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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-04

The detailed scores of DIR. Allen and of
j. l.. Duncan were.
Allen-6-4-4, 5-3-5, 5-3-4, 5-4-5, 5-3 I, 81
4, 81.
]. L. Duncan-6-4-4, $3.50. 5-4-4. 6-5-5,
5-3-5 5-4-4, 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-04

New Orleans Cotton Market
New Orleans, Sept 4-COTTON-Spo
cotton quiet. 10 points off. Middling, $21. 10.
New York Cotton Market.
New York, Sept. 4-COTTON-Spot cot
ton easy. Middling, $50. 05.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-04
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The knitting craze having broken out
again, most artistic and wonderful
inventions are offered to the work
erS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-04

Chicago, Sept. AT the city coun-
Gil meeting today much interest was
displayed in the mayor custer pro-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-04
SUNSET OFF TRACK!

CONTINUED on Page Two
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Horticultural
Points,
uD%aAA4Szgeka
@0 Y "a
HARM BY BLACKBERRY BORER
Spraying 10 Of No Avail-cutting and
Burning at Time Of Regular
Pruning Is Favored.

The blackberry cane bOrer has been
seriously troublesome in many parts of
the country recently, killing the canes
and thus running the chances Of the
crop. No spraying is of any use, but
I find cutting and burning does the
trick, says a writer in an exchange.
There IRE two ways Of doing this
work. One Is to look for, cut Off AMI
burn all the swelled parts of the black
berry canes ut the time Of the regu-
lar winter or early spring pruning.
There Is no mistaking these swellings,
because they are fully double the d.
ameter of the dane itself. 1t Is not
necessary to bother with the whole
cane-just the swelled part with IN
inch or two above or below the SWELL
ing. The cut pieces may be easily
carried In basket.
Where very serious attack has
occurred, and where 9th n blackberries
are growing in the neighbOrhood,
have found 1t good plan to cut of
all the young shoots produced before
the end Of June, so as to destroy the
young grubs in them. BY that time
oil the adult beetles will have died,
SO the canes produced during July will
be free from the borers. There Is no
use saving "galled" cane, for 1t can't
produce decent stand of berries. The
sooner 1t Is burned the better. 1t is
not necessary to burn the green shoots,
because the borers, being foOtless, can
not crawl to new canes, and are also
unable to live on dead wood.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
FACE NEW ORDER OF TH'NGS'
Parents Do Well to Adapt Themselves
to Modern Ways in conversing
With Their Children.

There Is good deal more of life
young today than there was in the
speech of an older day. Many an adult
Is Ill ut ease in group of young peo-
pie now. His talk is much duller than
that of the young people around him.
They can use figures of speech; they
can employ dynamic and striking
phrases in brief, their speech scintil-
lates, while his moves along in Il rath- 4;
err heavy, conventional, formal way.
This Is the new order of things In
American life. 1t is inevitable, con- ]
sidering that we are becoming con-
stantly more gregarious. We see II
great deal more of one another than
we did Of old; and so we have to talk
more freely and more vOluminOusly
than was required when social life was
much simpler than it is now.
SO children must be heard as well as
seen. But shall we release the brakes
altogether, and let them run without
check? People can talk SO much that
they become unduly excited, unstable
and erratic. A child who rushes in to
the table from the street, and keeps
talking in tense, excited way is over
doing the talking business. In some
way he ought to be quieted. He should
be helped to get hold of himself. He
Is running with the throttle open.
This problem could be settled sat
isfactOrily, and to the advantage of
everybody concerned, if the father and
the mother could talk so as to inter-
est their children. When parent can
tell good story or describe happen
Ing of the day in colOrful manner,
he can get his children to listen, and
they will be benefited in body and
mind by so doing.-M. V. O'Shea IN
The Mothers Magazine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Adjusting Burdens Of Women.

An English overseer Of recruiting
expresses the opinion that If flour bags
were only a little less cumbersome
many men would be obtained for the
British army who have now to be ex-
elnpted because they cannot be spared
from grOcers' shops. While he adj
mits that successful attempts have
b. en- made to introduce woman assist
ants in grocers' shops, they cannot be
expected to shoulder sack of flour,
much less bag of potatoes. 1t APP
pears that strong protests are being
made to the recruiting authorities by
the grocers against the compulsory en-
listment of their male assistants OF
military age. They plead that the
men are necessary, as the sacks of
flour cannot be lifted by women.
Departure from established stand.
ards are reputedly less frequent in the
United Kingdom than in the United
States, but it ought to be possible In
the present crisis, when every able
bodied man is needed in the British
army, to adjust burdens in grocers'
Snaps to the capacity Of female backs
without seriously fracturing the UNI
written constitution.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Chance for Good Work.

Fathers and grandfathers may talk
lOngingly Of 1.-THE good old days." but
what lad Of a generation ago was ever
given a transcOntinental trip as re-
ward for excellence in agriculture? Yet
more than 80 California boys are to
be so recompensed this autumn, and
though the main purpose of the trip Is
to bring them into contact with almost
every prominent type of agriculture in
the United States, it will naturally
bring them in touch with much else
worth seeing and knowing. For in
stance, while in Massachusetts,, the
boys are to visit. not only farms and
markets, but also universities and his
tOric buildings. What state will first
arrange such a trip for the girls who
excel in household economics?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Russian Enterprise.

The enterprise of the Russian peas
ants is continually giving evidence OF
the nations readiness for progress.
The phenomenal success of the con.
sumers' leagues has enabled the estab-
lishment of numerous factories and
distributing centers on capital owned
by the peasants themselves. The mis-
taken impression of the mujik as
mUneyless dweller on the soil Is
brought into sharp contrast by the real
izatiOn that the Russian peasant Is
now thriftily investing his savings in
industrial enterprises. Thus, the credit
society of Sapojok, government Of
Riazan, has just bought factory for
tho purpose Of manufacturing agri-
Gu tural machinery for $4,000 rubles.
Numbers of the society alone will be
en- plOyed In making the winnowing
ami crushing machines.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11

The navigation of the Tiber has been
one Of the first considerations Of
Signor BOnOmi, minister Of public
works, who has initiated project to
re-establish the old towing paths, fol-
lowing upon the study Of the question
made by commission nominated by
his predecessor in the ministry. Prior
to 1912 vessels were t0wed up the IT.
Der by men or oxen as far as Ponte
Felice about IA kilometers from the
mouth of the river, then steam tugs
were used for the purpose, running
from the sea to Orte, but the towing
path was still maintained for the I'M
loading of goods along the route as
well as for towing. With the develop
ment of railways, however, the river
transport fell into disuse, as both the
bed of the Tiber and the towing path
were no longer kept In proper condi-
ton, but now that works have been
executed to facilitate the navigation
Of the Tiber from the sea to Rome and
from Rome to Orte, 1t has become a
matter of necessity to reopen the tow
Ing paths.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
PEAR NEEDS GOOD DRAINAGE
Surplus Or Staonant Water Detrl,
mental to Health Of Tree-under-
ground bitches Favored.

It Is essential to the health of the
pear that no surplus or stagnant wa
ter be allowed to remain on the sur
face or in the soil.
If the natural formation Of the land
does not afford good drainage 1t should
be provided artificially either by I'M
derground drains or by surface bitches.
The subdrainage method Is preferable,
because 1t Is more thorough, and II &C.
complished by well-laid tile, Is far more
satisfactory.
Breaking up stiff clay land by
double-plow subsOiling will In meas
ure afford temporary subdrainage, but
In time the soil will again become com
pacted and the subsoiling will need
to be repeated.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11

The farm animals should be we'll
housed and fed this month. This Is
one Of the coolest and most disagree
able months of the year and animals
require careful attention. Butcher
the remaining hogs. Corn is too ex-
pensive to feed to fattening hogs dur
ing the cold weather. Begin to select
and mate the fiocks that are to pro-
duce the eggs for incubation. Too
much emphasis cannot be placed on
the Importance of this work. The
character OF the future focks depends
upon what is done now.
Treat all young animals for lice.
Calves, colts and pigs that are dam
aged b. lice already rarely make pro-
per development.
Use the Babcock tester this month.
The cows that arc not giving satisfac.
tory return; should be eliminated from
the herd. Feed at this season is too
expensive 10 use witt Improbable ami
mals.--From Lessons in Elementary
agriculture. issued by the Maryla land
state C% c of Agriculture.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
JUST BOX OF CARDBOARD
Hundreds OF italian Families Use In.
vention Costing Them Only
Few Cents.

Every American housekeeper who
owns u fireless cooker knows that 1t
allows her to 60 to matinee and find
the dinner all ready on her return. But
1t is to the honor and glory of Mrs.
Giuseppina Bianchi Gelsser Of Turin.
Italy, that she has discovered endless
cooking possibilities in the cardboard
box that took home her last Easter hat,
says New York World correspondent.
This is how to do it:
Take your strongest cardboard hat
box, and make sure 1t Is neither broken
nor cracked. See that the cover shuts
tight. These two conditions are abso-
lutely essential. Fill your box with
either cottonwood, sawdust or hay,
we'll packed in and perfectly dry. Make
in the middle of this mass hollow big
enough to hold your casserole covering
1t up with the cottonwood, sawdust or
hay--cOtton-woOl is really the best.
Put whatever you want to cook INTO
your casserole. Boil 1t on the fire for
from ten to thirty minutes, according
to the nature of your food, then put 1t
in your hat box, where it will cook us
in the most expensive tireless cooker.
Then go to your matinee. Mrs. Geisser
SAYS that you can leave 1t four hours
without hurting the meat or stew. All
the flavor Is retained, for, being hermet-
ically sealed the juices are preserved.
Boil the vegetables ten to fifteen min
uts over the gas cooker or fire before
putting into the hat box and keep them
there for two hours. Potatoes should
be ten minutes on fire and one hour IN
hutbOx she thinks, and dried chestnutS
twenty minutes on fire and two and
half hours in hat box. Mrs. Geisser
calculates that even with the hardest
fOOdstuffs her system saves you from
80 to so per cent of firing. Food keeps
hot for ten hours in the box. The idea
has so taken with Turin housewives
that hundreds Of families are now u.s.
ing 1t. A local cookery school gives
free lessons in the quickest way to turn
hat boxes into fireleSS cookers. One
woman discovered that the best way
to close up the lid is to sew automatic
buttons all around it. All fireless cook.
ers on the market cost lot of money.
This one can be made by any practical
W oman for few cents.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
VIII Study Farm Machinery.

College Park, Md, Jan. 1.-During
the coming week. January Is to 20. the
students enrolled in the winter short
courses at the State College OF Agri-
culture will devote their time learning
the practical points of improved farm
machinery. The study of farm ma
chinery and motors in this course will
familiarize the student with the con-
struction and use Of various imple-
ments and machines required in meet
ing modern farm conditions and in
solving the labor problem. The gaso-
Inc engine and It's adaptability to a
wide variety of service will be
thoroughly demonstrated.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
AFTER THE PRUNING IS DONE
Carefully Gather Up and Burn All
Branches and Twios - Cover
Wounds to Prevent Decay.

It is best, after the pruning opera.
tons are over, to:
/. Gather up and remove from the
orchard all branches and twigs that
have been cut off. Burn them. They
afford homes for the diseases and the
insects that will attack your trees II
the rubbish Is left on the ground.
2. Cover the wounds with coat Of
good lead paint. This helps to keep
out the water and prevent disease and
decay.
3. Spray the trees with solution of
one gallon commercial lime-sulphur to
nine gallons of water. Spraying just
after pruning reduces the cost Of up
plying the material, as there Is less
brush to cover than at other times.
Moreover, It Is just the right season
for the lime-sulphur spray.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Farmer Students Attend Short Course.

College Park, Nd, Jan. 4.-Beein-
ming last Tuesday, the annual winter
short courses Of the State College Of
Agriculture opened with an en-
thusiastic attendance of farmers who
are studying their soil needs and
methods of handling crops. During
the coming week, January 8-13, they
will devote their time to discussing
the money crops Of the State and find-
ing out how they can best effect soil
improvement along with the produc-
ton Of paying crops.
The relation of these crops to the
elements contained in the air and soil
will be discussed. Explanation will
be given of how a plant feeds, and of
the food products 1t yields. Questions
like, What is my land good for?"
"What can It best product" will be
asked and answered as correctly as
possible.
Attention Is given to seed selection.
the Judging Of grains, and the planting
OF improved varieties. Special lectures
are devoted to corn, wheat, oats,
alfalfa, clovers and forage crops. The
preparation Of land for these crops;
their cultivation and harvesting, with
a view to economical production and
the saving of labor waste, are taken up
thoroughly.
Weeds, their nature. and how to get
rid of them; inaects and diseases af-
fecting farm crops, are included. After
many years experience, the farmer
may have learned already much Of
what is taught in this course. but he is
sure to find out many things that he
does not know, and which he cannot
afford to waste time in discovering
for himself.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Correct Thought First,

Social reform Is not to be secured by
noise and shouting, by complaints and
denunciation, by the formation of par.
ties or the making Of revolutions, but
by the awakening of thought and the
progress Of ideas. Until there be cor.
rect thought, there cannot be right
action; and when there Is correct
thought, right action will follow. Pow.
er is in the hands of the masses OF
men. What Expresses the masses Is
their own ignorance, their own short
sighted selfshness.- Henry George.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Chinese Women Students In Japan.

Chinese girl students In Tokyo are
no longer the curiosity that they were
in former years, there being scarcely
any girls school In the metropolis but
has among its students young ladies
from China. Many of these girls are
studying to become teachers, others are
only anxious to acquire new knowl'
edge and become worthy citizens OF
their country. There are 70 Chinese
women, mostly married, studying at
Nine. Yoshioka's Medical School for
Women, Kawadacho, Ichigaya. These
naturally wish to 60 into practice when
they have completed their studies.--
Herald of Asia.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11

while the net returns from the
orchard this year were not large they
are the largest the grower has had yet,
although due to frost there was only
nth crop OF peaches. Mr. Shaw and
! visited this orchard number OF
times and held pruning and spraying
demonstrations in 1t. We found that
having no agitator on the spray pump
was probably the cause Of past fail.
ures in spraying. This year the owner
reports SO per cent. protection against
brown rot, codling moth and other
orchard troubles"
Similar demonstrations will be car
ried on this year with responsible
orchard owners, a special feature be-
ing the enrolling Of farm boys who
are anxious to make the often neglect
ed home orchard source Of profit and
a start in business for themselves.
Particulars may be had from either
the local County Demonstration Agent
or by writing to the Extension Service,
Maryland State College, College Park,
Nd.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Daily Ihouuhf.

In the effort to appreciate various
forms of greatness let us not underes-
innate the value Of simply good life.
Just to be good, to keep life pure from
degrading elements, to make 1t con-
stantly helpful in little ways to those
who are touched by it, to keep ones
spirit always sweet and avoid all man.
ner of petty anger and irritability-
that Is an ideal as noble as 1t Is diff
cult.-Edward Howard Griggs.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Feminine Intuition,

Her-The gentlemun you just recOg.
nized is an artist, is.rt he?
Him-Yes. presume you OWNED
his profession from his artistic car
riage.
Her-No, didn'. notice his car
rage. ! smelled the turpentine on his
clothes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
MAKING PROFIT ON
THE HOME ORCHARD
ITS IMPORTANCE FULLY DEMON.
sTRATED-.FRUiT NEEDED
TO USE AND SELL.
PRUNING AND SPRAYING
County Demonstration Agents Co.
Operate In Making a Neglected
Farm Ass 1t OF Real
Value.

College Park, Md, Jan. 1.-THE
Agricultural Extension Service, through
Its orchard specialist, s. b. Shaw. is
carrying OH an extended series OF
orchard demonstrations In pruning
and spraying In cooperation with
county demons tration agents. The
.arousing of interest in the possibilities
for profit in home and commercial
orchards during the year past has been
an interesting and profitable feature
OF extension work. In this connection
a most interesting report Of what can
be done under average conditions 10
reported by County Agent John McGill,
Jr. Of Allegany. Mr.. McGill says.
Definite work was carried on this
year with six orchards. One of these,
an orchard Of 500 peach trees and 220
apple trees. on limestone soil, was
selected as permanent demonstra-
ton, comparatively with Mr.. S. B.
Shaw, Of the State College Of Agricul.
ture. This orchard had been somewhat
neglected. A large number of the
peach trees had been killed by borerers
and many others seriously injured by
them. Both peach and apple trees
were In much need of pruning. Up to
1915 the apples had not borne. In
1912 the only year the peaches had
horne, they set full crop. yet out Of
200 bushels Of late peaches only four
bushels valued at 81 were harvested.
Brown rot took practically all OF them.
and those saved were very small in
fize. as no thinning was done. The
grower had sprayed. but had gotten
no results from It. This year he agreed
to follow our instructions, keeping cost
and receipt records, which were as fol-
lows:
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
LEAF BLIGHT WORKS INJURY
With Some Varieties Of Strawberries
II Seriously weakens PIants-
Spray 10 Favored.

(From the Missouri Agricultural Expert
ment Station.)
Leaf blight causes spots on the
leaves of the strawberry plants, such
as are shown In the illustration. With
some varieties 1t very seriously weak
ems the plants. Varieties like Aroma
and Candy very largely resist it.
Spray with bordeaux mixture after
the crop Is harvested, probably after
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Improvement in Gas Liqhtinu.

Coal gas Illumination was evolved
between 1902 and 1902. but it was not
until about 1"S. that it was brought to
a high state Of efficiency by the Wells
bach mantle, and further developed by
the inverted burner and the use of
pressure gas.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Works That wav.

1t is queer fact that even bach
elor at the head of II business prefers
married men for employees. But this
practice probably is no part of
movement to promote matrimony.-
Milwaukee News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
A Necessary Weakness.

He-The trouble With you women 10
that you have too much imagination.
She-I don't know. If we didn't i'm
agine you men were lot better than
you are, none of Us would ever hurry
you.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Facts Versus Fancy.

II am sure, Maggie" said the mildly
critical mOtlA'r-in-law. that any wOm-
an ought to he satisfied with what
John says he gives YOU" $50 would |
he with what he says he gives me-"
snapped Maggie.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Only One Straidht Road.

The ways that lead to destruction
there are many Of them; but there Is
only one road that leads to life.--Ex-
change.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11

renewing has been done, and give
three or four more sprayings at inter-
walls Of two weeks. On badly infested
beds after the crop Is off, NOW every
thing down and let it dry and burn off
when there Is brisk wind and follow
with spraying.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-01-11
Worth While Quotation.

There is a great deal in the frat
impression.-C ongreve.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-09-06

Y. M. G. A, with baseball. billiards and
baths, gymnasiums, reading rooms and
restaurants.
"Nothin0 has, perhaps, endeared the
United States so much to the French
people as the heroic self sacrifice OF the
American ambulance service. The Red
Cross has assumed the entire financial
isponsibilitp for that splendid cork and
appropriated S400O00 a month for its
npkcep. We also hare taken ouer the
magnificent hospital phich DR.. Blake has
made famous throughout the ,oorid.
"In addition to the We X of the Red
Gross in the solGic. : camps at the front
we are CO. operating with the Y. NJ. c. A.
in providing recreation centres for SOL
diers on leave-places that will as far as
possible be substitute for home. You
see, the French government compels its
men on furlough to 60 home, the English
government encourages the same thing,
our American boys over there will be
In the ,ame fix as the Canadians and
Australians. They will have no homes to
60 to. The Red Cross at least intends
to see to it that when on leave or off duty
for few days they shall have a real
American place to go to, a place where
they will be surrounded BY conditions In
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-09-06

Beautiful skins, handsomely mounted,
make the display one of the most at
tractive ever held in this vicinity.
known furriers in this part of the
country. has charge of this depart
ment Mr. Feldmna formerly oper-
ated the Toledo Fur House and his
judgment on furs is sought for by
many buyers. Mr.. Feldman assures
a neat saving on fur purchases during
this Sale.