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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29

Alfred, aged fye, had intently
watched his mother place a coin In a
telephone box and speak to his father.
When the latter returned home in the
evening Alfred eagerly inquired: did
you catch the nickel mamma put in
the little black box, papa?"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29
q
Scn1e Peonie.

The trouble with some people Is that
they want to draw compound interest
for life on the little charitable deeds
they do just for the purpose Of keep
ing the world frcm suspecting that
they are cold hearted and etingy.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29

Mrs. Mel Weller and baby, of john
son CITY, are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
s.. e.. Masengill, at their home on
Holstcn avenue.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29

Messrs. Joe and James Summers
and Mss Bech Summers, of Johnson
City, aad Miss Edith Atkins, of Knox
Vile. Were. guests of COL and Mrs.
s. V. Fulkerson Sunday, at their
home on Pennsylvania avenue.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29

Dr.. Fahrney's Teething Syrup is
the only baby medicine that is always
safe. Teething made easy. No bad
nights. .--Advt.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29

In providing for enjoyment the
church uses one of the greatest meth
ods by which human society has de-
veloped. Association is never secure
until it is pleasurable; in play the in
stinctive aversion of one person for
another is overcome and the social
mood is fostered. Play is the chief
educational agency in rural commun.
tiles and in the play-day of human
childhood social sympathy and social
habits are evolved. AS individuals
come together in social gatherings,
their viewpoint is broadened. their
ideals are lifted and finally they con-
stitute a cultured and refined society.
1t is plain, therefore, that the
church which aims at a perfected so
ciety must use in refined and ex-
alted way the essential factors in
social evolution and must avail itself
of the universal instinct for play.
If the church surrounds itself with
social functions which appeal to the
young among its membership, it will
fill large part Of the lamentable
gap in rural pleasures and will reap
the richest reward by promoting
higher and better type of manhood
and womanhood.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29

Tickle weather. DR.. Fahrney's
Teething Syrup is always dependable.
Doctors prescribe it. Write for free
sample. e.-Advt.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-29

Mrs. Bette Jobe, of Texas is the
guest of Mrs. Chas.. p Faw, and
other relatives in the city
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-02

cilitles provided for developing dairy in
terests, II will cost when completed In
all departments about $4,000
Manufacture of Hog Cholera serum,
The college, through It's hog cholera
serum plant, is doing a great deal TO
assist the farmers In the prevention and
control OF hog cholera. Enough seru m
will be produced this year to vaccinate
nearly 100000 hogs
The capacity of the serum plant has
been Incl eased by the erection of new
and sanitary buildings. so that probably
there is no plant in the state that eau
turn out a better quality of serum, go
that work OF this kind has been of great
value In protecting hogs of the state
against cholera.
Agricultural College extension.
The appropriations which have been
made by the legislature for extending
the plant of the agricultural college will
greatly facilitate the work Of the college
in assisting the farmer A new dairy
building, one of the best in the United
States, now under construction; a new
building of agricultural engineering will
be started this year; a new horse barn
and heating plant are also under con
struction and when completed these will
nearly double the capacity OF the plant
for handling students.
Conservation and Soil Survey.
The proposition of conservation and soil
survey covers considerable territory
However under the supervision of DR.
George e. Condra the territory has beer
greatly minimized by the use of the mo.
ton picture machine and the soil survey
Investigations.
In the soil survey seventeen counties
have been completed and parties are now
in the field working on four addit onaI
areas In the makeup OF the survey
parties the state furnishes a man for
each one furnished by the government
The work is very strenuous and long
hours are the rule, with sometimes a
walk of more than twenty miles and fif
teen or twenty borings
The first thing in the work is TO deter.
mine the various types OF soil in each
county and map them out on a large
scale map. Everything is shown When
completed data is gathered from farm
ers in the locality regarding agricultural
practice. A description of this practice
Is included in the text, and in this way
the survey is instrumental in increasing
the efficiency OF the land.
Reports Of field work are prepared in
the office at the university and forwarded
to the United States bureau of soils,
Washington, for publication. As soon as
published these reports and maps con-
tanned therein are eagerly sought by citi-
Gems OF the respective counties. They are
Of use among the farmers. in the schools
and by realty dealers. No attempt is
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-02

It Is as healthy as any other tree in the
orchard.
stock Experiments.
The work of the experiment station in
developing the best rations for fatten-
ing cattle and hogs is recognized all over
the state. At the North Platte experiment
farm more than 1000 hogs have been fed
TO determine the cheapest method of
pork production. Alfalfa pasture. with
a medium ration of corn In summer and
alfalfa hay with full ration OF corn in
winter. has produced cheaper gains than
any other rations used. With the use of
alfalfa about Is per cent of corn is
saved. This would men s2O.OOOoO a year
IL only half OF the corn crop was fed to
hogs.
When alfalfa cannot be secured, or
when the price is extremely high, It has
paid to feed protein concentrates, like
tankage or oil meal, along with the corn.
In feeding cattle, experiments made have
shown that alfalfa hay and corn have
proved the most profitable rations. In
some instances the addition of corn
siage has cheapened the cost of gain.
In other instances, while II has not
cheapened the cost, the use of the silo
has greatly increased the number of
cattle which could be kept on the farm
When the experiment station began
studying rations for fattening cattle,
probably three-fourths of all the cattle in
the state were fattened on corn and
prairie hay. This ration has been found
to be too expensive and has been almost
abandoned. or II forced to use prairie
hay, cotton or linseed oil meal has been
added to the corn ration.
Development of Dairy Industry.
The experiment station has helped TO
develop the dairy interests of the state
by, showing how to feed and handle the
dairy COW so as to increase the quality
and production of milk. The average yield
of butter per COW in the experiment sta
ton herd is over 400 pounds per COW per
annum, while the average OF the
cows OF Nebraska Is about 40
pounds. This difference is due TO the
selection of good individual cows. the
use of high grade slres and good feed
ing and management. The college of
agriculture has assisted in the organiza-
ton OF COW testing associations. of which
there are now a half dozen In the state
In the Douglas county association the
best herd made an average of S1S pounds
and the poorest ia pounds. The ten most
profitable cows made q test of S1O32S
per COW. while the poorest ten only
averaged s5.7s per COW. This in itself is
a story with a moral which does not
have to be stated.
The new dairy building now under con-
struction will have greatly increased IA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-02

made TO overestimate the soil resources
and the industries based thereon. The OBJ
Iect OF the survey Is 20 determine a fact
basis for development and to derive such
Information thereby as will be OF great
est use In conservation and development.
IL Is on this account that the department
Is given the name, conservation and soil
survey.
A further use OF the survey is made In
tho department by many persons who
make inquiries relative TO the different
kinds OF soil and their best mana cement
The number of these inquiries Is large.
Probably no phase of the work of the
conservation and soil survey has at
tracted more attention than its duty under
the blue sky law. The statutes provide
that the conservation and soil survey
shall investigate and report upon the sale
of foreign lands in the state when re-
quested % 30 do. In case the sales are
found to BE- fraudulent the department re-
ports the same to the attorney general,
whose duty II In to prosecute. Thus the
department Ia the means of saving many
thousands of dollars to Nebraskans. The
presence OF such law on the statute
books has served as a means OF pre-
venting fraudulent dealers from seeking
TO operate In Nebraska. The department
being in close touch with the surveys OF
other states and with the federal depart
ments, is in a position to gather informa-
ton at once upon the various projects
offered for sale.
In case the facts thus derived do not
tally with the representations made by
the agents, and II the parties seeking
to sell do not have credit, or II after
investigation II appears that they can
convey no valid title tho department re-
quests the operators to withdraw from
the state. This has been sufficient In
most cases to check the operation OF par
ties who could not meet the require
ments of the law.
The conservation and soil survey has
through its director. who has had con-
siderable experience working on the water
supply department OF the government,
passed upon water supplies in many To-
cations in Nebraska This Is found 10
be a simple matter for those who under
stand the source OF underground water
supplies, their direction and volume. The
department has made a few simple. rec
concentrations which will be OF great
value in conserving the human life Of the
state. One principle thus set forth Ia
that on shallow water ground. as on
valley floors. wells should be placed up
valley from the house. privy vault or
town, as the case may be. receiving the
flow before It becomes polluted. A study
OF the location of wells has shown that
they are, as a rule. not placed so as to
conserve health.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-02

- DVANTAGES which the agri-
a cultural interests of Nebraska
have received from the state
- university through the college
tHl &$l of agriculture and the school
SeES of agriculture canpot be es-
timated. These three schools, or rather
the last two. working under the direc-
tion Of the first, has enabled the boys and
girls of the farm to receive an educa-
ton along farm and dairy lines which
has been one OF the big factors in max
ing Nebraska what 1t is today and plac-
Ing it among the very first in the agri-
cultural states of the middle west.
The college of agriculture educates young
men and women along lines of agriculture
and dairy work which enables them at
the close of their courses to 60 back TO
the farm better fitted for the work of
the farm. There are about 500 of these
students in the college at the present
time. OF those who graduate, both men
and women, about 70 per cent either re-
turn to the farm or into some profession
where their education received at the
farm will fit in with their work Many
90 out as instructors in other colleges or
az farm demonstrators teaching the peo-
pie engaged in dairying and farming how
to get the best results for their labors
The school of agriculture is intended {,
give the boys and girls of the state who
have passed the eighth grade in thei.
studies a chance to become experts In
the agricultural lines. About 700 are
connected with this school, who, as they
graduate. will 20 back to the farm with
new and better ideas of compelling the
soil to give up its best to the tiller.
Many of the graduates of the school of
agriculture go out as teachers in rural
schools, the instruction received at the
school fitting them especially for this
limo OF teaching and they are in demand
from all over the state so that as the
years go by scientific methods in farm
ing will be instilled into the men and
women Of the farm and the best results
will be reached.
What the schools Are Doing.
Under the direction Of Dean Burnett
every effort Is being made to give the
students OF the two schools the best
technical education that 1t is possible to
give. Under his direction the College of
Agriculture has influenced the types of
farmers in the state by its investigation
OF farm problems and carrying results OF
Investigations having economic bearing
back to the farmers.
"Wo spent" said Dean Burnett to a
newspaper representative who called upon
him. fifteen years selecting the best
types of Red Turkey wheat, and are now
introducing three or four selections for
farm purposes. There are probably fifty
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-02
UNIVERSITY OF NEaFAsxA -Dotu1tou0a campus.

men in the state now growing this Sc
lected strain, and we are still working to
get strains which will give large yields.
a stiff straw. ripen early and good quality
Of grain with high gluten proportion. We
have wheat harvested right now (Juno
22) which is about ten days earlier than
the common varieties.
in our Investigations we have discov-
cred that the early varieties OF oats are
much superior TO the late. The Kherson
leads in this respect. The Burt, Texas
Red and one other variety ripen very
nearly at the same time as the Kherson.
We have discovered that II we can get a
grain, and especially oats. that will ripen
ten days or two weeks ahead of the COM
mon variety that It is likely to escape
the dry weather which is usually harm
full to the common varieties which come
on later.
I'VE have done a great deal Of work on
seed selection of corn. In tests carried
on we have co-operated with the farmer
in the eastern portion of the state, where
about ten varieties have been grown by
each man. and have selected the two best
producers, which outyield the others by
about eighteen bushels per acre. This
indicates that every corn grower should
aise the corn best adapted to his soil
nd also to the climate, and he will not
ct the best results unless the seed is
raised and selected in his own locality.
In some years seed corn selected early
In the field has proven quite superior TO
that selected later from the crib, and we
advocate the selection In the field ss
showing the best results"
Plant Diseases.
According to Dean Burnett, in some
counties plant diseases have been Sc
we're, and the college has helped the
farmer to treat the grain, and It las
been to much benefit, especially in tho
case of oats. Where the formaldehyde
treatment has been used the Yield in
creased to about twelve bushels per aero,
increasing the value of each acre about IS.
Some work has been done TO help
orchardists to get rid Of disease. Spray
ing demonstrations have been carried on
in five or six counties for several years,
and the department has many interesting
facts shown in its printed bulletins COW
ering the spraying proposition and its
help to the fruit grower. The work done
in treating trees attacked by the Illinois
canker has been so successful that
thousands of trees have been and will be
saved. which otherwise might have died
from the disease. In one instance Dean
Burnett showed where a tree attacked
by that disease had been killed nearly
half way around the main TRUNK of the
tree. Treatment was given 1t and today
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-02
ny p. A. BARROws.

DVANTAGES which the agri-
cultural interests of Nebraska
have received from the state
university through the college
of agriculture and the school
of nrricliltnrn cnnnhf he es-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21
HEARS SOME OF HIS KIN
ESCAPED TURKS FURY
Armenian. Mother, Sister and
Niece of Philadelphia Safe
in Asia Minor

The mother, sister and niece Of Frank
n. Nahiltlan. of the firm Of Davis
NahilSian, Of this city. escaped the at
tacks on the Armenian race in Turkey,
and are safe near Harpot, in Asia
Minor it was learned today Mr..
Nahikian has received no word of his
sister-in-law and other relatives. and
fear they were victims Of the fury Of
the Kurds
His brother, Dikan, was slain at the
age Of % in the massacrcs of 1896. DiIan
was assisting his aged mother to escape
from their home when the Turks fired
three bullets into him and then cut his
body into pieces with their swords
The communications from Turkey in
diaate that rigid censorship is in
force Mir Nahitian's mother Quhar
who is 81 years old, sought refuge in an
American mission at Harpot. a letter
was sent by the missionaries with the
bare statement that she was there and
had not been harmed.
An official OF the German urphauagc at
Mazlra wrote Mr.. Nahikilu telling him
OF the safety of his niece The note
was written in German and contained
no other Information The girls mother
his sister-iu-law. was not referred to in
the letter.
His sister, Martha, sent him a postcard
saying she was safe Mt Ilalah with two
Of her children. Not a word was said
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21
Rr IMOGEN B. OAKLEY

An ordinance Of Councils approved
March Q, 1903, announced to the citizens of
Philadelphia:
'Epectorating upon the sidewalks Of
the city; on the floors and passageways
OF public buildings; on the floors Of public
conveyances propelled by steam, cleo
tricity, or otherwise; on the floors OF
theatres. railway stations. and other in
door places resorted to by the public, is
declared to be a nuisance prejudcal to
the health Of the city. and is prohibited" p"
The penalty for violating this ordinance
Is fine of 81
In response to appeals from medical So
cietles and women's clubs all over the
State, the Legislature, in 1907, enacted n
f., law which forbids eXpectoration in the
streets of all cities, boroughs and town
ships, and in AL public conveyances OF
whatsoever description. Hence, when Il
man spits upon the streets. or the floors
of any public building, or conveyance in
Philadelphia, he is violating a state law,
as well as a city ordinance
For some time after the passage of the
Philadelphia ordinance, there was not
iceabla Improvement in the condition of
the streets. Policemen demonstrated with
conspicuous Offenders, and there were a
gotten. and apparently the ordinance with
it, for the national habit prevails on our
sidewalks quite as extensively as before
the ordinance was passed. It is not too
much to say that every third man one
meets upon the streets befouls them in
the old, familiar way.
The street cars are cleaner, however,
and the Rapid Transit Company shows a
commendabe disposition to enforce the
law in all places under it's control. Pub
lie halls and railway stations are also
cleaner, and as for CITY Hall, its inn
maculate condition under the Blanken-
burg administration is "A convincing proof
that the national habit can be checked
when the authorities are determined to
check it.
The Police Department. however. claims
that the penalty Of 81 for each offender is
so rdiculously small that it does not act
as a deterrent. Them by all means, let
us have the fine increased to 800. which
is the penalty for public eXpectoration in
Boston. though experience shows that con-
stant remonstranCe on the part of the
police has just as much effect in the long
run.
Would it not be a good plan for the
Bureau of Health to send its medical
employees to talk to the children in the
public schools to the workmen in mills
and factories and to the young men as
sembled in Y. NJ c. A. meetings and
elsewhere? a very few lectures. illus
trated with lantern Slides ought to be
sufficient TO teach men and boys that
sputum Is as offensive to the eye and
as dangerous to the health as any other
secretion of the body and that all dis
eases of the throat and lungs may be
propagated through its agency
Physicians say that every death from
typhoid fever is a case for the Coroners
Jury. And is It not equally clear that
every death from grip, pneumonia or pull
monary! tuberculosis should be made an
occasion for "a coroners jury to inquire
into the condition Of the streets?
In addition TO the instruction given by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21

particularly to Philadelphians. Franklin
Field, the training quarters, classrooms
and even the favorite midnight grub
joints" of the students are all setting for
the swift action. Homes along the Main
Line figure. as do many other places with
which students and local folk are famil-
lar Every other page contains a good
punch generally some incident that act
ually happened in the snappy scrappy
college days OF big Bill" himself.
The tale winds up in shower of glory
that sounds like the rankest kind of fic-
ton The quarterback jumps over the
heads of three Harvard players and
makes the winning touchdown. But the
quarterback it drawn from the life and
works of one Vince Stevenson who act
ually accomplished this grasshopper
stunt. 1t being about the most spectacu-
lar touchdown Of any game. big Bill"
then puts the game on ice with field
goal and looks up into tho "lovelit blue
eyes of-You, Florence; yes, Tom" but
TIollenback does not tell who Florence"
was in real life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21

II would have been urefectlv proper
perhaps, for William EclIert, 3JlS u street
and Clarence Strayhornc, alias Brown, i3'
West York street, to fight the conductor
and motorman of n 5th street trolley car
last night If the car had been empty
otherwise. But it was full Of passengers,
who objected to having their toes
tramped on and their sides gouEpd by ell
bows The car was stopped at Wyoming
avenue. and Policeman Conway, of the
Branchtown station, took off the unrLy
cargo Magistrate PcnnoCk. OF the Ger
mantown station this morning fined Eek
ert $3.50 and held Srayborn under 500
bail to keep the peace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21
BILL HOLLENBACK
TURNS NOVELIST

Continued from Page One
that was to victory There was definite
system and any fellow that didn't come
up to the mark or didn't like the rules
and methods was not tolerated. The
funny part Of it was that every one did
like them, but If any one does fnd a
plea in the book for the old system Of
coaching I will not complain, for 1t made
men out Of the players, and, as I said
before. It won games"
Thomas Marshall Vandergrift IS the
flowing monaker Big Bill" calls him
self in the book, while his brother Jawn
is no less hossily attircd as Robert Lynne
Van. etc The charming Betty" of the
story IS Miss Jeanette Hollenback of real
life
RED" Rainey is the youth who more or
less annoyed tTolcnback at college and
Bill makes him the villain. The book will
appeal strongly to all football fans and