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The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
TO HARVEST PEANUTS
Not Considered Wise Policy to Be
in Great Hurry.
PloW Them Out With Potato Digger,
Allow Nuts and Vines to Dry Out
and Then Place Them in Ven
tlated Stacks

CBy FLETCHER DAVIS. Texas Depart
meut of Agricultural
DO not be in too great Il hurry 10
harvest peanuts. When the vines begin
to ripen. or turn yellow and the nuts
lie not rattle in the shell after being
dried a few days, pillow them ont with
potato digger or turning plow from
which the mold board has been re-
moved. being careful to ploW as shall
low as possible without leaving any
of the nuts in the ground. The nitro
of the plant and the roots. for that rea-
son, are more valuable left in the
ground than harvested with the crop.
Allow the ploWed-out nuts and vines
to dry an hour or two and then stack
in small weii-ventilated Stacks-pre-
ferably around small pole and off the
ground Il few incheS-and let them
cure thoroughly for five or six weeks.
Do not handle when damp from dew
or rain and watch stacks ~ see that
they do not heat or mold. The aver
age yield per acre the country over is
81 bushels and from one-haf to two
tons of hay, but Il smaller Weld should
bring reasonable profit to the grower.
If grown only for feed they can be
stored in the barn or stacked In a
larger stack when thoroughly cured
but if the nuts are to be crushed AT the
mfllS-aRd many cottonseed oil mills
are now prepared to crush them-0r
sold to buyers they must be picked
from the vines This can be done
either by hand or by machinery, but It
is best II possible, to employ the lat
ter rs being more economical and
faster. There are two kinds of threSh-
ers-the rotary thresher and the pick
er. The rotary thresher can be bought
for from $400 to 5000. and there is a
peanut attachment for the ordinary
grain threshers that can he had at $50
TO 500 Some object to the rotary
threSher on account Of the large per
cent of the nuts that II damages and
prefer the peanut picker, machine
that works on a different principle
from the rotary thresher II IA com
munity grows II sufficient acreage of
sound, clean peanuts, threshers will
seek out those communities to cater
to the castom of the growers.
The peanut market opened last fall
at 10 cents per bushel and advanced
rapidly until some erushers paid 81 30
per bushel at the loading points. Plant
ing-Seed is now much higher and that
fact will go further than any one other
thing tn hold down the acreage this
year The state department of agrfeul-
ture will furnish interested parties
with the names of mills that will buy
your peanuts, and il will furnish YOU
with the names of dealers from whom
seeds for present planting can be pur-
chased The vines have sold for hav
~ from SD 10 $2G per ton Taking the
average yield and the minimum price
for NUS aud hay, they are a profitable
commercial crop. 1t is scarcely prob
able that the price will fall below tie
minimum of last fall for some years
10 come, if ever And should they. by
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
Women and War.

Woman, according to legend and ro-
nance. becomes during the war the
sanity samaritan who ministers to
heroes wounds, but, according To a
report made TO the London city mis-
sion. woman Is really demoralized BY
the loss of her protector and eompan=
ion Women caroasing in public
houses, drunk and vile of speech have
now become common sight in the
poorer quarters of London. The al
ministrators of the patriotic fund in
Canada have also found that great So
cial disorganization follows the leav-
ing of women alone nj the mercy OF
landlords and others upon whom they
are dependent in financial straits.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
Not Satisfied.

The lady had heard a stranger in a
railway carriage say that If any man
could see himself intoxicated he would
never be intoxicated again, and, hav-
ing a husband addicted to alcoholism,
and also plenty of money, she thought
of experimenting. The kinematograph
operator whom she engaged was not
kept waiting long for an opportunity
of filming the Grant husband, and in
the presence of relations the subject
was privileged to behold himself on
the screen. He was very quiet through
out, and gravely left the room, which
the others thought a good sign. Find
ing he had also left the house, hrs
brother set out to find him, running
him to earth eventually in the club,
busy-as an attendant stated-with
his fifteenth cocktail.
"Look here" said the brother, 81
didn't think I'd find you back at the
game"
Didn't you?" innocently asked the
subject. "Well, the fact of the mat
ter is, I'm not satisfied with that
film ."-Manchester Guardian.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
DEHORp!NG FEEDER CATTLE is GOOD PLAN

side Of the head, burning off the hair
and causing needless pain.
IF dehorning is not done at this
time. wait until the horn has made Il
fair growth and then use either the
saw or the clippers, which must be
used in any case if feeders are pur-
chased"
Clippers are quicker and less pain
FIJI than the saw. in the opinion of
Mr. Mann. They make a cleaner cut.
however. which bleeds longer than that
made with saw. In either case, one
should cut Il little below the union OF
the horn and skin or the horn will start
growing out again.
In this part of the country the best
time for dehorniug by the last two
methods is i'm October or the latter
part of March; that is, neither in real
IL cold weather nor in fly time. In lly
fime the animal is somewhat run down
and nies cause great suffering, pre-
vent the wound from healing, and are
n source of infection.
For a few days after the operation
avoid giving the cattle dusty hay or
other feeds in which there Is much
dust. ms the wounds are liable to be
come infected and cause trouble.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
FEED FOR SKIM MILK CALVES
Grain Mixture of Cracked Corn and
Wheat Bran Is Recommended by
Missouri Expert.

Whole milk Is natures balanced RI
lion for the calf. and 1t should be fed
during the first two weeks of the calls
life. Whole milk. however, Is too ex-
pensYe for prolonged ealf-feeding, be
cause the fat it contains is worth APP
proXimately 10 cents a pound.
In view of this price, it is advisable
10 sell tae fat and feed skim milk with
Il substitute for butter fat The chief
office OF fat In the calf ration is to sup
ply HEAT to the body. When the fat is
removed and skim milk is fed the en-
erSy can be supplied more economical
ly in the form of grain.
Protein is also expensive, but abso-
lutely essential to development of the
calf's body. None of The growth-pro-
dueing proteins is removed by skim
ming The milk.
When Il calf is about two weeks old
IL may be Taught to eat grain. If it is
with older calves it VIII take grain
without any special attention. Other
wise ii may be started to eating by
rubbing a small amount of corn meal
or bran on its nose In licking its
muzzle the calf will develop an appe-
tite for the grain. The grain may be
kept constantly before the calf for IA
few days. W. w. SWEET of the Nilsson
ri College of Agriculture offers the
following grain mixture for calves
Three parts cracked corn or cornmeal
and one part wheat bran. To this one
l.lrt oats may be added If desired
Linseed meal or blood meal may also
be added in small quantities, but
neither is necessary.
The grain should he given in the dry
form after the skim milk has been fed.
After the calf is Old enough to eat
grain freely, il should be fed at regular
intervals. During the first two months
the grain taken will be less than one
pound a day. This should be gradu-
ally increased so that at the age of six
months, when the calf is weaned.
about two pounds Will be taken daily
When only few days of age the
calves will begin TO nibble hay If 1t is
within reach. 1t Is preferable to feed
timothy for the first two or three
months, after which alfalfa or clover
hay will give better satisfaction
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
Stronger Than Fiction.

Some thrilling incidents are happen.
ing these days 4 captain of British
freighter tells of fighting fire in the
hold of the ship for eight days, and
then Just after II was eNtinguished the
vessel was attacked by a submarine
The crew took to the boats, and Just
in the nick of time an airplane from
the French coast appeared and began
dropping bombs on the U-boat. The
latter was sunk and the crew returned
to the freighter and took her to port
There Is enough adventure in that voy.
age to make a fair-sized novel.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
camphor Groves May Appear.

Camphor groves may some day be
as familiar to us as peach orchards
and orange groves. Agents of the de-
partment of agriculture have found
that when planted in hedges Is feet
apart camphor trees will yield each
year about eight tons of trimmings
to the acre, from which about two
hundred pounds of gum camphor can
be distilled. At present prices that
means a profit of about S160 on acre.
The camphor trees are harder than
many of our fruit trees, but are suit
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05

The fruit cultivation OF this country
is largely engaged in by women. Cali
fornia has a number of successful
growers.
An offer of $50 "a pound for 81 live
chickens was refused By the Humane
society of Pittsburgh the other day.
The birds had been taken in. a raid on
a cockpit.
The British government has requi-
sltioned all of the exportable New
Zealand hides and sheepskins, and
pelts can only be shipped on securing
"A permit from the minister of customs.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
Ladies' Barred.

Mrs. Hilo Sunday afternoon)-
George, dear, can't you arrange to &C
company me to church tonight?
Hilo-Awful sorry, but l promised
Rounder to accompany him to a sacred
concert tonight.
Mrs. Hilo-0h, very well. I'll go
there with you.
Hilo-But, my dear, Ter believe NJ
ladies are admitted
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
SCRAPS

The oat cakes of Scotland are said
to approach nearer the primitive type
of bread than anything else known To-
day.
A Hackensack girl of fifteen decided
She was too young to be bride, had
her marriage annulled and went back
to school
Cupressus maerocarpa. the Monterey
cypress, has the most restricted range
of all California trees, being found on
ly at the mouth of the Carmel river.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05

any untoward circumstances, fail to an
Improbable price. they are the best
single crop that can he grown for
stock feed Their use as human food
ON our tables is becoming quite extern
Sive and it is destined to become of
far more general use. In short, there
are so many ways in which the plant
can be proftably utilized that there is
no risk involved in their production
along this line.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
COMMANDS AND HOW AND WHY
GIVEN.

The execution of command de-
ponds a great deal upon the way in
which it is given. While it is true
that green soldiers may not be able to
execute in clean-cut way a command
which has been properly given, even
veteran troops will become slipshod if
II command is mumbled or drawled in
a spiritless fashion by their command
er. This would be the fault of the off
Ger, for the work of a soldier is Il
credit to, or reflection upon. the abil
ity of his officer. Nevertheless, if a sol
der will not apply his intelligence and
responsiveness to the words he hears
in short, if he goes to sleep on his
feet-then the best officer in the world
cannot make a real soldier of him.
Every command is divided into two
parts, or, into two separate commands.
The first is called the preparatory
command-the second the command of
execution.
The preparatory command is intend
ed to inform the soldier of the move
ment which is to be executed. 1t should
be given with rising infection. for il
not only should inform the soldier, but
it should bring his faculties to poise
ready for instant response to the sec
ond half of the command, or the com
mand of execution.
The rising reflection has the effect
of balancing the soldier-psyehologi
ally-on the edge of the movement.
Yet he must not twitch a muscle, on
receiving it. The whole movement is
damaged If one soldier anticipates the
command of execution or even exhibits
nervous shiftings of the hands and
fee..
The command of execution is given
at the precise instant the movement is
to commence.
While the tone of the preparatory
command must be animated" the
command of execution is required by
the infantry drill regulations to be
more energetic"-"fir in tone and
brief" In other words and in plain
unmilitary English, the command of
execution must sound like pistol shot
and authoritative in the extreme
bringing instant obedience from the
soldier.
A short interval should always
elapse between the preparatory Gem
mand and the command of execution
In the drill regulations, the former is
printed in black italics and the latter
in black capitals.
A command is given as follows:
FORWARD MARCH ~ ABOUT
FACE" COLUMN RIGHT =.
MARCH," LEFT OBLIQUE
MARCH ~ FRIGHT SHOULDER e..
ARMSw Company Squad
HAITI
When, as is the case in a few in
stances, the command is single word,
it is divided by syllables into prepa-
ratory command and command of ex-
ecution. Thus, attention" is pro-
nounced:
AteH IIoN
Commands, signals or orders are
the three classes of directions given to
troops-many commands being by sig
nails. These signals may be conveyed
either by whistle, the bugle, pre-
scribed motions of the commanding Of
ficer's arms, or by flags. An order is
employed only when the commands pre-
scribed do not sufficiently indicate the
will of the commander. In other
words, commands are of a limited and
more or less rigid nature, while spe-
cial instructions to one or more men
constitute an order. This may be COM
munieated either by word of mouth, in
writing, by telephone, telegraph, or by
flag signals.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
A Substitute for Cotton.

The English have found that bog
moss known technically rs Sphagnum
eYmbilifelium when sterilized. makes
an antiseptic. light soft and cool dress
ing for wounds 1t is packed in flan-
mel BAGS after Sterilization.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05

The farms of the future are des-
tited To be of small acreage Then
Intensive farming will take the place
CT the extensive.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05

Z. L. Travis, now chairman of the
corporation commission of North Caro-
lima, has been selected by President
Wilson as "a member of the interstate
commission, to be named as soon rs
congress passes the bill enlargng that
body from nine to eleven.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
Kill Nasty Little Robbers

Swat" the rats harder than ever
this year. They are nasty, mean,
sneaking little robbers.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
Tearinu Down Sheep Flock

Selling the good ewes because
prices are tempting is tearing Gown
rather than building up your fsck.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
Soil for Bush Berries.

RasPhefries. hlackberries and straw
berries will succeed ON any good corn
land. \ north slope is best.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05

ed only TO the southern half of the
country.-Youth's Companion.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
Cut Gooseberry Bushes.

Onethird of the new growth of
gooseberry bushes should be cut OF
each year.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-05
Success. Mixer

Homegrown Feed is success
meker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-23

in Europe. At least, wise guys up
in this sort of thing said so, and
l had no disposition to make row
with them about 1t.
All the walls were done in
elaborate designs of gold leaf and
things, and the furnishings SEEM
ed the last word in luxury-all
except the bath tubs.
Some of these rooms had won
derful collections of paintings.
many of them old masters, now
become priceless.
One Used as Hospital
| don't know anything that
gives a better idea of the stupidity
of all this than the fact that there
were three bathrooms, of different
sizes to suit different occasions.
The largest has at least been
put to some rational use. 1t now
contains about 1000 beds and is
used as a hospital.
Some of the walls used to be
adorned with great red velvet
panels upon which were hung hun
dreds of gold and silver plaques,
the gifts of Russian towns and
cities whereby they testified to
their loyalty to their kind, loving
master and their gratitude to him
for riding and robbing them. I
am pleased to say all these have
now been removed to the national
treasury where they are to be used
to help to defray the national debt.
Not One Public School
In the center of the Neva front
of the palace Is the stupendous
main-squeeze entrance, a triple
archway with really wonderful
gates made of hammered metal
and costing fabulous sums. This
leads to the chief marvel of the
palace, which is the great stair
case of wide steps in three flights,
in an imposing hall of entray, the
whole thing, steps, balustrade and
walls being done in the finest Ital-
ian marble. intricately carved.
Millions of dollars were poured
out upon this wild exuberance of
imperial waste. l suppose there
is nothing like it in the world.
hope not.
At the time It was built there
was not public school in Russia
and only one inhabitant in 90
could read. 1t is pleasant to think
of these things when viewing the
splendors of this overmastering
work of art. 1t gives you such an
agreeable sense of the wisdom and
reasonableness of the monarch
ical system that you feel quite
warm at heart and eager to see
more wonders.
Five Thrones
counted five thrones in the
rooms shown us. They were all
on little raised platforms, with red
covered steps leading up to them,
and the eminent gent who showed
us about said when anybody ap-
preached the throne at formal
function like a ball or a public
audience he had to kneel on the
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It is not only present from
the giver to the recipient, but II
is also an urgently nee cd loan to
the government and an earnest OF
ones faith and interest In the
fighting success of every Ameri-
can boy In this war. Nor do its
advantages end there.
A Liberty bond given this
Christmas is many Christmas pres
ents in one, for 1t will multiply
itself into other cash Christmas
presents for many Christmases to
come.
This plan will also keep many,
many of our badly needed Amerf-
can dollars from disappearing in
the form of useless fripperies. 1t
is as genuinely conservation of
our national wealth as kitchen
economy is conservation of our
food supply. l cannot too strong
ly endorse Liberty bonds for
Christmas presents.
Buy at least one NOW.
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NOT PUBLIC SCHOOL IN COUNTRY WHEN RUSSIA
BUILT BARBARA, SUPER-ExTRAvAGANT PALACE

steps first. This must have added
much to the JOY of the occasion.
The person on the throne was a
dull, stupid and cruel little man
whose contribution to the thought
of his time consisted of saying
Yes, my dear" to a furious har-
ridan of wife. To abase yourself
before him must have been just
grand.
Chapel, Too
There Is an imperial chapel in
the palace, done turnout in costly
colored marbles and having doors
of elaborate design exquisitely
done in metal. The czar had his
own private entrance to this, thru
still more wonderful doors and a
long corridor hung with costly
paintings.
He is religious person and
used to worship regularly and with
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END INDIGESTION
OR STOM ACH PAIN
IN five MINUTES
'Pape's Diapepsin' makes
sick, sour, gassy stOm-
achs feel fine.

Time II! In five minutes all
stomach distress will go. No in
digestion, heartburn, sourness or
belching of gas, acid, or eructa-
lions of undigested food, no dir
illness, bloating, foul breath or
headache.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for
Its speed In regulating upset
stomachs. 1t is the surest, quick
est and NOSE certain indigestion
remedy in the whole world, and
besides 1t is harmless.
Millions of men and women
now eat their favorite foods
without fear-they know Pape's
Diapepsin will save them from
any stomach misery.
Please. for your sake, get a
large fifty-cent case of Pape's
Diapepsin from any drug store
and put your stomach right.
Don't keep on being miserable
life is too short-you are not
here long, so make your stay
agreeable. Eat what you like and
digest It; enjoy 1t, without dread
of rebellion in the stomach.
Pape's Diapepsin belongs in
your home anyway. Should one
of the family eat something
which don't agree with them, or
In case of an attack of indiges-
tion, dyspepsia. gastritis or stom-
ach arrangement at daytime or
during the night, It Is handy to
give the quickest, surest relief
known.
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course, was the suite occupied by
the car. This was at the top of
the pyramid of glory and insanity.
Then there came the apart
ments of those who waited upon
the chief lunatics.
Next were the apartments Of
those who waited upon those who
waited-and 30 on down the line.
1t seemed that the gentleman
that handed the soup spoon to his
imperial joblots had to have two
persons to wait upon him, and
these two had to have four to
wait upon them, until the whole
colossal pile, stretching along the
Neva so far that the eye wearied
of trying to follow it, was filled
with persons handing soup spoons
to one another and drawing the
taxpayers good money.
In the cars suite there was
gold plate on the table. In the
next circle of the madhouse the
table service was silver and when
you got down to the lower strata,
where the forty-seventh brigade Of
parasites waited upon the forty
sixth, judge these inferior per-
sons had to content themselves
with steel knives and forks. This
was tough on them.
Suite for Guests
Besides the cars sacred and
holy apartments, into which no I'M
hallowed foot was allowed to
come, there were four or five mag
nificent suites for imperial and
royal visitors.
These surpassed in lavish adorn-
ment any other royal lodging place
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Get Out Your Pale Pearls;
Here Comes a Pearl Tanner
Especial to The Times)

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-How are
your pearls? Is their luster as
lustrish as of yore?
Because If it's not, there's
lady coming to these states who'll
make them shine again.
She's Tortola de Valencia, Span
ish dancer of Moorish ancestry.
She once wore the historic pearls
OF Catherine the Great, at COM
mand of the car of Russia. For
the car was a superstitious car,
and he took as gospel truth the
story that Tortola was one of
those gifted orientals who, by
wearing furnished pearls, could
return their lost luster from her
vibrant skin.
Whether the Russian royal
heirlooms ever regained any lus-
ter, the cables ne'er have told.
But Turtola left Russia without
any attempts on her life, so it's
safe to say the car was satisfied.
In Spain her fame as an orien-
tai dancer led Alfonso to CON-
mand her appearance at the Mad
rid court. After that she danced
In all capitals of Europe. She's
said to trail string of broken
hearts as long as Gaby Deslys'.
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and women that he had sent to
the indescribable horrors OF north
ern Siberia.
If he had and could still pray
he must be the maddest of all the
mad inhabitants of his magnificent
mad house.
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while in Petro-
grad, is a vast,
gorgeous war
rem, an endless
heaping up Of
one suite OF
apartments aft
er another.
These differ
in barbaric and
lunatic extrava-
gance exactly in
accordance with
the rank of the
parasites that
occupied them.
The grandest
thing of all, of
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ardor. II would be interesting to
know If when he was saying his
prayers he had any vision of the
5000 men, women and children
shot to death at his orders before
the windows of that very palace
or of the thousands of other men
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-23

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