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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-19
HILL BUILDING APARTMENT.
Erecting Four-story Fireproof struc-
ture at 1893 S Street Northwest.

Work has been started on four
story apartment to be erected at ISSa
5 street northwest by William A. Hell
from plans by Matthew q. Lepley. II is
70 occupy lot having a frontage of
hit! seven feet and "A depth of loo feet
ana there viii he alleys at one side
and at the rear
Inc building is to .e y irep.oof
.ohs tfuction: the front is to be OF
; texture brick with limestone
trimmings. II will contain twenly-four
apartments Of the three and four room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-19
Pulmotor REEVES Gas Victim

Mrs \. e. Brownie. 1t3 c street
northeast this morning was overcome
by gas while in the kitchen at her
home. 1t is stated that she turned
the gas al the. range and forgot
to apply p match. Policeman w. f..
Thomas of the ninth precinc. rendered
first aid and Dr. Dom member of the
stan at Casually fiospitei. using pull
c1otor, revived her. Mrs. Brown!ey was
ISo1 taken to a hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-19
MARY Hursh Obtains Divorce.

Justice Anderson has granted an alb
so,ute divorce to Mary Hursh from
Horace S. Hursh. The wife is given
alimony of $50 month and the hus-
band is required to pay the costs. in
Guiding an attorneys fee of $500 to
the wifes counsel. Attorneys j. A.
Purcell and {. Fl. Merillat represented
the wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-19

Sister VI. Gertrude. sixty-seven. of the
Order of the Visitation at Frederick,
Nd died in the convent. She was born
in Baltimore and was known in the
world as Miss Elizabeth McGuiness,
daughter of the late n. J. McGuiness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-19

The body of :. r. Barnes. manager Of
the Green Hin Orchard Company Of
Charles Town. w. Va. was found
frozen in an unoccupied house after a
search for him of two weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-19
Space His Name Covers.

The President writes his name with a
flourish at the end and the length of
the name with flourish alta ched is
slightly over three inches. With three
inches of name to write $4,000 times d
year the Presidents hand would travel
straight across distance of 100000
inches a year, 1880 feet, 4.161 yards,
2is miles.
Travelling up and down. however. the
distance would be much greater, esti-
mating one-half of an inch to each let =
ter. counting the upward and down
ward stroke required 10 each letter.
With this estimate basis the Pres
ident's hand travels UP and down. in
Guiding the flourish, about -. inches
for each time he signs. The hand.
therefore, covers n distance of 5000
inches up and down in the course of
the year. or 1880 feet, 10,416 yards
and nearly six miles
Upward and downward and length
wise the Presidents right hand moves
at least eight and one-third miles dur
ing year in the one job of signing his
name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-19
THECOURTs.
District Supreme Court.

Equity DIVISION Justice AMER
son.
Baker agt Baker: order of publica
ton: plaintiffs attorneys, 7. l.. Jones
and II. l.. Warning
Thompson agt. Thompson: guardian
ad Item appointed: plaintiffs attor-
ney. J. J. Darlington
Roller agt. Murray: order dismissins
rule in part: plaintiffs attorney. l., II
Jackson: defendants attorneys. cor
don Il Gordon and J. T.. Laskey.
Cohen agt. Cohen: order to file spe-
cine statements in ten days: plalntlH
attorney. B. T. Doyle: defendants AT :
torneyS. f. l. Gies and g. G. Aderholdt
Hursh ast. Hursh: absolute divorce
granted: plaintiffs attorneys. {. IA. alef'
illat and j. \. Purcell: defendants at
rorney. c. ". Fowler
Bauer agt. Bauer: restraining order
pendente lite granted: plaintiffs attor-
ney, A. l.. Newmyer; defendants attor-
ney. A. ID. Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-19

Who remembers tn fine old
days before business efficiency
when you got few pennies back
at TIL meat shop
1t seems like III folks who are
all right when YOU git t know
EN- never have very long tuner
ais.
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Thirteen Letters in Signature.

President Wilson has thirteen letters
in his name.
Col. Roosevelt signed himself Theo-
dore Roosevelt. a total Of seventeen
letters. His signature is not quite as
long as that of President Wilson, and
he affixes no flourish at the end. He
chops the signature right off with the
last letter. Former President Ia ft
signed himself W. II. Taft, the shortes t
name of President within recollection
of any official at the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-19

CIRCUIT DIVISION 2-Justice Stat
ford.
Wilkinson agt. Soners: plaintiff
granted leave to file amended declara-
tiop forthwith: plaintiffs attorneys, J.
c. Brown and A. d. Smith.
Berry agt. Bready ct al; judgment by
default against Maurice Broadly. and
inluisition ordered: plaintiffs attorneys,
{. X. Ahalt and f. 4. Jones.
Schafer & Go. agt. Southwestern Sure
ty Insurance Company: defendant
granted leave to file substitute affidavit
of defense by March 8. and motion for
judgment continued: plaintiffs attor-
neys. Shinn & owen: defendants at
totney, David Wiener.
Mckenney agt. Mount Vernon and
Marshall Hall Steamboat Company
motion for new trial overruled and
judgment on verdict for plaintiff for
$500: appeal noted: cost bond. 500;
supersedeas bond. $4,000: Plaintiff 8
attorneys, F.. J. Hogan and NJ. A. kauf-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-19
WINSTON HOTEL
Composite Z. =. Capitol Ground.I
ISt and Pa. Ave. NV.

ISt and Pa. Ave. NV.
Nj. 6ooS.
We invite State Societies
and other various Depart
mental Bodies to ask for
bids and menus and to in
spect our facilities for hold
ing banquets.
II. !. SPATES. Manager.
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EQUITY DIVISION 2--.Iustice Mccoy
Rudolph Il West aet Howe: leave to
amend bill granted: plaintiffs attor-
neys. Louis Gutenberg. HoehlinS. Peelie
d Ogilby. Rhodes < Cromeln and W
l.. Browning: DEFENDANTS attorneys,
Carlisle & Howe and {. i. Disgs.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
SELF-FEEDER IS PROFITABLE
Experiment Made at Nebraska Ex-
pertinent Station Shows Method
to Be Practicable.

That the self-feeder is practicable
for lambs is shown by the results of
an experiment that has just closed at
the Nebraska experiment station.
Twenty-eight lambs fed for 40 days by
the self-feeder method made an aver
age daily gain of half pound head
at cost of $7.34 for each 100 pounds
of gain. The net profit per head was
S1.45. Pea-size oil meal and prairie
hay were kept before the lambs con-
stantly from the beginning of the test.
Corn was added the third day, and
gradually increased from that time.
At the close of the third week the
lambs were consuming about two
pounds of corn and One-half pound of
oil meal per head daily.
At the end of the experiment they
were consuming one-half pound more
of corn day and the same amount Of
oil meal. The average daily consump-
ton Of prairie hay per lamb was one
half pound. Corn was valued at 60
cents bushel, oil meal at $40 a ton
and prairie hay at 50 a ton.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22

two ways-in the amount of pasturage
required and in the amount of winter
feed needed.
In Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, In.
diana and Ohio, wherever there is
bluegrass, sheep should be run. These
regions are peculiarly adapted to
sheep growing in connection with gen
eral farming. The grass comes early
in the spring and fingers until very
late in the fall. In about three years
out of every five the pasturage is such
that the sheep can take pretty good
care of themselves until well along in
to the winter. With a pasture of this
sort and a cornfieId full of soy beans
or cowpeas the problem of sheep feed
ing pretty nearly solves itself.
In this way the sheep-feeding season
is greatly shortened and the feeding
cost is cut down to q point where it
amounts to very little. Whileyou are
forced to be shoveling out the corn,
the silage and the cake to the cattle,
the sheep are managing to get along
with very little expense to their owner.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
INVESTIGATION is
ESSENTIAL ON FARM
Good Yields From Crops and Live
Stock Are Necessary for
Paying Business.

(By s. B. CLELAND, Minnesota Expert
ment Station.)
With each new era visited or old
area revisited by men doing the farm
management demonstration work it
becomes more and more apparent that
a good size Of business, good yields
from crops and from live stock and a
proper diversihcation of the farm
business are all essential to success in
farming. A recent demonstration
shows this in striking fashion.
The most profitable ten farms in a
certain locality were compared with
the average Of some 60 farms visited
and in all respects mentioned were
found to be better than the average.
in the matter of size, whether consid-
ering total acreage, acreage in crops
Dr. acreage in potatoes, these ten farms
averaged so per cent larger than the
average Of the locality. In returns
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22

Coed Read In Washington Suburb.
road outlet into the city are far mora
valuable than the farm that is shut of
from the city five months out Of the
year on account of impossible roads.
"The farmer benefits by easier haul
ing, cheaper transportation, time saw
ing and better social conditions for
his wife, children and self.
"The city benefits by cheaper prod
uce, the opportunity for the rural resi-
dent to get into the city and make
purchases and the merchant in town
can extend his zone of delivery far out
into the country.
"The best proof that good roads
bring prosperity is brought home to
the very doors of Washington by a
comparison of the two states on the
borders of the District of Columbia.
Maryland has practically finished a
six-year job of good roads building.
Virginia has hardly commenced. A
two-hour automobile ride, say to Fred
erick, Md, followed by two-hour ride
through Virginia to Warrenton, will
show a contrast that is not hard to
understand.
Washington has profited greatly by
the good roads to Frederick. It has
brought thousands of dollars to this
city.
within the past year a good road
has been built to Fairfax, Va, which
is half way to Warrenton. Conditions
for the better are noticeable along this
stretch. Twenty-three more miles are
needed to put Warrenton in close
touch with the capital. A greater part
of the amount necessary has been
raised in the country district, the bal
ance is looked for in Washington. Just
how far the business and motorists in
Washington will go along this line is
problematical, but that Washington
will profit by a good road to Warren
ton or any other Virginia town within
a radius of fifty to one hundred miles
is a certainty. Making the path to
ones door easy for the purchasers is
always good advertising. Helping
build a good road into the city that
will bring thousands Of buyers into
town is surely making the path eas,
ier."
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22

(By c. B. HUTCHINSON. Missouri Col
lege of Agriculture)
Our recent dry seasons have discour-
aged many who had difficulty in get
ting stands of clover, but if proper
methods of seeding are used there
should be little difficulty on most of
the farms in this section. II it were
possible to predict very dry year at
sowing time, it would be better not to
use any nurse crop which takes up
the moisture needed by the clover, but
as this cannot be predicted, it is bet
ter to have thin stand of some nurse
crop which will keep down the weeds
without taking too much moisture
from the clover or shading it too much.
A stand of clover is dependent upon
many factors, such as weather condi-
tions, soil, quality of the seed, and
weeds. If a nurse crop is used, rye,
wheat and oats are usually ranked for
their efficiency as nurse crops in the
order given, but farmers reverse this
order because they would rather have
oats and wheat in their bins. The
nurse crop, of course, does not direct
ly aid the clover, but is used to keep
down the growth of wild grasses and
weeds which tend to crowd out and
destroy the young plants. In many
cases where weeds do not bother, the
clover will often make better growth
alone than where it must compete
with the grain crop. On thin lands
and dry seasons a nurse crop is gen.
orally disadvantage, but under favor
able conditions stand can usually be
secured with nurse crop and the use
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
AILING WOMEN
NEED THIS FAMOUS
DOCTORS PRESCRIPTION

Thousands Of women who are now
blessed with robust health cannot TN.
derstand why thousands Of other WON.
en- continue to worry and suffer from
ailments peculiar to women when they
can obtain for a trif1ing sum DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription which
will surely and quickly Danish all
pain. distress and misery and restore
the womanly functions to health.
This prescription Of DR.. Pierce's ex-
tracted from roots and herbs is a tenn
perance remedy.
To get rid of irregularities. or ca
tarrhal condition, to avoid pain at GER
tain times, to overcome irritability
and weakness, waste no time, but get
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription in
liquid or tablet form this very day.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22

Of the land for the season is not en-.
tirely lost.
If a nurse crop is sowed in the fall
the clover may be broadcasted on the
meadow the following February or
early in March on frosty morning
when the ground is nicely honey
combed" with frost. With the soil in
this condition, the clover seed lodges
in small cracks or crevices and is COW
cred when the ground thaws. The
usual rate of seeding the clover at
this time is about six or eight pounds.
Some prefer to drill the clover seed
with disk drill, crossing the rows of
wheat or rye at right angles. The seed
should be run into the main hoes Of
the drill, so it will be covered. Run
the disks shallow and the wheat or
timothy plants will not be disturbed
to any great extent.
Another method which is preferred
by some is to sow the clover and tim
othy on the wheat after the ground
is dry enough to work and cover by
light narrowing.
Timothy and clover may also be
sowed alone in the spring, but if the
land is foul with weeds, light seed
ing Of grain, to be cut for hay when
it is in the soft dough or milk stage,
will help to keep the weeds under con-
troll.
These suggestions are more fully
discussed in Circular 6S of the Mis-
souri, agricultural experiment station
at Columbia. The circular is entitled
'The Seeding of Meadows and Pas
tures.''
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22

from live stock the ten farms showed
ten per cent more income from each
animal than the average. The crops
were better, especially potatoes, the
most important crop, which went 122
bushels to the acre, against an average
yield of SO bushels. The farm business
was so arranged on these ten good
farms that every man and every horse
was able to cover from ten to twenty
per cent more ground than the aver
age.
AS a result Of these methods the ten
farms mentioned showed an average
labor income Of nearly $1,4OO, while
the average man in the locality had a
labor income of only $414. This is all
the more striking when one considers
that a mans labor income is/not mere
ly what he makes above expenses, but
in what is left as pay for his years
time over interest on his investment,
which, in the case of the larger farms
Of the ten men mentioned, would be q
heavier charge than the average.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
GOOD
ROADS
GOOD ROADS ASSIST CITIES
Merchants In Town Reap az Much
Profit as Persons Living Along
Improved Highways.

Men vino have been successful in
building up large enterprises, men
who have made lifelong study of con-
ditions of affairs where bad roads pre-
dominate, and men who have put their
best efforts into improving highways
are unanimous in one opinion-that it
is the duty of big cities to help in
building good roads that lead into
their limits" said a good roads en-
thusiast to Washington Star repre-
sentative.
"The cities derive as much benefit
as, if not more than. the residents
along the route of the proposed i'm
provement.
1T has been proved time and time
again that farm lands with a hard
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
REAL PROFIT IN LIVE STOCK
Problem Of Making Profit Is Largely
Matter Of Making Use Of ST.
laae and Roughage.

When you break even on your
beeves you are ahead Of the game pro-
vided you save the manure-especial-
Iy if you have kept hogs following the
cattle. Saving the manure" doesn't
mean saving merely one-third or one
fourth. 1t means saving all of it, liQ-
uid as we'll as solid.
The problem of keeping live stock
with profit is largely a matter of max
ing use as silage, roughage, or bed
ding, of stuff that is wasted on the
average farm.
Weeds and weed seeds, usually
counted worse than nothing, may be
put on the right side of the ledger by
means of few sheep. Grass makes
cheap pork.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
ASPHALT OIL BEST ON ROADS
University Of Missouri Engineering
Dean Says Tests Show It Is Su-
perior to Anything Else.

The only kind of oil used in oiling
streets or roads, in the opinion of
Dean E. J. McCaustland of the school
of engineering of the University OF
Missouri, should be an oil that con.
tains asphalt. Oil that contains paraf.
fin will evaporate rapidly and leave
a road muddy and sticky.
The engineering experiment station
here has analyzed many samples OF
road oils sent to the university from
various parts of the state. Oil that
has an asphalt base will give almost
as much satisfaction as asphalt pave
ment, is the opinion of Dean McCaust
land.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
REVIVED INTEREST IN SHEET
Saving in Feed in Getting Animal
Ready for Market Is Big Point
PLENTY of Pasturage.

The renewed interest in the profits
Of the sheep business has caused q
good many farmers to put in sheep
instead of cattle. 1t is easier to do
business on a small capital where you
are handling sheep. You can take the
money used in buying a single steer
and buy several sheep, and the saw
ing in feed in getting the two classes
of animals ready for the buyer is
worth considering. This is noticed in
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
''ANURIC!''
NEWEST IN CHEMISTRY

This is recent discovery Of Doct0F
Pierce, head of the Invalids Hotel.
Buffalo, N. Y. Experiments for sew
eral years proved that there is ne
other eliminator Of uric acid compGp
rable. For those easily recognizes
symptoms of inf1ammation-as bach
ache, scalding urine and frequent u&'
nation, as well as sediment in this
urine. or If uric acid In the blood hA6
caused rheumatism, "Anuric" actc
quickly. In rheumatism of the toint4
in gravel and gout, invariably the
pains and stiffness which so frequently
and persistently accompany the die
ease rapidly disappear.
Send DR.. Pierce 1Oc for large triGs
package. Full treatment 500 Az
druggists.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
Even in mild climates poultry needs
some protection from the elements
during the winter season.
Egg Gathering.

It will pay to gather the eggs many
times during the day. II they are left
in the nests until evening there is al
ways danger that they will be broken,
and the hens will then eat them, thus
forming the egg-eating habit. After
hen once acquires this habit it is al.
most impossible to break her Of It, and
it is better to kill her at once.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
ConNlnced.

'I wasn't able to match that piece
of goods for you," said hubby. Il tried
six different stores, and they ali told
me they hadn't had anything like thai
in stock for five years."
81 knew that all the time" said
wife. Il just wanted to prove to zoe
that my best dress is hopelessly out
of style. You wouldn't believe 1t wheG
l told you"
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
Druggist Knows the
Best Kidney Remedy

For more than twenty years have bees
successfully selling DR.. Kilmer's Swamp,
Root to my customers who were in need
of such medicine and they all speak in thu
highest terms of the good results obtained
from its use. know it is a good medi
cine for kidney, liver and bladder troubles
and L never hesitate in recommending 1t tG
anyone who is in need of it.
Very truly yours,
w. H. MASON, Druggist,
Jan. 9Th, 1916. Humboldt, Tenn
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
Good Roads ELL Churches.

The good road fills the country
churches. 1t stands for neighborii
ness, and, best of all, it leaves gooc
schools all along it's line. 1t keeps the
country boy with it. The good road
is a sign of the culture, knowledge
and civilization in a county, a state
or a nation. Does your community
stand the test?
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
FEEDS NECESSARY FOR EGGS
Animal Food and Green Stuff Of Some
Kind Are EssentiaI-Good, COM
Portable House Helps.

Given the best grain ration to be
found, hen can't make eggs without
other things. Animal food and green
foods are essential. And don't over
look the fact that a good, comfortable
house is necessary, in spite Of what
come open-air advocate may tell you.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
ston un the Cracks.

Wind is q good thing. Sweeps the
old earth clean and makes everybody
healthy. But when it Sits through
big cracks in the barn it doesn't make
the cattle feel so very well, and you
won't feel very well, either, when you
come to pay the extra feed bills. Stop
the cracks with battens, not with feed
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
BurQlarel

What did you do when you dis
covered there were burglars in the
house?'
My wife grabbed rolling pin and
crept softly through the hall, and
followed her."
"A case Of safety first for you,
eh?"
mo indeed! Safety second"
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
Important Chick Feed.

Milk. whether it is sweet or sour, is
an important feed for young chicks.
Milk has the property, when fed early
enough, Of increasing vitality and in
directly of strengthening resistance to
disease.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
Little Mistake.

An old gentleman OF eighty-four hav-
ing taken to the altar young damsel
of about fifteen, the clergyman said
to him:
THE font is at the other end of the
church"
What do l want with the font?"
said the old gentleman.
"Oh, beg your pardon" said the
cleric, Il thought you had brought this
child to be christened."
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
Letter to
DR.. Kilmer Z Co.
BinGhanton. N. r.

Prove What Swamp-ROOt VIII Do For Yes
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co..
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size bOe
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You wia
also receive q booklet of valuable infOe
nation, telling about the kidneys and bla&
der. When writing, be sure and mentioA
this paper Regular .ffty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale ct ell drug
Stores.-Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
Feed for LittIe chicka.

During the season of the year wheI
you buy large quantities of feed fo
your little chicks, always ask you
dealer for feeds that contain a larg,
per cent of protein, as that is thu
stuff that produces large. health,
chicks in the shortest length of time
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
Use for Tran Nest

You should use a trap nest of som,
kind for your flock and keep onl,
those that lay the most eggs. TT.
this few seasons and your egg yiOl,
will be increased.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
Maintenance Of Roads.

The first and last commandment ii
the maintenance Of earth roads is tt
keep the surface well drained.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
Valuable Side Line

Selling registered stock to those
who desire to build up their herds
and flocks is a valuable side line for
an intelligent farmer to undertake.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
T0W0aD0id
Operations
These Three Women Tell How They
Escaped the Dreadful Ordeal Of
Surgical Operations.

Hospitals great and necessary institutions but they
should be the last resort for who suffer with ills
peculiar to their Many letters file in the Pnkham
Laboratory at Lynn Mass prove that great number Of
after they have been recommended to submit to an
operation have been made we'll by Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound. Here are three such letters AU
sick women should read them
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22

Never eat pie with a knife. It's prop
er to eat cheese with pie, but knives
should be eaten alone