The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08
Evening Chat

Some folks are born foolish, other
folks go foolish because Of the heat.
Liquor has been known 10 make men
foolish. Woman is cited as an excuse
ones in a while, alienists say that the
movies drive one bugs occasionally
and too much coke Is said to get one
sideways mentally.
But what we would like to know ia
what caused two young ladies', one
dressed In a pretty silk suit and q white
hat, and the other in dark green. to
walk UP Main street yesterday after.
noon Haunting heavy furs in the face
of Old Sol.
f. p. Hall, official weather observer
for the West Virginian, says the TEN.
perature yesterday was around sew
enty.
At the Butcher school where the
embryo teachers from the Normal
school do training school work. are a
number Of very clever children.
Tho other day one Of tho teachers
asked the children IL they had ever
tried to make iInpromptu rhymes.
They never had but were very eager
to try.
"All right, Joe, suppose you try to
make up a little rhyme"
Up Joe jumped.
DIRTY money and garbage cans
Arc good enough for Republicans
But before the teacher could expos.
tulate with the younsster, another boy
was on mis- feet.
old dead skunks and alley rates.
Are good enough for Democrats"
AS homo: had been satisfied on both
sides. teacher decided to let impromp.
til rhym. making go until another day.
Steps TO he taken at this season for
placing tho flower garden in shape for
winter will vary with the kinds OF
plants grown and the latitude, say
specialists of the L. S. Department OF
Agriculture.
In the case Of percnnials. which die
down to the ground but which should
live through the winter and send up
shoots again on the advent OF warm
weather, the roots Should be well
mulched with manure 3 or inches
deep as soon as the ground freezes.
In this group arc included such
plants as pconics. larkspur. hollyhock,
tolumbincs. IRIS. paltycodoncs and per
enniul popries.
Plants such as cannas. dahlias. glad
iolas. and Caladiums should have their
| Il al st,- la Inv
where the temperature will not rise
above 60 degrees nor fall below 30 de-
srccs Fahrenheit. The root ?lumps
OF cannas and dahlias should not be
shaken free of soil. These plants with
the soil naturally adhering to them
should be placed on racks or in slat
boxes SO that air may circulate among
them. It is important that the roots
do not become too warm or dry and
that no frost shall reach them.
The pubs OF gladiolas. Caladums
and tuberoses. on the other hand.
should be carefully cleaned of soil and
dried in the open air for day or two
They may then be stored in the cellar.
In all hut scmitropical portions of
tho United States gcraniums must be
taken indoors for winter. Florists
! usually make cuttings in the fall to
grow new plants in greenhouses fer
spring use. This practice is, OF course.
impractiCatlr Tor the average house.
holder. The latter may take up grow
ing plants and hold them in a dor.
mant condition by strong upright in
boxes of dry soil in a cellar having a
temperature of from 40 degrees to so
degrees Fahrenheit. The plants may
be placed close together with only a
little dry soil among the roots.
AS result of recommendations
made by the Secretary of Agriculture,
the old Kassan National Monument
| consisting Of IS acres within the Ton.
gass National Forest. Alaska. has just
been created by Presidential proclama
ton. The tract embraces the we'll.
known abandoned Haida Indian vii.
lagc Of Old Kassan, situated on Prince
of Wales Island in southeastern Alas.
ka. about thirty miles west of the city
of K"tch'ian
The village was abandoned by the
Indians about ten years ago. Among
| the relics which remain there arc
about fifty Indian totem poles. five or
six Of which arc classed as exceeding
~ good specimens. In the deserted
village there arc also eight large
square buildings which were original.
~ constructed according to tho pecu.
| liar plan OF the lIaida Indians, and
which, it is stated by those best quail.
fed to know. represent the best spcci.
mems of Haida architecture that now