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The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-22
BALTIMORE BOAT BURNED
Passengers were Rescued from the
Old Bay Line Steamer
Maryland

Baltimore, Jan. 22.-The Old Bay
Line steamer Maryland was burned
off Sandy Point this morning. The
passengers were rescued.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-22
COMBAT IN TIE CLOUDS

Vienna, jar. 22.-In battle three
thousand feet above the ground be-
tween Austrian and Russian aviators
near Przemysl, both airmen were
killed.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

writing the state has paid rewards on
1853 miles of road, 43 miles Of which
are on the trunk line. Two trunk line
Marquette county and one in Wayne
county, and bids will be received on
April /, 1914, for eleven more trunk
line bridges.
While these state rewarded roads
are but a small part of the total mile
age of Michigan. they are scattered
over 73 counties and reach into 63S
townships. which means that more
than one-half of the townships In
Michigan have a mile or more of these
improved roads. The state reward is
available to both townships and coun'
ties, and the rapidity with which these
roads are being built will be realized
when it is known that more than
enough of these roads were built in
| 1913 to make two continuous lines
reaching from the Ohio line to the
Straits OF Mackinac.
1t will thus be seen that while
Michigan has facilities for Transports
| ton by water greater than that or any
other state and has facilities for trans
portation by rail equal to most other
states of it's size and population, it is
also making rapid strides in the i'm
provement of its rural highways. In
1918 more than six and three-quarteI
millions Of dollars were expended on
the highways of the state and, IL road
building continues to increase at the
present rate it is safe to predict that
within the next decade the main ar
teries of travel. which carry nearly &c
per cent of the traffic. will be substan
tally improved and Michigan will as
sumo a prominent place among the
states Of the Union which are noted
for good roads.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
TREATS PUPILS AS
HIS BEST FRIENDS
Farmland Hero in Herbert
Quick's Novel Becomes School,
Teacher-ChiIdren Aid Him.

In Herbert Quick's farm novel, 1.-THE
Brown Mouse" the Farmland hero
becomes a school teacher, and pro-
ceeds to teach without any respect for
cultural traditions. He treats the pu-
pills as friends and associates. He
regards his school as a sort Of laboYa-
tory in which the children help him
work out practical problems of their
own homes and farms.
He doesn't make them sit stiff ans
silent for hours at time. AS his bust,
ness assistants, they are free to nova
about and consult him and each other
like men in an Office. There's a Low
hum of conversation, which doesn't
disturb anybody, because everybody Is
intensely interested in what he's do
ing.
The boys and girls flock to school
an hour before the bell rings, with
samples of grass seed and corn smut
and insect specimens and things, and
they can hardly be driven home when
school closes. They are not crammed
with book learning. The usual text
books occupy a minor place in their
education. Their arithmetic examples
deal with such matters as the per-
centage of loss in a wheat crop based
on a given proportion Of weed seeds
in the sown wheat, and the COW popu-
lation of the township and the ratio
of butterfat to milk and feed. An es-
&c xro1nad
highly than one on poetry. Reading
lessons are as likely as not taken
from farm journals. Geography is not
a matter of maps, but live subject
connected with the food the children
eat and the clothes they wear and the
crops in their barns-where every
thing comes from and goes to.
And book culture? They get that
too, as a sort of side issue. 1t comes
easily enough because their minds are
kept at such a pitch of activity by
vital human interests they can pick
up in odd moments the formal facts
considered necessary. Let us cease
thinking so much about agricultural
education, and devote ourselves to
educational agriculture" says Mr.
Quick. $50 will the nation be made
strong"
And isn't he right? Isn't agricul'
ture itself so big and all-embracing q
thing that it can be used in the coun'
try schools as a medium through
which the country boy and girl OBJ
tain mental training, knowledge OF
the world and genuine culture?
Shouldn't country children, instead
OF being crammed with artificial stun
based on antfquated standards or city
standards, be treated frankly as ju
venile farmers and farmers wives
and be taught to love their work and
environment, and be prepared to live
intelligently and joyfully the life fol-
which they are destined?
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

tons. l had fainting spells, bloated,
and could hardly stand the pain in my
left side. My husband insisted that l
try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and / am so thankful / did,
for l am now well woman. l sleep
better, do all my homework and take
long walks. Inever fail to praise Lydia
z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for
my good health. Mrs. J. M. REsCH,
1900 West Broadway, Louisville, KY.
Since we guarantee that all testimo-
mails which we publish are genuine, is it
not fair to suppose that if Lydia E.
Pinkham' s Vegetable Compound has the
virtue to help these women it will help
any other woman who is suffering in a
like manner?
If you are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Write to Lydia e. Pinkham
Medicine Co., (confidentiaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter viii be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
SEVERAL D0N'TS ON
PRUNING TREES
Dull Tools Make the Work Harder
and Produce Rough Wounds
Handle Tree Gently.

Don't wear hobnailed boots when
pruning. In climbing about the trees
they readily injure the bark.
Don't leave your pruning to the
hired man. The more you understand
your trees the better you will prune
them.
Don't use dull tools. They make the
work harder and produce rough
wounds.
Don't prune in frosty weather. Frost
bitten wounds are slow to heal.
Don't start all main limbs at the
same height. Weak crotches are the
reaults.
:)on't leave stubs in cutting off
limbs. They rot back and cause decay
in the trunk.
Dant let suckers grow. They are
worthless and draw upon the trees
food supply.
Don't leGve the larger wounds bare.
Apply good white lead paint or cover
with grating wax.
Don't slit the bark. bore holes or
drive nails into the tree. They only
offer places of entry for fungous dis
eases.
Don't use a Ratchet for removing
suckers. The Ratchet is not a too
for scientific pruning.
Don't handle the tree roughly. It is
delicate structure and will amply re
pay careful Observation-Disclosures Ex
pertinent Station.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
FERTILIzING PEAR
TREES is COMPLEX
Most Careful Consideration and
Judgment Required in Sup
plying Stimulating Food.

The use of fertilizers in pear culture
requires most careful consideration
and judgment. Lands naturally fertile,
viz, loamy soils so common in prairie
regions, cleared forest lands and
clayey coils having mari in their CON-
position should not be enriched. Till
able lands that will grow a good crop
CT corn are sufficiently fertile for the
pear tree.
When the pear orchard begins to
lose it's vigor from continuous fruit
crops a light surface dressing of wood
ashes or well-rotted stable manure
may prove beneficial. AS long as the
trees maintain a normal healthy
growth they require no stimulating
food.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
Called His Bluff.

There are lot of four-hushers who
go through life without learning that
four-fushing is a fine art. Such are
beneath contempt, but one has great
admiration for those few who have
mastered the game.
IF a man called me liar" assert
ed one of such, I'D sail in and lick
him if he weighed 800 pounds"
well, you big bluff, answered one
who was tired of listening, Il call you
right here and now. You're liar"
Bluff yourself" came back the ar
fist, without a minutes hesitation
you don't weigh more than $50, and
you know what l said. Hartford
Courant.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

From ''Aiichigan--,he Land of Plenty."p
Lord Bacon mas said: There be
three things which make a nation
great and prosperous, fertile soil,
busy work shops. and easy conveyance
for man and goods from place to
place."
If these conditions are necessary to
make a nation prosperous, they are
equally necessary to the prosperity OF
\ state, and Michigan will not suffer
by comparison with other states in
these respects.
This state is credited with a land
area of about $1,000 square miles, or
20 be more exact, 36,370, 1852 acres.
In 1910 it had 206,960 farms aggregat-
ing 1S,940,614 acres which cover 81
per cent, or little more than one-half,
Of the area of Michigan. OF this farm
and, 1882, 07S acres, or little more
than two-thirds of the whole, are rep
resented as cleared and more or less
under cultivation. These farms are
equipped with machinery and stock
making a total value, according to the
Z. g. census of 1910, of 81 ,0SS,S5S,379,
which is nearly equal to one-half of
The present equalized valuation of the
stare.
The transportation facilities Of
Michigan are: 1920 miles of coast
llnc on the Great Lakes; about 10000
miles of steam and interurban cleo
tric roads and approximately 10000
miles of public wagon roads outside
Of the corporate limits of cities and
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

(By s. A. BEACH. Experiment Station
Iowa State College of Agriculture)
Rabbits and mice sometimes dam
age nursery stock and orchard trees
greatly by gnawing through the bark.
Rabbits may also cut off twigs ard in
the case of young trees may cut off
the trunks close to the ground. The
injury is usually done in the winter,
but may be begun in the fall soon aft
err the leaves drop.
Spraying the trunks with lime sui
phur solution of the same strength as
for scale insects has been tried at this
station for the past three years AMI
has given excellent results. When the
sprout is we'll started dress the Stun
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
NEW TREATMENT FOR
ASTHMA

To quickly ease the struggle for
breath, stop the wheeling and bring
blessed relief, ask your druggist for
an original yellow box of true Mustar-
inc which costs about 25 cents.
Apply plentifully night and morning,
and remember TO rub up and down
only, over the entire chest from the
throat to the stomach. True Mustarine
is made by the Begy Medicine Co.,
Rochester, N. Y. 1t is also fine for
Rheumatism, Lumbago and Neuralgia.
Get the genuine.-Adv.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
CONVERSATIONS

Broken bones are now quickly
healed by an injection of bone dust
in petroleum around the ruptured
ends.
Cobalt Is coming into use for the
making of high-speed steels. Titanium
Is a deoxidlzcr or purifier of molten
steel.
The hardness Of steel Is due to the
fixing in It Of autenite and martensite.
Prolonged heat caused these to break
down and form a softer pearlite.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

so that it may heal over readily. Gun
the stub slanting at the base Of the
sprout so that it will shed water.
Then cover the wound with paint
made of pure white lead and raw lin.
seed oil, to protect it from water and
from disease germs. Do not spread
the paint beyond the cut surface.
This method should produce a tree OF
bearing age sooner than one could be
grown from a replanted nursery tree.
Where the trees have been covered
by deep snow the girdling may occur
a foot or more above the ground. In
that case the tree may be cut off and
the stump grated with cions Of the
variety desired.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
M|CHIGAN'S RURAL HIGHWAYS
BY FRANK 2. ROGERS,
State Highway Commissioner.

more substantial roads on which state
bounties are paid. These bounties. or
rewards as they are called, for the or
binary road where the metal track Is
made nine feet wide range from $3.50
to $1,000 per mile, according to the
class of road built Each of these
classes of road may receive ten per
cent additional bonus for each added
foot in width of metal track between
nine feet and sixteen feet. Thus the
gravel road which draws a reward OF
$500 a mile for q nine-foot width OF
gravel track will draw $3.50 a mile
when the gravel is put on sixteen feet
wide and pro rata for intermediate
widths. In the same manner the re-
wards on roads built of macadam,
concrete and brick are from 1000 to
S1,700 a mile.
The last legislature established a
trunk line highway system for Michi-
gan comprising some 5000 miles OF
main highways which are defined in
a general way by naming the cities
and towns along the routes. The ex'
act location of these highways be-
tween the towns was left to the state
highway commissioner and local au-
thorities to determine. On the trunk
line highways the state reward is
twice as much as on the ordinary high
ways and in addition the state builds
all bridges on which the spans are
greater than 80 feet and makes sur
veys, plans and specifications for both
roads and bridges, At the present
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

three counties of Michigan at this
time March, 1910 have adopted and
are now working under the county
road system.
g. BY state taxes, through direct ap-
preparations by the legislature, for the
purpose of paying state rewards and
otherwise aiding in the building of
roads and bridges in the state.
II is probable that fully 50 per cent
of these roads are still of earth. but
Michigan is now rapidly building
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

villages. This equals 1.23 miles OF
highway for each square mile of land
area and one mile of highway for
each 40 persons, according to the
United States census of 1910.
At the present time the highways of
Michigan are improved by taxes raised
from three sources:
l. A tax levied over the assessable
property of each organized township
Of the state.
2. BY a county road tax, in those
counties which have adopted the
county road system. which is levied
over the entire taxable property of the
county This includes cities, incorpo-
rated villages, farms and personal
property. Fifty-four of the eighty
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
POOR SUBSTITUTE FOR KISS
New York Comic Journal Evidently
Thinks Little of the New
"Pat.Pat" Idea.

On the basis of a Huntington, w.
Va, dispatch. describing DR.. E. w.
Growers recommendation of the pat
pat" as a substitute for the unhygienic
kiss, Puck submits a few modihca-
lions of current literature to suit. as
follows:
He planted a passionate pat-pat up
on her upturned cheek.
Gwendolyn stood demurely under
the mistletoe, and in another instant
Clarence had deftly pat-patted her.
How dare you pat-pat me, sir" she
cried.
1T is useless for you to struggle,
my proud beauty" he Kissed.
SEEKING her roughly, Dalton pushed
the glorious head back, back, BACK,
and leered into the frightened eyes.
Il am gong to pat-pat you; do you
hear, girl? To pat-pat you'll" he cried
And now, gentlemen" said Ter
ence, our guide, would any o yez
loike to pat-pat the Blarney stoner
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
TOUCHES OF ECZEMA
At Once Relieved by cutlcura Quite
Easily. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Nothing
better than these fragrant super
creamy emollients for all troubles af
fecting the skin, scalp. hair and hands
They mean a clear skin, clean scalp
good hair and soft, white hands.
Sample each free by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. KY
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
DAMPEN CORN WHEN
PUTTING INTO SIL0
Always Better to Use Too Much
Water Than Not Enough When
Crop Has Been Frosted.

II the corn crop has been badly
frosted and is in dry or semidry state
il should be dampened as it enters the
silo. II is always better to get too
much water than not enough.
Il is a common practice to allow q
stream of water to enter the blower or
elevator as the corn is being cue, but
it is claimed a better practice W wa
ter the corn when on the Wagon how
ever, it Is very little good to pcrr IT,
water on top of the silage asShr tAs
stlo has been oiled
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
SOME MARRIED MEN DO THIS
But the Majority, After a Few Years
in the Harness, Learn to Control
Enthusiasm.

Robert w. Chambers, the novelist
prides himself on his knowledge OF
women, and at the Century club In
New York the other day he told a
story in illustration of his knowledge
Smith" he began. was brooding
over his cocktail gloomily.
I'm not going home to dinner to
night, Smith said. I've quarreled
with my wife.
"'Quarreled with your wife, eh| said
|. What about?'
why Smith explained. my wife
said that young Mrs. Dash was pretty
and l agreed with her. "-Cincinnat
Enquirer.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
Neglected Opportunity.

One of the Leinsters. a fighting
Irishman, who had been in several
bayonet charges, regretted his inabil'
ity to deal with more than one enemy
at time This is how he put it; u
was afther wan of 'em, sorr. and, faith,
I cud see not wan but him! rimim.
bered afterwards that I'd passed by
two others whom I could az shtuck
wild the greatest aise.'
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
Beware of Leaky Roofs.

A house with leaky roof is not a
III place for fowls. 1t will get them
out Of condition, they will suffer more
or less. from colds, and, naturally,
there must be a curtailment of the
egg crop. Dampuess is one OF the
worst evils, and It will certainly be
a wise move to either get new roof
or properly repair the old one.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
Technical.

II have just received word" said
the clerk to the telephone company,
that a man has been caught holding
$1,000 embezzled from us. What reply
shall / send?"
Tell him to hang up the receiver"
said the president.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
Wished to Save ooldie Locks.

Marian was going over her reading
lesson which was the story of the
three bears.
"Goldie Locks jumped out of the
window" she said.
Now, Marian" interrupted her
mother, you know the book does not
say that. Be careful when you read
The book says 'Goldie Locks jumped
out of bed"
II know, mamma" explained Ma.
rian, "but l wanted her to jump far
enough to get away from the three
bears"
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
undImlnlshInn supply.

II isn't that death spares fools more
than Il does any other class, thai
there are always so msny. but It e
the dependable and never-diminishinl
birthrate.-Houston Post.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
Mr.. Gloom Morallzes.

Speaking with the authority of one
who received a partial education as an
expert accountant" remarked J. Full
Ter Gloom. Il calculate that | am tired
OF fully as many people as are tired
Of me-"
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
Trouble Ahead.

II met Newrich today. He says he's
sending his daughter to a finishing
school"
Il can see his finish when she gets
back
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

'Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound they
would enjoy better
health. / suffered
from a female trou-
BILE, and the doctors
decided / ha d a
humorous grow tn
and would have to
be operated upon,
but 1 refused as l do
not believe in opera
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

Moldy and decayed feed and such
feeds as may injuriously affect the
cows health or the character Of the
milk should ba carefully avoided.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

Most particular women use Red Cross
Ball Blue. American made. Sure to please.
At all good grocers. Adv.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

Clothes make the actress and the
lack of them makes the chorus girl.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
a Record.

81 hear Mr.. and Mrs. Nagger have
agreed to separate"
Glad to hear 1t. That's the first
thing they've ever agreed on since
they got married"
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

The trouble is that victory too often
appears at first in the guise Of failure.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

Always use Red Cross Ball Blue. Delights
the laundress. At all good grocers. Adv
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21

When you meet a man with a
scheme, proceed to get in a hurry.
The Yale expositor., 1915-10-21
WOMAN REFUSES
OPERATION
Tells How She Was Saved
by Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Louisville, KY think If more SUI.
fering women would take Lydia E.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-04-02
GREAT DEsTINIES

are being founded every day upon small savings
from slender incomes.
The savings fund, started today and built upon
faithfully, creating eventually working capi-
tai: then investment directed with the good
judgment which the savings bank implants-
thus destinies are wrought
Your working capital can be built safely and
surely by depositing your savings in this bank.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-04-02

The several managers who IN col.
laboration with President ~. n. Rich
ards control the dcstinles ~ the East
End baseball League. worked early
and late and used greater baseball
ability than was ever possessed BY
MuEEsy Mcornw or Connie Mack IN
order 10 start the season NJ early az
March 20.
Wherefore and whereupOn every
honest farmer In the East End ought
10 shake hands with each and all Of
the aforesaid managers and slip unto
each five dollar bill for the financial
good of baseball For after several
weeks OF daily sunshine the games
NrouEht rain In tOrrentiai and coplous
obs. Every manager 10 firmly con-
dneed that n he hadn't tried % pull
III ball game there would have been
no rain. Moisture not only descended
Sunday In quantities. unheard Of since
the flood. but II has been descending
ever since In more or leAs ADundanc..
Bumper crops are thus assured. and
the farmers owe II all 90 the East End
league.
The game at Weston ended In the
flnh inning with a victory for the To-
Gals, score three TO zero. II was char
acterlzed by effective slab work In the
cold and cismmy fog which preceded
the downpour. o'Harra had BIT the
edge on Pierce Of Helix, allowing but
ore hit 20 four for his opponent. but
no earned runs were scored on either
and each whitfield eight men In me
few cantoes played. Loose playing BY
his team mates cost Pierce three runs
In the first spaHm. but afterward his
support tightened and but for the rain
tho contest would have been a pretty
one.
The local manager expresses graft
tudc to the gods Of baseball for the
clever showing Of his young recruitH.
several Of whom had never before ca
vorted In league game. Fat Wood.
although doubtless shaking like a
jelly fish. caught his first game with
the grown-ups In gallant fashion.
The story Of the battle II told by
that gifted romanticist. Mr.. sidney
Barnes. as follows:
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-04-02
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE 10
CREDITORS.

In the County Court Of the State OF
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the matter OF the Estate OF Eliza
beth Prime (sometimes called Eliza
Prine). Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that ! have
been appointed administrator OF the
estate OF Elizabeth Prime (sometimes
called Eliza Prine). deceased. with the
will annexed, by order OF the above
entitled County Court. and have duly
qualified.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to present the
same 20 me. with proper vouchers. at
the office OF Carter a Smythe. In the
American National Bank Building. In
the City Of Pendleton. Umatilla coun-
~. oregon. within six months from
this date.
Dated March 5, 1915.
E. o. DE MOSS.
Administrator. etc.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-04-02

Mrs W H. slamper was much
pleased this week TO receive a letter
from an aunt residing On Detroit.
Mich. from whom she had not heard
before for 80 ycarr,
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-04-02

DIRECTORS Mackenzie Dr. F. D. Watts. Joseph Wurze
C. Stages ]. H. Price, j. C. Price. E. M. Smith