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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
Master of PROPORTIONS.

An eager young teacher was review
ing the Sunday school lesson in a mis-
sion church in Brooklyn. The subject
was Moses and the Bush That
Burned Without Being Consumed"
The boys of ten and twelve had been
greatly interested In the story and
were now eager to expose their
knowledge. Answers followed her
questions with the rapidity Of a ma.
chine gun.
snow, Harry, it's your turn"
"Yessum," was the confident an
swer.
Tell me what there was about this
burning bush that was different from
any bushes that have burned since"
The boy knew-you could tell from
the swapping Of his eyes-but he
paused to formulate his words. "Why,
ma'am, you see this here bush 1t
burned up--but It didn't burn down.
The teacher herself could not have ex-
planned 1t better.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
GRAIN BINS ANNUALLY
Most OF the Injury Done by Insects
Can Be PrsVented-Spray With
Kerosene Emulsion.

BY cleaning bins carefully each year
before a new crop is placed in them,
most Of the injury due to stored-grain
insects can be prevented. A million
dollars more might be saved annually
in Ohio If these pests were destroyed.
After the grain bins are swept out
they should be sprayed thoroughly
with 10 per cent kerosene emulsion.
This destroys the eggs and insects that
otherwise would infest the new crop.
The bins will be ready for the new
grain within a week after treatment.
About 2S4,O00,000 bushels Of corn,
oats and wheat were produced in Ohio
in 1916, according to the year book of
the United States department Of agri-
culture. A conservative estimate made
by ~entomOlogiSts of the Ohio agricul-
tural experiment station is one-half of
1 per cent injured. This makes the
annual damage amount to approx
mately a million dollars for this state
alone from insect depredations in
stored grain.
Several beetles, weevils and moths
infest cereals and other stored prod
ucts. Many of these insects are also
accompanied by mites.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
SMALL BOY HAD NOTICED
That He Knew Man In Khaki as
Marine Did Credit to His Powers
of Observation.

A group of youngsters was playing
on Riverside drive, says the New
York Times. A military man, dressed
in khaki and accompanied by a young
lady, approached the group. The boys
stopped their playing and, with nudges
and gesticulation, were evidently try
ing to identify the man in khaki.
AS the young lady and her escort
drew nearer, one youpgster with an
air Of superior knowledge informed
his companions: Hes a United
States marine"
Overhearing the remark, the young
lady questioned the small boy: How
do O know he is q mariner"
"Why, lady," exclaimed the young
ster, 'he wears an ornament on his hat
showing an eagle, globe and anchor,
but doesn't YEA any hat cord"
The colored hat cords, yellow, blue
and red, help many civilians to recog-
nize at once a 'c~avalryman, an infan-
tryman or artilleryman. However, the
United States marine dressed in khaki
is still an enigma TO many persons
who lack the powers of observation
displayed by the small boy on River
side drive.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
SMASHED ALL SPEED LIMITS
As Cal Sized Up the Situation, That
"cyah" Certainly Must Have
Been Travelling Some.

III. C.. Prick said in Birmingham,
where he had come to attend a Liberty
loan meeting:
1.-THE crack troops Of the kaiser
some call them cracked troops now
are hiding in caverns forty feet under
ground. The man who now thinks
German militarism a wonderful thing
is as badly doped as Cal Clay of Nola
Chucky.
Gal was escorting some ladies from
Nola Chucky to Paint Rock, and as
they passed a planters the planter was
playing with a powerful searchlight
he had just put on his water tower,
and he happened to turn it down the
road, where 1t streamed into the eyes
of Cal and his two girls.
"'Here comes one O. dem powerful
racin' cyahs, to jedge by dat ere head
light said Cal. Well just hustle to
de side o. de road fo' safety till she's
parst, ladies'
$50 they hustled up against the
hedge, and the planter, after playing
the light along the road for about a
minute, suddenly turned it off.
"Cal gave q grunt of establishment.
"tJee-rusalem = he said. How fast
dat cyah muster been a-goin'! Here
she's done parst us by, an we didn't
even see herr"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
FRIEND OF THE FIRE HORSE
IN Detroit Animals Showed Affection
for the Man Who Cared for Them
For Many Years.

For II years Martin Cooney has
been superintendent Of horses for the
IRE department of Detroit, Mich, says
the News of that city. He has bought
every horse used by the department
In that time; he has tended them
through sickness and has been Obliged
TO end the agonies Of many Of them.
So great has been his love for horses
that he has eve taken q furlough,
or even kept his Sundays for himself.
Night and day he hiss watched over
the horses.
In winter, when thu horses, steam
ing from their swift run to the fires,
have stood and shiveced us the blaze
was fought, it was Martin Cooney who
hurried to the scene, and saw that they
were blanketed. Back in their barns,
1t was Martin Cooney who saw that
they were rubbed down and made
warm and comfortable. When their
feet were sore 1t was Martin Cooney
who dressed them, and when the
strenuous life Of fire department horses
made them unfit for such serv-
ice, Martin CoOney saw to it that they
were sold to farmers and not to city
drivers, who might abuse them.
But the endless tolls of days and
nights has taken toll of Mr.. Cooney,
and recently he retired from active
service. And because he has been q
friend to horses he is glad that auto
mobiles are replacing them for fire
service in downtown Detroit.
Pounding over hard, slippery
downtown streets shortened the lives
of the horses" Mr.. Cooney explained.
when we used them all over the city,
the average life of a horse in the de-
partment was four or five years; now
that they are confined to the envir,
n their average is five or six
years. OF course some last much
longer. There was one that lasted
thirteen years, and is now comfortable
on a farm neal Detroit.
"When I Joined the fire department
we had about $50 horses. At one time
we had ga horses; that was the high
water mark. Now we have about $50
more than we had twenty-seven years
ago, despite the great number Of fire
trucks. That is because DetrOit's out
lying districts are more populous nov
than the entire city was then.
'The horses knew me when I came
into any Of the stations. They woulC
whinny and crane their necks. I brOk'
them in and they never forgot me.
"The thing which makes me happies
Is that all old horses are sent to farms
where there are no hard roads to irri
tate their weakened feet. A horse /
too intelligent and too good a friend t
be abused after its full period Of use
fulness is passed"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
RENEW THIN PASTURE SPOTS
Little Seed Scattered Over Weak
Places Every Spring and Then
Narrowed viii Aid Greatly.

There are weak spots in almost all
pasture fields which do well when re-
seeded. A little seed scattered every
spring yer these thin spots and hnr-
rowed In with the harrow teeth set at
a slant Of about 40 degrees, will help
these spots greatly.
A top dressing Of fine stable manure
has q stimulating effect on sI;ch re-
tarded grasses. 1t is unreasonable to
think that pasture land will produce
profitable pasturage from year to year
without anything to rejuvenate 1t.
Pasture land needs renewing as well
as other farm land.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
The Boon .of a Short Memory.

A Canadian corporal writes thai the
condition Of the "roads" often appears
q perfect pandemonium until one gets
used to it. One Of ths strains that
counts In this war is on coming out OF
the trenches to go to a rest billet. Up
IN the line a man is keyed up to stand
a bombardment, and there is q fierce
Joy in getting to close quarters with a
bayonet. But when the relief Is over,
and the regiment is on its way for
four or FIVE miles to rest billets, the
stimulus Is lacking, the pack seems
doubly heavy, and the road lie very
hard to feet softened by three or four
days Of wearing gumboots in the mud
of the trenches. In "A hours, with a
bath, q shave. and clean kit. there viii
be different men; for memory Is mer-
cifuily short in this war. and the COM
forts or discomforts Of the moment are
the things that count.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
APPLY MANURE TO PASTURES
IL Not Convenient TO Haul IL Out to
Fields for Crop, Broadcast IL
Where Needed.

There Is always q place for the str
BILE and lot manure on the farm. The
pastures need 1t as well as the crops,
and IL 1t is not convenient to haul 1t
out to the fields for a crop, broadcast
1t over the pasture. The pastures, to
be at their best, need fertilizers as
well as crops.
Farmers who have but a small pas.
ture can well afford TO use liberal APP
plications of manure on them, and so
make the pastures produce more graz
ing. In this way less grain will be
needed to make the cows give a steady
dow Of milk.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
RIack-Cat Luck.

A certain resident in q country su'
burb, says the Guardian, makes n point
of keeping open the doors and win.
dows Of his house. AS he sat in one
Of his breezy rooms the other evening
waiting for dinner, his wife came In
from the kitchen.
"We've just had a visit from a black
cat" she said.
"Ah," he replied, that's good. Black
cats are lucky, you know"
YES" answered his wife, who dis
likes cats, this n was certainly
lucky. 1t has run of with the coo
steak 1 was just going to cook fol
YOU"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06

relief and six bottles have entirely
cured me. Allwomen who have female
trouble of any kind should try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound" -
Mrs. ETA DoRIoN, Ogdensburg, Wis.
Physicians undoubtedly did their best,
battled with this ase steadily and could
do no more, but often the most scientific
treatment is surpassed by the medicinal
properties of the good old fashioned
roots and herbs contained in Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If any complication exists it pays to
write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Go. Lynn, Mass. for special free advice.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
YoU MAY TRY cUTIcURA FREE
That's the RuIe-Free Samples TO Any
one Anywhere.

We have so much confidence In the
wonderful soothing and healing proper
ties Of Cuticura Ointment for all skin
troubles supplemented by hot baths
with Cuticura Soap that we are ready
to send samples on request. They are
ideal for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
ApparentIy So.

IF you refuse me my life will be
an aching void"
Another sutton told me that once"
"What ~happened?"
"He has a wife that weighs over
200 pounds and it strikes me that his
life Is rather full"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
FOR REPAIRING WIRE FENCE
Continuance Made Of Two Pieces Of
Hardwood, Four Feet Long,
Makes Hard Job Easy.

When a wire is snapped In a panel
of barbed wire or smooth wire fence
1t Is q hard job to repair the break be-
cause 1t is very difficult to get the ends
together and hold them there until
they can be made fast. This device
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
Humor of kuItur.

Here's a fruit tree, still standing.
Why haven't you cut it DOWN" thun-
dered the Teuton commander n
France.
The young officer saluted stiffiy and
explained.
"We saved this tree to hang a pair
Of old peasants on. AS it's their tree.
we thought the joke too good to miss~"I
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
USEFUL FEED PEN FOR PIGS
Large Hogs and Chickens Are Prevent.
ed From Getting Food Intended
for Young Animals.

twill send you a diagram of a handy
pig pen to keep chickens and large
hogs from eating with pigs, says a
writer in Southern Agriculturist.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06

pains IKE q knife
through my back
and side. I finally
lost all my strength
so | had to go to
bed. The doctor
advised. an oper-
alton but ! would
not listen to it. I
thought of what I
had read about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
it. The first
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
Arts InefficlencY.

"A successful marine painter ac-
knowledges that he can't even row a
boat"
well, WE'LL"
THAT'S nothing. There's many a
sweet singer of the bucolic life who
doesn't know how to milk q cow"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
Feed Pen for Pigs.

First, plant four posts, then box up
pen with plank and over with
plank or strips. Cut q hole out Of one
side of pen about 6 by s inches, then
hang a swing door to top of hole with
leather for hinges, so pigs a push
the door either in or out.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
A New Excuse.

James, you are q dollar short In
your pay this week."
Eyes, my dear. / had to meet the
installment on my Liberty bond"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
d

"Do you believe a wife is justified
In taking money from her husbands
pocket?"
Certainly, If he Is careless enough
to leave any there"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
Not All Awful.

Maude-'AIarie says that she has
an awful lot of friends" Miriam
Yes; but some of them are not so
bad."-Judge.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06

will help. It Is a ~contrivance made of
two pieces Of hardwood 4 feet long,
firmly bolted together at the point
marked IA" At Abb" there are
clamps to hold the wire. When the
ends Of the broken wire have been
caught and fastened firmly In the
clamps the two ends can be brought
together. With the rachel at "C' they
may be held together until they have
been spliced. This will not only re-
pair the break quickly, but 1t win pre-
vent much tearing Of Gle thing and
Rkinning Of tina hands.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
Fatal Defect.

allow does that new question de-
partmcnt work."
1T won't answer"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06

Dying in poverty is easy enough
it's living in poverty that comes hard
on q fellow.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
PAINS SHARP
and STABbING
Woman Thought She Would
Die. Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Ogdensburg, Visit suffered from
female troubles which caused piercing
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
Surely.

surely.
"He borrows from Peter to pay
Paul"
well, that's all right, If you happen
to be Paul"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
SAVE LATE VEGETABLES

n COOl, SCAiuL
!: under the dwelling offers good
/ conditions for the storage of
I late vegetables. In cellars that
I are too warm on account Of con-
I tanning a furnace for heating the
! dwelling, n room may be par
! titioned off either in one corner
! or at one end of the cellar,
! where the temperature may be
I controlled by means Of outside
J windows.
I Barrels, crates, boxes or bins,
I may be used as containers for
! the various vegetables, but NOV
I able containers r preferable
! to built-in bins, as 1t is possible
I to remove them for cleaning. 1t
J Is advisable to construct shelves
! or a Stat floor 20 keep the crates,
I boxes, baskets, and other con-
! tainers off the ground. This Is
I highly desirable to insure a free
! circulation of air and to prevent
Z the containers from harboring
! mice, rats and vermin. Shelves
! for canned goods along one side
! Of the room need not be more
: than 6 inches wide.
I Send for Farmers Bulletins
: SAT and 879, United States De-
Z partment Of Agriculture, WASH
! ington, d. G. These give free
: of charge full information re-
2 garding storing.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-09-06
Few Of Them Do,

Few Of Them Do.
lIc-Are you fond of indoor sports?
Shc-Yes, If they know when to go
home.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-13
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
MEMBERS FAVOR PLAN
But Deny They Had Anything
to Do With Starting Circu-
lation of Petitions-City Hall
People Divided
ASK THEIR NAMES BE
TAKEN Off PETITION

Editor. Richmond virginian: Sir,
We. the undersigned, citizens and
taxpayers, realize that I'm signing
the petition presented 10 us, that VIC
have thoughtIessIy done injury to
the efforts Of the Civic association.
We are heartily In favor OF
changed charter. In order that our
city may be given the most modern
ind businesslike system OF govern
mcnt possible. We arc opposed to
any scheme which would delay in
amy manner the work which has
been done by the Civic association.
We now recognize these petitions
to be an effect to kill the plans Of
the said association, and to perpetu-
ate the present expensive and un-
businesslikc system OF government.
Therefore, we. hereby publicly re-
quest our names to be taken from
said petitions:
Il. w. Evans, VIM. NJ. Luck. Chas.
y. King. Elder l.. Frost Il Ca, John
A. Ahern. T. Is. Pearrnan. Geo. r.
Robefen. John II. Crowdcr. Samuel
Waiserstein, X. J. Crowder. Vim. r.
Grs,ssns II. q Currie a. CO.. r. ID,
.ahazs~4ass- ---------.--------
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-13
EXPATRIATES MAY BE
MORE HEAVILY TAXED
WALDORF ASToR'S INCOME
Is NOW A ILARILITY

Washington. November. f2.-
William Waldorf Astor's taxes
exceed his income. You that have
complained OF what the war taxes,
Income taxes, supcrtaxcs. excess
war profits taxes, and all other
kinds OF taxes have done to your
roll, give heed to what treasury
department expert figures they
have done to Aston.
Mr.. Astors ground rent income
from New York property Is esti-
mated mt $4,000. 600. based on total
holdings of $50, 900 900.
His New York tax Is estimated Mt
$1,000. 900, based on n per cent
rate.
His English income tax Is csHi-
mated At 10 per cent on the $500.
600. or ~ 800, 600.
His American tax--but enough.
This treasury expert figures that
Mr.. Aster, living In one country ON
the income he gets from another.
pays more than 10 per cent of his
income for taxes
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-13
RIFLE RANGE TAKEN
OVER BY GOVERNMENT
$500 Acres North of Camp to BE Used
i'm Target Practice>-Farmers
VIII Be Reimbursed.
nv staff Corr.sponfent. ,

Camp Lee. Nov 12.--Pursuant to
negotiations which have been going on
for some time military authorities
have taken of a tract. $500 acres In
area lying Immediately north of Camp
Lee and bounded north and south by
the Appomatox river and the City
Point branch OF the Norfolk and West
ern railroad. The River road forms
eastern boundary. and the tract ia
roughly rectangular In sha pc. 1t will
be used al a rife range by the soldiers
in training at this cantoment, and
1t was selected for that purpose by the
government In place of tract No. ?. as
1t was called consisting of $500 acres
lying directly east of the camp site
A meeting of property holders and
leaseholders was held Thursday night
In Rosewood church In Prince George
county at which Colonel I. r. Hunt,
Judge advocate the Eightieth division.
was present to give full information
as to the rights and duties OF those
now OCCUPYING the land in view of
the war departments decision to take
it over for rife range purposes.
Most of the owners of this tract
have either accepted the terms offer
ed, or have indicated their Witness
to do So Those who have hestated.
as was stated in the office of the Judge
Advocate have done so by reason OF
having crops of peanuts and vege-
tables, and qua ntities of cut cord wood
which they were afraid would be lost.
Assurance is given however that the
government will buy al cord WOOD.
vegetables, etc. at current prices, VIII
furnish necessary labor, and will re-
imburse the owners for any damage
to houses or farm equipment
T. 0A
for target practice as the ranges vary
from $50 yards UP to only 1000 yards.
1t will obviously be dangerous how
ever for people passing and to pre-
vent any possibility of loss of life or
injury to residents near the ranges.
the tract leased was purposelv made
ample In size. All residents and oc-
cupants OF the land must leave by
November IS.
Captain Arthur l. Stras, of Battery
b. 18th field artillery was married
Saturday at Cedar Bluff. Va. to Miss
Mary Virginia Low, of Buffalo, y. X.
News of ca plain St~as' wedding reach
ed the camp yesterday from Roanoke
of which city.he was a resident prior
20 assuming his official duties here,
to reach Petersburg tonigh. and they
will make their home for the present
In that city.
West l. Spencer, of Chase City
the soldier at Camp Lee. who was
severely injured about the head and
had his left foot cut and badly crush
cd, when he fell from a Petersburg
and Appomattox car Saturday night
near Lakemont. is resting well at the
base hospital His foot was anaputat-
"a.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-13
JURY
MAY DISAGREE

Especial TO The Richmond virginian.)
Charlottesville. Va. November IL
The jury in the Crenshaw case re-
ported at o'clock this evening that
it had been unable to agree on YER
dict and was thereupon excused by
Judge Fishburne until 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning. Argument In the
case lasted over six hours and the case
was given the Jury at TAO. Judge
Duke opened for the prosecution at IL
this morning. and was followed by
Messrs Charles w. Alien. of the local
bar. and Robert A. Scott. off Rich
mond, for the defense. Judge Duke
concluded for the commonwealth.
The opinion prevails that the Jury
men are SO far divided that they Will
be unable to reach verdict tomor-
row.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-13


Numbers of citizens who were led to
hel.eve that petitions asking fc- an
election On proposed charter changes
commission which havs been circulate
ed Throughout the city for three days,
were authorized by the Civic ASSOC
citation. and who signed them. yester-
day Indignantly withdrew their sigma
lures, and explained that they signed
the papers through MISREPRESENTATION,
The Civic association, however, has
authorized the statement that it had
nothing to do with the circulation OF
the petitions, and warns all citizens
that IN signing the petitions they were
acting against the best interests of the
city. and throwing their influence to-
ward probable delay OF efforts tor
coed government and proposed char
Ter Improvement I'll
HirseAb<rK Favsrs PIsn.
Chairman John Hirschberg. OF the
administrative hoard. stcted last night
that he knew nothing about the iden-
tity Of the author Of the petition
scheme" but that he would be glad to
learn his name. for he thought 1t a
good plan. and would Hike to congrat-
uIate the man who nrst took the stsp
toward siving the people the oppor-
tuntty OF expressing themselves a. to
their wishes In the matter Of charter
changes.
II do not know who the author Is
said Mr.. Hirschbsrg. II am trying to
find Oft. l woui0 nike to shake hands
with him. I have not signed the Pc
tition yet. but will sign II IL any one
asks me. think 1t splendid plan.
III we are tc have u charter change.
we should go aboat II ~ provided In
our present charter. There has been
much talk recently shout the CRYING
needs and the demand for a change In
the nresenf form of xnYArnmenf
arm not committed to that opinion my
-eif but ! am fair enough to want to
give the people the opportunity OF
expressing themselves. The report OF
the New York bureau recommends the
abolition Of the administrative board
~ quickly ase possible. Why delay
about finding ont the wishes OF the