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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
BEST WAY TO WINTER GERA-
NUNS
Rx EREM RExEoRp.

The question is asked, How can
geraniums be wintered in the cellar?"
In two ways: First, in pots. Second.
by hanging them up by the heels, so
to speak.
Neither way is absolutely sure to
bring them through in good condition.
But either way may prove successful
therefore it, is advisable to try both
il one has fine varieties he would
like to save for next summer. II one
fails the other may prove successful.
TO winter them In pots the plants
should be crowded into as small pots
as will contain them, and then the
tops should be cut away SO that all
that remains of the summers growth
is few stubs at the base Of the plant.
Do not try to encourage any growth
after potting Set them away in a
cool but frost-proof place and keep
them there as long as it is safe to do
so. Then put them in a cool cellar.
The soil in the pots should be quite
dry when they go into cold storage,
and it should be. kept In that condi-
ton, as nearly as possible. all through
the winter. Not really dry, Of course,
but with only a hint of moisture In
it-so little, indeed. that it would seem
dry when compared with ordinary
soils.
The aim is to keep the plants as
nearly dormant as possible, and this
cannot be done If they are moist at
the roots. Heat also encourages
growth, and the absence of 1t has q
tendency to keep the plants at a
standstill
Treated as advised above, It Is pos
sible to bring geraniums through the
winter in such condition that they
begin to grow as soon as brought to
the light and warmth of the sitting
room after being watered.
/ The necessary conditions, you win
observe, are dryness of soil and q
low temperature.
1t is less work to make the plants
free from the soil they have grown in
during the summer and simply hang
UP the mass Of roots in the cellar.
This should not be done immediately
after lifting the plants. however.
This method makes 1t necessary for
as to leave them in the ground as
long as possible. well up to cold
weather, in fact, for If they were to
go into the cellar while the tempera
ture was high, growth would be al
most sure to begin.
Therefore the plants must be left
In the ground and protected from frost
until about the first of November, If
possible. Then lift them on warm
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
PROTECTING BULBS

The bulb bed ought to be covered
with six or eight inches of coarse ma.
nure or nay, This will not keep tho
frost from penetrating the soil, where
the bulbs are, but it will prevent the
sun from thawing it out. In other
words. the soil once frozen win re-
main in that condition.
It is the alienation of freezing and
thawing which does the damage, not
the freezing, as many persons think.
Alterations OF these conditions rup
sture the tissues of the plants.
Let the ground become frozen. and
stay SO, and the bulbs will not be in.
jured by heaving of the soil. If they
freeze and thaw and freeze and thaw
again, and this process is kept up. as
1t is likely to be in an unprotected bed,
they are torn loose from their tender
roots and great harm is done. Leaves,
if you can get enough of them, make
an excellent covering for the bulbs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07

day and spread tho roots out in the
sunshine. after first cutting away all
the top.
Cover well at night and expose them
next day if the weather is fayora Bile.
Do not put them in the cellar until all
the soil adhering to the roots has
become SO dry it can easily be shaken
off.
Then tie a string to each plant and
suspend it about midway between
floor and ceiling. Do not place them
on the floor, for there 1t is likely to
be too damp. nor close to the ceiling.
for there it Is likely to be too dry.
While the geranium does not have
a tuberous root, like the dahlia, it
has q feshy root which enables it to
store up enough moisture to supply
Its needs for long period.
II one has room In the house
where plants can be- kept safely !
would advise taking cuttings from
each choice variety early in the fall.
Root these in sand and put them into
small pots as soon as the cuttings be-
gin to grow.
This gives you a third method Of
keeping desirable plants over winter
and will generally prove successful
when the other two fail
Those who live In the vicinity of a.
greenhouse can get their plants stored
there at little expense and would
advise this whenever possible.
But. lacking this facility. don't fail
to try the methods recommended
above If you have choice varieties that
you do not feel sure of being able to
duplicate next season. When one gets
a fine variety it's worth while to
hang on to it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
FINANCIAL.

Jan. 29-President Wilson predicts era
of great prosperity to electric rail-
wav men. James A. Patteu. Joseph
Letter. G. B, Livermore and Charles
w. Partridge and others said to have
made fortunes in pit.
Feb. 3-May wheat reaches $1.e6 10
Chicago
9-Grea{ agitation thrcagh the ooun-
try over rise In price Of bread.
March First gold sent direct from
England to New York since latter
part OF 1918 arrives
April 9--Enormous bi II market in New
York stock exchange IN progress.
Aug. 11--$19.00O 900 I'M gold and $l0.-
100000 in securities reaches New
York from ENGLAND
Sept. demand sterling sells at $50.
rejecting enormous foreign orders
for munitions and other goods
22-ExDorts for IL months ending Aug.
81. 1915. aggregate $s,o35.c 100000. It Is
announced
Oct. .23-Favorable trade balance foI
week. O.6Ds.00O. Greatest In our
Dec. i.Bank ciearings Of nation for
November nineteen billion dollars.
against eleven billion dollars in Mo-
vember. 1914. an. increase of rs per
cent.
Dec. i7-Total gold imports to date APP
proximately $411s000 900.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
What the Doctor Knows
KIDNEYS MUST BE RIGHT TO
INSURE HEALTH

Few people realize to what extent their
health depends upon the condition Of the
Kidneys.
The physician in nearly all cases OF So
rious illness, makes chemical analysis
Of the patients urine He knows that nm
less the kidneys are doing their work
properly, the other organs cannot readily
be brought back to health and strength.
When the kidneys are neglected or
abused in any way, serious results are sure
to follow. Therefore, it is particularly
necessary to pay more attention TO the
health of these important organs.
An ideal herbal compound that has had
remarkable success as a kidney remedy Is
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root.
The mild and healing influence Of this
preparation, in most cases, is soon real.
lied, according to sworn statements and
verified testimony of those who have used
the remedy.
When your kidneys require attention.
get Swamp Root at once from any phar-
macy 1t is sold by every druggist in bot
ties Of two sizes-5Oc and $l.O0.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation, send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. r.. for 3
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper-Aslv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
Bilious, HEADACHL,
SICK 'CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 1O-cent box.


Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi.
ness. coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food In thu
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the In.
testines. instead OF being cast out
of the system is re-absofbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes c0n-
gestion and that dull. throbbing, sick.
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach. remove the sour. undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A cascaret tonight win surely
straighten YOU out by morning. They
work while you sleep--a Decent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
Everyone Should
Drink Hot Water
in the Morning
Wash away all the stomach, liv.
er, and bowel poisons be-
fore breakfast.

TO feel your best day In and day
out. to feel clean inside; no sour bile
to coat your tongue and sicken your
breath or dull your head no cOnstipa-
ton, bilious attacks, sick headache
colds, rheumatism or gassy, acid stona-
ach, you must battle on the inside like
you battle outside. This Is vastly
more important. because the skin
pores do not absorb impurities into
the blood, while the bowel pores do.
says a well-known physician.
To keep those poisons and toxins
well flushed from the stomach, liver
kidneys and bowels, drink before
breakfast each day, a glass Of hot wa
ter with a teaspoonful Of limestone
phosphate in it. This will cleanse,
purify and fTeshen the entire aIimen.
tary tract, before putting more food
into the stomach.
Get a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from your druggist or at
the store. It is inexpensive and all
most tasteless, except q sourishs
tinge which is not unpleasant. Drink
phosphated hot water every morning
to rid your system Of these vile poi
sons and toxins; also to prevent their
formation.
To feel like young folks feel: like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became saturated with an ac-
emulation Of body poisons, begin this
Treatments and above all, keep It upl
As soap and hot water act on the slrin.
cleansing. sweetening and purifying
SO limestone phosphate and hot water
before breakfast, act on the stomach.
liver, kidneys and bowels. ADV.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
NOTABLE PROGRESS IN TELE
PHoNY

IAN 25-First public demonstration Of
telephone line between New York and
San Francisco. $500 miles.
Sept 29-WireIess telephone cOmmunf-
cation established between Arlington.
Va, and Mare Island navy yard. Cal,
a distance of $500 miles. President
Theodore NJ Vail of the American
talks from New York to San Fran
cisco, voice being carried by tele-
phone to Arlington and thence by
wireless Wireless telephone cammu-
( riication established between ArIing~
ton and Hawaii 1900 miles.
Oct. 21--ArlinEton spea1fs to Paris and
Hawaii by wireless telephone
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
SOME HARDY EvERGREENS

In winter evergreen trees and
shrubs give warmth. and color. to the
garden, which cannot be obtained in
any other way.
Some criticize the growing Of lau-
rels, but they grow rapidly, and soon
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07

create shelter and warmth, and the
dark-green foliage tends to make q
place cheerful.
( The best laurels are Rotundifoliua
Ground leaved) and Latifolia.
These are harder than the common
laurel, which suffers in very extreme
climates.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
Z Riaht.

Right.
Harold had just finished reading q
newspaper when he turned to his ~
Their and said:
PA, know why editors call them
selves we
'.Why?" asked his father.
SOS the man that doesn't like the
paper will think there's to many peo-
pie for him to lick"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
The Shorter the Better.

The barber, just beginning to cut .
customers hair, said:
! @Have you heard that story about
the man that" (resuming the hair
cuttingl want 1t short, sir?''
eyes," answered the customer, .
tired editor; "a bare synopsis will do"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
SPORTING RECORDS AND CHAM
PioNe or 1915.

Baseball.
Worlds champions-Boston Amert-
cans. League champions- National,
Philadelphia: American, Boston.
Leading Rhafsman--~Nati0nal, Larry
Doyle New York, American. Ty Cobb
Detroit
LeadinE pitcher--Natfonal 9. O.
Alexander, Philadelphia; American.
Joe Wood Boston.
Football.
Cornell teonsepsus Of OpiniOn).
Boxing.
Jess willard Of Kansas. BY defeats
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
The Force Of It

Don't you mean to put up 3 kick
about this matter?"
with all my solei
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07

The GEAR Of Russia has an income
$40, 100000 a year
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07

ing Jack johnson. becomes world
heavyweight champion
Rowing.
Cornell wins Poughkeepsie regatta.
Champion single cuiler--Robert
Dtbble.
Champion senior eight Duluth
Boat club.
Tennis.
National singles champion. William
NJ Johnston. California; national
doubles champions. William Fl. John
ston ana Clarence Grimm. California;;
national w0men's single champtoa.
Miss Molia Bjurstedt Norway ma
tionaf Womens double Champions,
Mrs. George WIghtman and Mas Eie-
1nora Sears. Boston
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-01-07
GENERAL NEWS EVENTS.

Jan. 6-united States Supreme court
finally decides the homes and bank
accounts of 12S Danbury hatters are
forfeited under the Sherman anti
trust law for q boycott.
e-One killed and 172 badly injured in
New York subway fire.
12--House of representatives defeats
woman-suffrage amendment to the
Constitution by 204 to 174.
13--About 36. 600 killed In Italian earth
quake at Avezzano and other nearby
towns.
1.-Two hundred thousand more out OF
work in New York than the year pre-
viOus.
17-President Wilson's first grandchild
son OF Mrs Francis B. Sayre. born IN
White House.
guards near Roosevelt, N. u
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-03-02

physician, sometimes to slackness on
the part OF the patient and an unwill-
1ngness to face an unpleasant truth.
Tuberculosis is a disease very fire.
quently durable in the earliest stages
and provided diagnosis is made before
much Roadway is made, need cause the
patient no terror. 1t is the height of
folly, first, to hide from the truth, and
second, to attempt to cheat the truth by
shutting ones eyes to it when it is es-
tablished.
Consumption could be we'll nigh
wiped out of Wisconsin" in few
years if patients would but secure early
diagnosis from competent physicians
and then fight for cure as they do for
success in any other kind of effort.
But it must not be thought that it is
easy to recognize tuberculosis in its
earliest stages. One of the most com
petent specialists in diagnosis tells me
that he finds this the most difficult work
he is called upon to do.
If you care to read the entire story of
Miss league as told by herself, send
your name and address to the Extension
Division at Madison, and it will be sent
without further cost.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-03-02
DARLINGTON.

Darlington Democrat: Mrs G. F.
Lehnkering gave an organ recital at the
Congregations. church in Mineral Point
last Thursday evening, which was at
tended by over five hundred people.
Seyer and Chris Nelson and Clarence
Roy assisted the Mineral Point boys in
a band concert last Tuesday evening
held in the auditorium at Mineral Point
Prof. S. T. Osborne Of Dodgeville rem
dered several bass solos and Miss Cox
played several violin selections. The
house was crowded and the affair was
pronounced a grand success.
William Martin, town treasurer of
Monticello, appeared at the courthouse
Saturday with his returns which he
presented to County Treasurer Lund.
Mr. Martin has the distinction of being
the first town treasurer to submit re-
turns.
Republican Journal Rev. L. P.
O'Reilly of Mineral Point attended the
Knights of Columbus entertainment
Friday evening.
Dr.. w. J. Morgan and wife of Mineral
Point spent Friday night at the home of
his mother, Mrs James Morgan, in this
city and attended the funeral of Mr.
Morgan's cousin, John Logue on Sat-
urday.
Messrs. Alex Wilson, L. O. Smith
and Joe Stool went to Mineral Point
last evening, where they attended an
Odd Fellow meeting.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-03-02
HIGHLAND CENTER.

Republican Oberver: Get Together
Days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
proved great success and thousands
of people were attracted to Richland
Center as result. The event proved
greater success than was anticipated
and the get together days will be an
annual affair in this city hereafter.
The Richland County Agricultural
society have received the state aid.
The amount received this year is the
largest in the history of the society,
the sum being $1945.
The first robin has been sighted, so
spring cannot be far away. G. B.
DeVoe says he saw several of the birds
last week and Lester Post also reports
seeing some of the birds.
Someone stealing a ride on the "cow-
catcher" of the passenger train threw a
scare into Engineer Brady Monday
night. Brady, whose engine was going
along at rapid rate, saw persons head
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-03-02
BLANCHARDVILLE

Blanchardville Blade: Mrs Felix
Cassidy went to Mineral Point and
Darlington Tuesday morning for visit
with her daughters.
Approximately $4,000 worth of Red
Cross Christmas Seals were sold in
Wisconsin in the 1915 selling campaign.
$1,000 better than the preceding year
Homer Parkinson, who is attending
Platteville Normal, spent Sunday
this place.
Did you know that insects destroy
about one tenth Of all the agricultural
and forestry products Of the United
States annually? Birds are the great
est, cheapest and best insect and weed
destroyers on earth, so when feed for
birds is scarce furnish them some.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-03-02
PLATTEXULE.

Platteville Journal: o. A. Eastman
has returned to his home in Gresham
Oregon, after an extended visit here.
His sister Mrs Grindell is greatly i'm
proved and able to walk about in her
room.
Everntt Blight, city mail carrier on
route four, tells us that in eight years
service, this April for Uncle Sam, he
has missed but one days work. He
has had the usual two weeks vacation
each year, and the part Of each legal
holiday which is given them, but aside
from that has gone his route every day
for eight years. A fine record
The many friends of Jack Stephenson
will be pleased to hear that he is show
ing marked improvement in health and
hopes to be around ere long. He is still
at the Sam Polar home.
Platteville Witness: The selection
for president of Platteville Normal
will be considered at special meeting
to be held in March.
Judge Aldro jerks Of Dodgeville was
elected Grand High Priest of the Grand
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons at the
recent meeting of the Chapter in Mil
waukee.
Mrs Hardcastle returned last week
from a short visit with her daughter at
Mineral Point.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-03-02
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SEEING TUBERCULOSIS
FIRST.

Sibyl Morris league, of Bloomingdale,
Ind, says in the Journal of The Out
Door Life that when she was a school
girl she was i'll for several weeks with
walking typhoid fever" followed lat er
in the year by pleurisy. Several years
later a severe cold drought on" tuber
culosis, for which she was put under
treatment. During this prolonged
treatment which finally sent her as a
last chance to sanatorium, where, for
the first time, she "really began to know
and understand about tuberculosis, -
she learned many things besides how to
get we'll. The most important of these
was that the so called walking ty-
phoid'' and the pleurisy were the first
manifestations of her tuberculosis, and
that the cold which was supposed to
have drought on tuberculosis was in
reality part of a moderately advanced
stage of consumption.
If Miss leagues experience were an
unusual one there would be no point
about telling Of it here. But because it
is being repeated over and over again
each day in Wisconsin, it has personal
interest for every person who has been
"out Of sorts" for some time.
Miss league, like many other patients
who have learned after years spent in
battling for life, is resentful over the
waste of time that resulted from the
failure to recognize the disease at a
time when recovery would almost GER
tainly have been speedy.
The delay in prompt recognition of
the true cause of persistent cough,
slight feverishness, unwarranted tired
feeling and prolonged "indigestion, is
too frequently the cause of prolonged
invalidism and OF death itself.
The cause of such delay is sometimes
due to the slackness on the part of a
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-03-02
FENNIMORL.

FennimOre Times: Jacob Dreher,
grand lecturer of the Masonic grand
lodge Of Wisconsin for many years,
died at sanitarium in Milwaukee, Feb.
He was we'll known throughout Wis
consin Masonic circles.
Art Smith, who lives on the August
w. Maso farm, had narrow escape
from death last Wednesday morning
He was on the way to the creamery and
in crossing the railroad tracks by the
mill his team took fright at freight
locomotive that was doing some switch
ing, dashed down the side track leading
to the creamery, overturned the bob
and threw Art out, striking a rail, in
all likelihood with such force that the
large femur bone in his left leg was
broken just below the hip. He mar
rowly escaped being struck down by
the engine He was hurriedly taken to
Lancaster, but owing to the swelling
the limb could not be set until Sunday
morning, when Drs. Godfrey and Gault
somewhat relieved the excruciating
pain he suffered. He is staying at his
sisters in Lancaster and is getting
along nicely. 1t was most distressing
accident and will lay him up for some
time
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-03-02

appear quickly in front of the engine
and then as quickly disappear. Think
ing the engine had struck someone the
brakes were set and the train brought
to stop. AS soon as the train stopped
the person jumped off the engine and
beat a hasty retreat down the track.
Brady breathed bit easier but said he
thought he had ''got one" sure.
The Richland Democrat: A farmer
whose home was near Black Earth met
instant death one day last week, when
a load of wood which he was hauling
tipped over and he was thrown beneath
the same A stick of wood struck him
on the temple, causing instant death.
According to Washington CORE
spondents, Madison's new postofice
building will be erected upon the site
of the old one and will be two stories in
height, covering the entire site with the
exception of an alley way.
Vivian Turgeson, son of Rev. John
Turgeson, will report at the naval re-
cruiting station in Madison today, hav-
ing been accepted as new member in
Uncle Sans naval forces.