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The midland journal., 1917-11-02

(From the United States Department of
Agriculture)
Sound, clean, healthy seed is the
first requisite for the largely increased
wheat crop which the United States
department Of agriculture hopes to see
harvested next year. Whatever the
source Of supply, farmers will find it
to their advantage, says the depart
ment, to see that only good seed is
planted. What has been said is
equally true of seed for the rye crop
which the department hopes to see
much larger than usual next year.
If farmer has seed from his own
crop which is satisfactory so far as
variety and general condition a"e con-
cerned, he should lose no time in get
ting it into shape for storage until
planting time. The tanning mill is the
farmers best friend in this task. The
farmer by all means should have such
q mill, and if he has not and is unable
to obtain one, should borrow or rent
his neighbors mill, or several farmers
can join in buying one. A tanning mill
removes weed seeds, smut and shriv-
eled grain and leaves only plump ker-
nels, practically every one of which
may be depended upon to produce
thrifty plant. After it is cleaned, how
ever the seed should be treated in Or
der that the smut may be prevented.
Scab is more likely to be prevented by
seed treatment, but the use of the fan
ming mill will assist materially in i'm
proving the crop grown from seed
known to have contained scabby ker-
nels.
Buy Seed From Neishbor,
If the farmer is dependent on out
side sources for his seed, he should buy
from his neighbor if possible, so that
The midland journal., 1917-11-02

he may be more likely to get seed well
adapted to his conditions. 1t is advis.
able to buy as soon after harvest as
possible, as at this time prices are
likely to be lowest. If the farmer de-
lays, his neighbors may dispose of all
their surplus grain and he may be
forced to plant seed grown under con-
ditions radically different from his
own. If the farmer patronizes seeds
man he should insist on getting seed
grown as near his section as possible.
If seed is affected by diseases, care.
full inspection will usually disclose the
fact. The presence Of stinking smut
in wheat is indicated by the odor and
the presence of scab by the appear.
ance of the kernels. Purchased seec
should, of course, be cleaned and treat.
ed for the destruction of the spores OF
disease-producing fungi, if the exam
ination shows this to be necessary.
Selecting Varieties.
In choosing varieties of wheat, the
farmer should be guided by the ex'
periences of his neighbors and the ad'
vice Of his state experiment station.
This is true also of rye, but there are
available fewer varieties of rye than OF
wheat. The stations can furnish COM
parative statistics on the yields and
behavior of a number Of varieties OF
the two cereals.
After the grain farmer has procured
a supply of satisfactory seed he should
store it carefully, so that it will keep
in good condition and will be safe from
the depredations of rats, mice and in
sects. Bins which are supposedly rat
proof are available on practically. all
farms and it will pay farmers to see
that they are kept in good condition
to keep out the rodents.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
DISPOSITION OF DEAD HOGS
Miohty Poor Practice to Bury Cholera
Victims or Permit Them to
Lie Around in Open.

Only too often. when an outbreak
of hog cholera is. investigated it 1s
found that last fall or winter, pre-
vious tenant lost several hogs, buried
them about six inches deep and your
hogs dug them up. Other cases are
found to be due. to some dog which
has been feasting on dead, unburned
hog carcasses left out in the open by
some person a mile or more away.
The dog brings home bone, a piece
of skin or a chunk of meat, and
leaves it in the hog lot. The pigs
promptly consume the morsel, hog
cholera germs and all. The only best
way of combating this method OF
spreading disease is to burn every
dead hog completely. When reduced
to ashes, there is left no ghost to
walk.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
PATROL WORK is FULL OF
THRILLS FOR men OF navy

Neither submarine nor destroyer
had used gunfire The German was
not even sighted. Only two torpedoes
were known to have been fired-the
one which crossed the KS bow, and
the one which settled the Kioto.
"Only two days before the X had
had better brush with sub and
may have got her; shippers put in
the claim on evidence as good. She
was steaming in the same area, I'M
utes past eight in the evening she
sighted a pronounced wake. One could
even estimate the speed at which the
submarine had been submerged-about
eight knots.
1.-THE X worked up to full speed,
turned with left rudder, and ran down
on the right hand side of the Slick.
In six minutes she had reached it's
head ready to drop depth charge;
four minutes to run to the end of the
wake, two more to allow for the
subs run beyond-and she tripped
the pump. With the charge. which
was set for so feet, was dropped cal
cium torch pot to mark the place. The
explosion audibly Jared the blowers,
and within three minutes bubbles
swlrled to the surface. But in the ~
minutes that the X circled the vicinity,
hoping the injured enemy would rise to
the surface, no further sign of damage
was revealed.
-Four days later the - turned her
convoy over to the - at two hours
before daylight, and returned to her
regular patrol. About five O'Clock in
the morning she took under her wing
the steamer Pentwy, bound for Man.
chester. At quarter to eight Cap
tain Lyons sent a quartermaster aloft
to the main track to clear fouled
commission pennant. Scarcely had
the quartermaster reached it when he
called down to the watch on the after
deckhouse, 'Periscope, two points
abaft the port beamT The thing was
1,5OO to 5000 yards from the ---,
who was 400 yards ahead of the -,
one point on her port bow. The whole
body of the submarine was distinct to
the quartermaster though, oddly, in
visible both to the bridge and the fore
top lookout. The periscope seemed
headed westward, and she at once
started to submerge. Within 20 Sec
onds, as the destroyer came to gen.
eral quarters, first one torpedo, instant
ly followed by a second, radiated from
the point where she had vanished.
Both were making surface runs, for
the subs coming tower hatch still
must have been near the surface. They
threw spray up fully 20 feet, clearly
visible against the choppy sea. All
hands on the bridge and decks saw
them-as did the ---, astern'; for, she
swung sharply to starboard, present
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
German People Are Starving

home to make q revolution. The WON.
en- look at one another and shake their
heads. When the men come back is
the word they pass around. We have
men of fifty and seventy for home de-
fense, and as doctors and officials.
And we have boys of fourteen. All
other men are in the army"
Mrs. Szadelski said she never re-
ceived $500 which her husband sent
her last February. A woman friend
of hers who, went to the authorities
for money sent from America was told
that no more money from the source
would be given to any private person.
Do Not Want War.
"The people do not want war, but
what can they do? They cannot even
say what they think or there would
soon be chains around their necks.
"Yet there is bitter feeling against
America. I would be sorry for any
American soldier that falls into the
hands of the Germans, either the SOL
diers or the people. That is because
the newspapers talk always Of the
evil-doing of America-and the people
believe what they read. They began
hating America long ago, when they
heard it was aiding England. 1t is not
France so much, but England and
America that Germany hates"
Sergeant Szadelski had been an
American soldier for years before he
met and married the little German
woman, during visit to Germany sew
eral years ago, but he left just before
the war. This led to suspicious that
he was an American spy, and so when
his wife wished to leave Germany last
May she had an immense deal of red
tape to untangle. For month she
had to go before the police each day;
then she was summoned to Berlin.
At the Danish border every scrap of
paper but her passport was taken
away, and in Copenhagen she was re-
ceived coldly By the American lega-
tion, because they would not believe
that the wife of an American soldier
would speak only German. After cor
respondence with Secretary Lansing
and others, the legation was finally
convinced that she was not spy, and
she was permitted to sail for New
York. She will leave in a few days
with their three children for Homo
lulu.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
ADVANTAGES OF FALL COLTS
Younester Can Be Weaned in Spring
When Grass Is Beginning to
Come-Pasture Helps.

A very large proportion of all colts
are foaled in the spring. However.
some who have raised fall colt or
two each year have found the advan-
tages are not all in favor of the prac-
tice of exclusive spring colt raising.
A colt foaled in September or early
October will get nice start before
the pasture dries up and winter ap-
proaches. Then the mare and colt
should receive a plentiful and nour-
ishing ration through the winter. The
colt can be weaned in the spring when
the grass is beginning to come, and
the pasture will help wonderfully to
keep it in condition and to keep 1t
going.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
KILL INSECTS IN GRAIN BIN
Carbon Bisulphide Is Recommended
for Destruction of Insects in
Stored Grain.

Carbon bisulphide used at the rate
of five to eight pounds to 1000 cubic
feet of space is recommended for the
destruction of insects in stored grain.
The grain bins should be air-tight and
the temperature above 20 degrees.
Burlap sacks or cotton waste satur-
ated with liquid may be thrust into
the grain. The carbon bisulphide may
also be sprayed over the grain with a
pump through small opening in the
side of the bin. The gas kills all the
wcevils in Sc hours.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02

ing her tail to them. At the same mo-
ment the sounded six blasts on
her whistle, followed by two, to mean
that the attack was being made to
port.
Miss by Small Margin.
Both torpedoes missed the --,
bus by the smallest margin. The -,
making high speed, swung with full
left rudder toward the submarine. At
five minutes past nine o'clock third
torpedo was fired at the convoy, ap-
parently from another submarine,
about 200 yards ahead of the first. 1t
approached from the broad on the
IS beam, also making a surface
run at about the same range as the
first two. and missed.
But now the --- was in sight, some
four miles distant, ready to relieve
the of her convoy. She. too.
made full headway on signal, Make all
speed to us; submarine in sight, and
searched in the vicinity of the -,
while the - followed the subs
slicks. The first wake tended east,
but in ten minutes lost itself among
the whitecaps. The second and plain
er one led westward, irregularly, as If
the sub had beer zigzagging. A
depth charge was dropped at its end.
but a half hours search found PROOF
of nothing. The - really had saved
herself by quick and efficient hand
ling.
"The IS adventure with the
steamship Tarquah cannot be told I'M
til that fiivver comes into port. The
-, - and - had hand in
it; and the first's account of the sink
ing of the Obuasi-where she arrived
long after the deed-shows the defect-
i've functioning and poor marksman-
ship of German torpedoes. The -
reports to the same effect. At half.
past ten o'clock on the morning of
the 18th she picked up in her sea area
two boats and % survivors of the
Greek steamship Charilaos Tricoupis.
Two hours before, two torpedoes had
been fired at her, at an interval of
LHS AloL StA uSh lAC oldA~
board quarter, between rudder and
propeller, and, failing to detonate, did
little damage; but the crew abandoned
ship. The second hit the starboard
side amidship, blowing up the Greek
so that she sank in five minutes. Be-
tween the two shots the submarine
came to the surface, but instantly SUBJ
merged. Not man appeared on deck.
This submarine, like all others report
ed for the fortnight, are declared to
have been of the U-50 to 60 types.
$50, as yet, no blood has been spilled
on any of our gun mattings. The
mean, blindfold campaign continues
with small apparent losses either in
subs or shipping. We follow oil
slicks with the thrill of woodsman
striking a strange cross-trail in the for
est; we mass guns over 'periscope'
that turns into a swabhandle or table
leg; vide the IS and IS ia
nous battle with a ventilator off the
French coast. And the - and -,
hear, have celebrated the chagrin
and thrills Of it all in ballads which I
shall try to send you"
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
THE BEST BEAUTY DOCTOR
is cuticura for Purifying and 5eauti:
flying the Skin-TriaI Free. I.

For cleansing, purifying and beauti-
flying the complexion, hands and hair,
Cuticura Soap with touches of Cuti.
cura Ointment now and then afford the
most effective preparations at the mini
mum of cost No massaging, steaming
creaming or waste of time.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
FATTENING FOOD FOR DUCKS
cornmeaI, Wheat Bran and Beef Scraps
Mixed With Milk or Water Is
Recommended as Good.

A good fattening food for ducks is
three parts cornmeal, one part wheat
bran and one part high-grade beef
scraps mixed crumbly with milk or wa
ter and fed at morning and noon. The
evening food should consist of crack
ed corn. No more should be fed al
one meal than they will eat up
promptly, and then the troughs should
be removed.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Potatoes Without Vines.

Findley, O.-Fred Neeley is grow
ing some vineless potatoes in his war
garden here. When his potatoes fniled
to come up he started to plant cab
bage plants, and found that the pota-
toes he had planted were developing,
but that the vines were absent. fShey
were larger than walnuts.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
What He's Goina 70 Be.

eyes," said the nice little old lady:
Il am much interested in the war. Y
have two nieces who are going to be
Red Cross nurses, and one fine nephew
who is now at Ft. Sheridan studying
to be an Armenian"
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
TEACH COLT TO LIKE GRAIN
This Should BE Done Before Young
Animal Is Weaned-AIIow Lib
eraI Ration of Alfalfa.

The colt should be taught to eat
grain before it is weaned. and after
being weaned should be allowed lib
eral ration of alfalfa or clover hay
with other available roughage, such as
corn fodder. kafir butts, cane hay and
straw.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Very Nearsiuhted.

"Are you nearsighted, @ir?" asked
the wiiter, as the diner was leaving.
"No," replied the man.
"Well, you've left dime on the
table, sir"
"That's for you"
"Well, if you think I'd take tip
ike that, you must be nearsighted,
SIR"
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
The Turtles Choice.

The auto had skidded and upset. An
freshman came up and said to another
In the crowd: whats the excitement,
Pat?"
"Shure an automobile has turned
turtle"
"Turned turtle, is it?" said the new
conner "Bedad, that must be the ray
son it chose a mud puddle"
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Strange Behavior.

81 like for man to be natural"
"Yes!"
"For instance, yesterday a chap
pulled my 500 car out of mud hole
with his flivver."
'And did you favor"
Certainly, but he was neither sar
castle nor humorous"
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Exclaimed.

"There is meat in everything that
idvertising man writes"
"Then no wonder he comes so high"
The midland journal., 1917-11-02

Indigestion produces disagreeable and
ometimes alarming symptoms. Wrights
indian Vegetable Pills stimulate the diges-
i've processes to function naturally. Adv
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
MOTHER!

Have you ever used MOTHERS JOY
SALVE for Colds, Coughs, Group and
Pneumonia, Asthma, and Head Ca
tarrh? If you haven't get 1t at once.
1t will cure you.-Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
Teuton Wife of American Soldier
Tells of Conditions
There.
HARD FIGHT TO GET away
Woman Has Narrowing Experiences
In Trying to Leave Country
Says People Are Fleeing
When They Can.

San Francisco.-Ther real conditions
In the fatherland were described here
by Mrs. George B. Szadelski, the Ger
man wife Of an American soldier.
Mrs. Szadelski arrived here after a
plucky fight of over five months to
get herself and three children out of
Germany and over here, where she
could join her husband, who is with
the quartermaster's corps, United
States army, at Honolulu.
Germany is starving. Her people
do not want war, and are fleeing the
country when they can. Not so much
the war, but food and where it is to
come from is what the German people
are thinking Of" said Mrs. Szadelski.
when the people crowd up too eag-
erly in the street, waiting t. get their
small bit of food, men come out with
whips, or pour hot water on them to
make them orderly. That is in the
town of Mecklenburg; there we stand
waiting two hours or more in rain or
snow. But in Berlin it is worse, and
men and women wait in line all night.
Buy With Cards.
"All things are bought by cards,
even clothing and shoes. If need a
new suit or my little boy needs new
underwear, must go to the officials
and explain the need and show them
the worn things.
"a grown man or woman gets half
n pound of meat a week, tenth of
pound of butter and three pounds of
bread. This bread is made of pota-
toes and kind of green turnip, and is
so soggy that only little can be eaten
at time. There is no coffee, except
kind made from the turnip, and
there is no rice. One gets fourth of
pound of sugar, and there is no soap
at all.
Famine? There's n famine now.
The rich-yes, the rich can buy a
goose, but they must pay for it 175
marks (about SAD. have seen wild
ravens sold in Berlin for three and
one-half marks. Everything is much
worse than America thinks.
"Yet there will be no revolution.
That is because there are no men at
The midland journal., 1917-11-02
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eye Remedy

No smArting = Just Rye Comfort. 90 cents a
DruRgists or mail Write for Free Eve Book.
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The midland journal., 1917-11-02
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The midland journal., 1917-11-02

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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-06
KELLY U.RoAT
CHIEF IS JOKER
Commander Of German Subma.
rine Shows Vein Of Un-
German Humor.
IS HERO OF MANY STORIES
When Not Laying Mines He Pulls
Franks That Amuse American Sea.
men--Pays Two Days Visit
at Dublin Hotel.

Base Of American FlOtilla in British
Wa'"rs.-There is a German submarine
commander who is known throughout
the American flotilla as kelly" His
real nnme is something quite differ
ent, but the American sailors promptly
dubbed him kelly of the Emerald
isle" and the name will stick In the
songs and stories Of the navy as long
as the great war + talked about.
Kelly" earned his name by his dis.
play on various occasions Of n rich
vein of quite un-German humor. IL
has become the hero Of pumberless sto-
ries told in forecastle and on quarter.
deck. Not all Of these stories are true,
and probably most Of them have grown
In the telling,
"kelly" Franks Tantalizinp.
kelly" commands a mine-laying u
boat which pays frequent visits to the
district patrolled by the American de-
stroyers. When he has finished bis
appointed task Of distributing his
mines where they will do the most
harm he generally devotes few mlH-
qteS to a prank. Of some kind. Some.
times he contents himself with leaving
a note flying from a buoy scrubbed In
schoolboy English and addressed to his
American enemy. On other occasions
he picks out a deserted bit OF coast
line at night and goes ashore with a
squad of his men for a saunter on the
beach, leaving behind pacard or n
bit Of German bunting as n reminder
of his presence.
His most audacious exploit, how
ever-if the legends Of the forecastlc
are to be belIeved-was trip which
he made several months ago to Dublin.
where he stayed two days at a leading
hotel afterward joining his U-boat
somewhere up the west coast. He is
said to have Informed the British Of
his exploit by leaving his recelpted bill
attached to one Of their buoys.
Still another of "Kelly's" more re.
cent stunts was to plant the German
flag on an eminence on the coast line.
II was the first time that the British
and Americans knew just where he
and his men had set foot and they
shared the excitement OF the village
folk. who awoke one morning to find
a new kind of flag flying from their na.
tive soil. At first they could not mall,
out Just what i was.
Fishermen Burn German Flag.
But when they made sure that II was
the German cOlors they were furious.
for II so happened. so the story goes.
that the fisherman along this partic.
uar strip Of coast had suffered much
from submarine raids. U.boats had
shelled their boats, Germans had sto.
len their tish-their only means OF live.
lihood-and left them empty handed
after u weeks hard catch OF ma ckerel.
These poor fisher folk were in no mood
for this latest display OF German hu.
NOR. so they, according to report.
promptly burned the flag and set a
watch for kelly"
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-06
FREE AFTER II ATTEMPTS
Russian War Prisoner Spent Man,
Weeks on the Road In
Germany.

winstersyr, Netherlands.-The rec
srd In escape from war captivity would
seem to be held by Russian prisoner
~ war who has crossed the frontier
near winsterswyk. This was hi.
twelfth attempt at escape.
Three times he fed In the direction
or Luxembourg, twice he made fol
switzerland, on several occasions h,
took the road to Poland and again tc
Denmark, but In every case without
success.
This was the first time he had ,rIe,
his luck In the direction Of the Neither
lands frontier, and after being tw,
months and twenty days on the road
success crowned his perseverance.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-06

given Germany a great advantage be
cause Of the supplies Of coal and iron
ore thus made available, and also be-
cause OF the ability thus obtained to
turn to use the. factories of the manu-
featuring sections In making NUM-
tons Of war.
"Just At the critical moment. when
the scales were almost evenly bal
anced between the entente allies and
the Tcutonic allies. the United States,
with Its great wealth and resources,
entered the conflict. with a possible
22,UOoO men to draw upon, with Its
national wealth Of 5000. 0O0. 200. ma.
tional Income Of s40000,0oo,0oO. No.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-06
rug OF WAR WINS FREEDOM
Dutch and German sentrles Uss Rue
elan a. "Rope."

A comic incident reported from the
frontier involved a Russian prisoner
u war who was on the point Of step
ping from German on TO Netherlands
soil when he WINS grasped BY Ger
man sentry. A wrestle ensued.
The fugitive tNr'w Mwsclt on the
ground unG lay VITA the upper puit "
his body In Holland and the other In
German territory.
A Dutch sentry rushed to the Rus
slams help, seized him by the arms
and pulled. The German soldier pulled
at the Russians legs In the opposite
direction. The Russian began 10 kick,
with the result that the Dutch frontier
guardian wns able TO haul him out OF
the danger zone"
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-06
FAILED TO WASH SILK SHIRT
wife says rhats Why Husband Drops
EHemptlon Claim.

Her failure to wash his slk shirt
~ said by Mrs. Lee Jackson ot Gin.
cinnats 70 be thu ,.ason why Jackson
withdrew his claim for exemption.
which he had nled on the ground that
he had u wife and child,
he said he and bis wife had talked
Il over and decided II beat to withdraw
the claim. The wife denied this, and
70 tho draft officials she said:
"un the day Ice withdrew his claifa
Cor sucmptioa I AID promised to wash
mis- AK SHIFT. That morning. when I
.ailed 10 Do ~. he becamc snsercd ed
decided 10 withdraw bis claim."