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The Pulaskian., 1915-02-19
Nothing Softens and Beautifies a
 FOR THE WINDOW BOX

Nothing so softens and beautifles stiff looking house-or any other kind, for that matter-as window boxes
 Prepare them now. Make box eight inches deep and ten inches wide. Use only rich black soil to fill it. A bucket of fertilizer worked into the soil will improve it.
 Fill the box level full and then let 1t stand for week. Then stir up the soil to loosen it, and plant.
 Keep window garden clean. Remove dead leaves, scrub pots, shower fol iage. Keep window glass clean.
 Ferns should be planted in the rear of the box. Between them place gera- niums, red or pink preferred
 In the front of these plant row of purple ageratum seed and for good measure mix in few of candytuft,
 For front row. plant sweet alys- sum. The alyssum will fall over the front of the box and form a pretty border.
The Pulaskian., 1915-02-19
City-PIanninq Association.

For number of years the city of New York has contemplated the crea- tion of city-planning commission for regulating the various civic improve ment undertakings of the municipal ity, as well as those of private individ- uals. The work which would come under the supervision of such city planning commission would include, among other things, housing, indus trial structures, the conveyances of supplies and materials of manufacture and manufactured products, the dis posal of waste material, the arrange ment of the various sections of the city in accessible manner, rapid and convenient means of transportation, the provision of facilities for educa- tion and public recreation.
 These are the fundamental objects of city planning, but many other city activities would come under the super vision of the city-planning commis- sion, such as regulating the height of buildings, dividing the city into dis tricts and zones, traffic regulations, etc
The Pulaskian., 1915-02-19
PUSHING SWEET PEAS
By MRS. c. w. JENNINGS.

During the early spring months emptied the wood ashes, from the cooking stove, over the ground that intended to use for flowers. When the time for planting came, I had a trench dug, which I half filled with ashes. Over the ashes I threw an inch or two of soil, and planted sweet peas, covering them one inch. In a few days they were up and such vines as I had! When they were six inches high I laid cedar brush along one side of them. They grew five and six feet tall and gave quantities of lovely flow CTS all summer.
 1 fertilized them once a week with soap suds, and hood them three or four times during the season, each time drawing the dirt about them, but never making a narrow ridge for them to grow in. When this is done they dry out too much, and do not bloom we'll.
 Nasturtiums, also, shared the same treatment except that I did not give them so many ashes. l kept the flow CTS picked from both the sweet peas and the nasturtiums. Soap-suds is the fertilizer I employ most for my flow CTS and nothing is better for the rose bushes.
The Pulaskian., 1915-02-19

will produce flowers to ship about May Is.
 At this season of the year there is not flower of this variety to be seen in any northern market unless it comes from further South.
 The blooming season lasts about fif- teen days and is generally at it's height just before Decoration day
 The plants never fail to bloom, re- quire but little care, and being legumin- ous, enrich the soil.
 Once in the ground there they re- main for five years. No other flower is more deserving of popularity. So easy to raise that the novice can raise it, so permanent that a clump has been known to bloom annually for half century; so hardy that no protection is required in the bitterest of winters, and so free from disease and fungus that one is spared the labor of fighting disease.
The Pulaskian., 1915-02-19
 nTOWNp15 M lEL PS
NATURE DELIGHTS IN CURVES
We'll to Avoid Too Many Straight Lines.

Nature makes no straight lines, for whether it be the canopy atAve, the horizon about us, the shore of ocean or pond, the course of streams, the lines of horse, bird, or even of the human figure, beautiful curves and variety and multiplicity of curves everywhere abound. Without guid- ance such as Q taut cord, straight edge, CT ruler, man cannot make straight line Even with the assist ance of crack or continuous joint in a sidewalk the homeward-bound in the wee sma' hours anent the twaP' cannot maintain their physical dig nity and equilibrium, however assidu- ously their feet woo "the straight and narrow path of rectitude.' It must then be apparent that nature never intended man to make straight lines, and the present writer loves them not, even in Westinghouse. The clay cottage with thatched roof is the very acme of beauty in shel- ters for mankind, and often the sim pie, old-fashioned garden round about holds more of natural charm than the most favored part of the grandest es- tate.
 Those who have tramped over fresh ly-fallen snow, though intent upon go- ing in a straight line from one specific point to another, looking back upon their course, may easily descry what beautiful and smoothly-fowing curves they have traced upon earths win try shroud Even the paths of do- mestic animals through their pastures are of most artistic and gentle de- parture from the monotonous straight line. Still, we would not advise fol- lowing these in the economic disposi- tion of traffic, as did the Bostonians with Sam Foss' calf trail Likewise, We should avoid violation of the die tates of common sense by trying to institute curves in a front walk from street to door when the distance is but few paces. Curves must not be made to appear ridiculous. Sometimes restricted scope prec1udes their use and straight lines must prevail. Still, the straight line is not, as Ruskin is reputed to have said, "the line of beauty"
The Pulaskian., 1915-02-19
CLIPPING THE WORK HORSES
If Animal Is Worked to Extent Of Perspiring 1t Dries Off Quickly
 When Hair Is Cut Short.

Logic and practical experience in- dicate that any horse which must regularly exert itself to the point of profuse precipitation should be clipped whenever the hair is long. Unless 8 horse obliged to labor until covered with precipitation has the long hair taken off, it naturally holds its perspi- ration for considerable time, and if the animal is left outside in cold weather, or even if stabled in other than a warm building, it is likely to suffer from coughs, colds, pneumonia and other diseases that may be brought on by such condition.
The Pulaskian., 1915-02-19
THE GOOD OLD EBONY
By CHARLES A. eITcHELL.

The old-time "piny" was a nasty smelling, rank-looking plant, with large red flowers of stiff, waxy appearance, blooming generally in May. It was not beautiful, but it was hardy and pushed its way out of the ground in the spring as soon as the frost would permit.
 Peony is the botanical name for this plant. Varying forms of it have been in cultivation in the celestial and flow a long period of time.
 In China these forms have been crossed and recrossed thousands of times The hybrids that are the re- suit of these centuries of crossing are the most beautiful flowers in the world.
 While travelling in China several years ago I had the rare good fortune to be in the interior during the bloom ing season of these Towering plants, and I was so much impressed with them that I purchased 1000 of the most striking and popular colors for a home test.
 These arrived in good condition and were carefully planted on my farm in Virginia. They flourished from the start. I readily sold blooms last year for $3 a dozen. Most of these went to New York and Boston. At this price for the flowers, an acre of established plants would produce $5,000 in single season.
 The idea underlying the growing of these flowers is to get the blooms early and ship them to cities North, where the demand for flowers in May, end ing May 30, Decoration day, is so great as to exhaust the entire output. It is the one season of the year when flow CTS are scarce.
 The peony is the only flower of prominence that blooms during this season and the one flower that defes hothouse culture. It is an outdoor plant, and will not succeed when put under glass, and therefore cannot easily be forced by artificial means
 When planted on land that is quick to respond to the first rays of the sun in the spring, land sloping to the south, but made rich and powerful to produce a strong vegetable growth, the peony
The Pulaskian., 1915-02-19

Give the plants plenty of room to grow and they will make a better appearance than many in one box, stunted for lack of room
 For large porch, with plenty of room, few dwarf nasturtiums may take the place of the sweet alyssum.
 Other flowers suitable for boxes are pinks, pansies and marigolds and low growing plants.
 When the plants, raised from seeds, are an inch high, thin them out to about two inches apart.
 The box should be watered daily, morning and evening, especially if it is exposed to the sun all day.
 All the hardy towering shrubs may be started by roofing cuttings, and this should be done early this month that the plants may be we'll estab- lished by cold weather. Such plants started from cuttings will bloom much more quickly than those from seeds.
 Shower, spray, dip, wash, scrub; do any and all these things to keep down the insect enemies. Don't let bugs pasture on your plants.
The Pulaskian., 1915-02-19
Fzgy21e5EsMfJ,ERAL
 |EEARN>1N0rEESS
An idle garden grows weeds.

An idle garden grows weeds.
 Everybody knows more than any body. Read
 Of fruits, market the best and evap- crate the rest.
 Weeds, self-seeded, are "a run on the bank" that spells failure.
 Pinch the new wood of the black berry back to within three or four feet of the ground
 Save a few of the best cockerels for Christmas time. Lots of folks think they are better eating than turkey.
 
 Keep the cellar window open except in the very coldest weather. The veg etables and fruit will keep longer for it.
 If you have a well that Is exposed to the cold, keep 1t thawed out every day. A single days start may make you weeks trouble with broken pipes.
 Keep pail full of water standing at the barn so if fire should happen to break out you can put stop to it quick. But try hard to avoid such a calamity.
 Get around with the chores before dark. Half the bad farm fires are caused by poking around in the dark with lantern. Don't do 1t any more than you have to.
The Pulaskian., 1915-02-19
Good Judament Needed.

Good judgment-not a matter of opinion, but a matter of principle, training and experience-is necessary to the selection of a proper location for civic center in order to avoid the criticism and condemnation of fu- ture generations to which we lay our selves open if we do not exercise proper judgment at the crucial mo- ment
The Pulaskian., 1915-02-19
PHONE 472o. P. o. BOX s56.

be put between the cabbage rows. Everything is planned so that the gardener knows just how to go ahead with the work when planting times comes around.
The Pulaskian., 1915-02-19
LAY OUT VEGETABLE GARDEN
Good Idea to Have Everything Planned So That Gardener Knows How to
 Go Ahead at Proper Time.

By R. A. M'GINTY, Colorado College)
 It is good idea to take a piece of paper and lay out the garden to scale, with lines to show the location of rows
Evening star., 1915-03-28
HARD TO UNDERSTAND

ARNOLD DAILY says that once, when he
= was talking to Bernard Shaw, the latter
admonished him, IF you wish to get on in
the world, never take anybody's advice"
"This, said DAILY, "resolvcd itself into a
paradox; for if | took Mr.. Shaw's advice
was taking somebody's advice, and if |
took somebody S advice, then should never
get on; yet, if | didn't take Mr. Shaws adj
vice, shouldn't get on, and-well, came
to the conclusion that Bernard Shaw was
one of those people, whom as Lord Dun
dreary says, no feller can understand.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-01-29
FRIDAY. U %. 1916
IMPORTANCE TO THE SHIP BILL
WISH D. G. Jan. 25. 1918

Wash ID. { Jan. 20, l0l5
II was limited last week that un
less the senators stop their 'long
winded" speeches in discussing the
Ship Bill, that night session will be
held so that Senators can talk from
II m until IL p. m. II 1t Is
necessary In order to exhaust the
talk which is delaying this all i'm.
portant bill. The bill provides for
Q Government Bond issue Of $780,
100000 with which to tuy and
build ships for carrying the Com.
merce Of the United States. II
was reported last week that twelve
thousand car loads of farm pro-
ducts and manufactured goods
we're waiting ut the ports of Bos-
ton, New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore for ships to carry these
goods to their destination: The
American people are also esger to
seize the trade with South Ameri.
can countries that Europe is now
loosing by reason Of the war and
needs ships badly for that purpose.
II is believed however, that this
shipping bill will pass and become
a Law in a short while, because
President Wilson has given notice
that II It is not passed at this SEES.
sion an extra session of congress
will he called to pass the bill.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-01-29
ODD BITS OF NEWS

What most married men would
rejoice to see 10 q war tax on old
bachelors.
Eliminate politics, religion and
the weather and there wouldn't be
much left to talk about.
Toadstools are often mistaken
for mushrooms just as gall is fire.
quenty mistaken for genius
The real difference between q
porous plaster and a sponging rel
alive is that you can pry the por-
Gus plaster loose.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-01-29
What Is a Fal; Rats'

We do not know what constitutes a
tasis for rate making aud have I yer
heard o. anyone who did CLAIM. 10
know much about II, but II the pros.
pert, a. he farm Is n factor TO be
coLsilrrIi and the railroad commls-
sioa concludes that an Increase In
rates rs necessary, W would prefer
tina II Como to us through articles OF
consumption on their Journey from
the fnctory to the farm. We would.
for example, prefer that the rate on
hogs remain as az present and the
rate on meat bear the increase, for
any farmer can then avoid the burden
by raising his own meat, and n farm.
err who viii not try to raise his own
meat ought to be penalized. We
think the rate on coal and brick can
much better bear an Increase than
the rate on cotton and -four. We
would prefer that the rate on plows
remalA the same and machinery,
pianos and such articles as the poor
or farmer cannot hope to possoss bear
| the burden OF Increase.
The Increase In rates should be SO
! arranged that The farmer who lives
at home VIII bear no part Of the bur
den,
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-01-29
RATE INCREASE
- NECESSARY
FARMERS UNION OFFICIALS
THINK RAILROADS ARE en-.
TITLED TO MORE REVENUE.
Products Of Pillow and Farmer Who
Lives at Home Should Be
Exempt From Increase.
BY Peter Radford.
ecturer National Farmers Union.

The recent action OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission IN granting an
Increase In freight rates In the eastern
classification OF territory; the appllca-
ton OF The roads to state and inter.
state commissions for an increase In
r0tcr. and the u%ttcrances OF President
Wilson on the subject bring the farm
ers Of this nation face TO face with The
problem Of an Increase In freight
rates. II Is the policy Of the Farmers
Union to meet the Issues affecting the
walfs;e Of the farmers squarely and
We viii do so In this instance.
The transportation facilities OF tho
United States arc inadequate to ef.
fcctively meet the demands Of COM
merce and particularly In the South
and West additional railway mileage
Ia needed to accommodate the move
ment Of farih products. II In the wis
dcm OF our Railroad Commissions an
increase In freight rates 10 necessary
TO bring about an Improvement in our
transportation service. and an extern.
sion OF our mileage. then an increase
should be granted. and the farmer IL
willing to share such proportion OF
the increase as Justly belongs TO him,
! At we have some suggestions to make
as to the manner In which this In
crease shall be levied.
Rates Follow Lines Of Least Resist.
anee.
The freight rates Of the nation have
been built up along lines OF least re-
s%islance. The merchant, the manu-.
f%acturer, the miner, the miller, the
lumberman and the cattleman have
had their traffic bureaus thoroughly
organized and In many instances they
have pursued the railroad without
mercy and with the power Of organ
lied tonnage they have hammered the
life out Of The rates and With unre-
strained greed they have eaten tho
vitals out 81 u transportation system
and since we have had railroad com.
missions. these interests, with skill
and cunning. are represented at every
hearing In which their business Is
involved.
The farmer is seldom represented
a. rate hearings. as his organizations
have never had the finances TO EN-.
ploy counsel to develop his side Of
the case and. as a result, the products
az 'he pillow bear an unequal burden
Of the freight expense. A glance at
the freight tariffs a%bundantly proves
this assertion. Cotton, the leading
agricultural product { the South, al.
ready bears the highest freight rate oi
any necessary commodity In com
merce. and the rate on agricultural
products as a whole ls out OF pro
portion with that OF the products OF
the factory and the mine.
We offer no schedule Of rates, but
hope the commission will be able "a
give the railroad such an increase In
rates as Ia necessary without levying
a further toll upon the products OF
the pillow. The instance seems to pre-
sent an opportunity to the Railroad
Commissions 20 e~quallze the rates AZ
between agricultural and other classes
OF freight without disturbing the rates
on staple farm products.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
LADY TEACHERS IN ATLANTA
INDIGNANT AT DOCTOR

Atlanta, Dec. 10-The several
hundred young ladies who are teach
ers in the public schools Of Atlanta.
have announced firmly that they are
not going to strip to the waist" to
be examined by DR.. w. N. Adkins.
medical director Of the public
schools, and that the whole strip
to-the-w aist idea, which they say
originated with the young doctor
and not with he board Is useless and
unnecessary.
1t appears that the protest Of the
teachers is going to be upheld. and
that If any such medical examina-
tions are required provisions will be
made for each teacher to be exam
ined by her own family doctor.
TIE strip-to-the-waist idea was
something new in school medical ex-
limitations in Atlanta, and spread
CONSERVATION when DR.. Adkins an
nounctd that such was going to be
his method.
DR.. Adkins stated that he was
merely carrying ont the wishes OF
the board, but members Of the board
say tnday that DR.. Adkins exceeded
his authority and went further than
t.
''Ie DR.. Adkins has ordered any OF
the women teachers to appear before
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
Early Note on the Beaver.

John Clarke was chief factor of the
Hudson's Bay company for many
years until his death in 1852. His
daughter In 1906 published brief
series of pages from his notebooks.
David Goule, one of Mr. Clarke's stan.
thus reported to him regarding
beavers:
II started with q trap for Beaver
Pond, about three miles from Fort Will
liam lat the head of Lake Superior).
1t was early winter with only six
inches Of snow upon the ground. When
l got within hundred yards Of the
pond, the snow began to look as II 1t
had been trodden firmly down. and
was covered with coating of ice.
Stumps and small bushes protruded in
every direction, and were cut off close
to the ground as neatly as IL with a
knife Previous to the freezing over
of the pond, the beavers cut down very
small brush close by, and dragged 1t to
the waters edge, where they fastened
1t to the bottom of the water. to serve
as provisions during the winter. All
birch trees, too, on the edge OF the
pond are cut down so as to fall into
the river. They also serve as provi-
sions The instinct OF beavers in
choosing and cutting down the trees
is wonderful 1t is rare to see tree
fall away from the pool instead Of
into it."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
Three Days
Holiday
8
HAROLD y CARTER
(copyright. 1915. BY W. q. Chapman,

At half.past twelve Durham. Just
home from the Office, looked about his
little uptown fat. The nat was empty,
and 1t seemed to inspire in him =
good deal Of interest.
The living room was empty. The
dining room was empty, though his
wife had left q substantial cold lunch
for him before she went away. His
wife's room was empty and stripped
of her belongings. In fact. Dora Dun.
ham had gone away for a three-days'
vacation without her husband.
Durham sneered, but it was a merry
sheer without a trace of vindictive-
ness about 1t.
Il guess" he said, that when Dora
goes away and leaves me bachelor,
she leaves me the privileges of q
bachelor as WE'LL
Durham looked the sort Of young
man who might have made any wom-
an happy. Yet he seemed in a hurry
to get away from his home. He ate
his lunch, packed his suitcase, left the
apartment and took ticket for Allan
tic Harbor.
At thirty many men have a good
deal of the boy left in their systems.
Durham, the observation-disclosures
clerk. seemed to have shaken OF the
cares of business and the RESPONSE
bilities of married life at the same
time. Before his wife had departed
alone it had been understood that the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
him stripped to the waist, he has az
ceeded his authority" said Mr.. Ter
rell, Of the board.
REWARD OFFERED FOR
GEORGIA NIGHT RIDERS

Atlanta, Dec. 10-Governor Har-
ris has offered a reward Of $3.50 for
the arrest and conviction of the night
riders who fired the barns in Chero-
kee county, Sunday night, when the
owners would not obey the warnings
to get rid of their negro employees.
Sheriff Spears has asked the local
police to search for the mules that
were driven towards Atlanta by the
men who burned the barns OF Cog
gins Brothers of Canton, Ga. The
Coggins Brothers were large stock
dealers.
Cherokee county adjoins Forsyth
county from which the negroes were
driven four years ago.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
Odd
Wooing
Isabel May Griffiths

(ConvrtnL. ,sS<S~<~<sSScSSSScS
sn'' 1915. by ". G. Chapman
i shall seek an early ersva,. :
tone. sepuichral
You will do nothing of the so,.,.
ing. ''ace Lever
living?" pa' the use
TO find out by experience that o,s
=, .. tomorrow be sorry of the decision
OF today. Now, Mr.. Lyndon"
You mean Ward"
~ my heart, yes, Ward, for value
your friendship greatly. feel nroud
ana happy to have your escort hn,
tnere must be no more of this-fool.
ishness." iooi'
her sweet lips pronounced the words
unwiiiingly, her gentle eyes bore a
*'stiui expression, despite herself
any girl might be proud OF the atten.
ions OF Ward Lyndon. He was hand.
some rich square" To him ali,
women were angels, and Grace the
chief of them all. There was scarcely
wish his spoiled father and mother
mad not gratified, and now to he dis.
appointed in the dearest desire Of his
ne was shock that distracted him
Everybody called Lyndon "a good
Fellow" old and young, and an aunt
recently deceased and leaving Lyndon
a fortune of fifty thousand dollars. had
caught the genial enthusiasm. Lyndon
proceeded to demonstrate his gener-
Gus instincts at once. He became an
idler. There was plenty of money
why work? His capital was well in
vested to all seeming. He had no bad
habits. but he made no profitable use
Of his time.
Then he fell in love with Grace.
who played the church organ and gave
music lessons. 1t was head over
heels" with him, and rash speedy