davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
There will be no session of the local
exchange until Wednesday.

Comparative reports of revenues and
expenses of the Southern Railway
Company continue to show an unusual
improvements. The gross revenue for
May was 1921. 27A8. an increase of
N.3A. 1926, or T.a per cent over the
corresponding month of 1918. The net
over operating expenses and taxes was
&2.02l .S22.92, an increase OF 1854. 2S7.51. or
81. 16 per cent.
The gross revenue for eleven months
an Increase OF S.sss Sei ss or T' II q per
cent over the corresponding period OF
tho previous year. The bet over operat-
ing expenses and taxes was $19, 337. 75O 80,
an increase Of NOT. lSo.6l. or 6.73 per
cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
Wholesale Produce Market

EuHe-Nssroy. fresh. 2Sc per doz. Soutn-
srn. 22q23c per dog.
cHEESE-New York. new. isc Der h.: nat
lec Der Id.
BuTTER-Elgin print. SIC per h.: tub, 3lc
2lhc per ID: process. &c per ID.
LIVE POULTRY-Hens. l9T2Oc Der ID. live
turkeys, 20c ner ": chickens. 2sh?Sc par H.
LIVE STOCK-Veal calves, test, 1911 &c Der
ID; heavy. shdloc per h.; fat sheep 40
Shc per lb.: spring lambs. i0aa lic per ID.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
TOdaY'S Sales.

RIGGS Realty 0ong) SIS. 5000 102
8. 0O0Il02.
After call-washington Railway pf.,
3qSlh.
Potomac Electric Consolidated SIS,
3l.0o0dl0lk.
Capital Traction. loaS5. loas5. :"as5.
10TSS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
\. Y. STOCK MARKETS
TONE REMAINS FIRM

NEW YORK. June 30.--The stock mar
ket opened today with some losses in
specialties, but with generally firm
tone and light trading.
Industrial Alcohol lost three points,
Mexican Petroleum lost y. Crucible. Y.
Rails moved upward during the late
forenoon. Steel advanced to SO.
The market failed to show any real
action. however. sales for the morning
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30
President to Address
Salesmanship Congress

President Wilson today sent . tslq.
gram accepting an invitation to speak
before the Salesmanship Congress at
Detroit July 10. The only thing that
would cause him to break the engage
ment would be q fresh outbreak In the
Mexican situation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30

New York Stocks.

Az transactions in stocks are on. the boss
u dollars and fractions thereof.
Quotations furnished by w. y. Hibbs .
Co.,. members Of New York Stock Excbanss.
Hibbs Building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-30

John W. May. president Of the Cham
Der of Commerce. has returned from
a two-week visit to number Of cities
In Michigan.
Smyrna times., 1916-04-05
EXPERIMENT STATIONS ACTIVE
Bring About More Intensive Methods
And Greater Yields Per Acre.

ITO contribute In every way to the
evolution Of extensive methods into
intensive methods Of farming. Is the
task Of the experiment station" says
DR.. Jacob C. Lipman. Director Of the
New Jersey Experiment Station. in his
annual report. The New Jersey Ell.
pertinent Station, as we'll as other ex.
pertinent stations throughout the East,
has been engaged in helping to find
methods FOR developing economically
he unimproyed lands Of the state,
which make up a domain of vast pos.
sibilities.
The county agents In New Jersey,
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia are
working out the same problems as the
experiment stations. agricultural col
leges and other agencies In the inter
ests OF better farming methods. Il is
estimated that in New Jersey alone.
there Is room for 10000 more farm
ers. With better methods come better
yields per acre. greater prosperity and
higher values for farm lands. More
attention to soil fertility. and the use
Of nanures and fertilisers TO make the
hmnds more productive. Is fundamental
in working out greater farming pros
parity.
Smyrna times., 1916-04-05

corn. It's a grand thing for brood
sows. When fed alfalfa they will keep
in fine condition on half the grain
they would use without it."
The kind of soil on which TO grow
alfalfa, in my opinion. is a loan Of
reasonable fertility, where water will
not stand for any length of time. II
the ground is low. tile draining should
be done. Pillow deep. use at least ton
Of lime per acre if the soil is sour. get
the best possible seed and inoculate
either the seed or ground or both"
says Mr.. Nelson. My farm has al
ways, until a few years ago. had COW
to the acre. furnishing lots Of manure.
This with 600 pounds of high grade
fertilizer. drilled in. supplies the food
for the growing plants. The same
amount is used each year as top dress
ing. If we didn't have so much
manure. more fertilizer per acre would
be needed"
The best stand Of alfalfa ever had
was on II acres that had been in corn
two years in succession. The ground
was heavily MANFRED both years after
the corn was removed. and the usual
application OF 500 pounds of fertilizer
applied In the spring. as early as
possible. l drilled in one and One-half
bushels Canada field peas. cut them
green for cows. and in August seeded
to alfalfa" explained Mr.. Nelson. He
believes that three cuttings are best in
New Jersey. but that four cuttings per
year may be obtained through Mary
laHd and Virginia. at the same time
leaving a good stand over winter.
Smyrna times., 1916-04-05
GROWS $50 BUSHELS
CORN ON TEN ACRES
S. c. Gosain, Of Campbell County, Va
Uses Old Alfalfa Sod With
Unusual Results.

Nine hundred and ninety bushels OF
shelled corn from ten-acre ield,-an
average Of SO bushels per acre-is the
record crop grown by S. c. Goggin. In
Campbell County, Virginia. last year.
The land upon which the corn was
grown was an old alfalfa sod which
for several years had been either
mOwn or grazed to hogs. The corn
was planted May 8 and I. in rows
three and one-half feet apart and the
average distance OF the corn in the
rows was Is inches. The corn was
gone over twice with the weeder be
fore II came up and given three shall
low civilizations. Just before the last
cultivation COW peas were planted.
which were disked down to SOW wheat
Three hundred pounds of fertilizer
was spread broadcast and narrowed
in before the corn was planted. W. E.
Macdonald. farm demonstration OF Or
ange County. in commenting upon this
crop points out that alfalfa is valuable
not only as a forage crop but also as a
soil builder, as shown by Mr. GOggin's
results with corn following alfalfa.
Smyrna times., 1916-04-05
VALUE OF ALFALFA
SHOWNBYRESULTS
New Jersey Farmer Has Been
Growing Crop Since 1895
With Great Success.

alfalfa is the greatest stun in the
world" says John p. Nelson. of near
Allentown. n. J.. who has been grow
ing alfalfa since 1895. and who now
has los acres Of the finest in New
Jersey" It took Mr.. Nelson six years
10 get a good stand and to learn how
TO grow the crop. but since 1901 he has
had no failures with ii. He says:
alfalfa fails only when you don't
treat It right"
The advantages of alfalfa are that
when you get a stand OF It. you don't
have to reseed every year. How often
/ do not know. as | have some that
has been moved three times each year
for six years and it is getting better
right along II makes the best kind
Of hay for all kinds OF stock. Some Of
my horses eat II before they do their
grain" declares Mr. Nelson. Cows
will give more milk when fed on
alfalfa hay than they will on fodder
Smyrna times., 1916-04-05
ACRE IS FARMING UNIT
MORE INTENSIVE METHODS MEAN
LOWER COST AND GREATER
PROFIT.

The acre is the unit in farming
Greater yields per acre mean greater
prosperity per farm II requires but a
very few extra bushels per acre TO pay
for extra labor and money spent in
preparing the seed bed, using more
intensive methods Of cultivation and
feeding the crop more generously. II
properly managed the increased pro-
duction will leave a liberal margin
over increased cost.
Earlier maturity is another impor-
tant factor in profitable farming.
Gardeners and truck farmers who are
able 10 get their products on the mar
ket early get higher prices than the
farmers whose products reach the
markets when the supply is greater
than the demand.
BY using the best seed Of varieties
that are adapted to the climate. plant
ing early and cultivating well, the
plants are given the early start that
means quick maturity and high quail
ity. Markets are demanding quality
crops as never before. In general,
overhead expenses on the farm are the
same. whether good seed or bad Is
used. whether the plants receive good
or Indifferent attention. whether plant
food is supplied or the matter neg
lected. The farm may be compared q
a factory, and the farmer to the manu-
facturer who must consider cost Of
production. quality and quantity Of
, products. II he is TO probably carr
/ on his business.
Smyrna times., 1916-04-05
TEACHING MORALS IN SCHOOL
Lessons Not Known In America
Given In Japanese Educational
Institutions.

In the American Magazine Ray Stan
nard Baker gave the following account
OF curious feature Of japanese school
instruction:
Visiting the Japanese schools In
Hawaii several years ago / was I'M
pressed with one feature unknown TO
American schools. This was an in
teresting series Of colored pictures
with texts in the Japanese language
illustrating the model conduct expect
ed Of Japanese children upon a great
variety of occasions. These were dis
tributed about on the walls OF the
schoolrooms and frequently changed.
When | expressed my appreciation OF
this work one Of the teachers said:
How shall a child know how to act
unless he Is taught?" which seemed TO
be a soundly sensible remark. And
vet in America (until recently, while
religious teaching has been barred
from the public schools. no substitute
involving thorough instruction In CON
duct or morals has been developed.
The uubuilding Of moral ideals, upon
which character rests, has been leit
10 such incidental and indirect instruc-
ton as might come out Of the school
work. The result is that large num-
bers OF American children-not only
those whose home life Is poor or whose
church connections are weak. but
Thousands OF others-leave school with
only tha haziest ideas Of what Is right
1 "a ushs.f A wrunG
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-27
SERVIA'S FORMER QUEEN

perial. was killed at the time he was
reaching manhood by the Zulus. while
he was fighting with the British in South
Africa. In this respect Natalie's fate
was more severe Alexander, her son,
appears to have inherited the bad quail
tiles Of his father. He fell under the in
fluence of a. vicious woman. Draga. some
years older than he was, whom he mar
ried. and his rule became corrupt and
obnoxious to his people. This led to the
Elcody tragedy of his assassination. He
and his wife were both killed in their
palace at Belgrade, and with his death
the house of Obrenovitch ended it's reign
and the house Of Kraga-Georgeviqch
under the present King Peter, was re-
stored to power.
Natalie, like Eugene. was In early life
a beautiful woman, and was possessed
of more force and vivacity than the wife
of the third Napoleon. She was said to
be still popular in Servia despite the
evil repute Of the two kings Of that coun-
try with whom she was associated, her
husband and her son, by both of whom
she was mistreated.
Natalie was Russian by birth. She in
herited a splendid fortune from her
father, an officer In the Russian army
that has been dissipated. Her present
state is due in large part to the desola-
ton Of Servia that 1t was Russia's obli-
cation to protect. 1t would seem that the
Russian government should provide for
| her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-27

From the Nashville Banner.
6RHAT is a pathetic story that comes
from France concerning ex-Queen
q Natalie Of Servia. She has been
found, it is said, serving In meniai Ca
pacity in q hospital in Bordeaux.
Natalie's life has been, in some re-
spects. parallel to that Of Eugene, with
even more of pathos and tragedy than
that of the former French empress, who
still lives and has spent the latter years
of her long life in comfortable retire.
ment at her home at Chiselhurst, Eng
land.
The story from Bordeaux speaks OF
Queen Nathalia," but she has always
been known to the world as Natalie. and
there is no reason to spoil a pretty ha"e
with this Latin rendering.
The story is that when her identity was
discovered she was employed in sweeping
floors. She had disappeared from Bel
grade after the conquest of Servia py
the Teutonic armies, and her whereabouts
was not known.
Everyone who has been Interested In
European affairs remembers the quarreis
of Natalie and her husband, King MI
Ian, some 30 years ago, and their conten-
ton for the possession Of Prince Alexan-
der. their only child. Still better re-
membered is the terrible assassination OF
Alexander and his wife. Draga, Mt bci-
grade in 1908. Since that time Natalie
has lived in obscurity apd 1t seems that
she ia now reduced to restitution.
Natalie, like Eugene. was not born OF
ROYALTY. She was the daughter OF an
Immensely rich Russian. Colonel Kesch'
ko. Servia was still under the suzer.
ainty of the Porte when she was mar
ried to Milan, and the prince of Turk
ish dependency was nothing great In Inc
way of royalty. But Servia was MADE
kingdom by the arrangement OF the Ber-
lin conference in 1878. Milan was
weak and despicable character. Natalie
life with him was altogether unhappy
Their quarrels were frequent. Proba-
bIv the best remembered incident, story
that filed the foreign dispatches In the
newspapers at the time and attracted
much interest. was Natalies flight with
her young son Alexander to Weisbaden,
She was forced by the German govern
ment to surrender the boy to his father
but Milan was forced by the Seryian peo-
ole. in 1889, to abdicate and leave the
throne to Alexander under a regency.
Eugenie's only child, the prince i'm
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-27
Zine Football Outlook

From the present outlook, Birmingham
college is going to loom up as factor
in the football world this year." said N.
M. Banks of the Arrant general agency.
'Ten letter men from last year have re-
turned to do battle, and with Coach
Brown directing them, the prospectus is
favorable.
Coach Brown from Vanderbilt is en-
des voring to follow in the footsteps of
Czech Dan McGugin in Nashville. AS is
known, Coach McGugin instrucrs the
Commodores in football and attends 10 a
neat law practice. Coach Brown intends
to hang out a single IN Birmingham
and, of course, will turn out an eleven
of some power at Birmingham college.
1.-THE Birmingham combination has sew
eTal games scheduled this year that will
be hard on the youngsters, but believe
that they will be capable of putting up
a stiff fight. Among the newcomers are
several likely football players. Last sea-
son Birmingham demonstrated that 1t had
the fight"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-27
ENGLISH NAMES PUZZLE

Edwin Tarrisse in the Philadelphia
Ledger.
Andrew Lang once said that should a
cultured Englishman want to realize how
ignorant he really was, he should at
tempt to pronounce a selected list of.
say, 100 English proper names Lang
was of the opinion that should the Eng
Eshman succeed in pronouncing correctly
score of such names he was entitled
to pat himself on the back
1t is not by any means every man
who knows that LevesonG Cover is prop
erly pronounced Loosen-Gore; that a IA
NOUS general is called by his friends
Bay-den Pole; that another popular SOL
or that Lord Knollys. the Kings private
secretary, is known as Noles.
Who. without special enlightenment,
would pronounce Dalzell. Dee-ell; Claver-
house, Clayverse, or Gilzean, eileen, al
though he would certainly convict him
self. in British eyes. Of ignorance If he
failed to do so?
Why, it may reasonably be asked,
should Home be changed into Hume and
IlOtEiHi III t1ulnd1n, ana why SHOulu
Jervis become Jarvis? Keighley is pro-
nounced Keely by all except the good
people who live in that Yorkshire town,
and they call it Keethly, while Keightly
is, to those who know. Keetly. Ruthven.
for some obscure reason, is metamor-
phosed into Rivven.
Scrymgeour, that good old Scottish
name, comes as Scrimjer from British
lips, and Tyrwhitt is given as THRIFT to
rhyme with spirit Menzies is not what
10 seems in print-it is Minges, or Meen-
yes; Meux degenerates into Mewes, while
Lord Wemyss would not know he was
addressed unless you pronounced his title
Weems. Mr.. Yerburgh answers to the
name of Marlborough.
Lord Coke Is addressed as Cook; Mr.
Featherstonhaugh as Festunhaw. Also
1T must be added, the knowing English
man must never fail to pronounce Fol-
jambe as Fool-jam, Dilwyn as Dillon,
Belvoir as Beever and BERTHE as Barty
From all Of which it will be observed
that our British cousins evince curious
and contradictory ideas with reference to
proper names
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-27
SNAKE BITES AND WHISKY

FROM the Youngstown Telegram
A medical authority who has made an
investigation into snake dangers offers
reassuring testimony of the immunity of
most residents of the United States from
death by snake bite. AS we gather IL,
one runs dozen chances every day of
being killed by an auto where be runs
one chance in lifetime of being poisoned
by a snake. This authority assures us
that in two years investigation he found
one authentic case of death by snake
bite and found in the same year one
case of death by an ant bite. 1t is gen
orally understood that there are but four
varieties of snakes in the United States
comfortable degree. These are the rat
tlesnake, the copperhead, the moccasin
and the coral snake. The rattlesnake is
by far the most dangerous The medical
Investigator bears out this belief and as
sures us that other varieties of snake are
about as dangerous as a robin, although
far less pleasing to look upon.
Chiefly interesting, perhaps, is his dis
cussion of the treatment of snake bites
AItl1lllil5 tllS SG 10 DC uStu ZIG
says:
Shall whisky be given? No. All au-
thorities are agreed on that. Its only
good effect is that it makes the patient
Indifferent to consequences through max
ing him dead drunk, and overpowering
fear is one of the greatest factors in the
symptomatology of snake bite. The use
of whisky for snake bite does much
harm"
This is the most severe shock sus-
tanned by public confidence since the
King of Denmark entertained DR.. Cook.
Everybody has always known heretofore
that whisky is the only thing that will
cure snake bite. Now we find it's all
wrong and whisky really hinders recov-
cry. And if it won't cure snake bite,
what is it for?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-27
Bench Show at Fair


The annual dog show at the Alabama
State Fair is always of much interest to
those who love mans greatest friend,
among the animals, said Robert Murphy
yesterday. II have always been great
admirer of st. Bernard dogs and have
owned several blue ribbon wianere. in
tend entering my ST. Bernard Prince in
the dog show this year. Everyone who
owns a st. Bernard within a radius of
25 miles of Birmingham is eligible TO enter
his dog in the bench show.
II am anxious to see several entries in
the st. Bernard class. Thus far am the
| only one who has entered st. Bernard
Prince is thoroughbred of the prize
winning type. He received the blue rib
bon at the Nashville bench show last
year. The dog show at the fair this
year promises to be one Of the greatest
yet held"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-27

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal
Xxx HEN the bridegroom slips the
wy minister min the s.. So 49, $50 or
500 which he feels that he can
afford to bestow upon the instrument of
providence by which he has arrived final
does he think of the uses to which his
donation will be put? The answer Is, of
course, the negative. Bridegrooms and
those who were bridegrooms many years
ago will be interested to learn from an
authoritative source that wedding fees go
directly to the.nearly always needy wife
course, to the minister's children, If he
has children, and ministers usually are
blessed with their share of them.
A member of minister's family, writ
ing for TIarper's Magazine, exposes the
destination Of the wedding fees in the fol
lowing:
You see, the wedding fees in any par
s,nage, from time immemorial, have been
turned over the the minister's wife. She
has them in fee simple. This Is the one
bit of extra money a minister's wife ever
gets. We used to long for weddings.
We feryently believed in matrimony. We
would have encouraged it in every way
possible. For those wedding fees bought
us the only new garments We ever had.
When we noted signs of interest in any
young couple-coming with the loved one
sure indication-we used to wait hopeful
ly. Sometimes we heard of the engage
ment of some young couple outside tho
CT urch and we would race homo to moth
er with the news and wonder wistfully
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-27
LACROSSE FOR THE DESERVING

| if they would ask father to marry them.
We would have made grand publicity
staff for him, if we had known what
publicity meant. And If there seemed to
be dull times in the marriage market we
soaded mother TO her wedding prayers.
Somehow we never placed much hope
in fathers prayers. We took them for
granted. But mother was different. Her
prayers were specific. She asked right
out for things she needed. whereas father
| wandered about good deal in his petit
tions, and used phrases that did not seem
| to mean anything particularly. But when
affairs verged on the stringent in the
| home we would snuggle UP to mother AMI
whisper:
Pray for a welding, mother
"And mother prayed for the wedding,
and it frequently came. So we had strong
| faith in her prayers. She never tried to
| fool herself about those prayers. She
knew she was praying for material com
forts for her family, and she told the
Lord so right out plain. 1t convinced
! me that we got better results when we
acted square with the Lord and did not
attempt to deceive Him with specious mo-
| tives."
This puts a new light upon an old GUS
tom. 1t will cause many men who were
niggardly with the parson when they
went quaking TO the altar to regret that
| they did not shell out handsome sum.
| 1t will cause others, who, in the hour of
emotional dementia, gave grandly in SO
good a cause when they regretted during
post matrimonial financial stress. that
they foolshly gave away at the wedding
enough to provide for q family for .
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-27
ALABAMA PRESS

Selma Times: Villa invaded Chihuahua
City and made a speech from the bal
cohy of the palace. Pancho has evidently
launched his presidential campaign.
Brewton Standard: Prince Leopold Of
bavaria says that Rumania will get her
whacks and that any other nation which
joins will get theirs. That may be So
but there are many who are beginning to
have some doubts about the strength of
the whacker
Mobile Register; Trevino wants his ac-
count of the Chihuahua affair to go as
history, and Bell says it is the creature of
the imagination. Well, is it worth while
to have an international commission to
settle it?
Admission Star: Dispatches say Tom
Watson wants Georgia to repudiate Will
son. Georgians do some things Watson
wants but they also know where to draw
the line.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-27
AT PAEsTUM

By Clinton Scollard.
Across the sea from Sybaris they came,
Daring their galleys with long sweep
and slow,
The adventurous Greeks who gave the
place a name
More than two thousand shadowy years
ago.
Here. sensing beauty in the insensAts
stone,
They wrought from out It. span on
perfect span.
Pillar and plinth. till. ~ the flower full
blown,
Rose temples to the gods oiympian.
Despoiled their affairs. ravaged are their
shrines;
The lizard and the snake alone glide by;
Yet the tall columns face the Apennines.
And still the old Greek grandeur typify.
In their Ionic majesty one finds
The truest tokens that the past can
show
What aspirations kindled mortal minds
More than two thousand shadowy years
agoI