bottom or
things"
"Then it is very lucky for him that
he didn't start out as sea captain
Baltimore American.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
The Coward.

"Has that young man given you any
encouragement. daughter?"
"Oh. yes. mother"
what did he sayf'
"He asked me TO tell him what sort
of a disposition father had"-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28

Although the ancients knew the val
ne of canals, they failed to hit on the
simple device Of the lock, which was
not discovered till the fourteenth cen
fury. To this day the dispute has new
or been settled as to which country.
Italy or Holland. is entitled to the
credit Of the invention.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
Artistic Excuse.

"There!' said MIR. Nagg after II com
plicated explanation of why he had
STAYED out so late: II hope this is sat
isfactory"
at is more than satisfactory. Mrs.
Nagg told him. 1T is simply h;auti
ful."-St Louis Post. Dispatch.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
HOME GROWN DRUG PLANTS.

The blockade OF European
commerce gives the American
} farmer fine chance to develop
the business of growing drug
plants Our supplies Of the raw
materials for such common drugs
MS quinine. cocaine, caffeine and
formaldehyde come to us through
European dealers. Though we
cannot grow all OF these things
we can import them direct from
South America and other coun-
tries where they are grown and
cut out the European middle
man
But there are many other
plants common to American
fields that are imported for the
simple reason that our wholesale
drug dealers are in favor of the
European product and have never
tried to encourage home produc-
ton. The present crisis will
force them to use the home
grown drug plants. The increase
in price will make it profitable
for growers to study the market
and seek to supply it. Our drug
! manufacturers must cut loose
J from European methods and de-
velop their own supplies.
! The bureau of plant industry
of the department of agriculture
/ has been studying the subject
and is ready to advise with
farmers who are interested in
the new market. A byproduct
crop that is worth many mil
lions should not be ignored nor
left to the importers to feast
upon.-Country Gentleman.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
A Polite Threat.

"Why do you always ask that regular
customer II the razor hurts himT
asked one barber.
"Just as a gentle reminder" replied
the other. "that II he forgets the tip
it's liable to hurt him next time."-St.
Louis Post Dispatch.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Tn The system

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. SO cents
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
lnvigorating to the Pale and sickIy

The Old Standard general Strengthening tonic,
CROVE'S TASrELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria enriches the blood and builds up the sys.
TEN. true tonic. For adults and Children. SIC
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
See it at American Theater

Itching, bleeding, protruding CT
blind piles have yielded to Doaa's
Ointment So at all stores.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28

may be avoided by constructing the
box with one half its size built In
the kitchen and the other half to pro
ject through the partition. as indi
Gated by dotted lines in drawing. upon
the woodshed side. Where the fuel
supply is kept in an attached building
next to the kitchen. as is usual. this
is easily possible. and to oil the box
you have only to raise the cover on
the shed side of box and pile the fuel
into same. In using. the housewife re
moves 1t from the kitchen. side of box.
as shown In drawing. This has also
the advantage of taking up less space
in the kitchen as well as being handy
and saving litter and muss.-iowa
Homestead.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28

One ungrateful man does an injury to
all who are suffering.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
Labor SAVING Wood Box,

The bother and resulting muss OF
carrying wood, coal or similar fuel
into the kitchen to ill the wood box
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-21
CAN'T REPRODUCE
 AUSTRIAN BIG GUN
English Almost Secured Secret of Twelve-Inch
 Automobile Mortar

Berlin, March 7.-(Correspondenc Of the Associated Press. .)-Budapest news papers received here contain an inter view with Baron Von Skoda, the con structor of the Austrian 12-inch au- tomobile gun, on the report that the French intended to construct a mortar along similar lines. Baron Von Skoda says it would take from 12 70 15 months to make even a few of these guns successfully under the most fa- vorable conditions.
 Although the Austrian gun was orig inally intended only for siege purposes it had proved of even greater value for use in entrenched positions 1t having been found possible to trans port 1t over the ordinary highways.
 Baron Von Skoda told how narrow ly he escaped letting the English into the secrets of his mortar. He said that several years ago the firm of vickers was negotiating for the establishment of a cannon factory in Hungary in conjunction with his works. Suspicion arose that the object on the English side was to get an opening through which to learn the Austro- Hungarian and German artillery development and for this reason the plan was dropped by Hungary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-21
HObL|TzELLE WILL BE HERE TOMORROW Will Have Conference With SemOn-May Change
 Policy

Karl Hoblitzelle, president of the In terstate Amusement company. now oper- ating the Lyric. is expected here tomor- row for a conference with M. l.. Semon who was recently appointed manager ot the Lyric to succeed H. l.. Raymond With the announcement that MT. Hoblit- zelle was to visit Birmingham. it was reported that he would perhaps change the policy of that theatre as to three shows daily.
 MT. Hoblitzelle in reply to the criti- trial would demonstrate the wisdom oi that step. The theatre has been operat- ing three weeks and it is reported that the patronage is far below what was ex- pected. It is believed that Mir. Hobitzelle has taken a most fortunate step in se- curing MT. Semon as his manager here, where he Is so well known.
 It is believed that Mr. Hoblitzelle would reconcile every friend of the house if he would reinstate the old policy of one per formance per night and one matinee It is stated that an unfortunate contract signed by MT. Wells which he had to carry, was more or less responsible for the failure of the Lyric to earn money under the old management MT. Hobiit- zelle, according to the popular opinion has nothing to answer for. but the thea tre. which it is firmly believed could be made profitable with one show per day
 MT. Hoblitzelle upon arrival here vii meet several local friends and it is con sidered very probable that he will make the change as to the three shows daily and restore the old method of operations