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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
GENTLE ITALIAN BEES
Singing Black and Hybrid Breeds
Have Been Discarded.
Expert of Oklahoma Experiment Sta
tion Advises Beginners to Get Mod
ern Fixtures to Keep the
Honey Gatherers In.

CBy c. F. SANBORN, OklahG-Ia Expert
ment Station.)
A great many people fear the sting
of bees, but ii is just as the Western
country was years ago, where there
We're large herds of cattle. Very little
butter was made because the cows
were so wild and kicked so much that
only n or two per family We're
MIXED. Now, however, with the i'm
proved breeds, nearly every farmer
has butter and cream the year round,
n often receives Il nice income from
the sale of these products.
The same applies tn bees. The sting
ing black and hybrid bees have given
place to gentle Italians. 1 often han
die my bees throughout n year with
out being stung.
In the first place, don't fool with
black bees any more than you would
attempt to milk Texas COWS. Get pure
Italians. In the second place, don't
monkey with boxes or gums to keep
them In, but get modern fixtures.
Dop't try to produce comb honey in
pount' boxes. An expert b~eekeeper is
required to make 1t a success any,
where Don't imagine that you can
get nrh at the business just because
you take off, say, 200 OF 800 pounds
Of honey some years.
If you can buy from a neighbor more
cheaply than from a dealer, do so; but
bear in mind that when you sell a
COW, you don't always sell your best
one, but more likely one with a pc
culiarity that you don't like. Likewise
with bees. for which reason it is often
better TO buy from a dealer. He will
be inclined to sell you something good
because he has n reputation to sustain.
The colonies Of italian bees in a COM
plete Observation-Disclosures hive will
cost about 800. Two empty hives
(ready to put new swarms in), sup
piled with full sheets of foundation in
the brood chamber, and starters i'm the
upper stories or supers, will cost $500.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
GOOD ROADS ASSIST FARMER
Striking Example Shown In SpottsyI.
vania County, Virginia Big IN
crease Made in Shipments.

The value of good roads to the
farmer is strikingly shown In the ex-
perience Of S~pottsylvania county, vir-
ginia, from an investment of 100000
to improve 40 miles of road. Two
years after completing this road the
railroad shipped from Fredericksburg,
the county seat, during a period of u
months, 71,0O0 tons of products Of the
soil, hauled over the improved highway
TO that town. Before the improvement
had been made the total was only 90
600 tons annually.
Results equally startling were shown
in the quantity Of dairy products. In
1909 these amounted to 114,S15 pounds (;
in 1911 they had risen TO 253,023
pounds-an increase of practically 40
per cent In two years.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
AXLE GREASE is NEGLECTED.
Oversight Means Wear and Rapid De-
t%erioration Of Farm Equipment
Keep Grease Handy.

OF all the sins of neglect committed
against farm equipment that Of fail
ing to grease" the farm wagon is per-
haps the worst. The farm manager
gets in a hurry, bitches up the team
and drives Off to haul a heavy load
when the 'spindles" of the wagon may
be so "dry" as TO be bright from the
friction of the wheels.
Such use means heavy wear and
rapid deterioration. 1t takes but a
very few minutes to grease" the wag-
on when everything needed is handy.
When axle grease is used often the
load draws easier and the wear is re-
duced considerably.
Keep your wrench, axle grease and
axle reat handy so you will not forget
to lubr'cate the wagon.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
Leap Year.

BY the present method of reckoning
time every year of which the number
is Invisible by four without n remain
der is leap year. excepting the sentcn-
NAL, or even hundrcdth years, which
are only leap years when divisible by
four after suppressing the W. cipllers.
The year 1900 was n leap year. the
years 100, 1900 and 1900 were not leap
years, but the year 1000 will be and
every intervening year that Is exactly
divisible by four. From 1896 to 1904
and from 1896 to 1904 were cight-ycar
intervals without n leap year.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
AVOID LIFTING HEAVY LOADS
Weighty implements on Wagon
by One or Two Men.

When putting q heavy hay rack,
water or grain tank, wagOnbox or ma
nure ~sprcader, etc, on a wagon, it can
easily be put on without any heavy
lifting If the two wheels are taken Off
on one side where the tank, or what
Yer it might be, is to be lifted on.
After the wheels are off the tank
a be lifted on and the axles can be
raised up with o long pole (cae at n
time) and the wheels put on. Where
there are only one or two meE il can
easily be taken off in the same way.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
HISTORY OF ALFALFA PLANT
Records Show 1t Was Carried Int
California From Chile in 1854
Spreading Eastward.

Alfalfa Is a very old plant. 1t was
taken from Persia to Greece by Xerxes
and his army, 500 B. C. Three hun
dred and fifty years later the Romans
carried it from Greece to Rome. Pliny,
the Roman naturalist, who lived the
first century after Christ, tells of its
value.
1t was probably taken from Rome
to Carthage and the surrounding ter
ritory, and from there 70 Spain about
700 A. d. From Spain it was carried
TO France, to Belgium and England.
1t was esteemed in England when Co
lumbuS discovered America. COrtez
brought ii TO Mexico, others took it 10
Peru and Chile, and to New England.
In 1854, we have a record of it be-
ing carried to California from Chile,
but at that time 1t had been grown
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
Chicken Short a

Did you fancy shortcake gone with
the strawberry season?
Try this chicken shortcake.
Make a biscuit shortcake and when
baked, slit and butter 1t the same as
for a berry shortcake. Have ready
finely sliced cold boiled chicken. dip
the slices into w~eIl-seasoned mayon-
naise and fill the cake. then put on
the top. The dark part of the chicken
must be freed from skin and bone.
finely minced and seasoned with
onion Juice, pepper, salt, a teaspoon
full of chopped chives and enough
mayOnnaise to make a spreading
paste. Spread the top of the short
cake, thickly garnishing with olives
stuffed with anchovies, and serve at
once.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
Dreaded Lamb Kidney.

Skin u very fresh lamb kidneys,
then cut them into slices crosSwise.
Cut the same number of thin slices
IF lean bacon, half-inch square and
evenly arrange them alternately on
six skewers. Season all over with
laIf teaspoonful each of salt and pep
Der. Roll them In n tablespoonful of
oil. then In bread crumbs, arrang on
fire for four or five minutes on each
side. Remove, dress or a hot dish.
pour a little melted butter over them
and serve.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18

in some Of the valleys of southern Cal
ifornia for a hundred years. Just
when or how it spread over the West
is not clearly established, but it gained
a foothold in Utah, Montana, Idaho,
Colorado and the semiarid states, and
from there is spreading eastward.
Some farms in the Carolinas, New
York and Pennsylvania have grown 1T
ever since these sections were settled,
and it's value is known there, so that
it is strange its cultivation has not
become general, but there is very
little grown in the eastern states.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
MILK AT BEST TEMPERATURE
Fifty Degrees Is Desirable fer Several
Reasons-Bacteria Won't MultipTy
So Readily.

1t is desirable, where possible, TO
cool the milk Immediately after milk
ing. A temperature of 80 degrees IS
desirable for several reasons. The
bacteria present in the milk viii not
multiply so readily as in high temper
AZURE, and an increase in bacterial
number will our the milk rapidly.
We can readily see that quick cooling
and the maintaining Of a low tempera-
ture will prevent or ut least delay
souring for a considerable time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
sinninn Contests in Norway.

Some of the songs of Norway con
siSt of hundreds OF fOur-line verses,
which must surely be a hard test to the
memory Of the singers. Sometimes
two singers will have a duet in such
Il song, singing verse after verse alter
nately. lie whose memory, or in de-
fault of memory. invention. fails him
first IS loser.-From Norway, by Nico
Jungman.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
w. N. u, SIOUX FALLS, NO. 3.-1e17
Songs Inspire Shower of Crockery.

Street singing is an especially Nea-
pOlitan institution. and when for the
first time one hears beneath his Win
dowS the more often than not offkey
versions of the snappy, lifting, mex
pressibly infectious Neapolitan songs
he is enchanted and throws pennies
freely. After Il week or so of it as a
steady diet, day and night, he inclines
much more to heavy crockery.-
National Geographic Magazine.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
Sardine Toa.e.

1his old recipe has much to recon-
mend 1t. Take sly sardines. two eggs
and sufficient cayenne. Scale end
bone the sardines. boil the eggs hard
and chop them. Lay first the chopped
egg or some hot bnftered toast. then
the sardines seasoned with cayenne,
and put in tin. oven.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
Why a Cold Cup "SWea.s."

Put ice cream into a cup and the cup
and the air around it instantly be-
come cold. Air consists in part OF
yapor. and when the air is cooled this
yapor turns into water. AS the CEN
ter of coldness is the cup, q good deal
of the air in the immediate vicinity
gathers on its outside In the shape of
water. But. as the air contains much
more heat than the cup contains cold,
the ice cream gradually meltS.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
Grecian Dolls.

AS one might expect. the little Creek
girls had beautiful dolls. They were
made of clay and wax and decorated
with bright colors. They had beautiful
garments which could be put on and
taken OFF at will, and some of them,
were made TO represent the gods and
heroes so much revcred by the people.
They were not stiff creatures, but had
movable limbs.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
FOUR ESSENTIALS IN BUYING
Simplicity, Reliability, Durability and
Accessibility Should Be Kept
Well in Mind.

When buying q new machine keep
In mind these four words. Simplicity,
reliability, durability and accessibility.
Then IL the machine is given proper
care, long life, and greater profits are
insured. Use plenty of oil and grease.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
LOSS OF POWER

ch1Idren are made dump, IOSy ara
robust by the Discovery" They Ike
1t too.
In recovering from Grippe or In con-
valescence from pneumonia, fevers, or
other wasting diseases Z speedily and
surely ~invigorates and builds up the
storative tonic, 1t sets at work all the
processes OF digestion and nutrition,
rouses every organ into natural action
and brings back health and strength.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets euro
constipation. Constipation is the eaase
Of many diseases. Cure the cause ana
you cure the disease i, Easy TO take -
candy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
MAKING TOOLS RUsT-PRO0F
Solution of Ben<ine and Paraffin Oil
Will Prove Quite Eficacious on
Steel Articles.

Make a solution of 200 parts of ben
zine and n part of parafiin oil. Dip
the article in the solution and allow TO
dry in heated air or In a dry room so
that the benzine may evaporate. Aiy
steel articles may be made ~rust-proof
in this manner.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
Corn With Chicken.

Put one can OF corn. haif-cupfui
flour, n tablespoonful butter, one
beaten egg. Tablespoonful salt and
half as much pepper in a double boil
er and cook. adding a little sweet milk
II II seems too thick. Lastly. add two
cupfuls chicken meat. When cold cut
In slices and fry In hot butter or hot
chicken fat, If you have 1t. Serve
while hot.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
PASTURE is VALUABLE CROP
G~nawed-of, W~eed-Infested Field With
Fence Arouf.u Il Is Not What ls
Meant by Expression.

Pasture can be made a valuable
crop which requires little labor. But
a gnawed-off, weed-infested field with
a fence around II is not what is meant
by n pasture in this case. Well set
grass, rot ovsr-grazed. is pasture.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
Homemade Drag.

away implement, are 2h feet long.
The chains are attached through
auger holes. In making the notched
cuts TO give the required pitch for the
drag boards take out 3 inches. The
boards are 2& feet long.-Southern
Agriculturist.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
TO PRESERVE SOIL MOISTURE
Description and Illustration Of Useful
Implement Given Herewith-It
Is Easy to Make.

This drag is designed for filming and
packing soil for the better preserva-
ton of moisture. 1t is 31s feet wide,
made of 2-by-S-inch lumber and put
together with 4-lnch spikes. The han
lies, which may be taken from a cast
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18

Some spiders In Java make webs SO
strong that IL requires n knife to sever
them.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18

Pimples, boils, %carbuncles, dry up and
disappear with Doctor Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. In tablets or liquid.
ADV.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
Women Of
NiddleAge
Many distressing Ailments experienced
by them are Alleviated by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Here is Proof by Women who Know

Lowell, Nass.-"For the last three years / have
been troubled with the Change of Life and the bad
feelings common at that time. l was In q very ner-
vous condition. with headaches and pain a good
deal of the time so | was unfit to do my work. A
friend asked me to try Lydia E.. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, which / did, and it has helped me In
ache or pain. l must say that Lydia e. Pinkhamis
Vegetable Compound is the best remedy any sick
woman can take.n-Mrs. MARGARET QUINN, Rear
259 Worthen ST., Lowell, Mass.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18
She Tells Her Friends to Take Lydia E. Pinkham's Re

She Tells Her Friends to Take Lydia T. flnknamS meui
North Haven, Conn-"When ! was As I had the Change of Life
which is a trouble all women have. At first it didn't, bother me
but after a while / got bearing down pains. / called in doctors who
told mo to try different things but they did not cure my pains. s On ~
day my husband came home and said, why don't you try Lydia L.
Pnkhams Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash?' Wei, got
them and took about 10 bottles of Vegetable, Compound and could
feel myself regaining my health. l also used Lydia K. Pnkhams
sanative Wash and it has done me a great deal OF good. ANY one
coming to my house who suffers from female troubles or Change OF
Life, Itel them to take the Pinkham remedies. There are about y
of us here who think the world Of them"-Mrs. FLORENCE 1sELLAs
Box 197, North Haven, Conn.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18

vital force fol-
low loss of flesh, or
emaciation. These
come from impOv-
erished blood. DR..
Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery
enriches the blood,
stops the waste OF
strength and It's
sue, and builds up
healthy flesh
Thin, pale, puny
and ~scrofulouS
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-01-18

You are Invited to Write for Free Advice. !
No other medicine has been so successful In relieving woman's
suffering as has Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Women may receive free and helpful advice by writing the Lydia
e. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Such letters are received
and answcd by women only and held in strict confidence.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-06-12
FORTY YEARS SUCCESS

For d business TO DO successful for
forty yonrB means u great deal,
Among other things, II means re-
excellence In the products
II sells. No inferior article can be
sold on large scale for 30 many
years; and II must not only be good
at the outset but 80 good that the
progress Of forty years shall not de-
velop any better article to supercede
II.
SO women can, with confidence, de-
pend upon that old, tried and tested
remedy for woman's ailments, Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
still as popular as ever. though 1t was
placed on the market before the GEN.
tennial year, 1876.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-06-12
WILL FILED
or Patrick Mahef Of Washington, Who
Died Recently-Leayes Prop.
erty to Family.

In the Mason County Court yester-
day paper bearing the date of March
26, 1917, and purporting to be the last
will and testament of Patrick Maher,
deceased, was produced in court and
filed and ordered to be recorded. The
due execution of the said paper was
fully proven by the testimony OF Dr.
Irvine Berry, ]. NJ. Collins, attesting
witnesses and admitted to probate.
Mr.. Maher disposed of his property
as follows:
To his wife, Mrs. Margaret Maher,
the use and occupancy of the real es-
tate occupied by the deceased, both
a residence and store for her use dur
ing her natural life, and that his es-
tate pay her the sum of 5000 annually
To the pastor of the st. Patrick's
Church at Maysville, the sum of 500
to be used as a memorial for masses
for the souls of himself and the de-
ceased members of his family.
To the fund for building and beau.
tifying st. Patrick's Church, 500.
All of the rest of the estate of every
kind to his six sons, William, Edward
Thomas, John, Patrick and Daniel, the
share of William to be placed in the
hands of Edward to be held and con
trolled by him, paying the annual in
come to William. Upon the death o
the latter, the amount shall be di
vided among his children if any; if no
the sum to 60 to Edward.
Edward Maher and John Mahe
qualified as administrators of the per
sonal estate of Patrick Maher, de
ceased, and qualified as such will
Frank and Thomas Maher as sureties
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-06-12
FULTZS SUNNY SOUTH

This beautiful floating theater will
exhibit in this city on Friday night,
June Is. Their play on this trip will
be "The Mills of the Gods" a comedy
drama based on the leading topic OF
the day, the struggle between capital
and labor, a thrilling story showing
the throttling Of the small industry by
the greed of capitalism. This said to
BIZ very entertaining and educational
play. There will be vaudeville sup
piled between acts. A big parade will
be given at 1880 o'clock a. m.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-06-12
ART LEAGUE MAKES DONATION

The Metcalfe Art League of the
Eighth Grade of the High School
building has donated SIS to the Mason
County Red Cross Chapter. This lit
tie society was organized several years
ago by Miss Ella Metcalfe, and named
in her honor. The league raised
money by candy sales and by monthly
dues of it's members. At the end of
the year there was generally a neat
little sum which was spent in beau
tifying the school room. This year
the students decided to donate it to
the Red Cross and needless to say
their donation was greatly appreci-
ated.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-06-12

Miss Florence Dodson Of Lexington
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Dodson of West Second street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pollitt and
daughter returned to their home in
Denver, Colo, Saturday after a pro-
longed visit with friends and relatives
in this city.
Mr.. James Arm returned to his home
on East Third street yesterday after
noon after spending several weeks
travelling with the Cooper Lenz Shows
through the Middle West.
Editor Myron Grote of the Vance
burg Sun, one of the Invest weekly
newspapers along the Ohio River,
spent last night with Prof. and Mrs. c.
S. Dale of West Second street. He
left this morning for Louisville to at
tend a meeting of the Kentucky Press
Association,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-06-12
ALUMNI DANCE

The annual Alumni Dance Of the
Maysville High School will be given
in the High School auditorium on
Thursday night Immediately following
the Commencement Exercises. There
will be no banquet this year, The
music for the dance will be furnished
by Parkers Popular Players of Co.
lumbus, Ohio This company of must
clans have played for Maysville dances
before and are regarded as artists in
their line
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-06-12
American Association
MIR. HUNSICKER'S FUNERAL

The funeral of Councilman Godfrey
Hunsicker will be held from the late
home on East Second street this af-
rernoon at o'clock. The services
will be conducted by the Knights of
Pythias and the Rev. DR.. John Bar
bour, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church. The interment will be made
in the Maysville cemetery. The men,
bers of the City Council will attend in
a body
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-06-12
YOUR PATRIOTIC
DUTY
BUY A LIBERTY
BOND

Danger for the complete success
of the Liberty Loan turks in over-con-
fidence.
The announcements in the press of
large applications by Institutions and
men of great wealth are apt to en-
gender the comfortable feeling that
all will be well without the efforts of
the small subscribers. This line of
thought together with the idea that
through Observation-Disclosures al
lotments may not be made, must be
dispelled from the mind of every pa
triotic citizen.
1t is not sufficient that this issue
should be merely bare success. 1t
must be a striking demonstration of
the overwhelming strength of purpose
animating all sincere friends of Lib
erty to bring the war to speedy and
successful termination.
The eyes of the enemy are watch
ing this preliminary skirmish and our
victory must be made effective by a
truly popular subscription exceeding
MANY TIMES the amount offered
1t behooves every INDIVIDUAL to
let his action be entirely guarded by
the conviction that upon HIS UT
MOST PERSONAL EFFORT depends
the only result worthy of the great
cause which all free men desire and
INTEND to make triumphant. Hest
fancy as to the Importance of the
amount available should not be al
lowed to prevail. The Bonds are in
denominations as low as $50, and all
purchasers Of one Of these will con-
tribute their quota towards swelling
the volume of subscriptions.
No thought of the detail work at
tendant upon subscribing to the loan
need deter. We will - as we have
already stated - attend to that free
of any charge. All that is necessary
is that we receive notification of the
amount desired.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-06-12
MAYBE JUPITER PLUVE WENT TO
SLEEP

Remarkable occurrence yesterday
1t failed to rain. After several weeks
of April weather, rain one minute,
sun shine the next, the skies cleared
up yesterday, and for one solid "a
hours the rains failed to descend.
With several days of warm sunshine,
all of the gardens will sprout lively,
Likewise the weeds. Get busy on
both.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-06-12
POLICE COURT

In Police Court yesterday afternoon
Lucille Lovel was before Judge Whit
aker for lettering. The case was dis
missed on the condition that she leave
the city at once.
VIII Baber was fined $3.50 for
breach OF peace.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-06-12
FOR REPRESENTATIVE

We are authorized to announce Mr..
John r. Cochran as candidate for
the office Of Representative from Ma
son county, subject to the action Of
the Democratic Primary, August, 1917.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-06-12
A NEAR WRECK

A dragging brakebeam on an east
bound freight train nearly caused a
very bad accident at the Commerce
street crossing yesterday about 10
o'clock. The beam struck the wooden
frame between the rails dragging it
under the wheels of the train. 1t was
cut in two by the heavy weight of the
cars. That 1t did not cause a very
bad wreck is a miracle.