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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
COAL CARRIED IN GO.CARTS
Rich and Poor Alike Forced to Get
Fuel Home Any Way They
Can In London.

Observation-Disclosures coal parades
are one Of the sights Of Westminster
Just now. Elegant flats and mean
streets jostle one another in this
neighborhood, and the problem of the
household coal supply has to be met
alike by rich and poor.
Storage is the main difficulty. In
many Of the high-rent flats there is a
conspicuous absence of "~cellarage."
At the rare and welcome cry OF
Coal" people Of all classes hurry
out Of their houses with pals, foot.
baths. string bags. scuttles and any
thing else they a get. mob the coal.
man and clear his stock.
When the coal cart fails TO appear
which Is more often than not-there
are professions of go-carts to the
small coal shops.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
PLAN DEFENSE FOR new YORK

within sixty minutes the commanding
oficer. the field, STAFF and company of.
hcers and the first sergeant and quar-.
termaster sergeants of each unit would
De at the armory. while the subordin.
ates leaders would be completing the
notification of the ~privates.
Six hours after the order to mobil.
ize had been received the guardsmen
would be assembled, uniformed, armed
and equipped, each with three DAYS
emergency rations and ready to move
out.
They consist of a signal corps bat.
talon with an aeroplane detachment
which would probably fly at once from
Hampstead plain to Central park or
some other point within the city; two
battaiions Of engineers. ten troops and
a machine gun troop of cavalry, IA
batteries of field artillery. SO companies
Of coast artillery, seven regiments Of
infantry. a field hospital, an ambulance
company and the quartermaster corps.
Another 100. 900 guardsmen would
commence arriving the next day from
New York state outside the city.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20

Grow more alfalfa" is the sugges-
ton Of Ralph Kenney, assistant pro-
lessor Of agronomy in the Kansas
State Agricultural college, to farmers
of the state.
Alfalfa production in Kansas has in
creased in the last 25 years approx
imately 5000 per cent. but should in
crease still more 1t has a wide dis
tribution in Kansas, being grown all
the way from the western section Of
the state, with a rainfall Of Is inches,
to southeast Kansas. where the aver
age rainfall is so inches. 1t Is the
most profitable Of all hay crops under
irrigation, and because of this ex-
IRENE range of adaptability there is
little doubt that it will be ranked as
n Of the most important forage
crops in practically all states within
the next so years.
Its acreage is now greatest west Of
the Missouri river, but 1t is found in
nearly all counties of states farther
east, points out Mr.. Kenney. Some
soil conditions will have to be care.
fully changed in the southern and east
ern states before alfalfa will be grown
successfully. but its high yield Of pal
atable feed, which is rich in protein
and easily digested by all classes Of
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
BUSINESS OF THE BROOD sow
and Nourish Them Often Duo
to Lack Of Milk.

The business of the brood SOW is to
produce good-sized litters Of healthy
pigs and nourish them literally until
weaving time. In so far as she fails
in this she fails in the purpose for
which she is kept.
The farmer who keeps a half dozen
or a dozen sows for breeding purposes
finds half Of them, perhaps, capable
OF fulfilling the maternal function
we'll, while the other half do it only in
differently. Quite as often as not the
diff Is the lack of capacity to
give milk enough for the litter, and
the pigs are In a state Of semi-star-
walton throughout the entire nursing
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
PREPARE SOIL FOR
CROP OF TOMATOES
Put on Fairly Good Dressing Of
Stable Manure on Poor, Sandy
and lilly Land.

Poor soil. poor crop" applies to
tomatoes as we'll as to other vege.
tables. My preference would be to
put a fair dressing of stable manur
on poor, sandy and hilly land, and to
use at least half a ton, and possibly
more, Of a high-grade complete, So
called vegetable or potato manure per
acre besides, says a writer in Balti-
more American. Without the stable
manure a ton per acre may be used
to advantage. Apply it broadcast.
The fertilizer should contain about
four or more per cent of nitrogen,
and about eight each Of -)hosphoric
acid and potash when the latter Is
o%btainable. g
The biggest crops and best toma-
toes are grown on soil that is in good
heart, even rich, and on vines that
may completely cover the surface
with a heavy mat of foliage. I have
seen q heavy crop of finest tomatoes
taken of a piece of rich sandy loan
that had been covered several inches
deep with fish composted with barn
yard manure.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
SHOW WOMEN LIVE LONGER
Government Census Statistics Give
Them Three More Years
Than Men.

Neutrality-suspicious.. the United
States bureau of census will show in a
set of tables soon I be issued. are
longer lived than men to the extent OF
more than three years. and in the case
Of native whites and negroes. more
than S1s years.
The tables. which were compiled in
the division of vital statistics, are the
first of their kind to be prepared by
the government. They show death
rates and expectation of life at all
ages for the population of the six New
England states. New YORK. New Jer.
sey. Indiana, Michigan and the District
Of Columbia (the original death regis
tration states> on the basis of the
population in 1910 and the mortality
for the three years 1909. 1910 and 1911.
They are similar to the life tables"
prepared by the life insurance COM
pan!es. but differ from them in tina,
they relate TO the entire population Of
the area covered. whereas the life in.
surance tables relate only to risks Sc
lected through medical examination
and otherwise.
According to these tabIes the aver.
ege expectation of life. at birth. for
males is 1919 years: for females. SO 2
years; for white males. 500 years; for
white females. 5S.6 years: for native
white males. SOS; for native white fe-
males, So years: for negro males,
34.1 years. and for negro females. 37.7
years.
Other facts brought out relate to In
FAINT mortality. median age at death.
and the difference between city and
country life.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
City to Build Homes.

The city Of st. John. N. B., is pre-.
pairing to enter the housing business
for the benefit Of the work1nen of the
city. The first step. was taken at q
recent meeting Of the common coun-
Gil, when q bill giving the city the re.
CURED power, was approved and or
.dered to be forwarded to the legisla-
ture.
The bill gives the city power to ex-
propriate lands as they may be re-
quired and to erect houses suitable for
the homes Of working men. 1t pro-
yides for the issuing of bonds to cover
the cost Of purchase and erection and
sets forth an e~asy.payment scheme un.
der which the properties may be &C.
quired by the citizens.
: The plan suggested is a payment Of
10 or Is per cent Of the ultimate cost
vixen possession is taken and the bal.
ance to be paid in monthly install
nents, such payments to be arranged
to include interest at 6 per cent on
the balance outstanding.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
WILL PAY CLAIM
after so YEARS
United States Government Seeks
Heirs Of Author Of "Home,
Sweet Home"
SMALL AMOUNT TO DIVIDE
Money Was Owing to John Howard
Payne at Time Of His Death at
Tunis, Where He Was United
States Consul.

Washtngton.-After sixty years the
government OF the United States is
prepared to pay to the heirs OF the
author Of Home. Sweet Home" John
Howard Payne, money due to him
from the treasury at the time Of his
death, April 9, 1852. at Tunis, where
be wal United States consul. AS there
may be a multitude Of heirs. the sum
due, s205. 80. may be divided into very
small amounts. The treasury depart
ment is seeking the legal heirs.
The bill as originally introduced.
many years ago. proposed to pay the
amount to Mrs. Eloise E. Luquer.
daughter and sole heir" As passed
and approved by the president on April
3. the act provides for payment to his
heirs"
Mrs. Luquer still lives in New York,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
THISTLES
RELISHED BY COWS
Animals GreediIy Devour Young
Plants Along With Other
Weeds and Grasses.

(By Fl. 8. EAKINS. Colorado Agricul.
tural College. Fort Collins. Colo.)
In certain parts Of the West when
dairy COWS are placed on grass range
in the spring, they greedily devour
the young, tender, Russian thistle
plants along. with other weeds and
grasses, without any apparent injury
resulting. "
However 1t has been noticed that
after thistle barbs have formed, and
while the plant is yet green, that
some cattle persist in ingesting, under
conditions of short range, quantities
of these thistles; sometimes with SO.
rious results which may end fatally.
The barbs penetrate into the mucous
membranes, especially Of the first
stomach setting up a severe hemor-
rhagic Inflammation. The animal
goes off feed" the flow of milk de.
creases. bloating generally occurs and
fatal results may be expected.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20

TOWN.
IS HELPS
PARKS MEAN MUCH TO CITY
Fairgrounds a Most important Part
In the Welfare of Any
Community.

Play and outdoor exercise are as
necessary to the modern city dweller
as is education, according to J. r.
Richards, Chicago's superintendent Of
recreation.
The way in which people spend their
lives after the days journey is over-
the way in which they play-offers
them the best chance Of contributing
to the enhancement of one another's
lives; that is the view of Herbert
Croly in Progressive Democracy.
Parks are often called the lungs of
the cities. That seems to denote
health giving. To call them the heart
Of the cities might give more idea of
the moral value of the peoples play
grounds. =
That there is a moral issue in the
use of public parks is the theme of
Mr.. Richards paper on the American
city. The leisure time period, he de-
clares, is the part Of our existence that
makes or breaks us. The saloon, Of
fering facilities for getting together, is
n resort open to the idle hour, and
he asserts that 1.-THE first visit is for
co%mpanionship and not for booze"
Among the recommendations for the
development OF recreation opportuni.
ties for adults is that city authorities
should cooperate with organizations
already in existence and should have
a survey made to put into 8 for out.
door sports all vacant areas. Grown
ups, he believes, should be induced to
take more interest in golf, tennis.
cricket, boating, skating and other
games and should be given plenty Of
room for sport. Public swimming
pools also ire urged to spread health
and retain it..
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20

according to Information laid before
congress. But the author Of Home.
Sweet Home" had eight brothers and
sisters. Two sisters died in ir ancy,
one brother lived to be eleven years
old and the other brothers and sisters
died at twenty-three. thirty.two, forty.
nine. sixty and s~ixty.seven years OF
age. Mr.. Payne lived to be sixty.three
years Of age,
At the time Of his death q sister.
Lucy Taylor Payne Osborn, mother OF
two children who died in infancy. was
alive, and also a brother, Thatcher
Taylor Payne, who was married. Moth.
ing is now known by the government
OF the surviving progeny of his broth.
ers and sisters. His father, William
Payne. lived for many years. at East
Hampton, N, Y. where several OF the
Payne children were born.
The treasury department has a mem.
orandum Of several living heirs. They
are Thatcher 7. P. 'Luquer. Eloise p.
Lnquer and Lea NJ. LuQuer, all Of Is
West Fortieth street, New York city.
and Mrs. Clara Ada Payne Doyce of
New York city.
Mr.. Payne's accounts are curious In
indicating the method of spending the
appropriation for Barbary inter.
course" He expended s367.50 for
gratuities and presents. consisting of
sabers, swords and belts richly mount
ed for persons distinguished about the
court. also for engravings of the
United States senate and cities of New
York and Brooklyn. for the hey ($22S),
and for the customary presents to
dragomans, musicians and servants on
festival and other occasions. and ex.
penses of framing pictures at Paris
intended for The hey. including their
transportation from Marseilles."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
BIDDING PASTURES OF BURs
Pests Not Only Cause Annoyance to
the Sheep Owner, but Decrease
Price Of Wool.

Nothing is 80 trying to the sheep
owner as burs. Be as careful Is he
will. these pests will spring up, caus.
ing not only annoyance, but often loss.
A fleece infected with matted burs al
ways sells for less than clean wool.
Thus. burs are q direct loss to every
flock keeper.
The remedy? Only one-rid the pas
ture fields. That's another story, II
there are many, but cultivated crops,
a system Of rotation, and constant use
OF the hoe will rid any farm of this
serious weed pest. VI
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
"WARBLE" GRUBs IN SPRING
Presence Of Insects Is Found In Tu.
o on Backs Of Cattle
Plan for Removing.

By G. ". HOWARD Minnesota station.)
Owners of cattle should be on the
lookout for MARBLES on the backs of
their animals this spring.
Evidence of the presence of these
flies is found in tumors or MARBLES
on the backs of cattle. In the spring
or early summer from these MARBLES
drop grubs which burrow into the
ground and after about a month
emerge as flies. These flies lay their
eggs on the legs of cattle, the cattle
lick the eggs off, and after a time the
MARBLES appear on the backs of the
cattle.
The grubs may be removed by pres
sure around the MARBLES, and then
crushed; or they may be destroyed by
the injection of grease or oil into the
openings Of the tumors.
In Europe from 20 to 40 drops of
tincture Of iodine is sometimes in
jected to kill the grubs.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
IL I'VE
SORE SHOULDERS OF HORSES
DON'T Let Animals Work Single Hour
in ill.Fittins collars-6e Watch
fua in Spring.

(By GEORGE II. GLOVER. Colorado Az
ricultural College. Fort Collins. Colo.)
We know how annoying 1t Is to be
obliged to lay u horse on in the midst
Of springs work. on account OF sore
shoulders or sore neck.
Do not forget that it is your own
fault.
Some men always make sore Shout
ders. some never do. A good man is
often Q e in front of his horses, ad.
justing their collars and names. Don't
let a horse work an hour in an ill.
fitting collar.
The greatest care is needed in the
spring when work first starts. for the
horse will shrink and the collar will
soon be too large. A collar that is
too large will injurc the shoulders
more than n tsat is o tight.
Imagine q man trying to play. base
ball before his hands have become
toughened. A horse works with his
shoulders. Keep them we'll. Look at
them several times a day. Keep the
shoulders and the collar clean. If a
shoulder gets sore it is the drivers
fault; hold him responsible.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
Police, National Guard and
United States Army Prepare
for Emergency.
DANGER POINTS ARE PLOTTED
At First indication Of Trouble Guards
Will Be Placed at Piers, Public
Buildings, Aqueduets and
Terminals.

New York.-This great metropolis
has been rapidly prepared by the pc.
lice, National Guard and United
States army officers. acting together,
to meet an emergency. Some OF the
measures taken would be of equal
value in case of a great fire. flood or
riot. but just at present they are de.
signed to meet the needs OF a sudden
call to war.
Not all the preparations known by
newspaper men and others to be in
/. effect OF contemplated here can be
made public. There is no censorship.
but a word to the patriotic-to para
phrase the proverbs sufficient.
New York has a large u~nnaturalized
foreign population. In the main these
aliens are %peaceable, but the author.
tiles are taking no chances with the
few firebrands among them.
Every danger point has been plot.
ted. At the slightest indication Of
trouble, guards will be placed at all
piers. pubic buildings, reservoirs,
%aqueducts, and important Transporter
ton functions and terminals.
The program has been worked out
mostly by Arthur Woods, police com.
missioner. II trouble comes his 10.
900 big bluecoats will be REINFORCED
Immediately by m equal number of
National Guardsmen whose homes are
in this city.
Besides these. M Woods for some
months has had 1000 volunteer po-
licemen training in the various police
stations. These men have promised
to do police work when called upon to
supplement the regular force.
Commissioner Woods has already
dispatched a specia! squad Of detec.
tives to assist the regular force which
guards the great aqueducts bringing
water from the Catskills and the Gro
ton watershed.
A few pounds of dynamite judicious.
ly placed could make New York go
for many a day.
II enemies wreck telephone and tele-
graph wires within the city. the police
will not be at a loss. They have been
trained to communicate between sig.
nal stations on the top Of the sky
scrapers by means Of flags and Ian
terms.
Detailed information has been gath
cred concerning the number. size and
power Of river craft. Of automobiles
and OF other vehicles which might be
pressed into service.
A list has been made OF empty build
ings that might be used either as bar
racks or to supplement hospital serv-
Ice: and the police have worked out a
method for handling volunteer nurses
and stretcher bearers.
The National Guardsmen Of the city
nave been divided into squads in such
way that each squad leader lives
near the men of his unit. An order
% mobilize received at the regimental
would be telephoned to the
squad leaders. Each leader would
hen telephone to those members Of
lis squad who haze telephones and
would call on the other men of the
quad personally.
Those men who could not be reached
this way would receive kilograms,
which are now lying all made out in
he desks Of the company clerks in
he armories.
= Within thirty minutes after the re-
'eipt of the mobilization order, the of.
icers: commissioned and noncommis,
would have been notified and
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20

a gay pattern Of many coIors over the
slopfng hills OF the countryside. The
children. mostly girls, met and elected
officers as follows: President. Char.
lotte Rose; vice.president, Margaret
Leaf; secretary. Doris Plant; %treasur.
er, Mary Moss; directors. Violet White
and Fern Murphy.
They will begin at once their studies,
which are to he prosecuted vigorously
in all OF theil out.of.schOol hours.
No blooms OF rarest ray serene will
be permitted to bud and blush unseen
In the shady dells of Tamalpais.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
PORTABLE RACK FOR FEEDING
So Simple in Construction That Bill
of Material Is Not Necessary
It Is Easily Moved.

This race is so simple of construo-
tion that we give no material bill for
it. Besides, the length and width will
depend upon your individual needs.
You can hitch a team to one end OF
this unique rack and easily move it.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
Making tho Garden.

Let the rows run north and south:
this gives the most sun exposure.
Two essentials are necessary for the
rapid maturing of vegetables soil
made light with sand, and rich with
we'll rotted manure. and a windbreak.
Plant your windbreak in May, and a
hemlock hedge Is the thing.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
GIRLS WITH FLOWER NAMES
Arrange a Club In California for tho
- Study of Wild
Plants.

Mil Valley. Cal.-Out Of the deep
tangled wildwood of this hamlet.
nesting at the base OF Mount Tamal.
pals. has come a school children's
club, unique, at least. I'M the nomencla.
ture of its governing officers.
The club has been organized for the
study of wild flowers. which are now
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
Temper Of Horses.

While breeding for size and uni.
formity of farm horses. don't neglect
to give proper attention to the tenn
permanent Of the sires and dams. I'm
desirable qualities in this respect are
Just as much to be avoided as those
OF undersize and ill.shape. "
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
Brains and Work.

, A farmer living within two boots
and n boiler" Of this city makes a
profit Of $6.OD0 O. year on a farm OF
% acres. T. at comes from q comb.
nation of. brains and willingness to
work. He has no time to complaint
Rochester Herald,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
Only Exercised Preroaatlye.

Frankfort. ky.-In' setting aside q
$500 verdict awarded a coal miner
who alleged he had been kicked by a
mule. the court Of appeals declared
that the mule had a right to kick and
would be false to every tradition Of
his breed II he had not kicked"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
And II Haant III, whe., Name.

Patterson. N. Though asserting
that he was saying how many" In
stead Of Minnie" while talking in his
sleep. as his wife charged In her d..
vorce suit, John J. Hutchinson failed
70 prevent his wife from obtaining her
1inal decree.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
Cause for Sorrow.

why did the girls in the chorus
look so downcast when they heard the
sho was booked In Maine towne?"
On account of the report that Holsters
are scarce there now"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
Smoked Since GirIhood,

Pittston. Pa.-Mrs. Catherine Red
dington, aged n hundred and six
years, who was a smoker Of strong
tobacco since girlhood. is dead. She
frequently said that smoking had pro-
longed her life.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
Resourceful SURGEON.

New YOrk.-Using a borrowed
hockey stick and a small steel sign
DR.. Otto Bryning set the broken leg
Df George Chad wick. injured In an au.
tomobile accident
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
Must Be Deaf,

New York.--Andrew Kirsky, a coal
miner, who told the police that he
never heard OF the European war, was
sent to Bellevue hospital for observa.
ton.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
Liberal Feedina 10 Best.

Only liberal feeding is good feed
iDg, but liberal feeding does not cor.
sist Of mere abundance. Stock food
should be nutritious rs we'll as abup-
dant.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
Blanket for Fresh Gown.

It is wise to put a blanket on a
fresh COW on cold days, while the
doors are being opened and shut, If
there is any danger of cold drafts.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
BUILDING 4 Hotbed.

Don't make a pit for the hotbed. 1t
is much more satisfactory when built
on the top of the ground and is cas-
fer to remove
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
Portable Feed Rack.

The runners are of 2 by Is, the frame
work Of Q by As and the Stats forming
the w" trough are 1 by As. The plan
clearly shows how to make this feed
rack.-Farmers Mail and Breeze.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20

The COW gives her milk freely, but
there her responsibility for the butter
ceases. Therefore, when the butter is
bad, do rot blame it on the COW.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-20
Good Seed and Bed,

A good seed bed and clean strong
terminating seed make a good COM
bination. Both are essential.